Author: Jesse Ship

Andre Saraiva – What’s Your Dream Concert?

Andre Saraiva – What’s Your Dream Concert?

Over the past few months, André Saraiva has covered the city streets of Los Angeles, New York, London, Venice, Paris and Basel with his fantasy concert posters. These Dream Concerts represent the ephemeral quality of street art and daydream aspect of the artist’s practice. At Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Read more

Xbox Freebies Rolling out – Battle of Gen 4 Loyalty

Xbox Freebies Rolling out – Battle of Gen 4 Loyalty

You know the battle of the next gen consoles is starting to send out the artillery when Xbox, as promised, has deployed its “handpicked” freebie  handouts to Xbox Gold members. Starting today, you can download the cyberpunkish Crackdown, arguably far better than the mediocre sequel, Read more

Free iTunes Osheaga 2013 Playlist!

Free iTunes Osheaga 2013 Playlist!

Here’s a juicy cherry to top off my unexpected Osheaga adventure (thanks to Beatport News and Montreal Electronique Groove Fest).  The sold out festival has brokered a deal with iTunes and is offering a free playlist download featuring some more under the radar artists that Read more

Paris’ Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team gear up for Montreal’s MEG and drop new compilation

Paris’ Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team gear up for Montreal’s MEG and drop new compilation

Parisian producers Teki Latex (aka Julien Pradeyrol) and DJ Orgasmic (aka Cédric Caillol) first met decades ago while skiing the French alps. Over the years, they’ve continued their adventures together through various music undertakings like the seminal French electro-rap group TTC, the brash and sadly Read more

James Murphy Says ‘I See Myself as a Scorsese’ – AOL Spinner

James Murphy Says ‘I See Myself as a Scorsese’ – AOL Spinner

  Posted on Jun 10th 2010 1:30PM by Jesse Ship  Like many works of creative genius, LCD Soundsystem happened almost by accident. James Murphy‘s early solo studio tinkering on EPs and one-offs quickly blew up and he went from in-demand production/sound engineer to indie-dance-rock trailblazer. “All of a sudden Read more

Mad Decent Block Party 2013 Toronto Edition

Mad Decent Block Party 2013 Toronto Edition

  In case ya dun know, the Mad Decent Block Party hits the T-Dot this Friday! Ok, so it’s not exactly a block party this year, as it will be held at Fort York, but you could argue that this might have been a POW Read more

Crowd Gets Perked at Canadian National Barista Champs (GTA Region)

Crowd Gets Perked at Canadian National Barista Champs (GTA Region)

  Just a week ago I had a talk with my friend Siobhan where we ironically came to the conclusion that maybe cutting back on coffee might actually increase my work productivity.  Naturally, that plan went out the window with the dishwater when I found Read more

HYD For Men

HYD For Men

  I’ve heard of all kinds of crazy myths and techniques for extending your razor’s lifespan like blowdrying it after usage or giving it a good stropping on dry denim jeans.  I’ve never really gotten into those kinds of routines, so thank god for HYD Read more

Watch_Dogs LIVE

Watch_Dogs LIVE

  The City is in your hands with Watch Dogs, the latest in interactive gaming technology from Ubisoft that plays off of the global ANONYMOUS movement. Except in this dark fantasy world, the elite circle now goes by Dedsec, and they’re a little more militant. Read more