Author: Jesse Ship

GTA V – Swagggin

GTA V – Swagggin

Got a call from Purolater yesterday. So did my neighbour across the hall.  Turns out we both got awesome packages. His was a new iMac. Mine was a review copy of GTA V from Rockstar North.  We had a quick moment debating who’s package was Read more

Heineken #Draughted: Perfect Pour Event

Heineken #Draughted: Perfect Pour Event

What makes a Heineken pint a Heineken?  Is it its crisp flavour, golden colour, or something absolutely different? If you guessed other, then you’re right. Heineken likes to tout their foamy  3 cm high dome lid is the key distinguishing feature that separates its self Read more

Rural Quebec music festival FME is one of Canada’s best – AUX.TV

Rural Quebec music festival FME is one of Canada’s best – AUX.TV

    Photo by Nick Kozak September 10, 2013 Jesse Ship It’s 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning at a dive bar in northern Quebec, and an aging husband and wife local cover band are belting out frenchified versions of pop and disco songs to a Read more

Zedd Talks Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP, Skrillex And How All EDM ‘Sounds The Same’

Zedd Talks Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP, Skrillex And How All EDM ‘Sounds The Same’

HuffPost Canada Music  |  By Jesse ShipPosted: 09/12/2013 11:31 am EDT  |  Updated: 09/12/2013 6:13 pm EDT “99.9 per cent of the EDM scene sucks” was breakthrough DJ/producer Zedd’s opening line in his first message to Skrillex, via Myspace in 2011. And he agrees, it still does. “It all sounds Read more

Rocksmith 2014: Return To Player

Rocksmith 2014: Return To Player

  As a guitar newbie, I was  excited to give  Rocksmith 2011 a test run, but ran into a number of snags trying to get myself hooked. I turned to musician friends to help decipher the guitar system, but even some pros were baffled by Read more

Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs Live Mobile App Interview with Jeyson Acevedo

Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs Live Mobile App Interview with Jeyson Acevedo

  I had the chance to sit down at Fan Expo 2013 with Jeyson Acevedo, PR manager for Ubisoft Canada to talk about how things are going with the Watch_Dogs Live mobile game (iOS & Android) that has been engaging fans with a number of Read more

DJ Nu-Mark, Incubus, Pharcyde members team up as “4 Player Co-Op” for Rayman Legends

DJ Nu-Mark, Incubus, Pharcyde members team up as “4 Player Co-Op” for Rayman Legends

4 Player Co-Op – Picture Perfect Fantasy (Music Inspired by Rayman Legends) from New Science Agency on Vimeo. So this is totally weird in my books.  Under the name “4 Player Co-Op” Incubus’ founding members Dirk Lance and Jose Pasillas II, along with former Pharcyde Read more

Sound PellegrinoThermal Team on Boiler Room TV

Sound PellegrinoThermal Team on Boiler Room TV

  Teki Latex & DJ Orgasmic (Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team) have been in business for over ten years making music and now curating the Sound Pellegrino label out of Paris, selecting the finest in up and coming sounds and styles. Read more about them and Read more

Console Wars Xmas 1990 – Nintendo vs. Sega

Console Wars Xmas 1990 – Nintendo vs. Sega

History repeats its self with dark foreshadowing of the Nintendo situation. Took about 20 years but there’s a kernel of truth to this report.

Knifefight EP

Knifefight EP

It’s easy to get excited about anything when they have knives involved.  There’s just the right amount of bad assery to capture the human imagination (like Knife Party), especially when it’s a new project from Anticon rapper Beans and Mux Mool with guest appearances from Read more