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Flying Lotus @ Red Bull Music Academy – Lecture Series

I was fortunate enough to attend this intimate Q&A with dubstep/bass music/glitch-hop-what-have-you producer Flying Lotus, at the Toronto Red Bull office.  In case you are wondering the interviewer was his opening tour dj, My Man Henri. Below is most of…

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WARNING! PERVERT ALERT!

If you see this man in the streets of Toronto, or anywhere in the world even, avoid him at all costs, especially if you are female! Especially don’t go see his one man show, Illegal Import, at The Tranzac, 292…

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Christmas in July! Well, sort of…

A late congrats to Jason Eisener for winning the Short Film segments of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and Fantasia last year with this entry which has finally been released online. Jason might be more known for his Hobo…

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Prognosticating Syntax

Random wiki findings….. Ok, so maybe I’m taking my love of words to a totally nerdy levoe, but sehttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgusly, doesn’t this shit just blow your minds? (Taken from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010) Among experts and the general public, there is a debate as…

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Love & Electrik signed to TREMENDOUS RECORDS

L&E are the second band this week to be featured on our blog sporting the elusive keytar, and the third I’ve seen this week!  This only confirms popular theories…. They have just signed to Tremendous Records, are blazing new pathways…

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At The MMVA's Gift Lounge

For those who don’t know, a “Gift Lounge” is a room created for celebrities who attend awards shows, galas and such.  These are a wacky concept and are generally a PR push for brands who cough up fat wads of…

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Amazing Baby @ The Phoenix

Three signs that you are going to see a good show.  a) customers forking over wads of cash and weed to scalpers to get in.  2) women in line asking if you are on the guest list, BEGGING to let…

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Bloodgroup

Bloodgroup are from Iceland.  It’s very cold up there I hear, but they will heat you up with with day-glo electro-pop excitement.  They’ve been getting love from the likes of industry shakers NME, and have appeared on vahttps://shipwrckd.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/woman-traveling-in-france-2023-11-27-05-16-47-utc_Easy-Resize.com_.jpgus CMJ compilations…

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Cut Off Your Hands @ The Legendary Horseshoe

It was a short and blistering set delivered by the pretty boy buzz band decked in hipster-tight pants and fluorescent pink, green and yellow printed t shirts.  Not that there’s anything wrong with a rock band looking pretty, as long…

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Rajni Perera

Local Toronto artist and friend Rajni Perera will be featuring some of her work this friday march 20th at “1000 for $10 (each)”, a group show with the premise of cheap art that anyone can afford, and for $10 a…