Author: Jesse Ship

Brandy & Coke – History of UK Garage

Brandy & Coke – History of UK Garage

  I’ll sometimes catch BBC 1XTRA’s UKG show but the beats they play sound nothing like those of the golden age gangstas in the video above.  Step back to a time when Artful Dodger and So Solid Crew were doing something radically different from the Read more

Jilly’s Gentlemen’s Club Seedy Underbelly

Jilly’s Gentlemen’s Club Seedy Underbelly

  I volunteered my Saturday morning to help out with an ACTRA Co-op production the other day being shot for the Reel World Film Festival.  I did it to support the team, but the real hook, I must admit, was to get a crack at Read more

Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

Q&A: DJ Maxim explores life beyond the Prodigy – AUX Magazine – 2013 Year-end Issue

  December 19, 2013 Jesse Ship   The Prodigy have had massive influences on the field of dance music, but what set them apart from the handful of emerging groups in the mid-‘90s was not just their use of a hypnotic female vocalist, but a proper Read more

Rollergirl

Rollergirl

Rollergirl is the alias of boogie, funk and roller skates obsessed Adam Rich of Athens, Ohio. A few months ago, I received a simple pitch email on his behalf. It  was short and humble like many I’ve received, but embedded deep within the font was Read more

Watch Dogs’ TSN Takeover

Watch Dogs’ TSN Takeover

Dedsec are at it again and there’s no telling where their wrathful arms might show up next.  Last week, thanks to help from players on the Watch_Dogs Live mobile gaming app,  they struck on TSN’s Off the Record, engulfing host Michael Landsberg with chaos and Read more

Mastodon – Black Tongue – Double Black IPA

Mastodon – Black Tongue – Double Black IPA

Mmmmm.  Never tried their last brew but looking forwards to snagging one of these somehow.  Call your LCBO in the name of the all mighty MASTODONNNNNN.  MASTODON, which released a limited-run lager in 2009, is once again retuning to one of their favorite pastimes: The Read more

Flume & Chet Faker – Drop the Game

Flume & Chet Faker – Drop the Game

  Here’s a brand new music video from Australia’s Flume & Chet Faker to kick off their collabo “Lockjaw” EP. Shot in Brooklyn featuring b-boy Storyboard P.  According to the label, “Having worked together on “Left Alone,” the plan for a collaborative release was hatched when Read more

RAPT (live) – Gingy & Starving Yet Full (of Azari & III) – BOILER ROOM TORONTO

RAPT (live) – Gingy & Starving Yet Full (of Azari & III) – BOILER ROOM TORONTO

Boiler Room touched down on our first frigid Monday night of the season for a surprise show hosted by the inimitable Fritz Helder (Bathurst Bus Route reprezent!) featuring Egyptrixx, Basic Soul Unit, Nautiluss, Kevin McPhee, Bruce Trail and headlined by Martyn going back to back Read more

DJ Shintaro wins $25K at World’s Biggest DJ Battle – BlogTO

DJ Shintaro wins $25K at World’s Biggest DJ Battle – BlogTO

After a week of consistently busting at the seams and sold out shows at some of Toronto’s best live venues, the Red Bull Thre3style World Championship touched down at The Kool Haus Saturday night for an all-out DJ Hero-styled battle to determine whose beats reigned supreme. Four crowned Read more

Rob Ford Crack Tape Discovered by Toronto Police – Press Conference

Rob Ford Crack Tape Discovered by Toronto Police – Press Conference

This will go down in history…… Police Chief Bill Blair tells the public that they found two video files that are “particularly relevant” and “consistent with that which have been reported on in the media.” EARTHQUAKES.