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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
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.
It’s quite astonishing that The Orb have been crafting groovy ambient tunes for over 25 years and are showing no signs of quitting. Dr. Alex Patterson has been known to tour solo but actual tours of himself with his partner Thomas Fehlman are more sporadic, Read more
“Toronto, can I get on top of you tonight? Toronto, can I make you come tonight? How about three times? Four times?” A packed Massey Hall screamed with ear-bleeding, hymen-busting (not that I’d know) strength in a resounding yes as Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, interrupted “High For Read more
EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE AT RAPPCATS NOW! Houston Rap is an immersion into the everyday life of the Houston Hip Hop community. This hardcover 272 page book features the photography of Peter Beste who spent 9 years documenting the culture alongside writer Lance Scott Walker. The book is Read more
Any talk about Toronto nightclubs for EDM must be prefaced by the admission that EDM is a terrible umbrella acronym that encapsulates 30-plus styles of music into a palatable and sugary cereal-like mush of uplifting beats. At least electronica was a better descriptor as the a suffix gives the Read more
FriendsWithYou announce come out to reveal that they are actually trance-channeling shamans on a mission to heal the world one sacred stone at a time. Whether they are jumping on the hippy gem stone shamanic necklace trend or if they are devoted lightworkers matters Read more
The first time I saw Maxim Reality DJ was on New Years Eve 2007 in Taipei at an ice skating arena called The Egg. It was a little let down that it wasn’t The Prodigy but it was still an epic time, (and then there Read more
Rugged Australia requires rugged boots. Blundstone boots. Formerly only available in neutral tones like their Classic Black, Steel Grey or Rustic Brown, the originally steel-toed crap kickers have expanded into the two-tone territory with line definition on the soles for some extra wardrobe customization. The Read more
Scandinavia’s Filippa K may not be as well known in Canada, but back in the frozen norths of Europe, they even have their own vintage stores. Makes sense since they’ve been around for 20 years. This F/W Men’s season introduces a black tux and keeps Read more