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I got snared into going to the Gladstone Hotel for New Year’s Eve the other week and the only thing that made the stupid 40$ cover charge justifiable was that I would be seeing one of my favourite Canadian Fool’s Gold Record’s DJ teams rock Read more
My favourite Montreal slo-disco producer CFCF has recently released this remix for Active Child, one of the more interesting groups on the post-dubstep/chillwave/borderline witch house groups to emerge from the Vagrant Records roster. Ok, he’s probably the only one. Listen to the end for the Read more
Playing with plaid UK ELECTRONIC GROUP GIVE US A PUZZLING INTERVIEW BY GRAEME PHILLIPS & JESSE SHIP London,UK computer band Plaid stop by drop some beats and explain to NOW’s Jesse Ship why they put a Japanese puzzle inside their CD packaging.
I caught Star Slinger last week at his show at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern along with Shigeto and Shl0hmo. Towards the end of the show, the crowd of 20 something luvved up university students mobbed the stage. Even the Star Slinger, who’s had his fair Read more
I’m really feeling this new untitled EP from Jane Void, backed by her new bandmate, Wayne Void. They’ve tagged their band camp page with words like Witch Mau5, and glitch hop, but it’s really a fusion of darker filtered vocals and experimental electronic music that Read more
Don’t you love it when you see your friends succeeding at what they truly love? I’ve been following Flim’s techno tunes for at least five years now through the Toronto Freetek scene, and it looks like things are starting to take off. After a recent Read more
Last Monday, Ultra Night Club played host to a surreal Marley family reunion. A good chunk of the surviving Robert Nesta Marley clan (Rita Marley included!) was brought together in Toronto to launch their new House of Cosbys House Of Marley headphone line. Crowds were Read more
BENNY BENASSI PROVES HIMSELF AS ‘ELECTROMAN’ THANKS TO STARS LIKE KELIS Posted on Oct 13th 2011 5:30PM by Jesse Ship When Benny Benassi released his 2002 hit single ‘Satisfaction‘ — which riffed off of the original Rolling Stones classic — the mixing of genres was still a novelty in Read more
Again, my heart and mind are blown away by the sincerity of these two artists. And to think they named this gem after little old me. Geez guys, I’m getting all teary here. You sure know how to make a guy feel special ;)
Shaun Hatton, singer, drummer, Electric Playground host, and professional media dork organized a kick ass Fan Expo 2011 Afterparty featuring bodily odour enhanced fans and some of the nerdiest talent in hiphop, metal, and internet geekery. Not sure who that Brental Floss weirdo was, but Read more