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Theyyy’re back! Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip are return to the scene with a new socially conscious album (The Logic of Chance) in their trademark cheeky spoken word electro ‘lit-pop’ stylin’. Ok…’Get Better’ is bit preachy, and less clever, than “Thou Shalt Always Kill’ …
Youtube says that the vid was banned from MTV but I’d be surprised if it ever made it past their music programmers desk considering the amount profanity and topless slave/show girls. Reminds me a bit of Missy Elliot’s rhyming style meeting Christina Aguilera’s Dirty and …
I got this cd in the mail today. It’s origins are almost as mysterious as the North Pole must have been to Swedish national hero/explorer S.A. Andrée (great wiki article btw), who perished in a ballooning attempt to chart the region in the late 1800s. …
Bonobo – The Keeper featuring Andreya Triana from Ninja Tune on Vimeo. Promo for the new Bonobo album ‘Eyes Down’ is stepping into high-gear with a free track download. See above for a vid of the first single, ‘The Keeper’. Most of the album has …
Not sure who still downloads music from the internets these days but a couple of douchebag producers by the name of Altered: Carbon thought it would be fun to upload their new album to Soulseek and name it after Autechre’s soon to be released Warp …
George Canyon is some kind of Nova Scotian Cunt-ry super star. He’s won numerous Junos and I was lucky (?) enough to be making a cameo in his most recent vid. I can’t say it’s my proudest moment, but it definitely was an odd one. …
Friends of mine, friends of yours, Ideal Friends is the ideal publicity agency of choice for discerning indie rock, electronic or alternative artists in Canada. They’ve just launched a new site, so go check ’em out! Their roster includes artists such as Metric, The Dodos, …
Blitz is making it big with his brassy ‘Embassy Ensemble’ band, receiving play everywhere from Fox TV to MTVU. He borrows sounds from Nigerian Afro-Beat Godfather, Fela Kuti, as well as conscious rappers like Mos Def and The Roots. Hailing from Ghana via Brooklyn, …
Bouncy, ambient and melodic new Fourtet album, ‘There Is Love In You’. This stream will self destruct in seven days!