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Austrian Filter House – Auf Babent (spoof)

  WOW WOW WOW… Ihren Tuba macht sehr poomppoomp! Can’t wait to hear the latest! This kind of reminds me of the time I interviewed Booka Shade for Spinner, not gonna lie.  Ok, it reminds me a lot even.

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Dalai Lama speaks at PTTOW

  So this is a weird one. PTTOW, an innovative invite-only marketing conference a la TED TALKS invited the Dalai Lama to speak in 2011 and thought it would be “cool” to have Will.I.Am get up and ask a question….

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Futurecop! – Atlantis 1997

FUTURECOP! – “ATLANTIS 1997 feat. Cavaliers of Fun” OFFICIAL VIDEO from Ariel Belziti Futurecop! are an awesome newish group that summon the 80s with He-man’s power of Grayskull, Lion-O’s Sight Beyond Sight, the Care Bear Stare-down, and a shit load…

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Debian Blak – Aaliyah remixes

  Trap music and phuture r&b probably wouldn’t be as successful if it weren’t for pop icons like Aaliyah and Salt n Pepa for them to draw upon. Debian Blak mixes up some housey 2-step, and a light dusting of…

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Andy Stott gets dark and danceable at Foundry – BlogTO

If Andy Stott is the future, then the future is dark. Very dark. The celebrated producer of 2012’s sleeper hit album, Luxury Problems played at Mansion’s Foundry series in the Blk Box Theatre, beneath the Great Hall on Saturday night. His set was a technical exploration…

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Jimmy’s Coffee Grinds New Life Into Kens. Market Location – BlogTO

Jimmy’s Coffee has emerged from the spent ashes of the Hot Box Café at 191 Baldwin St. in Kensington Market, joining the original and very popular location on Portland. Walking in, you’re greeted with a portico type space with outside benches that…

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Birdman and Lil Wayne to Release Teen Novel from Daughters Bria and Reginae

  FROM THE PRESS RELEASE (Yes, this is fucking real, and yes, it’s bound to be a page turner for “teens and young adults everywhere” LEAN INTO IT BIATCHES) March 11, 2013 – New York, NY – Bria Williams and Reginae…

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Maetta Vibrations – DJ Flim

Don’t touch that dial, it’s got FLIM on it! Toronto via Thailand, with a skip in Montreal, now living it up in Nice on the Côte D’Azure, Flim is a friendly dreadlocked face from the land of smiles. Flim’s so…

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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra dabbles in trip-hop w/ Mason Bates @ New Creations Fest. – BlogTO

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra dabbles in trip-hop Posted by Jesse Ship / MARCH 6, 2013 Along with cultural institutions like the ROM and the AGO, the TSO (Toronto Symphony Orchestra) is seeing a bit of a renaissance in the under 35 demographic…