Mutek 2015 – Metro News Canada
I was thrilled to share my music passionate music and techno geekery with Canada, in this review of Mutek 2015 that was printed in the Metro Canada, and ran nationally.
Massive Attack – One FM Essential Mix – 1994!!
I worked on a project last month that gave a taste of Massive Attack origins. I think I know where they were looking for inspiration now. Wow. “Welcome to tonight’s Essential Mix on One FM. And now for something a…
6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries – Bad ass Jesse
Many years ago I did a stock photography shoot. The images are still in circulation and pop up on billboards in Hawaii, Japanese, ads in The Metro, ESL textbooks or sites like Cracked.com, usually featuring me as some kind of…
Gail Thackray – Psychic Normcore and Aminal Communicat0r
Back in 2013, while Toronto was still under the terror of then mayor Rob Ford, I was approached by a publicist through email with a request to interview hoopylala wonderqueen, Gail Thackray (not “Britain’s most beguiling school girl “of the 80s…or is…
Hipster Apocalypse – X24
Ok, so, this ditty by Santa Fe rapper X24 may be a little late to the hipster pontification party, and I can’t really see this jokey tune living anywhere other than on Youtube, but there’s still some fun wordplay going…
Concerto Rock – Le Couleur
I feel like I may have seen Le Couleur in a Boreal Breweries induced drunken stupor in the summer of 2013 at the FME a when I was covering it for AUX so I’m excited to see their new analogue fantasy…
Twin Shadow Can’t ‘Forget’ Musical Non-Acceptance Due to Race – Spinner
Twin Shadow mastermind George Lewis Jr. reveals he’s quite the musical chameleon, having dabbled beyond the realms of moody synth-rock.
Justice Jock Jams: French Dance Duo Are Making Unlikely Sports Rock – Spinner
French dance band Justice are making music that’s being embraced by sporting types.
DJ Mehdi Dead at 34 – Spinner
French hip-hop and electro-house fans are in shock after news that famed French-Tunisian DJ Mehdi (Mehdi Favéris-Essadi) has passed at age 34. He was reportedly killed in ‘accident’ Sept. 13.