Future Classic: Krystale & Kaytradamus “Sweet Tooth”
Krystale hit my radar near the end of last year being a part of huge wave of female vocalists from Montreal bringing crazy flavor to the game. I was instantly hooked on her raspy voice that resembles none but, cause of the hard hitting hip-hop vibe I was on that …
MIMS’ 24 Hours of Vinyl (Part Deux)
What started out as a pretty silly idea is slowly turning into a monster. Back in November we got the idea of doing a 24 hour (straight) marathon of strictly vinyl with some of our favorite DJ’s. 15 DJ’s came through, people like Jacques Greene, Christian Pronovost, Poirier and tons …
Poirier “Soca Road EP” (Mixpak)
Pretty much any release coming out of the Mixpak camp is newsworthy enough to get a shout from us, they’ve put out tons of dope material from people like Sticky, Dubble Dutch, Vybz Kartel. But it’s especially big when we heard the new EP was coming for our main man …
Rilly Guilty “Golden Sounds Volume #4”
Let’s face it, we all know a handful of good DJs out there, but how many of them are consistent? How many of them keep you interested every single time? How many of them habitually play you what you want to hear? No matter how many times I see or …
Future Classic: The Narcicyst “The Last Arabs” ft. Omar Offendum
This weekend was the closing of the Arab Winter exposition at the Fresh Paint Gallery. If you hadn’t heard about it, this exposition was a multimedia response of 6 Arab Diaspora Artists [El Seed, Sundus Abdul Hadi, Tamara Abdul Hadi, Sawsan Al Saraf, Karim Jabbari and The Narcicyst] to the …
Future Classic: Heart Streets “Keep it together”
10 years from now when people start studying the hip-hop movement in Montreal; Heart Streets will be known as the first rap ‘du-ette’ to create some serious waves. These two laid back unassuming mamas are filling a void in the hip-hop scene and best of all are doing it right. …
Jazz Amnesty Sound Sytem #13
The Jazz Amnesty Sound System boys are at it again! Big up to Andy Williams and Luv for sharing so much amazing jazz music with us. Pan Africanism represents the aggregation of the historical, cultural, spiritual, artistic, scientific, and philosophical legacies of Africans from past to present; while setting aside …
Future Classic: Markings “Odd Man Out”
When friends send me their music I always take my time to give it that first listen. I want to give it a really honest and objective listen because I don’t want to post anything on this site just because I’m friends with so and so. Thinking of my readers …
99% Canadian Jazz Set by Andy Williams (Jazz Amnesty Sound System)
For the last Jazz Amnesty Sound System mix of 2011 Andy Williams helps usher in the winter chill with a fine selection of rare Canadian jazz cuts. Spanning the years from 1969 to 1988 these northern lights shine. Proving once again that even though jazz music was birthed in the …
Docteur MaD “Circuit Emotionnel” (Album Preview)
Another upfront treat for you peoples. It’s the holidays and we’re feeling generous! Dr. MaD is the evil member of a Montreal beatmaking crew called Alaiz who are quickly becoming some of my favorite dudes. There is really something special coming out of the Alaiz crew (High-Klassified, Celestics, Musoni, Kaytradamus, …
Future Classic: Krystale “Caught Up” (Live Session)
2011 has been a big big year for homegrown talent from Montreal. So happy to discover tons of up and coming talent start to make a name for themselves this year. On the soul side of things, three ladies of MTL have released great albums or EP’s in the last …
Jazz Amnesty Sound Sytem #17
Let My Children Hear Mingus “That’s jazz music you’re listening to Now, I’ve got 15 cents between me and starvation And I’ll probably have to walk it all the way uptown Cause I’m living on that music again You see, I love jazz music… That’s pretty music, boy Pretty, but …