MIMS Guide to POP Montreal 2015
Montreal heads – it’s time for POP Montreal! The city’s biggest party kicks off today and rolls through Sept. 20th with a massive lineup of shows, talks, chef takeovers and tons more. An unbelievable array of artists are taking over stages all over the city. Pack this guide in your …
Forgotten Treasure: Perk Badger “Do Your Stuff” (1966)
Last week we wrote about some of the absolute worst examples of advertising campaigns using music or featuring the musicians as celebrity endorsers. (Link) On the flip side, sometimes it does work out brilliantly. In this case, Nike of the best advertisers of the last 40 years goes digging deep …
Mix of the Day: Poirier “Corruption Proof”
Summertime is coming, and with it starts the hectic daily schedule of Montreal’s nightlife. Afterpartys pile up one after the others, venue calendars fill up and streets are closed for outdoor music. One could argue that it is due to the fact that most people have been hibernating for the …
Forgotten Treasure: The Jones Girls “You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else” (1979)
Jon Dasilva & Maceo Plex’s Love Somebody Else is a supreme House remix of the 1979 R&B hit by The Jones Girls – You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else. I heard it on a Maceo Plex mix many months ago and all I had to listen to since was …
Skratch Bastid “The Entertainer”
Mixtapes and DJ mixes in 2011 have become a pretty trivial thing. Thousands are released every month and to be honest, very few are even worth your attention. Which is why I don’t share a lot of them with you all. To me a good mixtape is a nice blend …
The MIMS Podcast – The Story So Far #001-039
I am working on the 40th edition of the podcast and to be really honest it really keeps me going to know so many people are still listening and discovering new gems. I try to do one podcast a month because I really want to absolutely love every track i’m …