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My Picks for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List: An Explanation
The names of the nominees for the Polaris Music Prize long-list were announced last Thursday so this post is kind of moot at this point, but I thought it might be worth sharing my voting insights as a new member of the jury pool, such as they are, for those who wonder what the thought […]
[Mixtape] Sep – Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep)
Posted this Toronto MC’s debut (?) mixtape ‘cos the “Dot City” video above feat. Brotha J was cool. Here’s the plug: “Sep (or SepTo; the T.o. is for Toronto) has been a looming presence in T Dot’s music scene for quite some time. Honing his craft since childhood, guided and influenced by some of Toronto’s […]
[Radio Show] Stolen Moments with DJ Fase on 89.5FM CIUT Toronto – 3.22.11 (MP3)
Official sh-t! Jazz, Soul, 80’s Boogie R&B, Old School Hip Hop and new R&B including a nice mini tribute to the great Loleatta Holloway who passed away recently (not sure who she is: if you ever danced to Black Box‘s “Ride on Time” or Marky Mark‘s “Good Vibrations” that was her sampled voice you were […]
[MP3 + Showcase] MusicConnex presents Canadian Blast Free Mixtape by Shortee Blitz
Now this is a Canadian trade policy I can get behind! It all goes down April 19 in London Town. Peep game: “From K’Naan to Kardinal Offishall, Classified to Swollen Members, Canada has a rich and diverse urban music scene. For the first time, some of its brightest exports are debunking to London to perform […]
[DJ Mix] DJ Mensa presents Hibernation
I’m late posting this but with even yet more snow last night when I was coming home from dinner at a friend’s this seemed apropos to post now still: “For better or for worse, this has been the winter everyone’s been waiting for. The one we were bound to get because we’ve been getting it […]