[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: The Slakadeliqs Live at The Garrison for #CMW

The Slakadeliqs, the group behind my favorite album of the year so far, perform LIVE for the first time in Toronto as part of the Red Bull Music Academy’s ‘Artist Select Series’ during the Slacker Canadian Music Week! Also featured are local MC/spoken word artist Ian Kamau and my dudes, the 88 Days of Fortune collective. Here’s the science:

CMW Artist Select Series: Shad (Host and DJ)
Presented by: Red Bull Music Academy
Doors: 8:00PM

The Slakadeliqs hit the stage at 11:30pm.

$10 advance tickets or CMW MusicFest wristbands needed for entry

Buy Tickets HERE.

Buy the album, The Other Side of Tomorrow at www.theslakadeliqs.com or listen to it right here:

Nneka – Soul is Heavy is my new favorite album….

These are just a few selections from the album which is really f-cking good! CLICK HERE to hear clips from the full album via Rdio. The title and album felt apropos to play yesterday as I learned about the passing of a dear, dear friend of mine after a long fight against cancer. My soul is heavy indeed. Devin, you woulda loved this album. May your soul be finally at rest. I love you and I miss you.

Next Tuesday (Mar. 6) in Toronto: Polaris Prize Record Salon for The Slakadeliqs – The Other Side of Tomorrow

I’ve said it before, The Other Side of Tomorrow is one of my favorite albums so far this year and will definitely be on my year-end best albums list and should be a strong contender for the Polaris Prize this year if the jury could take off their indie rock/singer-songwriter blinkers for five seconds. Hopefully this Record Salon next Tuesday can help with that process:

ClarityOne Earbuds presents a Record Salon for The Slakadeliq‘s “The Other Side of Tomorrow” featuring a live interview and album listening session hosted by David Dacks (Exclaim) w/ Slakah the Beatchild & Mike Olsen from the band. This is a FREE EVENT!

CLICK HERE for more details….

I think Slakah The Beatchild is kind of a genius and a little bit under-appreciated here in his hometown of Toronto. This Record Salon is hopefully the beginning of the end of that. The Other Side of Tomorrow, as I’ve said before, is a fantastic piece of work. If you haven’t heard it yet, I’m posting it again because it deserves it. Play on and let me know what you think:

TONIGHT (Feb. 25) in Toronto: 88 Days – Before The World Ends Fundraiser Event

WHAT:
88 DAYS – BEFORE THE WORLD ENDS – EURO TOUR FUNDRAISER!

PERFORMANCES BY:
KJ – BRENDAN PHILIP – ABSTRACT RANDOM

and also featuring:

DJ SEAN SAX

WHERE:
“POKE ME” (aka 6 DEGREES COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE)
204 SPADINA RD., 2ND FLOOR
(JUST NORTH OF QUEEN AND SPADINA)

WHEN:
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25TH, 2012
DOORS OPEN @ 9PM – 2AM

WHY:
KJ + ABSTRACT RANDOM + BRENDAN PHILLIP ARE ALL TRAVELING TO BERLIN/PARIS/ROME THIS APRIL AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
COME PARTY WITH US! ALL SALES AND DONATIONS GO DIRECTLY TO HELP FUND OUR FLIGHTS!

$5 SUGGESTED DONATION – PWYC !

* If you can not attend, but would like to donate towards our fundraiser we will be accepting email transfers, every dollar helps! —> 88daysoffortune@gmail.com *

YUMMY DRINKS- SNACKS – GREAT MUSIC – FUN TIMES !!

FRANCESCA NOCERA PRINTS FOR SALE –

Follow 88 DAYS OF FORTUNE online – website | bandcamp

Flyer by WolF J McFarlane

*Collectively we can get LOVE*

CLICK HERE for the Facebook event page

Introducing new artist Mingus Murray….

This is highly recommended if you dig Prince, Hendrix, Flying Lotus, Dam-Funk etc. In other words, black music that likes to walk on the left-hand side of things, so to speak. Shout to the homie, C. Wade for putting me up on this.

MP3 Download: Mingus Murray – Train Whistle

MP3 Download: Mingus Murray – On The Telephone

MP3 Download: Mingus Murray – Designer

Dig what you hear? Download the entire Mingus album HERE or hit the jump to preview stream the album before download. [zipfile download link]

Follow Mingus Murray online – twitter | tumblr | website

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