UNITY Charity: empowering youth through hip hop arts
*** When looking at cultural genres, hip hop, historically, has a bad reputation. But bad neighbourhoods, bad attitudes and misguided glory generated by bullet marks on certain celebrities …
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How FME won the summer and this festival season
A I can’t tell what time it is, but by the looks of it the sun is about to come up. The area around the building is still crowded with people and where I am, in that very moment, three …
Giraffage: poster boy bedroom producer
by Irene Lo “The worst time of my life and the best time of my life” reads, in part, the description Giraffage put for his 2013 mixtape, Needs. Once available by donation, the transitional …
Gary Richards is businessman DJ we all want to be
by Irene Lo “I got to jump in on this conference call ‘cos we got all the Holy Ship people waiting. Definitely thanks. Bye.” Gary Richards is a busy man, if you didn’t know already. …
Looking forward to 2015: future funk
by Irene Lo Some hold future funk is too different from vaporwave to still be considered a subcategory of the genre anymore. Cutting ties might be the best thing for future funk, in any …
Iggy Azalea, “I’m a fancy bitch, but I’m ratchet.”
by Samuel Hernandez The struggle is real for white rappers and the narrative is forming around how hard it is for them to break into the hip hop scene. Struggle is a common thread in hip …
Indie finds a new home at Indie88
A dream years in the making finally came to fruition with the 2013 launch of Indie88, a Toronto-based radio station dedicated to the celebration and promotion of independent …
Top 10 albums of 2013
These are our top 10 albums for 2013, a year in review across all genres. The artists range from new, to known, to long awaited returns, but each of them was chosen for full album …
Top 10 tracks of 2013
This was a tough choice to make. 2013 came at us with a lot of new music and a lot of fantastic albums which deserved their own attention so the tracks chosen for the top 10 of the year are …
Artist profile: Alt-J
photos by Luis Enriquez Known for: Catchy, intricate, and orchestral indie/experimental rock songs that stick in your head like molasses. Why you should care: Alt-J, or ∆ for all you …