Toronto

12.13.2011

[QUICKIE] Hooded Fang – TOSTA MISTA (w/ “Den Of Love” & “ESP”)

♫ Hooded Fang – Den of Love

♫ Hooded Fang – ESP

(Both previously posted)

This latest LP sports two gems (above) + new love “Vacationation” but just doesn’t stack up to the fantastic 1st LP ALBUM. Kinda like an EP.

[Quickies are mini-reviews that can fit into a 140 character tweet. They are of albums that people already know of but

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10.19.2011

[LP] The Airplane Boys – WHERE’VE YOU BEEN (w/ “Sleep” & “Escape”)

there’s pressure to just do it, yo i’m blooming in this music

♫ The Airplane Boys – Sleep

Toronto has had a huge hip hop renaissance with the likes of Drake, The Weeknd, and Dream Jefferson bringing serious heat from the Canadian city. Lets now add the seriously slept on duo of old frinds Beck Motley and Bon Voyage, a.k.a. The Airplane Boys. How …

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10.14.2011

[LP] Hooded Fang – ALBUM (w/ “Straight Up The Dial” & “Sleep Song”)

not looking for sympathy, just need some tenderness

♫ Hooded Fang – Straight Up The Dial

Bonus points if you noticed that this Hooded Fang album is not the one I dropped some tracks off of a few months back (and on the summer mega mix!). Album is the Toronto band’s debut LP from 2010 that I tracked down with a …

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08.04.2011

[MP3] Jim Guthrie – “Lone Star”

♫ Jim Guthrie – Lone Star

The conception of the Sword & Sworcery LP – The Ballad of the Space Babies was a peculiar one. The LP was made almost exclusively for the Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP iOS game. In laymans’s terms, Sword & Sworcery is both an audio visual gaming experiment and an LP. Jim Guthrie, the man behind …

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07.22.2011

[PREMIERE] Dream Jefferson – PUNCH PERM EP (w/ “Robo Kill Beneath Disco Club Layla” & “Purple Hearts”)

rap like hell and make it sound like heaven

♫ Dream Jefferson – Robo Kill Beneath Disco Club Layla

Fcuk Jay-Z and Kanye, the only new rap release you need to be worrying about is the new Dream Jefferson EP Punch Perm which went live to the world a few minutes ago. Dream Jefferson’s Corboe and Owel trade verses with slick …

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07.19.2011

[MP3] Hooded Fang – “ESP” & “Den of Love”

cause i got a woman that i need to get next to or i will surely die

♫ Hooded Fang – ESP

Awesome band name? Check. Awesome album art? check. Awesome California throwback surf vibe? Check. Awesome hometown of Toronto? Ch.. what? Something must be in the water up in the T-Dot cause this is the second batch of surf inspired …

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06.28.2011

[MP3] The Natural Shocks – “The Plane”

i happily abate my apathy, it’s everything i want to be

♫ The Natural Shocks – The Plane

A bit a straightforward sing-along rock out of Toronto sounds about right to me. Bounce and OOOh Oooohh along with “The Plane” as let your foot go heavy on the pedal. It’s propulsive music for open roads and the wind at your back. When …

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03.01.2011

[EP] DREAM JEFFERSON are on about VAMPYROTEUTHIS and THE GHOSTS OF SAN SIMEON on their epic debut ep

cause we’re all dying at some point, i can’t afford to restart, i only got one coin

♫ Dream Jefferson – Vampyroteuthis

Dream Jefferson are a Toronto duo who deal in the illicit street art they call ”Canadian-Electro-Party-Rap.” If that sounds like the worst ever then you need to slow your roll and take that one word at a time. Aw fuck …

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05.18.2009

The Carps want you to know that It’s Raining In The Projects, But It’s Sunny In Africa

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i gave them song and dance and watched my coffers grow

The Carps – It’s Raining In The Projects But It’s Sunny In Africa

The Carps are not for everyone. That said, if you can handle scuzzy bass-lines, politically charged lyrics, and propulsive percussion then you just might dig this Toronto two-some as much I have been. With two EPs …

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