I Don't Wanna Go To Sleep: King Michael

Posted by Anthony Deluca ON May 24, 2013 IN hip-hop / R&B
In the immortal words of Ke$ha, why go to sleep when you can just stay up all night and screw around. When I heard that King Michael--a new emerging artist in Toronto--sampled her track C'Mon , I was pretty intrigued. My first instinct was to laugh, I mean C'mon (What I did there, I hope you see it); howe.. READ MORE >

The National Rises With New Album - Holy Melancholia

Posted by Christelle Saint-Julien ON May 22, 2013 IN Indie
If one would say that The National are just a bunch of crybabies, I would respond that for the record, they have recorded a song on the subject matter, "Vanderlyle Crybaby",  a cut from their 2o1o album High Violet, which signed the.. READ MORE >

Slim Loris Pave Their Way To People's Souls

Posted by Anne Yin ON May 21, 2013 IN Indie
Melancholy: A deep, pensive and long-lasting sadness. Sad, gloomy or depressed. That is the exact word that describes this band. Slim Loris. Named after a mispronounced animal. Swedish pop rock group. I would say that sound like Mumford and Sons, and they do, the similarities are definitely there, but the.. READ MORE >
Working out of L.A., Mike Edge and Amber Quintero banded together last summer to form Boardwalk. Their first self-titled debut LP will be released later this year on Stones Throw Record.. READ MORE >
Last Tuesday, New York based band Vampire Weekend released their third LP Modern Vampires Of The City, and ladies and gents, it’s champagne for your ears (always feeling chic when listening to their music). On the map of the music industry since .. READ MORE >

Label Me Crazy: BEER ON THE RUG

Posted by Marc-Olivier Novak ON May 17, 2013 IN featured
What if I told you Kenny G, Microsoft Home, laser discs, booze and weed had sex on a carpet? You would probably think it made no sense, that is until you hear the music put out by supernatural label BEER ON THE RUG. BOTR is what some describe as .. READ MORE >