Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist, Music Videos
The Count & Sinden Set For New Release
Hervé and Sinden have been a formidable partnership for quite some time. The duo have been hacking away at the synthesizers and sequencers, and are set to release a new album entitled ‘Mega Mega Mega’ on the 23rd of August. For this album, they teamed up with Will and Kai from Mystery Jets and recently released the first single, ‘After Dark’. Prepare for...
Genre: Alternative
Category: Featured Artist, Show Review
Listen to new shit: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
I recently visited Halifax and really really liked it; alot more than a Toronto-snob grade 12-version of myself would. In the over-saturated music market that is Toronto, we often lose sight that music is not just about bands coming to YOU in the biggest city in Canada. In a smaller town, bands come through less often, but the shows are usually in better venues and to...
Genre: Nu-Disco
Category: Audio, Featured Artist, Music Commentary
Do You Feel Like Dancing?
Strip Steve is a hot shot flying out from Boys Noize Records. Apparently the name comes from a “garbage pail kids” sticker card a friend gave to him; nevertheless, Monsieur Steve is not to be taken lightly. With a garrison of music experience to enhance the trip, you’re bound to go on a wild adventure when you listen to the sounds of ‘Strip. Strip Steve...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist
Stanton Warriors Remix SubFocus
These are all really high quality DJ edits, so make sure you get to the vocals before you make a decision! True pioneers of a sound that broke all the rules back in 1998, Stanton Warriors took garage and twisted it beyond all recognition, dropping speaker shattering bass lines and massive beats…all to devastating effect. Stanton Warriors had arrived. In 2001, Stanton...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist
Jump Jump Dance Dance – Modern Eyes
Modern Eyes is the latest single from Australia-via-L.A electro-rock act Jump Jump Dance Dance, taken from their self-titled debut album due August 2010. The video was directed by Clemens Habicht (behind Friendly Fires’ brilliant Skeleton Boy), and is based on a psychological phenomenon called “pareidolia”, where humans imagine faces in objects, both a survival mechanism...
Genre: Alternative
Category: Featured Artist
Cut Throat Britva Releases EP
One of the local groups that will be gracing the stage at NXNE is Cut Throat Britva. Shunning the synth, this up and coming Toronto group keeps it raw with a four piece band and an old school grunge sound. While this one and a half year old band might be new to the world, they’re cutting their teeth on some pretty impressive tracks. After I pushed play on “Soleless”, the...
Genre: Alternative
Category: Featured Artist, Music Videos
BABE
Plain and simple, what immediately struck me about BA’BE was the vocal ability of project co-creator Michael Silvestre. There’s some amount of production that has gone in to the recorded tracks I’ve heard by this group so far, and though they benefit from it, these guys take it up a level when live and unplugged – a testament to their musicianship. The...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist
This Hot City
It must be something about that low end that seems to be buzzing about. Hot City is a crew which is part of this glitch-hop electro funk revolution. Although they seemed to have been around for a while, there is not a whole lot of information about them. All we know is that this is a unique sound and whatever Hot City creates lies within its own realm. Definitely that late night...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist
Yella Finesse
Recent research had me wandering the interweb; as a result, I discovered this character from Atlanta. His groove screams nu disco with a pinch of groove and a whole lotta house. I was able to catch a few words with him to get an overview of who this cat is, and what is it that he does: “My real name is John McSween… I got the name Yella (yellow) from my family and...
Genre: Electronic
Category: Featured Artist, Features
When Roman Goes Into Reclusion
John Roman is one of Toronto’s fastest emerging producers. A year ago he was gaining recognition for grinding chainsaws, playing gigs for the college crowd and acting as a catalyst sparking their obsession with Electronic music. However, he is so much more than a college town DJ with a couple of Hype Machine chart toppers. He is a musician who produces with the utmost care,...
