GET PHYSICAL AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ACQUAVIVA After an old-school banger rave-style set at SXM Festival, John Acquaviva will play his debut CODA nightclub set on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Opening support by local popular underground DJs LeeLee [...]
Godboogie Play Music & Dance VizzTone Label Group Toronto-based super group, Godboogie, has roots in blues and rock ‘n’ roll through its mash-up of world-class, award-winning musicians including singer/harmonica player Jerome [...]
Camp Summerdaze :: Toronto’s Summer Retreat Experience @ Toronto Island, July 28-July 30 July 28-July 30 As summer fast approaches, so does festival season. For seasoned underground electronic music lovers, 2017 marks the much-anticipated [...]
Chicano Batman @ The Velvet Underground, Toronto April 4, 2017 What would you get if the 1960’s Brazilian psychedelic rock group, Tropicana, reincarnated into a Chicano lounge-rock quartet? Possibly Chicano Batman, the macho tuxedo-sporting Los [...]
IT’S DECIDED AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KIM There’s something special that occurs when speaking with legend, Andy Kim. This Canadian Hall of Fame inductee has sold 30 million records worldwide, including everlasting pop #1 hits like [...]
Jamiroquai Automaton Universal Music Canada/Virgin EMI From the dark ashes of winter springs Grammy award-winning global electronic soul funk superstars, Jamiroquai, return with their eighth studio album, Automaton. Written and self-produced by [...]
Secret Society Sessions Two-Year Party @ Pacific Junction Hall, Toronto March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017 marked the 2nd anniversary of Toronto house music social collective, Secret Society Sessions. To celebrate, the popular mid-week [...]
Solid Doctor How About Some More Ether: Collected Works 90-95 Declasse Recordings Steve Cobby, aka Fila Brazillia, aka Solid Doctor, brings us an incredible six disc retrospective of re- mastered and unreleased material from the Solid Doctor [...]
Honey Beard Dreamless Sleep Independent Toronto-based electronic duo Honey Beard’s debut full-length album, Dreamless Sleep, dropped mid-March. It follows their more experimental 2015 debut EP, Honey Beard. Described as “dark synth-pop at its [...]
SXM Festival 2017 @ St. Martin-Sint Maarten March 15-19, 2017 Scintillating SXM Festival delivers a stunning second year in St Martin. What’s better than hearing you’re favourite DJ among beautiful, music-loving souls in a tropical [...]
A FORCE TO BE HEARD AN INTERVIEW WITH SYDNEY BLU You have likely shaken your booty to Toronto legend and powerhouse DJ and producer, Sydney Blu (Blu Music, The Blu Party) at one of the outdoor Pride stages in Toronto, or at one of her signature [...]
SXM FESTIVAL PREVIEW MARCH 15-19, 2017 @ ST. MARTIN-SINT MAARTEN From March 15-19, 2017, the stunning paradise of St. Martin-Sint Maarten, a.k.a. SXM, will explode with the return of the Canadian-curated destination electronic music festival, [...]
THE GODFATHER OF FRENCH TECHNO AN INTERVIEW WITH LAURENT GARNIER Laurent Garnier, the “Godfather of French Techno”, received La Légion D’Honneur (French Legion of Honour), France’s highest order for military and civil [...]
THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC AN INTERVIEW WITH MARK MARCZYK OF LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA An infectious act by Toronto’s gifted Soul Motivators opened the rambunctious Balkan-klezmer-gypsy-party-funk-super-New-Years party on New Years Eve, featuring [...]
THE RED MAN FILM REVIEW AND INTERVIEW WITH EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN ACQUAVIVA “This film is a surrealist Faustian tale in DJ clothing,” Canadian dance music pioneer and Executive Producer John Acquaviva says, as he unpacks the dense Jungian [...]
Sydney Blu Bouncin’ EP Playmobil On November 25, Canada’s “leading house and techno vixen,” Sydney Blu releases her ‘Bouncin’ EP on Playmobil with Mihalis Safras’ Material Series. Described as “strong, sinfully, [...]
A-Trak In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes Fool’s Gold A-Trak’s latest album, In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes (Fool’s Gold Records) is solid. And addictive. How he managed to select 13 tracks after a decade of honing his remixing craft is as [...]
Buzzi Black Waters Afterwave Records Afterwave Records, run by Brooklyn artists Krames and William B, released their second EP in their underground techno sturm und drang collection on November 4, 2016 with Brooklyn artist Buzzi’s debut [...]
RESCUING CHICKENS AN INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN BAGNALL OF MY BODY A youthful female voice spills through my phone. It belongs to Jordan Bagnall, the twenty-something lyricist, singer and producer of electronic, synth-pop duo, My Body. She formed the [...]
Diamond Mind @ The Burdock, Toronto October 26, 2016 Diamond Mind (Liam Trimble, Matthew Cardinal, Aidan Lucas-Buckland) brought their musical bag of tricks to a cozy Burdock on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. The rich array of musical styles by [...]
Joseph @ The Great Hall, Toronto October 25, 2016 Joseph brought their signature, intricate harmonies to warm an otherwise chilly October Tuesday evening at Toronto’s newly renovated Great Hall on October 25, 2016. It was their only Canadian [...]
Christopher Ward – Is This Live? Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic The Nation’s Music Station Penguin Random House Canada – October 25, 2016 ISBN-10: 0345810341 ISBN-13: 978-0345810342 Book Review By Talia Wooldridge “We have [...]
I’M ALONE, NO YOU’RE NOT AN INTERVIEW WITH NATALIE CLOSNER OF JOSEPH Joseph is the #SpotifySpotlightArtist and sister trio from Portland, Oregon. If you haven’t heard its hit anthem, “White Flag,” do yourself a favour and download [...]
Derrick May @ Apollo Inc., Toronto (secret location) October 1, 2016 Derrick May, another legend, is a prominent Detroit-born DJ and producer with residential ties to Chicago. Born in 1963, Derrick May grew up with friends, Juan Atkins and Kevin [...]
