Donald Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino, set social media ablaze with all things Migos on January 8th when he shouted out the Atlanta hip-hop trio and their single “Bad and Boujee” during his first Golden Globes acceptance speech. The big ups to Migos increased Spotify streams of the single by a staggering 243 percent and it didn’t stop there—Glover confirmed an upcoming … [Read more...] about The Zeitgeist of Hip-Hop: Migos’ Culture
Album review
99 Cents by Santigold
Santigold was an artist I had never heard of before this last week. As I sat back expecting to hear another mediocre artist, with mediocre music. I remember thinking how sick I was of all the terrible electronic music that seemed to flood the electronic music industry recently. Instead of playing the first track like I usually do I started the album, 99 Cents by listening to … [Read more...] about 99 Cents by Santigold
Jason Collett “Song and Dance Man” Album Review
Jason Collett released his newest album on February 5th of this year. The album is his first since 2012 and is long overdue. Jason Collett is a singer from Toronto from the Broken Social Scene, an indie rock band formed in 1999. His music is classified as alternative but for some reason I see it more as indie -which makes sense because of the style of music he played while … [Read more...] about Jason Collett “Song and Dance Man” Album Review
Grand Analog “Roll Dub Soul Rap” Album Review
Grand Analog released their newest album, Roll Dub Soul Rap (A Collection) back in October 2015. The album is a compilation of all their best tracks from previous albums, including Calligraffiti (2007), Metropolis is Burning (2009) and Modern Thunder (2013). They originated from Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the likes of The Weakerthans, and moved to Toronto which is where they are … [Read more...] about Grand Analog “Roll Dub Soul Rap” Album Review
Hibria- Hibria
I remember the first time I ever heard Hibria. I was discussing power metal with a friend, who then turned to me and asked if I had ever heard of this Brazilian band Hibria. While I knew the name I had never actually heard the music. He then went on to describe this concert he had been to in at some rundown bar in Kitchener where there had been about 10 people in attendance, … [Read more...] about Hibria- Hibria