Divorcee is a new project from Yoni Wolf (production) and his ex-girlfriend Anna Stewart (vocals). I have given it a quick listen and it sounds a lot like Yoni’s main project Why?. If you listen to the Wandering Wolf podcastRead more…
Tales From the Bargain Bin: De La Soul – Saturdays
Over the weekend I did a surprising amount crate digging. I had a little break from the city and spent a couple of days checking out some small towns in south western Ontario. I had no intention of looking forRead more…
Bibio – Green
If you’ve been checking my posts on Plastic and Wax you’d be forgiven for thinking I only listen to hip hop. Another favorite sound of mine I going to describe as downtempo electronic folk. I listen to quite a fewRead more…
Noah 23 – Light Years
The Guelph Oracle Noah 23 is back with a new album titled Light Years. It was released July 23rd and is a collaboration with producer David Klopek. Noah describes this album as abstract throwback boom bap. After two excellent albumsRead more…
Young Planet – New Fast Automatic
Young Planet is New York based rapper Cidida and producer Eibol. New Fast Automatic is a free album they released earlier this year. New Fast Automatic follows their previous album, Ludwig Can You Hear Me which is also a free download.Read more…
It Started in the Bronx
I wanted to create a new category to write about some classic hip hop albums but where to start? The first album I owned was Run DMC’s Raising Hell, I could start there but there is a lot that happenedRead more…
Armand Hammer – Race Music
Armand Hammer is a duo consisting of New York rappers Billy Woods and Elucid. I recently saw their video for the song “The Rent Is Too Damn High” and really liked what I heard. Unfortunately their Race Music album isRead more…
Cars & Trains – Moon and The Earth
Cars & Trains has long been involved in the independent hip hop scene without actually making hip hop. His style of music could be described as glitchy acoustic folk. There are some similarities and influences from the likes of FogRead more…
Oddisee – Live
This is the first post for a new category titled All The Way Live. I don’t go to as many live shows as I once did but I still make it out occasionally. The idea of this new category isRead more…
Spooky Black
I first heard of Spooky Black aka Lil Spook from Blockhead’s Phat Friend blog in a post aptly titled “Ready to be confused?”. When I later posted the video for Without You to Facebook my brother asked me if myRead more…