2009 brought the debut album from Rich Terfry (the man behind the Buck 65 moniker) and his newest collaborator, Belgian producer Joëlle Phuong Minh Lê.  The electronic/hip-hop project, known as Bike for Three!, released More Heart Than Brains this past summer to almost exclusive acclaim.  Today’s song is not from that album, nor is it [...]

Amongst other things, 2009 will be remembered as the year I re-discovered my fondness for hip-hop; equally as important, it was the year I discovered Steam Whistle, but my beer preferences don’t fall under the ever expanding umbrella of indie-music.  Today’s song comes to us from D-Sisive, the stage name of Canadian rapper Derek Christoff, [...]

I Was Stabbed by Satan can be found on K’naan’s first PolarisPolaris reviews-nominated album The Dusty Foot Philosopher, released in the summer of 2005; his second Polaris-nominated release came this year via his sophomore effort TroubadourTroubadour reviews.  On top of the nomination for best Canadian independent album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher would take home the JunoJuno [...]

Today’s track is another fine piece of Canadian hip-hop from Toronto’s own k-os.  Eye Know Something can be found on k-os’ 2009 PolarisPolaris reviews long-listed LP Yes!, released in Canada on April 14th 2009 and digitally in the US on November 17th; the physical US release is set for February 2010, along with a video [...]

Today’s post comes from the electronic/hip-hop (sometimes referred to as electrohop or ghettotech) act Thunderheist; my God I wish I was the one to coin the term ghettotech.  Do the Right Thing can be found on the Toronto/Montreal duo’s self-titled debut album, released on March 31st of this year.  The unlikely tandem of MC Isis and [...]

Here’s one more for everyone on this Monday-ish feeling Thursday, this time from the Berkley, California alternative hip-hop act Why? Originally a solo project of frontman/lyrical-mastermind Yoni Wolf, Why? evolved into a full band prior to the release of their most recent album Eskimo Snow (released on September 22nd of this year); Even the Good Wood Gone [...]

For whatever reason, my relationship with hip-hop music seems to be cyclical.  In grade 8 I was rocking to school with the Wu-Tang Clan (seriously), and then in high school I remember a two-week period where the only album allowed in my car was The Marshall Mathers LPThe Marshall Mathers LP reviews.  Thanks to artists [...]

Today I bore witness to the true value of Twitter, when I saw a link for this song in one of Said the Whale’s twoots.  The song is a mashup that features Gentleman from Said the Whale, Time to PretendTime to Pretend reviews from MGMT, Lovely Alien from Holy FuckHoly Fuck reviews, Baba O’RileyBaba O’Riley [...]

It’s 4 hours into my work day, and I’ve already listened to this song 15 times.  This means that at any given point this morning there was a 20% chance someone walking into my office would hear this track; I like to think I carry a lot of the cool around there.  I Wish I [...]

I learned a valuable life lesson last evening.  If your buddy pisses off a table of dudes by talking to one of their girlfriends, sending the alpha-dude a Pina colada does not smooth out the situation.  Anyways, today’s song comes from the Canadian hip-hop band Grand Analog.  I Play My Kazoo can be found on [...]

Today felt like a good day to post another Why? track; Fatalist Palmistry is currently my favorite track from the Berkeley, California indie/hip-hop act, though this title seems to change bi-weekly.  The song can be found on Why?’s third full-length studio album Alopecia, released in March of 2008.  Again, Yoni Wolf’s lyrics steal the show on [...]

I’ve got a reallllllllly good track for everyone today.  Typically, I don’t listen to a lot of today’s hip-hop as I’m not a huge fan of hearing music about hoes, bling, blang, guns, and sizzurp, but today’s song is an exception.  One Track Mind comes to us from the Canadian hip-hop artist ClassifiedClassified reviews, and his [...]

There are 57 days until this year’s Polaris Music Prize gala, and still no invitation for BowlingStone.com; I’m still feeling pretty optimistic however.  I thought I would close out the week with anotherAnother Year reviews tune from the American indie/alt-rock/hip-hop band Why?.  The band seems to have this uncanny ability to exclusively create songs I can listen to [...]

With Why?’s next album (Eskimo Snow) not slated for release until September of this year, I’m not entirely sure how this song made it’s way onto YouTube; Regardless, I am very very vibed to have stumbled across it.  Yoni Wolf, the man behind Why?, has described the upcoming release as “…the least hip-hop out of anything [...]

It feels like years since my last Why? post, so here it is.  I was perusing Pitchfork today, as I so often do when I should be working, and came across a postPost reviews announcing an upcoming Why? album entitled Eskimo Snow, scheduled for release this fall; This pleased me greatly.  Today’s track comes from the [...]

Is it lame to post a song called Good Friday on a day called Good Friday?  I’ve decided it’s 40% lame, 40% rad, and 20% holy shit this song is good.  As you may have guessed from the title of this post, and the first two sentences, tonight’s tune is titled Good Friday.  If you [...]

I’ve got ANOTHERAnother Year reviews tune from Why? today, making the Berkeley, California indie-rock/hip-hop band my most blogged about artist.  By Torpedo Or Crohn’s is another track from the band’s third full-length release Alopecia.  Front-to-back, side-to-side, or however one consumes an album, Alopecia is one of the solidest albums I have listened to over the past [...]

From the brilliant minds that brought us Lazy SundayLazy Sunday reviews, Dick in a Box, and Jizz in My PantsJizz in my Pants reviews, comes what will surely be one of the most important rap songs of our time.  Teaming up with T-Pain, Andy Samberg’s The Lonely Island gives us I’m On a Boat.  The [...]

I stumbled upon a pretty cool track today from Asher Roth, a hip-hop artist from…. wait for it… Morrisville, Pennsylvania.  Like Mickey Avalon before him, Roth is another white hip-hop artist with a sense of humour who is benefiting from the doors opened by EminemEminem reviews.  After posting some verses on his Myspace page while [...]

Tonight’s post is another track from the Berkeley, California hip-hop/indie-rock band Why?. It seems like every song I hear from this group I end up liking more than the last.  Simeon’s Dilemma comes from the bands third full-length studio album Alopecia.  The two previous Why? songs I posted, The HollowsThe Hollows reviews and These Few PresidentsThese [...]