Tink Adelaide Hall, Toronto ON, June 17

Published Jun 18, 2015

By the time Tink hit the stage, her DJ — sporting a white "Think Tink" T-shirt — had already warmed up the crowd by spinning tracks from Che...

Skyzoo Music For My Friends

Published Jun 17, 2015

At this point, Brooklyn MC Skyzoo is considered a veteran who is now associated with delivering a dependable, assured and almost predictable...

​Little Dragon Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, May 31

Published Jun 01, 2015

Four albums deep into their career, Swedish band Little Dragon have shown the power of sticking doggedly to their ideals as their audience c...

Little Simz Age 101 Drop 4 EP

Published May 28, 2015

From the outside looking in, things seem to be going exceedingly well for Little Simz, aka Simbi Ajikawo. The 21 year-old North London-based...

Oddisee The Good Fight

Published May 08, 2015

Having been on the grind churning out a variety of projects over the past several years in various creative guises, Maryland-reared, Brookly...

Oddisee Talks Crowdsourcing Inspiration and Baltimore Politics

Published May 07, 2015

Oddisee has been steadily putting out a variety of different projects for several years, displaying an admirable level of versatility on ins...

Spek Won Reflects on the Inspirations for 'Sofa King Amazing'

Published May 05, 2015

On his new album Sofa King Amazing, Toronto MC Spek Won unveils an eclectic, expansive sound that eschews easy pigeonholing. The first half...

What Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbus

Published May 04, 2015

Near the beginning of What Happened, Miss Simone? (screening June 26 on Netflix), Nina Simone responds to a reporter's question of what free...

Clear Soul Forces Fab 5ive

Published Apr 29, 2015

With the title of their latest album alluding to Michigan's famed game-changing college basketball team of the early '90s, Detroit's Clear S...

Sweet Micky for President Ben Patterson

Published Apr 28, 2015

Sweet Micky for President details the 2011 election that took place in Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in the country t...

Spek Won Sofa King Amazing

Published Apr 14, 2015

Spek Won's first proper full-length album is a tale of two halves. While the first part of the record is brimming with jazzy, head-nodding p...

Little Simz Talks Upcoming Projects and Dinner with Yasiin Bey

Published Apr 13, 2015

In many ways, UK MC Little Simz is a young veteran. While the North Londoner has released a slew of online mixtapes and EPs, she is still a...

Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly

Published Mar 20, 2015

"Mom, I'm finna use the van real quick. Be back in 15 minutes"   Familiar to anyone who had Kendrick Lamar's now seminal 2012 album good k...

Fashawn The Ecology

Published Feb 24, 2015

Appearing on stage with Nas at last year's SXSW could have been a blessing or a curse for Fashawn. Of course, Fashawn's eventual signing to...

Fashawn Talks Mentor Nas and Making a Classic with 'The Ecology'

Published Feb 24, 2015

For California MC Fashawn, the best things come to those who wait. This week, he released his impressive sophomore album The Ecology; featur...

Arthur McArthur

Published Feb 06, 2015

Located in a nondescript building in Toronto's Moss Park neighbourhood is where you'll find Site Sound Studios. A few years ago, the Weeknd...

Ne-Yo Non-Fiction

Published Jan 27, 2015

Ne-Yo's sixth album is being positioned as a return to the R&B singer's musical roots. It's an attempt to grab back Ne-Yo's core fan base gi...

Ne-Yo Reflects on Executive Life and Returning to R&B with 'Non-Fiction'

Published Jan 21, 2015

It's been over two years since Ne-Yo released his last album R.E.D., but it doesn't seem as if he's been out of the spotlight that much. His...

Arthur McArthur on His Search for Success with Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T, Wale

Published Jan 20, 2015

You've probably heard something that Toronto-born, L.A.-based hip-hop producer Arthur McArthur has created, but his name may not ring a bell...

Selma Ava DuVernay

Published Jan 08, 2015

It's hard to disconnect the timeliness of Ava DuVernay's Selma, which focuses on a few months of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, fro...