Well, not in this post, are you insane? So sorry if that title got your hopes up, but STAY TUNED. For some reason, now that the full lineup has been released, I’ve decided it would be a good idea to post a song from every act playing our fine, fog-filled City’s premier music festivus. [...]
Friday Fun
Friday Fun:: Glory Glory
Hey everyone, it’s the weekend and there is a lot of music going on in Halifax! I mean there is usually a lot of music in our fair city on a given weekend, but this weekend it seems like there’s an inordinate amount of great music. Don’t you think so? Let’s recap: tonight there’s [...]
Friday Fun:: Skratch Bastid – The Entertainer
In general, most mixtapes have some element of fun to them, but you’re going to have a hard time getting more enjoyment than those done by the best DJ Bedford Nova Scotia ever produced: Skratch Bastid. The man known as Paul Murphy when he isn’t Bastid-izing the Technic 1200′s has to be one of the [...]
Friday Fun:: DJ Quik
Here’s a long-held herohill belief, that, unlike many such beliefs, is likely also held by a vast number of people: DJ Quik is awesome. I should just point you to Quik-authority Jeff Weiss for a much better version of this post, but no matter, I fell like bigging up Quik today, and so I shall. [...]
Friday Fun:: New Maestro!
New music from the Godfather of Canadian hip hop (Question: does Wes have that phrase TM’d yet? He should), well that’s Friday at it’s funnest for sure. Granted I thought of saving these songs for the next edition of the Rap-Sack Backpack, which is named for and inspired by Maestro himself, but I couldn’t wait. [...]
Friday Fun:: The Uncle Fester Show Episode #1
Ok, now we’ve got something! If you’re looking for some sounds to put some pep in your step, and some strut in your Saturday and Sunday for that matter, look no further. Halifax’s DJ Uncle Fester, half of the amazing production/instrumental duo The Extremities, has just released his first mixtape – The Uncle Fester Show [...]
Friday Fun:: Germany Germany – Adventures
I don’t know what it is about Adventures, the new album from Germany Germany (aka Victoria’s Drew Harris), that qualifies it as Friday Fun material, but it’s what I want to post on and it seems to suit today’s mood rather well. We’re heading into a long-weekend, normally a cause for much rejoicing, but it [...]
Friday Fun:: Mitchmatic – Two Weeks Off
I honestly have no idea why I haven’t posted on any of the hip hop coming out of the fantastically eclectic Edmonton, Alberta label/collective Old Ugly. I know of the label – in fact the Ack has posted on Doug Hoyer before, and I’m afraid we might have been contacted by someone in the Old [...]
Friday Fun:: Canadian Posse Cuts
Like any hip hop fan worth his salt, I love a good posse cut, and I was reminded of this while listening to the rugged new single from Canadian collective/group/crew/supergroup/Voltron Wolves, which consists of producer extraordinaire Bix along with MC’s D-Sisive, Ghettosocks, Muneshine and Timbuktu. I would hope that, if you’re here at the hill, [...]
Friday Fun:: The Insane Chessboard
The Insane Chessboard is a a tribute to the one & only Wally Champ from Vancouver producer The Dirty Sample. It also happens to be a perfect little compliment to a Friday afternoon: slices of six Ghostface classics laced with soulful, Wu-approved beats and intertwined with a few Tony Stark/Ironman skits. It clocks in at [...]