Pete International Airport releases their debut lp on September 21st!
The Dandy Warhols’ second album, …The Dandy Warhols Come Down, fades out with an ethereal song; six minutes of day-dreamy, atmospheric guitar based bliss. Born out of their guitarist messing around with a lot of pedals in different configurations just making noise, they recorded it with engineer Tony Lash who promptly slapped the label “Pete International Airport” on it. Ever since that day, Peter Holmstrom has known what his solo project would be titled.
When Holmstrom started playing in The Dandy Warhols, he admits that his talent on the guitar was limited. 15 years on, it’s obvious that his guitar sound holds massive influence over countless other bands. Ranging from neo-psych, spaced-out garage and fuzzy goth, just listen to any psych rock album from this decade and you’ll hear echoes of Holmstrom. Having sold tons of records and touring the world countless times with The Dandy Warhols, Pete International Airport sees Holmstrom stepping out as a band leader for the first time.
Writing predominantly on guitar, Holmstrom, culled his favorite noisy, droney, and atmospheric jams he’d written for the project. With help from friends in the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Warlocks, Highway, The Upsidedown, M. Ward’s band and Australia’s Even, he holed up in the Dandy Warhol’s recording studio, The Odditorium. The resulting album highlights Holmstrom’s guitar work at it’s finest. Songs like “Repeater” soar into space, dripping with hints of Spacemen 3 while “21 Days” pummels like a lost Primal Scream burner. Nods to past stop there though, as Holmstrom, with the help of The Upsidedown’s Jsun Adams on vocals, stretches the guitar compositions into a lush, fully realized album that cycles though acid-fueled stompers, drenched with feedback and strangeness (“New Eastern”), to melodic love songs (“Sweetheart Tattoo”) and closing with the beautiful and dreamy send off “I Care”.
Pete International Airport steps into the spotlight and showcases an artist at his finest and most experimental. From now on, there are few people that will refer to Peter Holmstrom as “just the guitarist.” Pete International Airport is available from Custom Made Music on September 21st, 2010.
Click to preview the lead single: “21 Days”
TD IRIE MUSIC FESTIVAL presents GYPTIAN Aug 1, 2010 Queen’s Park
The 9th annual TD IRIE Music Festival is a hot, multi-media extravaganza with international and Canadian artists. The weekend features a variety of music, dance, spoken word and visual art as well as eclectic food from the Caribbean, Africa, North America, South America and beyond. The Festival is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Toronto and accessible by the TTC at three prime public locations at Queen’s Park,Nathan Phillips Square and Yonge-Dundas Square. We are proud to announce VP Records artist Gyptian in concert Sunday, August 1st, Queen’s Park at 8:00 p.m.
Wu Tang Clan film, FREE screening & discussion (July 10th, 3pm)!
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan
In the summer of 1993, the hip hop genre was transformed by the formation the Wu-Tang Clan, a New York City-based hip-hop group consisting of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard. The collective is frequently joined by fellow childhood friend Cappadonna, a quasi-member. The group emerged from the slums of Staten Island and took the hip-hop world by storm. Their legacy spanned over a decade, garnering fans worldwide and generating sales in excess of $50 million. This is their story.
Following the screening, California-based producer P. Frank Williams will be discussing the film and Wu-Tang Clan’s legacy with event host/moderator Adhimu “Mindbender” Stewart.
Price: FREE ADMISSION
Saturday, July 10, 2010
3:00PM – 4:30PM Studio Theatre
Harbourfront Centre - 235 Queens Quay West
Toronto JAZZ FEST – MACY GRAY & CHAKA KHAN Saturday July 3 – 6:00pm FREE
Yonge-Dundas Square!
One night only! LIVE & FREE!
The TD Toronto Jazz Festival is inviting a few thousand of our closest friends for a free Saturday night party. Come down to Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, July 3rd for a special performance by legendary R&B vocalist Chaka Khan and Grammy Award winner Macy Gray. Did we mention it’s free?
Chaka Khan formed her first singing group when she was 11 years old. She went on to join local Chicago group Rufus, where multiple gold and platinum albums followed. Khan’s career has spanned from R&B to funk to soul to jazz and has included collaborations with Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones and Barbra Streisand. She has released multiple albums and received 10 Grammy Awards among other impressive recognition awards.
With her utterly unique and raspy voice, Macy Gray first burst onto the R&B music scene with a fresh sense of style and talent for alternative and mainstream soul. Since her debut album release in 1999, Gray has received two Grammy nominations and one Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal. Her latest album will be released summer 2010 with collaborations including Bobby Brown and Matt Sorum.
For more information visit www.torontojazz.com
Katy Perry Says ‘Summer Starts Now’! Brand New Album “Teenage Dream” To Be Released On August 24th
TWO-TIME GRAMMY-NOMINATED POP SUPERSTAR LAUNCHES
SIZZLING SUMMER ANTHEM “CALIFORNIA GURLS” AT RADIO
CAPITOL RECORDS WILL RELEASE PERRY’S NEW ALBUM, TEENAGE DREAM, ON AUGUST 24TH IN THE U.S. AND CANADA; AUGUST 30TH IN THE REST OF THE WORLD
TEENAGE DREAM IS THE FOLLOW-UP TO MULTI-PLATINUM STAR’S
SMASH DEBUT ONE OF THE BOYS
KATY CONFIRMED TO PERFORM AT MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS ON JUNE 20th
After scoring four smash singles off her five-million-selling 2008 debut album One of the Boys, two-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Katy Perry returns to set airwaves ablaze with a scorching brand-new single “California Gurls,” which ignited radio with a surprise release on May 7. The single is now available for sale digitally worldwide.
An irresistible, hook-filled clarion call to throw on Daisy Dukes and a bikini top, “California Gurls” will “melt your popsicle,” Katy assures us in this party anthem of the summer. The sizzling track — a fresh evolution of Perry’s witty, sassy sound — is the follow-up to her back-to-back-to-back No. 1 chart-toppers “I Kissed A Girl”, “Hot N Cold”, and “Waking Up In Vegas” from One of the Boys.
The Santa Barbara-born Perry was inspired to write “California Gurls” as she watched her friends go crazy at a party listening to Jay-Z’s salute to New York, “Empire State of Mind.” “Everybody was holding their drinks in the air and dancing, and I thought, ‘We’re not in New York, we’re in Los Angeles! What about California? What about all the homies, the gin and juice, the swaying palm trees, the sun-kissed skin 24-7,’” Perry recalls. “I decided that we needed to make a response. I want people to want to book a ticket to California the first time they hear it!” And because it’s practically un-American to release a song that mentions gin and juice without Snoop Dogg, Perry recruited the rap icon to contribute his inimitable vocals to “California Gurls.” “We thought it would sound so cool and give the song another dimension,” she says. “Snoop is as West Coast as it gets.”
“California Gurls” is just a taste of what’s to come when Katy unleashes her brand-new album Teenage Dream, which will be released by Capitol Records on August 24th in the U.S. and Canada; and August 30th in the rest of the world. The album is the follow-up to Perry’s blockbuster debut One of the Boys, which has been certified double platinum in Canada and has sold five million copies worldwide. The album spawned four smash singles, including the back-to-back No. 1, Grammy-nominated chart-toppers “I Kissed A Girl” and “Hot N Cold” (both selling more than a combined eight million copies in the US), “Thinking of You” (No. 1 Airplay in five countries), and “Waking Up in Vegas” (2.3 million sold in the US and No. 1 Airplay in five countries). Perry has sold more than 22 million singles, digital tracks, and mobile products worldwide.
Katy’s success has led her to become one of the most talked-about new artists of the past two years. Since exploding onto the scene in 2008 with “Ur So Gay,” and touring the entire run of the Vans Warped tour, she has appeared on the covers of 12 national magazines (including Flare, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Nylon, Complex, Paper, Lucky, Out, and Billboard) and countless international publications, launched a sold-out 50-city world headlining tour, appeared on several national morning and late-night talk shows (including Canada AM, The Today Show, American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance?, Ellen, The CBS Early Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Chelsea Lately in the US and Later with Jools Holland (UK), Taratata (France), the Echo Awards (Germany) and many others internationally), as well as NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly. She has presented awards (and gotten slimed) at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, presented at the 2010 Grammy Awards (where “Hot N Cold” was nominated for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance”), and performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2009 when she was nominated in the same category for “I Kissed A Girl.” Perry has appeared as a judge on the Fox juggernaut American Idol and been named one of People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” of 2010, one of Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year, Esquire’s Women We Love and voted 2008 Best New Artist by readers of Rolling Stone. She has also hosted and performed – twice at the MTV EMA’s. Most recently, Much Music announced that Perry will perform at the Much Music Video Awards on June 20th.
Stay tuned for more about “California Gurls” and Teenage Dream. For more about pop’s multi-dimensional, multi-colored girl on the move, please visit:
www.katyperry.com, www.twitter.com/katyperry, www.myspace.com/katyperry, www.facebook.com/katyperry
RUSKO O.M.G.! OUT NOW! – FREE album stream
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Rusko’s “O.M.G.!” album is out NOW and available at all good record stores, or buy direct from the artist! Also CD + Limited T-shirt direct from Mad Decent! Plus, you can also stream the entire album HERE
Mishka Keep Watch 17 – AC SLATER
ABOUT THE MIX
This month’s Keep Watch Mix comes courtesy of our hometown bass warrior AC Slater of the infamous Trouble & Basscrew. These pounding 33 minutes drive you through his upcoming release peppered with a host of acapellas to intensify the experience, which starts out with the Drop The Lime remix of Slater’s upcoming single “Take You Higher”. It then progresses to a more bass-heavy and dubstep sound provided by the help of label mates Ninjasonik and Klash77. Wrapping it up with a 3am “Eternal” vibe that comes courtesy of Luna C – the old school rave producer of 92 Eternal’s “The Feeling”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
AC Slater (Aaron Clevenger) has been gaining notoriety for cultivating a bass dominant sound becoming one of the most sought after producers of the past 2 years. Raised on 90′s hip-hop and nourished by old skool rave Slater has successfully combined these influences into his own unique style of music production. He was taken on by the Brooklyn label, Trouble & Bass, home to Math Head, Passions and Drop the Lime. Over the past few years Slater has had consistent radio play on BBC 1 and Kiss 100 in the UK, and has been seen as an integral part in the DJ sets of Moby, Tommie Sunshine, Crookers, The Freestylers, MSTRKRFT, Drop the Lime and Stanton Warriors. In the first half of 2010 Slater is set to release his next single ‘Take You’ on Trouble & Bass, followed by the eagerly anticipated ‘Calm Down’ trilogy EP. With the help of T&B, 10 years behind the decks and an arsenal of tracks Slater shows no signs of slowing down. Booking shows across Europe, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Asia and Australia he has been leaving a trail of adrenaline, shattered speakers and loyal fans behind him. He plans to do the same this spring throughout his world tour; all the while working on his debut album due in 2011.
ABOUT MISHKA
A New York City fixture, Mishka has spent the past 6 years carving their own way through the often homogenous streetwear world. Developing from a small T-shirt upstart to the now full-blown cut & sew powerhouse, Mishka has become synonymous in the industry with creativity and originality, consistently inspiring (and sometimes offending) with designs that stay true to the D.I.Y./Punk ethos Mishka is well known for. Both nostalgic and forward looking with that unusual ability to influence the influencers, Mishka continues to be the brand to look for and trust to deliver the utmost in quality and design. Mishka’s collections are available worldwide in only the finest shops.
Download the entire mix: http://www.mediafire.com/?gzkz22nmgn1
Stream it on the Mishka Doombox: http://mishkanyc.com/doombox/doombox
BUJU RETAINS FLORIDA SUPER LAWYER DAVID OSCAR MARKUS
- Top Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Maintains Reggae Star’s Innocence -
Gargamel Music, Inc. is pleased to announce that top federalcriminal defense attorney, David Oscar Markus, has officially been retained to defend four-time Grammy-nominated Reggae icon, Buju Banton, against the trumped-up drug charges currently being levied against him by the United States government.
“Buju is innocent – plain and simple,” declares Markus. “He was set up from the jump by some evil people trying to take advantage of his trusting and honest character. We are all looking forward to getting him out of prison so that he can move forward with his stellar music career.”
Mr. Markus is a Magna Cum Laude Harvard Law graduate who kicked off his high profile legal career as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Miami. His overwhelmingly successful private practice, Markus Law (www.markuslaw.com), focuses primarily on federal criminal cases at both the trial and appellate levels.Prestigious attorney resource guide, Chambers and Partners, says David Oscar Markus “is a man who gets consistently great results… When he walks into a room the US Attorney’s office winces as he puts them to the test every step of the way.” TheNational Law Review says, “David is a reincarnation of the old time great criminal defense attorneys.”
The nationally recognized litigator has also consistently been named one of the top lawyers in the country by Florida Super Lawyers (2006 – 2009); Florida Trend (2008 – 2009); Daily Business Review‘s 5th Annual Most Effective Lawyers (2009); Top Lawyers In South Florida (2002 – 2009);South Florida Legal Guide (2002 – 2008); Best Lawyers In America (2007 – 2008).
Early Tuesday morning, US Marshalls transferred Buju Banton to a jail facility in Tampa. He is scheduled to appear in US District Court for the Middle District Of Florida on Thursday. Meanwhile, sales of Banton’s Grammy-nominated album, Rasta Got Soul, have continued to increase in the four weeks since his incarceration. A documentary-style music video for new single “Optimistic Soul”will begin circulating in the coming weeks.
For up-to-date insider information about Buju Banton, simply log on:
THIS IS BUJU BANTON - OFFICIAL BLOG
Mick Boogie & De La Soul Mixtape (20 Years)-New Kardinal song
20 Years – Le Da Soul
Mick Boogie Presents
http://usershare.net/d67qmp0izewc
1. Intro: Senor Kaos, Von Pea and Homeboy Sandman (produced by Dave West)
2. Me Myself and I: Kardinal Offishall (produced by Diabolic)
3. Pease Porridge: Phife Dawg (produced by Dj Rasta Root)
4. Breakdawn: Tanya Morgan (produced by 6th Sense)
5. Oooh: Fly Union (produced by Fly Union)
6. Baby Phat: Skillz & Colin Monroe (produced by nVMe)
7. Stakes Is High part 1: U-N-I (produced by 6th Sense)
8. Say No Go: Chaundon, Esso + The Kickdrums (produced by The Kickdrums)
9. Rock Co Kane Flow: Shawn Christopher & Pheo (produced by Garbs)
10. Ego Trippin: Asheru (produced by The Els)
11 Ooodles of O’s: Camp Lo (produced by Apple Juice Kid)
12. Sunshine: Christian Rich + Curtains (produced by Christian Rich)
13. Plug Tunin’: Tabi Bonney + Stalley (produced by Judah)
14. Hey Love: Chip Tha Ripper (produced by Remot)
15. The Bizness: Big Pooh, Butta Verses, and 6th Sense (produced by 6th Sense)
16. I Am I Be: 6th Sense (produced by Hasan Insane)
17. Eye Know: Daytona & Mike Maven (produced by 6th Sense)
18. Saturdays: Niko Villamor, Brittany Street & Kidd Neer (produced by SMKA)
19. Watch Out: J.Sands (produced by J. Rawls)
20. Stakes Is High part 2: Talib Kweli (produced by eJones)
D-Sisive – Jonestown – Free Download
You know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby.
D-Sisive returns with his newest creation, Jonestown. The free album is the follow up to his Polaris Long-Listed album ‘Let The Children Die’, which featured the SOCAN/Echo award winning song ‘Nobody With A Notepad’.
“It’s the Kool Aid,” describes D-Sisive of his newest LP. The Juno nominated artist decided to take a break from his dark/depressing content to focus on the “punchline/battle-rap” style he became known for in the late nineties. The album boasts production from heavyweights Muneshine (Sean Price), Moss (Ghostface, Obie Trice), Anonymous Twist (Planet Asia), Murr (LAL, formerly of The Grassroots), Toronto-born/NY-based Marco Polo (Heltah Skeltah, Masta Ace), 9th Uno and Shinogo. Toronto artist Slim Twig (paper bag records) also makes an appearance on the Shinogo produced ‘Around The World’. The Muneshine produced single ‘West Coast’ is already charting across the country.
“It’s a secret,” laughs D-Sisive after asked to explain the connection between the album’s content and it’s title. Jonestown will be released Wednesday, November 18, 2009, also marking the 31st anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre.
D-Sisive:Jonestown is available exclusively through www.d-sisive.com
Welcome to Jonestown.
DINE ALONE SENDS LUCKY CANADIANS TO SOUNDWAVE IN AUSTRALIA!
Dine Alone, in partnership with Tourism Australia and Goway Travel, will be sending two very lucky winners to Australia to see ALEXISONFIRE perform in Melbourne at the legendary SoundWave Festival in February, 2010.
The winner will receive:
- Two round-trip tickets on Qantas Airways from Vancouver to Australia
- Two tickets to Soundwave Festival 2010 in Melbourne
- Three night accommodations in Melbourne
- An 18 day Adventure Tours trip for two from Melbourne to Darwin including 11 night twin share accommodations, 6 nights camping, an Opal Mine tour and Otway Fly Tree Top Walk
The growing interest in Australia’s music scene and increasing desire of more Canadians to work or play in Australia has motivated Tourism Australia and Goway Travel to develop the special websitewww.australia.com/workandholiday where the contest resides. Filled with insider knowledge, concert calendar, tips and travel deals, the website is perfect for those wanting to work their way around the country using the Work and Holiday Visa (WHV) or others just wanting to have a fun Aussie adventure.
For more details and to enter the contest, visit: www.australia.com/workandholiday
M.O. Better Late Than Never (free mixtape download)
After 4 successful releases with his group, FAMN, M.O. has just released his debut solo mixtape ‘Better Late Than Never’ with DJ Technical. The release of this collection of exclusives and remixes is an appetizer to wet the appetites of the hungry fans who have been patiently waiting, for M.O.’s solo album “Vicarious”, which is long overdue, hence the name ‘Better Late Than Never’. “Vicarious is set for release in the new year and M.O. promises no more delays.
Watch for M.O.’s Club tour coming Winter 2009/2010.http://www.sendspace.com/file/1a0zmq
J DILLA “JAY STAY PAID”. NEW ALBUM FROM THE LATE HIP-HOP LEGEND J DILLA COMING JUNE 2. DOWNLOAD THE ‘BEAT JUNKIES’ ALBUM SAMPLER MIX HERE:
Executive produced by Dilla’s mother, Ms. Yancey AKA “Madukes
By now most everyone is familiar with the story of musical legend J Dilla. The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Eryka Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid is a 28 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, “J$P” also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of The Roots, MF DOOM, Havoc of Mobb Deep, M.O.P. , Raekwon and more.
Curtailing any notion of jumping on some sort of Dilla bangwagon, Jay Stay Paid was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen Yancey (aka Ma Dukes) along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s only real musical idol, Pete Rock. “It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard,” explains Ms Yancey. “This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. Its mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”
The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete’s involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete’s sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”
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