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LV – Sebenza
Rating: NNNN "Sebenza" means "work" in Zulu. As the hook says on LV's tricky, percolating title-track opener, work is a year-round pursuit, with only the... -
Hiawatha
Mood music is a necessity as the days shorten and turn into half-night. I'm not sure there's a Toronto musician more an exegete of darkness... -
Manifesto
For the past six years Manifesto, a multi-day community and culture festival, has lured some of hip-hop's finest, from Talib Kweli to Rakim, to bless... -
2 Chainz draws a big Tuesday night crowd
2 CHAINZ at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, September 4. Rating: NNN It's been a month of firsts for Atlantan rapper 2 Chainz: an early August... -
Jessie Ware – Devotion
Rating: NNNNN Adele. Emeli Sandé. Lianne La Havas. The UK is a diva factory, churning out an endless stream of prodigious vocal stunners. Jessie Ware... -
Sunnyside on fire
FIRE ON THE WATER with VENUS X, D/J RUPTURE, POIRIER, MAGA BO, DOS MUNDOS, LUCIE TIC, TORRO TORRO & M.A.M.A. at Sunnyside Pavillion, Sunday, August... -
Rochelle Jordan – P R E S S U R E
Rating: NNN Minimal R&B seems to have replaced dancehall as the sound of Toronto. It suits this city's restless, young creatives: a slick, sensual, scaled-back... -
DJ/Rupture
DJ/RUPTURE with VENUS X, POIRIER, MAGA BO, TORRO TORRO, DOS MUNDOS and others at Sunnyside Pavilion (1755 Lake Shore West), Sunday (August 26), 2 pm... -
Dave Chappelle
DAVE CHAPPELLE at the WinterGarden Theatre (189 Yonge), August 20-22. Rating: NNNN Anyone who likes laughing will remember the story: in 2005, at the height... -
Riff Raff – Birth Of An Icon
Rating: NNN I don't get Riff Raff. He has ginger cornrows and obnoxious facial hair and looks like a Cazwell-Omarion hybrid. He's also had the... -
Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
Rating: NNN Young British singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas spent last fall touring with Bon Iver. So, depending on how cynical you are, the unknown La... -
Funk Getting Ready To Roll: P-Funk’s unknown Toronto history
"Boston, Toronto and Detroit had the most to do with us changing," says legendary bandleader George Clinton, in the new CBC Radio documentary, Funk Getting... -
Q&A: Snoop Lion
In a scene from his upcoming, TIFF-premiering documentary "Reincarnated," Calvin Broadus sits in yardie repose on a balcony in front of a verdant Jamaican forest.... -
Popcaan
POPCAAN with MYA, TONY MATTERHORN, ORLANDO OCTAVE and others at Coconuts (2180 Steeles West, Vaughan), Saturday (August 4), 9:30 pm, all ages. $40-$100. PDR, TG.... -
The Very Best – MTMTMK
Rating: NNN The video for the Very Best's first single, Yoshua Alikuti, from second record MTMTMK is a remake of Lil Wayne's A Milli. Singer...
