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Taiwan Rising
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2010
In the middle of an open field, you can hear music from everywhere, particularly the DJ stage situated in the centre. Almost 200 bands have...
State of the World
How Globalistas Are Tearing Down Cultural Barriers
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009
There's a steady downpour outside Toronto's Mod Club on a Tuesday in November 2007. It's a lousy night to go out, but inside, it's packed;...
Horns of Plenty
The Red Bull Music Academys School is in Sessions
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2008
The October sun has sunk behind the towering brick walls of a once-abandoned textile factory in San Andreu, on the outskirts of Barcelona....
Tropicália Thunder
Forty Years Ago in Brazil, A Cultural Upheaval Foreshadowed Modern Music
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2008
Drawing from stereotypes and oversimplifications, you might call Brazils Northeast region the nations id the primitive unconscious unde...
Strange Brew
Vancouver's Weird Punk Scene Invents Itself
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2008
Dreary, rainy, and occupied with a class war visible as you walk down the street, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has an oppressive, negative...
Sound of Confusion
How Shoegaze Defied Critics and Influenced A Generation
PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008
They call it the "holocaust section and it can last upwards of 25 minutes. For almost 20 years give or take a 13-year hiatus its been...
Blues At The Crossroads
What form will America's indigenous music take in the 21st century?
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2008
On a frigid night late last December, the familiar howl of Mississippi Delta blues was heard within the upscale confines of Torontos premi...
We Got It 4 Free
How Hip-hop's Mixtape Culture Is Changing the Game
PUBLISHED May 24, 2008
Kardinal Offishall is a busy man these days. His latest single "Dangerous, featuring R&B superstar Akon is poised to be the biggest song o...