Articles by Aaron Matthews

Smif 'N Wessun & Pete Rock

Monumental

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

The duo of Tek and Steele have had their share of hard times. Despite recording one of the best East coast records ever (Dah Shinin'), they...

Grieves

Together/Apart

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2011

Slug has a lot to answer for. Grieves's third album, Together/Apart, draws from the blueprint Atmosphere sketched with their last two recor...

Gruff Rhys

Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON June 11

PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2011

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys possesses a kind of bizarre charisma that could only come from over 20 years onstage. Thirty minute...

Muneshine

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

Toronto rhyme maestro/producer/engineer Rob Bakker has been producing and rhyming as Muneshine since 2001. Reared in small town Saskatchewa...

Animal Farm

Culture Shock

PUBLISHED May 17, 2011

Portland, OR quartet Animal Farm draw inspiration from hip-hop's golden era for sophomore album Culture Shock. Resident producer/MC Gen. Er...

Curren$y

PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

Curren$y's road to success as a soloist has been long and convoluted, given the associations he was blessed with. The New Orleans rapper fi...

Doomsday Returns

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

MF Doom's landmark 1999 debut Operation: Doomsday gave hope to a generation of underground hip-hop heads, blending tortured pathos with ton...

Curren$y Talks Weed Philosophy, Delivers <i>Covert Coup</i>

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2011

Best known for his mellow rhymes about blunts and broads, it's fitting that Curren$y has chosen today (April 20) to drop his new Covert Cou...