Articles by David Dacks

Flying Lotus Discusses His Changing Approach, the Road and What's Next

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2012

L.A. beatsmith Flying Lotus has a new album, Until the Quiet Comes, heading our way fast, and he's gearing up for a much-anticipated tour t...

Alfonso Lovo

La Gigantona

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

The latest reissue by the Numero Group label extends their marvellous run of left field, Latin-oriented releases that cover subcultures fro...

The Quiet Revolution of Flying Lotus

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2012

"First time I met him, it was like Jay meets Silent Bob," exclaims bass warrior Thundercat about his musical partner in crime and fellow sp...

Mala

Mala In Cuba

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2012

To listen to Mala In Cuba with the knowledge that it's the product of one of the godfathers of dubstep is to realize how the genre has chan...

Festival De Musique Émergente featuring Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Plants and Animals, Jean-Pierre Ferland

Rouyn-Noranda, QC, August 30-September 2

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2012

"I think we've grown as much as we can for right now," said Sandy Boutin, the driving force behind the Festival De Musique Émergente as he...

Deepchord

Sommer

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

What with all this global warming, we're going to have to come up with a new standard of summer music. Gone are the days of summertime when...

Ras Batch

Know Thyself

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

Bob Marley's "Talking Blues" has proven to be one of his more influential recordings. Its atmospheric blend of acoustic guitar, spacious re...

Céu

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2012

Sao Paolo songstress Céu glides into Montreal's Club Soda sporting a teeny, tiny camera she picked up in Japan that looks like two film can...