Articles by David Dacks

Aline Morales

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

In Toronto, Aline Morales is the anti-Weeknd. She's no semi-mysterious figure on a rocket ride of blog buzz and co-signs; instead she's per...

The Translator

Moombahton

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

What is it? Moombahton, despite an etymologic resemblance to reggaeton, actually came from Dutch house. It bubbles along at a 108 BPM party...

Kids & Explosions, Saidah Baba Talibah, the Worst Pop Band Ever Nominated for Toronto's Inaugural SoundClash Music Award

PUBLISHED May 26, 2011

There's another prize on the landscape of Canadian music: the SoundClash Music Award, which aims to honour Toronto's talented, creative and...

Nicole Mitchell

Awakening

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

AACM president Nicole Mitchell has been widely celebrated as one of the foremost flautists of current-day jazz, but sometimes her recording...

Various

Hammock House: Africa Caribe

PUBLISHED May 17, 2011

Joaquin "Joe" Claussell has more than a dozen years of history in creating organic grooves for the dance floor. He used to be known for "tr...

The Alison Cameron Band

The Alison Cameron Band

PUBLISHED May 15, 2011

Toronto, ON's Rat Drifting usually gets tagged as "experimental" in disc reviews, but the label puts out pretty tuneful, if eccentric, musi...

Teddy Pendergrass

Live In '82

PUBLISHED May 11, 2011

The Teddy Bear delivers the goods in this rollicking performance in London, UK in 1982. London's soul massive has always been friendly to t...

Atropolis

Atropolis

PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

This fantasia of percussion and electronics reanimates Colombian and pan-Latino sounds. This album resulted from Adam Partridge's travels i...