Articles by Del F. Cowie

Rage Is Back

By Adam Mansbach

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2013

While it is set in present day New York, Adam Mansbach's latest novel casts a nostalgic, thought-provoking look back at the past through th...

Jessie Ware

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2013

When Jessie Ware's Devotion album was released in the UK last summer, the coolly sophisticated amalgam of electronic, R&B and pop music was...

The Antiheroes

Modern Day Riot

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2013

While the title, artwork and group name may suggest you'd be in for a session of uncompromising agitprop rap, Toronto, ON hip-hip duo the A...

Torae

Admission of Guilt

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2013

Torae has cultivated an identity over the years as being a quintessential underground NYC MC, one schooled on classic, gritty '90s hip-hop,...

Karriem Riggins Talks the State of His Madlib Collab, Working with Paul McCartney

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2013

The name Karriem Riggins may not be immediately familiar to some, but with collaborators ranging from Paul McCartney to J Dilla, there's a...

K-os

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2013

Back from a four-year hiatus, Canadian hip-hop star k-os has returned with the double album Black on Blonde. Divided roughly in half along...

Lancecape

Always Fresh

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2013

For those in the know, Lancecape is a Toronto, ON hip-hop producer noted for his gritty soundscapes and affiliation with the city's storied...

Kendrick Lamar

Inside the Year's Best Album

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2012

Kendrick Lamar celebrated his 24th birthday performing a concert in Toronto. At the end of the show on a summer night in 2011 at the Sound...