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Billed as Vancouver's biggest drum & bass event of the year, this gig was brought low by that scourge of all multi-turntable performances: t...

With their smoky bass grooves, echo chamber accents and wink-wink moniker, Britain's Morcheeba has traditionally been lumped in with Bristol...

You could call it cultural opportunism or you could call it a cynical marketing manoeuvre — and you'd be right on both counts — but when the...

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Best known to pop fans as the MC behind the Gorillaz and Deltron 3030 albums, the Bay Area's Del the Funky Homosapien took to the Commodore'...

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I'm parked in my parents' driveway, the windows rolled down, listening. It's almost 11 o'clock on a Saturday night, and I'd rather not go in...