Articles by Matt Bauer
Tush Keep Dance Floors Grooving from Afar on 'Fantast'
PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2021
Tush have accumulated a well-earned reputation as one of Toronto's most incendiary groove machines. Originally surfacing from the city's fe...
Jayda G's DJ-Kicks Mix Is Eclectic, Invigorating and Well-Deserved
PUBLISHED May 17, 2021
When Jayda G dropped her Both of Us / Are U Down EP last summer, the Grand Forks, BC-bred DJ and producer's paean to vintage Chicago and ea...
Beatchild's 'Nostalgia' Instrumental Compilation Pushes His Soulful Production Forward
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2021
Nostalgia doesn't seem an especially fitting title for the first retrospective instrumental collection from Beatchild, previously known as...
Odario's 'Good Morning Hunter' EP Will Hype You Up and Get You Moving
PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2020
There's something seriously amiss if the debut EP from Grand Analog bandleader, radio host and all-around renaissance man Odario Williams d...
Steve Arrington Makes His Triumphant Return on 'Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions'
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2020
The last decade has seen vocalist, drummer and funk legend Steve Arrington working with a new generation of artists and producers (his pote...
Tower of Power
Step Up
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020
After more than a half-a-century as a sizzling, syncopated groove machine, Oakland's legendary Tower of Power aren't out to reinvent themse...
The Soul Motivators Chase Throwback Fun on 'Do the Damn Thing'
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2020
Toronto deep-funk messengers the Soul Motivators deepen their groove and expand their sonic palette and social consciousness on their sopho...
The Soul Motivators
Do the Damn Thing
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2020
Toronto deep-funk messengers the Soul Motivators deepen their groove and expand both their sonic palette and social consciousness on their...
