Reviews
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 fer...
Articles By Matt Bauer
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![Jayda G's DJ-Kicks Mix Is Eclectic, Invigorating and Well-Deserved]()
ReviewsJayda G's DJ-Kicks Mix Is Eclectic, Invigorating and Well-Deserved Published May 17, 2021When 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 ear...
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![Beatchild's 'Nostalgia' Instrumental Compilation Pushes His Soulful Production Forward]()
ReviewsBeatchild's 'Nostalgia' Instrumental Compilation Pushes His Soulful Production Forward Published Jan 28, 2021Nostalgia doesn't seem an especially fitting title for the first retrospective instrumental collection from Beatchild, previously known as S...
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![Odario's 'Good Morning Hunter' EP Will Hype You Up and Get You Moving]()
ReviewsOdario's 'Good Morning Hunter' EP Will Hype You Up and Get You Moving Published Oct 23, 2020There's something seriously amiss if the debut EP from Grand Analog bandleader, radio host and all-around renaissance man Odario Williams do...
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![Steve Arrington Makes His Triumphant Return on 'Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions']()
ReviewsSteve Arrington Makes His Triumphant Return on 'Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions' Published Sep 16, 2020The last decade has seen vocalist, drummer and funk legend Steve Arrington working with a new generation of artists and producers (his poten...
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![Tower of Power Step Up]()
ReviewsTower of Power Step Up Published Mar 27, 2020After more than a half-a-century as a sizzling, syncopated groove machine, Oakland's legendary Tower of Power aren't out to reinvent themsel...
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![The Soul Motivators Chase Throwback Fun on 'Do the Damn Thing']()
FeaturesThe Soul Motivators Chase Throwback Fun on 'Do the Damn Thing' Published Jan 27, 2020Toronto deep-funk messengers the Soul Motivators deepen their groove and expand their sonic palette and social consciousness on their sophom...
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![The Soul Motivators Do the Damn Thing]()
ReviewsThe Soul Motivators Do the Damn Thing Published Jan 24, 2020Toronto deep-funk messengers the Soul Motivators deepen their groove and expand both their sonic palette and social consciousness on their s...
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![Class of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song]()
FeaturesClass of 2020: Hanorah Revels in the Healing Power of Song Published Jan 06, 2020A prophet by the name of George Clinton once said, "Funk not only moves, it can remove." That's a dictum that emerging Montreal soul queen H...
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![G&D (Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins) Black Love & War]()
ReviewsG&D (Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins) Black Love & War Published Aug 09, 2019As life and musical partners for 13 years, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime) send out a message of love, healing and re...
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![Tuxedo Tuxedo III]()
ReviewsTuxedo Tuxedo III Published Jul 16, 2019They won't get props for the most original album titles (Tuxedo III is the followup to 2017's Tuxedo II) but man, can the Tuxedo duo ignite...
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![Georgia Anne Muldrow VWETO II]()
ReviewsGeorgia Anne Muldrow VWETO II Published Jun 25, 2019Overload, her 2018 Flying Lotus-produced offering, was the most accessible album of Georgia Anne Muldrow's joyously wayward sonic journey of...
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![Crazy P Age of the Ego]()
ReviewsCrazy P Age of the Ego Published Jun 03, 2019With their ebullient and polished melange of disco, soulful house and pop, Crazy P can always be counted on to ignite a groove, not to menti...
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![The O'Jays The Last Word]()
ReviewsThe O'Jays The Last Word Published Apr 17, 2019They declared back in 1976, that "we've got a message in our music," and indeed, a lot of the best and most beloved songs in the O'Jays' oeu...
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![Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Attempts to Decolonize Sound on 'Ancestral Recall']()
FeaturesChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah Attempts to Decolonize Sound on 'Ancestral Recall' Published Mar 28, 2019With his new album Ancestral Recall, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is on a mission to free your mind. Tracing the sonic unity between West A...
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![Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Ancestral Recall]()
ReviewsChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah Ancestral Recall Published Mar 19, 2019With Ancestral Recall, New Orleans born-and-bred jazz missionary Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is out to free your mind with a mission to de...
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![Robert Hood DJ Kicks]()
ReviewsRobert Hood DJ Kicks Published Nov 14, 2018Why it's taken 66 instalments for Detroit trailblazer Robert Hood to curate a mix for !K7's venerable DJ Kicks series is anyone's guess, but...
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![Georgia Anne Muldrow Overload]()
ReviewsGeorgia Anne Muldrow Overload Published Oct 23, 2018Overload is Georgia Anne Muldrow's 16th album, and first for the Brainfeeder label, after a two-year break that, given Muldrow's abundant pr...
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![Brent Faiyaz Lost]()
ReviewsBrent Faiyaz Lost Published Oct 17, 2018Brent Faiyaz's second solo EP opens with police sirens, helicopters and the frenzied steps of a breathless runner about to collapse. It's a...
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![Harrison Knows Winter Is Coming; 'Apricity' Will Help Us Cope]()
FeaturesHarrison Knows Winter Is Coming; 'Apricity' Will Help Us Cope Published Oct 11, 2018When asked about the titular inspiration for his sophomore album, Apricity — the warmth of the sun in winter — Toronto wunderkind producer H...
