Articles by Noel Dix

El-P/Various

Collecting the Kid

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

Alright, kids. No more messing around because the Def Jux daddy has finally come home. With a few mediocre releases from the label making t...

Maroons

Ambush

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

With a single here and there for the past couple of years, a lot of heads were anticipating this Blackalicous-meets-Latyrx collaboration to...

9th Cloud

A Monkey in a Yellow Hat

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

Has it really been that many years now that a new generation of down-tempo hip-hop producers that grew up on DJ Shadow and DJ Krush are now...

Brand Nubian / Brother Ali

Tonic, Toronto ON - August 25, 2004

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

With the return of the pint-sized Grand Puba to the Nubian line-up, most in attendance at this solid one-two punch event were anticipating...

Saved!

Brian Dannelly

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Not even the star power of Mandy Moore playing the "villain" could make people go and see this fantastic film, which manages to pull off an...

The Ladykillers

Joel and Ethan Coen

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

After making some of the most incredible cult films of all time, it seems that the Coen brothers have been trying to balance their undergro...

Mean Girls

Mark Waters

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Compared to all the garbage that's thrown at teenage girls these days, Mean Girls is incredibly refreshing; it's a film disguised as a teen...

Chris Rock: Never Scared

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004

Just when it looked like Chris Rock might have left Saturday Night Live without any job offers, he managed to score his own television show...