Articles by Thomas Quinlan

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  Blades of Steel

  Like a Calf in a Tubesock

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2013

  Sports-obsessed rapper Ricca Razor Sharp joins with occasional collaborator SoLeo and a backing band to form live hip-hop group Blades of S...

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  Checkmate & Concise

  Love & War

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2013

  Vancouver rappers Checkmate and Concise are back with another album, but they've dropped Defenders of the Faith in favour of their names. A...

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  Art Vandelay

  Eye 8 The Crow

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2013

  While the duo's moniker is borrowed from Seinfeld and the title of their third album is a quote from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the...

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  Kaleidoscope Jukebox

  Infinite Reflection

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2013

  Having cut his teeth with a series of EPs, work that includes a winning remix for Thievery Corporation and a few interesting "rebuilds" or...

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  Pigeon Hole

  Chimp Blood

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2013

  Already a duo before co-founding Sweatshop Union in 2000 with Dirty Circus, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander, Pigeon Hole finally released th...

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  Arkeologists and Unknown Mizery

  Busking in Bombay

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2013

  Unknown Mizery and Arkeologists (aka Norman Krates) have worked together on music as part of Toronto, ON's Poor Man Militia, including a pr...

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  Conscience

  No Weakness

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2013

  You can't fault Conscience for opening their third album with the title track. Not only does it mean the first voice you hear is featured g...

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  Philly Moves

  Creators of the Lost Art

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2013

  The new album from Toronto, ON-based, but Ottawa, ON-born rap duo Philly Moves is most definitely a throwback, which should come as no surp...