Articles by Thomas Quinlan

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  The Nope (Moka Only & Psy)

  Melba

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

  Vancouver, BC rapper/producer Moka Only has always been diverse, dropping everything from dusty underground jams to shiny commercial songs,...

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  Ghettosocks

  Treat of the Day

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2010

  Those who have yet to hear Ghettosocks should; he's bound to blow up. Influenced by Golden Age hip-hop, Ghettosocks keeps his flow simple b...

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  R.A. the Rugged Man / Riviera Regime

  The Comfort Zone, Toronto, ON January 9

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

  Previously plagued by police scrutiny, scuzzy underground Toronto club the Comfort Zone celebrated its re-opening with a perfectly appropri...

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  Chokeules

  Hypergraphia

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

  Hypergraphia is the overwhelming urge to write, and on his solo debut, Choke repeatedly demonstrates that this need to write (and rap!) dom...

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  Curse Ov Dialect

  Crisis Tales

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

  Curse Ov Dialect may have become ambassadors for Australian hip-hop when Mush released Lost In The Real Sky in 2003, but they did so throug...

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  Eekwol

  Niso EP

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

  While Eekwol's new solo EP, Niso, opens on familiar ground, with a beat from brother Mils for "Something to Take Pride In," Eekwol uses the...

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  Ira Lee

  My Favourite Songs By Me

  PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2010

  Following the roving recording of double disc Die, Ira Lee gets back to basics with an emo album of personal reminiscences and poignant obs...

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  Admiral Crumple

  Cryptology

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

  Admiral Crumple continues to refine his "dark, hardcore and clever hip-hop" with album number nine. Cryptology adds to Crumple's usual subj...