Articles by Thomas Quinlan

Chief 4syt

Return to the Haunted Manners

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2013

Toronto, ON rap group Faction focus largely on conspiracy theories, politics and weed, alongside the requisite braggadocio, with each MC pr...

Sulfur

Odin’s Son

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2013

Sulfur's mash-up of Nas's God's Son album with Marvel's version of thunder god Thor is a brilliant concept, and like so many great ideas, i...

Ween x Noah 23

Browntape

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2013

In recent years, both before and after his retirement from rap, Guelph, ON rapper Noah 23 has rapped over Wu-Tang Clan, Prefuse 73 and Comp...

RJD2

More Is Than Isn't

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

After a decade experimenting with different styles and genres, producer RJD2 returns to the format of his 2002 debut. Like his classic Dead...

Deltron 3030

Event II

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2013

A decade has passed since the heroic Deltron Zero last surfaced. Conditions in 3040 have deteriorated, so Deltron has returned to fight the...

Cale Sampson

The Big Picture

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2013

Toronto, ON rapper Cale Sampson has a message to impart, and music is the means. He calls it "info-rap" and according to "Nothing To Prove,...

Factor

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2013

"Often the hardest part," Graham Murawsky says, "is just getting down to the studio and starting something." Better known in the undergroun...

The Menagerie

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

Brighton-based rap group the Menagerie released their debut album, Wild Kingdom, in 2005, and since then it's been years of relentless tour...