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Contest Do Good Beats Make Great Rap? By Luke Fox Who better to find the next Eminem than the team who first gave light to the original? Radio hosts Sway and King Tech, whose hip-hop Wake Up Show is legendary for bringing lyrically endowed underground MCs to the mainstream, have taken their search for fresh stars online with the 100K Battle. Hopefuls log on to urSession.com to score exclusive beats from Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, the late J Dilla and others. Fans can also vote for the best MC, who will win $5,000, a trip to L.A. to appear on the show, and the chance to become urSession’s flagship artist this August. “I was getting tired of hearing rappers over horrible beats,” Tech explains. “I got connections with all the labels, and I want to get involved with getting that kid’s demo to all the various labels.” Read more from Sway and Tech at exclaim.ca.


Television Nirvana the Band the Front Five Matt Johnson probably isn't telling me the truth. “I'm blind. I go in to the Rivoli and I order a drink, I get up, knock over a table, books go everywhere, I run out into the street and get nailed by a moving car.” The scenario Johnson (who definitely isn't blind) is describing comes from a forthcom...Read More

Games Wu Squared The game of chess has been an enduring fascination for Wu Tang Clan. Now comes Wu Chess (wuchess.com), the RZA’s new online venture, which seeks to create a virt-Wu-al community of chess fanatics. Although most online chess sites are free, Wu Ch...Read More

Comic Art of Copyright Debate rages between penniless musicians, litigious lobbyists and freedom loving libertarians over Canada’s proposed copyright legislation bill C-61; it’s such a confusing mess of conflicting interests it’s hard to keep facts from fuming. The Appropriation Art collective (Read More

Reissue What A Gas When you’re co-founder of one of the most influence indie labels in the world, you’re bound to forget about the odd thing, like putting your own music back into circulation. Kompakt head honcho Wolfgang Voigt has finally dusted off his long-sought-after albums as Gas, originally released on Mille Pl...Read More


Bayonetta [PS3 / Xbox 360] "I've got a fever and the only cure is dead angels." -Bayonetta Ever since the Christmastime gaming deluge ended, I've been killing a lot of angels. Though God's messengers have been bad guys in other pop-cultural products ― His Dark Materials book trilogy, the pas... Full Review


Leif Vollebekk - Inland Although he's a Montreal native, this debut album sparkles with many of the magical elements associated with Vollebekk's Scandinavian heritage. At times recalling Nick Drake's Bryter Layter in its fragility and subtle deployment of strings, but also the playfulness of fellow Montrealer Patric... Full Review


Lindstrøm Explores Don't count on Norway's premier disco revivalist Hans-Peter Lindstrøm to ever turn in the same record twice. "All the artists and bands that I really like do surprising stuff every time, and I guess I just copy their way," he says from his Oslo home studio. "But it's also about not getting bored myself."... Read More





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