My Son The Hurricane is a 14-piece horn-driven hip-hop fusion combo who is making a reputation for themselves as one of the best live acts around. With fourteen people, how couldn’t it be amazing? They just don’t make bands like that anymore –if they ever really did in hip-hop — which is a big part of what makes these guys stand out.
MSTH hurricane has toured with TCUS D-Sisive in the past, and have shared the stage with other artists like Shad, Grand Analog and Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker. They have a bunch of gigs lined up for this upcoming summer. You should check these horn-blowing funksters out when they blow through your town.
We’re super psyched to be premiering their new video for “Pushin Up Daisies” TOMORROW on Wednesday June 1st. But in the meantime, c/o our video department, you can check out a teaser. See you tomorrow.
For this week’s E-Day, Emerson decided to drop “Why,” an unreleased track that he wrote back in 2008. “It’s old, but I love the vibe,” he says.
There isn’t anything wrong with the old, so long as there is something to love about it. Right?
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Download: Emerson Brooks – “Why”
Now that you’ve nominated DJ Chedo for “Favourite Media/Radio Personality” for the 2011 London Music Awards, it would be kinda silly if you negated all that effort and didn’t actually VOTE for him.
So exercise your right, or at least your will, by heading over to SCENE’s website. While you’re there, you can also vote for a whole bunch of other worthy London-hailing movers in the local – and at large – music industry, from management people to your favourite celtic death metal group.
Thanks for your support!
Nardwuar caught up with Tech N9ne during his current tour to drill him on Kansas City rap history and remind this independent legend of all the stuff he himself forgot about.
He also tells him about all the stuff he didn’t know yet, like that Blofly wanted to be on his latest LP and that Blowfly himself recorded an insanely amazing personal video message for Tech N9ne where he chuckles and rasps jovially behind a sparkly purple mask in his studio.
I’ve been following the Toronto emcee Kat Torres since I first heard the Boi-1da produced single ”I Can’t Tell You Why” which I posted back in October. Since then, big things have been going on, like a big trip down Miami to record and mix tracks for her upcoming mixtape The Wake up Call, which will have features from big names like G.O.O.D Music’s Cyhi Da Prynce and production from home grown talents like Boi-1da and 808 gang. This girl is hungry, and it shows in her work.
Below I’ve put up for stream two of the tracks she recently left in my inbox, both of which are radio-friendly huge productions. “Ready” has a co-sign from none other than Drake laced in the intro and is produced by Brian Moon, and the second, “I’m On It” has a guest verse from Nickelus F (who is known for his collaborations with Drake) and is produced by 808 gang.
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Download: “Ready” & “I’m On It” [mediafire]
We’re all feelin’ pretty bummed that today, being the last Wednesday in May, will be the final edition of Fresh Kils Wednesdays here on The Come Up Show. But we’ve had a hell of a run, haven’t we? After learning a lot about Kils in our interview then declaring him a MPC Jedi, we dipped straight into the goods to prove why that is with The Transformers Routine. Then we had a bit of excitement when we got in choppy waters with the youtube copyright police for the Live and Let Die Routine. Luckily Paul McCartney graciously allowed us to borrow these samples until the end of the FK series (THANKS PAUL!), though this video will eventually die due to copyright flags. So, check it out before we pull it down.
The madness does not stop there. Then came the A-Team Routine, which was also pretty bang out. But this week’s edition, the “Enter The Dragon” routine, has got to be my favourite. Not only does it showcase Kils’s ability to write a really irregular and intriguing song laced with sample goodies, but it also lets loose a tinch of Kils’s theatrical side as he gets physical and even lip synchs a couple times.
Watch, and salute the jedi.
Since I first caught wind of this Muneshine x Miles Jones instrumental project a while back, I’ve been psyched for it. Psyched for it, not only because these guys are both excellent producers in their own right, and not only because they both have pretty classic aesthetics that in the net of my mind meshed together pretty nicely. To be honest, it’s really this simple: Both of their names start with M and, well, that makes for some great alliteration. Kinda rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? Miles ‘n Muneshine.
Since Miles e-mailed me .wav files to check out the album in its entirety, I’ve been jiving along to it a couple times a day to ease through all my desk work. I know you’ve been spoiled lately (especially with the free Muneshine releases which have been consistently incredible!) so you may be slightly disappointed to hear this isn’t a freebie. But nor should it be! Turn that sulk into a smile, and drop a few over on itunes for a well deserving brother. Or two.
Before you do so, embrace your soft side while you stream “Who Do Ya Love” and “I Love You” below. x
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If you have your finger on the Toronto music scene, or also if you happen to be a dub slave, then you’ve probably heard of Zeds Dead. ZD is a duo made up of Hooks and DC (pictured above) that started out both listening to and making hip-hop music, but somewhere along the way they got a bit sidetracked and ended up taking their hybrid sound to places more suitable for places where strobe lights pounce across walls and raging arms. And pouches of cocaine and ex and stuff.
For many reasons, club musics tend to far more international currency, or at least translation, when it comes to picking up a fanbase across international seas. So it perhaps comes as no surprise, that Zeds has over 50,000 followers on their facebook page, and most of the people screaming — or, erm, writing — their names are from far away lands like Denmark where the people write their names with with letters like this: å.
Enjoy!
When the first block of tickets for the first Odd Future show in Canada sold out in the first two minutes they were up on ticketmaster, you guys were pissed. I felt sorta bad/happy for the Odd Future management team when I checked in on the vicious tweets (actually, they were more like demands and threats) that were tossed their way in the wake of the thousands of SOLD OUT notifications that bounced back at the loyal enthusiasts who had been waiting for hours for the tickets to go up, one hand on the mouse and the other on ma and pa’s credit card. It was like a riot was going to break out if they didn’t comply with your demands and switch to a larger venue.
There’s nothing quite as effective as a little anger though, and you guys got your prize. A week or so later, the venue was switched from Wrongbar to The Phoenix, making room for an extra 250 or so of you OF die-hards, who came fully clad in your Supreme gear and golf socks to swag it out. And you did. Hard. The pics prove it.
A big thanks to the awesome Theo Grontis, who big-time risked his camera (and face) getting kicked in to get these images to us. We’re bowing at your sneakers.
I’m going to admit I have no idea whether or not the long weekend May 2-4 holiday fell on Friday or Monday this year. But, since I can, I’m going to pretend like it’s today precisely so I can bugger off to the park to embark on a people watching journey.
With me, in my pocket and wired to my ears, I will take Emerson Brooks‘s newest E-day instalment, a really nice Q-Tip remix of the classic “Breathe & Stop.” You’ll notice he’s played around with the production and added a few things here and there, so enjoy one on E and get out and do some oogling on this fiiiine May 2-4 monday!
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Download: Emerson Brooks – “Breathe & Stop” (prod. Q-Tip & Emerson Brooks)
The Come Up Show team hit up both the London and Toronto legs of the 2011 spring Shad tour, the latter which came almost exactly a month after the homecoming London stop. If you’re attentive — and fanatic– enough, maybe you’ll notice some improvements, similarities, or crossovers between that show and this one?
Stay tuned for more TCUS coverage from this show.
