Who here remembers remix albums!?!? Hands up if you own the The Cactus Revisited on cassette! Just me? Very good then. Point being, the remix album has been around for ages, but the merits & quality of such albums could be questioned in the early days. In the last 10 years of so, remix albums (the ones I pay attention to anyway) have become less the domain of labels looking for a cash grab, and more an outlet for producers to show their skills via a familiar canvas. Case in point, Re:Fresh , the latest project from [...]
mp3s :: One Year Ago Mix > April 2012 Dr. Conspiracy’s Last Word (mp3) by deadCAT [pay-what-you-want for weareinaCULT @ bandcamp.com ] ELEVATOR (mp3) by Crinkles You Are The One (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers Expire (mp3) by Screaming Females All Screwed (mp3) by NT [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the April 2012 One Year Ago Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
Read their statement via Facebook. Freshkills recently dropped by Daytrotter. Purchase Freshkills items via Insound. MP3: Freshkills - Positive Vibes
Freshkills on a Rocks Off Boat Cruise ( more by Keith Marlowe ) "See you in hell, world." - Freshkills And with that statement, post-punk favorites and BV-SXSW veterans Freshkills are throwing in the towel. No acrimony or malice though, so help send the Brooklyn band into the sunset with one final party on Friday (3/1) at Union Pool . Violent Bullshit and Chron Turbine will play support and $8 [...]
Their set featured: The Bigger Man Teams Positive Vibes Get Right Download all tracks here. Raise Up The Sheets is out now. Purchase Freshkills items via Insound. MP3: Freshkills - Positive Vibes
The last time we had a chance to see Fresh Kils on his MPC , he was ripping though the Double Dragon theme in his kitchen. Last time we saw footage from Manifesto, we saw Pharoahe Monch perform his classic, "Simon Says", with Toronto's jazz outfit, BadBadNotGood . Today, we have another chance to see this MPC wielding wizard rip his kung-fu inspired instrumental in front of a crowded downtown Toronto plaza. Taking part in the 6th annual Manifesto festival of community and culture, watch Fresh Kils pad mash and discuss his persona.
Was in Pizza Pizza the other day (checking out their actually pretty good gourmet personal-size pizzas ) when I saw the homie, Fresh Kils on their in-house PPTV channel . Wow! Dig that? Then hit the jump to see Kils' "Double Dragon" routine.
With the launch of his website , Toronto's Fresh Kils unearthed another MPC routine that helped him claim victory at Sound Battle Royale last year. Armed with his MPC in his kitchen, watch as Kils flips a familiar tune from our childhood, 19872s arcade classic Double Dragon . Already racking up a ton of views on his Youtube page for his previous flips like Tenacious D and The Price Is Right , "Double Dragon" maybe my personal favorite thus far. The fun doesn't end with these videos, Fresh Kils also released all of the routines via [...]
Western Canada, this post is for you. Now, as a former connoisseur of Edmonton rap, I know you've got plenty of great hip hop up in your midst, but you're about to have even more up in you over the next couple of weeks. Toronto's Relic has just released a great record called Miles To Go , and he's bringing it to you in person. True-school boom-bappery with honest lyrics and a thoroughly modern feel, I think it's safe to say that most people who have discovered this veteran T.O. MC are very glad they did. [...]
Once again, my desire to try and carve out some time for a real review of a record I enjoy has resulted in nothing but a huge delay in coverage for the rather excellent Extra Science . As a longtime fan of Fresh Kils production work, I'm always interested in his projects, but Kitchener MC Fraction was new to me. There was clearly nothing to worry about there, as the two of them have an obvious chemistry with Kils providing mostly thumping, Preemo-approved, boom-bap-style beats that perfectly match Fraction's no-nonsense delivery. While [...]
This is the 3rd GIMMETINNITUSCAST. Downloadable: GIMMETINNITUSCAST ep 3 (mp3) Streamable: GIMMETINNITUSCAST ep 3/a> (mixcloud) 1. YVETTE :: Cold Sweat 2. Leaders :: Driving 3. Vacant Fever :: Kill Kill Kill 4. FIDLAR :: No Ass 5. Burnt Ones :: LUV 6. Freshkills :: The Bigger Man 7. Adam's Castle :: VLM 8. The Men :: Ex-Dreams 9. Ceremony :: Hysteria 10. Year Of Birds :: Catgut 11. Ed Schrader's Music Beat :: When I'm In A Car 12. Lantern [...]
Summer in the City by KIT KNOWS Toronto native Kit Knows leaks a new track, "Summer In The City." After releasing a couple of videos off his re-mixtape The Second Space: Kit in T.O. (features and producers include Rich Kidd, Fresh Kils, Mantis, Rage Roshin of Notes to Self, Junia-T, D-Sisive and more), Kit Knows has returned with a brand new single that may be alluding to a brand new collection of music in the works. The track is released in anticipation of the upcoming video, set to drop at the end [...]
Words By Jesse H. | @JHagen34 Lest we forget that Canada has more to give us than the pop-rap sensibilities of Biebs and Drake (not knocking if you’re into it). [...]
The L Magazine 's Northside Fest is back for its 4th installment all over Williamsburg and Greenpoint this week and here at GIMME TINNITUS we are getting excited for a half week of way too many shows. There are some awesome showcases this year put together by the likes of L Magazine (of course), NYCTaper , Kanine Records & Terrorbird Media , The Battering Room , BrooklynVegan , Panache Booking , StereoactiveNYC , The Whatever Blog , Campers' Rule Records , Uninhabitable Mansions , among [...]
by teepoo I first heard about Unbuttoned a few weeks ago, but I fell in love with their EP on Bandcamp . Of course I jumped on the chance to see them live! Opening up for them was rapper Relic and Fresh Kils on beats. I don't listen to a lot of rap, but I thought they sure riled up the crowd. The one thing was that Fresh Kils wasn't hooked up to a Macbook. He was making beats live. [...]
Fraction & Fresh Kils - Extra Science (2012) by Fraction & Fresh Kils Fraction, one of Canada's most lyrically-gifted emcee's, along with established Toronto-based producer/engineer Fresh Kils released their first collaborative effort, Extra Science on April 5th. It was during one night at BeatLounge, an event featuring some of the GTA's finest producers dropping beats in a competitive free round robin rotation, where what began as a simple idea in the wind led to a studio session a month later. "It wasn't even supposed to be a studio session" says Fraction. "We just ended [...]
Canadian producer Fraction is back with "Extra Science" this time accompanied by Fresh Kils a JUNO nominated, producer and engineer. “…dripping with a classic, soul-infused vibe, Extra Science is a record full of life, love and beats. It looks at the bigger picture and remembers a time when hip-hop was expressive, if not slightly rebellious at times
In a world of "too many rappers and not enough emcees" it's refreshing to come across a project with such attention to detail. Fraction , one of Canada's most lyrically gifted emcee's, along side established Toronto based producer/engineer Fresh Kils just released their first collab effort entitled Extra Science. The two Hip Hoppers have managed to manufacture a project that could stand up to those of legends. Yes... it's that good. Hit the jump to check it out. Download [...]
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