Blog: above & beyond mag

Up and comer and Montreal very own artist, Alex Nevsky, has recently released the brand new video for his latest single, Milles Raisons that can be found on his album, De lune à l'aube which has recently been nominated as the best revelation album of 2010 by iTunes Canada. 2011 is certainly going to be [...]

Taking a short break on the promotion of his upcoming albums, Computer & Blues and Cyberspace & Reds, Mike Skinner decided to unveil his very own, and very good rendition of the debut single, Revolving, of up and comer artist Spark's, which initially came out on November 15th. He also cooked up a little video [...]

Tour buddies, Wavves and Best Coast decided to join forces to release a split 73 where they respectively pitched in one unreleased song each, so here's the Best Coast contribution to the collaboration, titled When You Wake Up. The EP titled Summer Is Forever is also up for grab on iTunes as we speak. download [...]

Now that Diddy's newest album with Dirty Money, Last Train To Paris, came out and did exactly as expected (not very well). A new Diddy & Dirty Money track surfaced recently, this time being one that didn't make the final cut of the album and features Ludacris. To be honest, the song could have fitted [...]

Here's a new Trey Songz track that was just recently released from producer extraordinaire Salaam Remi's vault. There is not much of informations to actually when this was recorded or if Trey has any plans to release it sometimes, but the quality of the production could easily means that it could come out as an [...]

Alright, so it might have taken a little while, but it's finally here, Fool's Gold Records' first lady and A-Trak's girlfriend (are they still going?), Kid Sister finally unveiled her much anticipated mixtape Kiss, Kiss, Kiss; which the lead single and title track of it came out somewhere in December which was produced by Afrojack. [...]

Scottish post-rock outfit known as Mogwai have been quietly working on a new album titled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will which is currently set to drop on February 14th, just in time for Valentine's Day. Here's the first taste of it as they recently unveiled the first excerpt of it titled San Pedro. [...]

Well here's a nice little surprise, Australian electro duo known as PNAU are currently planning a comeback to the scene with the imminent release of a new single titled The Truth. The single is not officially out yet, but their label decided to give us a little sneak peak of it by enlisting Jump Jump [...]

With all my years in bands, I will miss the old days when songs were an anthem for life and passion. Even if my transition into the pop industry was inevitable, I will always listen to my old punk play list. I've just arrived from work and the first news I am seeing is the new music [...]

After two years since her latest album Circus in 2008, looks like the pop princess is coming back again since well-established artists these days are rising. Planned to be released on January 11th, it turns out that the song was already available in New-Zealand, so the marketing team from her label decided to push the [...]

If you thought that Kanye would have a quieter year now that his latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, was released late last year, think again. Because not only will Kanye probably embark on a world tour to promote the release of that said album, but he also intends to keep himself busy with [...]

Wiz Khalifa released a brand new song where he once again talks about getting high 24/7. Then again, the bloke did get arrested for possession a few months ago didn't he? So I guess it's just another step reinforcing the fact that Wiz Khalifa is a pothead. If you listen to the lyrics of the [...]

Myeah, so this song was supposed to be Drake's first excerpt of his upcoming R&B mixtape, but apparently, he decided to pass it on to Jeremih and to be honest, Drake should have kept this song on his side of the fence. I mean Jamie Foxx take on Fall For Your Type was okay at [...]

• Jeremih ft Drake - I Get Lonely Too

Yelawolf closed his 2010 books by releasing his long awaited album, Trunk Muzik 0-60; he also decided to start 2011 also with a bang by dropping a brand new track titled Shit I've Seen featuring Trae Tha Truth. A prelude of what is to come for Yela this year as the song is probably going [...]

I've always been a fan of hip-hop supergroup / collective known as Slaughterhouse and to be honest, I've always liked it more than each and single members of it individually. I mean, Joe Budden will be that dude talking about getting people in mouse traps and getting punched in the face on his own webcast, [...]

• Dres - Back On The Scene

While we are still waiting for Skinner's final take on his The Street banner, a brand new song of it was premiered on Zane Lowe's radio show last week. Every songs that has been released so far has been fantastic and OMG is no different. The official release date for this single drops on April [...]

Here's the video for Chilly Gonzales latest single, You Can Dance, that can be found on his latest album, Ivory Tower. The song is light-hearted and catchy, especially fitting for a Monday, but it's really the video that really caught my attention if you know what I mean ahah. download : Chilly Gonzales - You [...]

This is a little late, but better late than never. The track, 'is a little more abstract lyrically than what we've done and so the video kind of matches that', notes Judah Dadone of Freelance Whales who also adds that this is the only time in his life he'll ever be wearing a cat suit. [...]

What-is-up youtubepeople! Okaaaaaaay, here we go again for a brand new year! I took a little time off during the holidays to decompress and everything (I will probably cook up a long ass post talking about last year and what's to come, like I usually do), but the break's over and I am back on [...]

Oh boy, here we go again! Here's "6'72", the lead single off Weezy's highly anticipated album, Tha Carter IV. I'll save you some time by saying that this Bangladesh-produced song is straight fire! Mack Maine described the track as "A Milli" on steroids... Well Mr. Maine, as of right now, I can't think of any better [...]