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What were you doing when you were 19 years old? Well, while many of you were probably gaining your freshman 15 or immediately heading into an eternal workforce, Kanye West [...]

BRX (Afghani Bullrider / XXX) Some things just can't be properly conveyed with pictures and words. Until you've had the chance to see/touch/smell/taste this amazingly rare hybrid (or it's parents, for that matter) you just won't understand. Arriving in a sealed container from somewhere in British Columbia, this highly anticipated batch of meds had been curing for some time... Cracking the seal I was met with a Chuck Norris sized kick to the olfactory, pushing my head back with intensity. Wow . Digging in and grabbing a well formed, immaculately trimmed bud left [...]

Contributed by Chris Gedos It should've been your New Year's Resolution to listen to more Motown – especially when antiquated b-sides by minor artists are so enjoyable, as is the case with "I'll Cry Tomorrow" by The Serenaders. From January of '64, the song's doo-wop proclivities will sound even more outmoded by the time Mary Wells and The Supremes break big with "My Guy" and "Where Did Our Love Go", respectively, later that year, but the melodramatic intro into a verse underpinned by shala-wala-walas [...]

The new Hank Williams album is a trip back in time to the early period of his career.

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Even though Tearjerker is a Toronto band and Toronto is the city I have spent most of my physical life in, I heard of these guys last spring when I saw their debut record Strangers posted up on a Russian torrent site. I loved it. A few projects later, Strangers is shaping up to be the aesthetic foundation of their sound, evidence being that tone has more than a few threads in their their follow-up record " Remade " and their newest LP Rare. At the fore of each of these projects is a gloop of vowels [...]

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J Dilla - Heroin Joint Aight so on the WordIsBond Tumblr (follow it if you don't already) I like to drop a track every week day (this is today's, for example), something for people to enjoy/reblog,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

• J Dilla - Heroin Joint

Toronto is a city that constantly both surprises and amazes me. Uncovering bands is a passion of mine, and finding one that is so touching from the city that I'm from brings me nothing but utter joy. Introducing Tear Jerker's, a shoe gaze, glo-fi band consisting of members Micah Bonte (vocals, guitar), Trevor Hawkins (drums, samples, production) and Taylor Shute (bass, keys, design). The band has just released their third album entitled " Rare ". It is just buttered up with dreamy vocals, lofi soundscapes and overall entrancing music production. The whole thing just pulls you in [...]

Toronto is a city that constantly both surprises and amazes me. Uncovering bands is a passion of mine, and finding one that is so touching from the city that I'm from brings me nothing but utter joy. Introducing Tear Jerker's, a shoe gaze, glo-fi band consisting of members Micah Bonte (vocals, guitar), Trevor Hawkins (drums, samples, [...]

So glad it got a vid. #OWS swaggin too.

I could probably subtitle this post "It was songs like this that ultimately led me to starting a music blog." The year was 2006 and Amazon didn't have an mp3 store, iTunes was still wobbling around, and the idea that virtually every song, ever recorded, would be available for instant streaming on a mobile phone was unheard of. 2006 is when The World Forgot officially began and it was because of songs like My City of Ruin. I would occasionally stumble upon standout tracks (or in this case versions of tracks) that were so moving that I simply had to [...]

• Bruce Springsteen - My City of Ruin

Footage from the show Monday night. #ExclusivelyRare&Based. Poor editing, I know. Watch at 1080p HD. Follow @WeSteadyLeanin

Click image to download full album Sounds like: Hot Chip, St Etienne "SBTRKT - Hold On (Matthias Meyer Remix)" What's so good? Self proclaimed mysterious German label Love Unlimited Vibes have released an EP with this remix of SBTRKT'S track "Hold On." In the hands of German house producer Matthias Meyer, the track is given a warmer feel with a gentle bassline added [...]

• SBTRKT - 01holdonmatthiasmeyerremix.mp3

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Melodyia Ensemble - Labyrinth Like a Soviet Axelrod; the fuzz guitars, the going into the final battle brass band and the knuckle biting'ly good breaks that have almost no right to be there. When I say it has the Russian/Soviet thing about it, I don't say this with a knowledge of the time, place and what was going on culturally - I mean the horns remind of some I heard in Rocky IV. A bento box of jazz funk fuzz fusion. A remarkably good track from a rare LP.

• Melodyia Ensemble - Labyrinth

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it doesn't mean you would be a midget if you were bald. 2. "Fortune" is a word for having a lot of money and for having a lot of luck, but that does not mean the word has two definitions. 3. Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, [...]

CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO I wanted to drop some Yah Supreme audio but found he did a video for this track Old And Wise. He's a mad dope MC, mad mad dope, and it's a shame hes done relatively not too... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]