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In a time where music doesn’t sell as well as it used to, online presence is more important than a record deal and followers equal dollars, artists have been finding new ways to garner attention and be “discovered”. If you’re an artist of any sort, how you operate online is almost as important as your art. While the playing field has…

One of the UK’s biggest and most eclectic music festivals is set to make its debut in Toronto. Taking place on Toronto Island on June 12 and 13, Bestival’s stacked line-up boasts a wide array of artists, from big name Indie acts, to turn-up kings, future bass originators and one of the greatest rappers of all time. With so many…

LA has always been a hotbed for creatives. Maybe it’s the crazy nightlife, Oceanside views, or infinite sunshine. The most recent proof of this is the incredible variety of heavy house sounds emerging from the area. Whether it’s bass house, G-House, future ghetto, future house, sunset house or some other presumably made up offshoot, the music is undeniably awesome. Considering…

For almost a year, there have been highly publicized issues involving SoundCloud removing unauthorized remixes and bootlegs from their site. It’s heartbreaking and frustrating to see as a big part of what made SoundCloud so popular was the fact that artists could share their sounds without the threat of takedowns. An enormous percentage of its traffic is due to unofficial…

The other day I was browsing through SoundCloud and stumbled on Post Malone. The name caught my attention but the music kept me on the page. Though he’s only released 3 joints on the music platform (two of which are his own and a third that features his production), Post Malone is about to blow up. Here’s your chance to…

Remember Charles Hamilton? No? Remember ‘Brooklyn Girls‘? Yea, Charles Hamilton penned that track. After years of being away from the scene, the 2009 Freshman is back and is ready to bless us with some new music. He recently recorded and released a new joint with Rita Ora titled ‘N.Y. Raining’ featured on the Empire Soundtrack. As a part of his press…

About a year and a half ago, Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 linked up with Yeezus to talk about the album (Yeezus) and the marginalization of his creativity. That interview went on to be one of the most talked about interviews for a while. Why, you ask? Well, because it was a great interview. Zane asked all the right…

There is truth in numbers and no matter what the haters and naysayers might chirp from Twitter and other social networks, Drake is the biggest artist in the game right now. The OVO head honcho dropped his new, kinda-confirmed and highly anticipated mixtape 6 years to the day of the release of his So Far Gone mixtape. The kid from…

While we wait for Drake’s fourth album (Views from the 6), the Toronto native dropped a short film that shows his return to Toronto. ‘Jungle’ shows an overwhelmed Drake reminiscing on the past while he links up with his OVO camp back in T.O. Full of self captured video and views from the 6 (see what i did there? ha!)…

In the past few years, electronic music has seen a meteoric rise in North America and around the world. Every day, YouTube and SoundCloud turn bedroom producers into household names; pop stars, making millions of dollars each year. Though the boom has been largely positive, it has led to an over-saturation and often over-simplification in the music. Producers continue to…