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Why Don't Big Acts Come to Ottawa?
If you live in Ottawa you are no doubt used to having your favourite acts skip our beautiful city on their tours, and you may have asked yourself, why? Why won't they come and play here? There isn't any single correct answer to that question. Part of it has to do with location; it also has to do with our lack of large venues, and believe it or not, we're viewed as a small market.
By Kyle Stumpo8 years ago in Beat
Why You Should Listen to Brockhampton
Hip-hop has become the predominant genre of music in the United States. It offers listeners a wide variety of topics that can relate to one's life in many ways. However, something fresh and innovative was needed in a year full repetitive sounds. And this is when the experimental L.A. "boyband" Brockhampton saturated us (no pun intended) with three full-length projects in the span of a couple months. The Saturation trilogy will stand through the ages as one of the most risky but smart projects ever released, and its formula challenges modern sounds in a great way that will leave your mouth watering after each track. But what makes their craft so unique and powerful?
By Daniel Ortiz8 years ago in Beat
Travis Scott & Quavo - 'Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho'
After careful deliberation and cultivation, the collaboration project between Travis Scott and Quavo arrived on December 22nd, 2017. The thirteen track mixtape, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, had the last say in a year filled with full-length collaborations.
By Rap Disciple8 years ago in Beat
Let's Talk About K-Pop
We live in a world filled with a thousand different music genres, so much, that sometimes we hear some song we like and we don’t find the specific place to categorize it. Like the rivers, music genres are intercepted and converted to some place, where it gets stuck and at one moment, by different factors, the cycle begins again.
By Sunshine Queen YG8 years ago in Beat
Migos - 'Culture' Review
Since bursting onto the scene, the Migos have been relentless in their pursuit of stardom. For years they banged on the door hoping to get in, but they remained outsiders nonetheless. All of that changed with “Bad and Boujee.” It was the spark they needed to blaze a trail on the music charts, and scorch their naysayers.
By Rap Disciple8 years ago in Beat
Who's Who on Lady B's List?
When it comes to learning about all the new music out there in the independent circles, you cannot believe how much stuff is out there. Talk about finding a treasure trove! The bands that I have come to know just within these last few years, they all range from all girl bands to bands that hail from all the way across the ocean. So this is a short list of just SOME of the bands I have become acquainted with.
By LadyBs BandShell8 years ago in Beat
#901Spotlight on Musician and Industry Mover, Cody Landers
Twenty-three-year-old Cody Landers has made a name for himself in the Memphis Music community at a very young age. He is guitarist for One Less Reason, and recently became bassist for What We Do In Secret. On top of his hectic career as a musician, he runs AeroLith production studio out of Young Avenue Sound in Memphis, TN. Unlike most 20-somethings, he works diligently, and has only recently seen some fruits of that labor.
By Virtuosity's NewVMusic 8 years ago in Beat
The 'List: Fleetwood Mac
Hello, one and all. Here's the second artist profile for the new year. A mixed rock/pop act from both the US and the UK that formed in London. They went through many lineup changes and were considered more of a blues/rock band before changing their sound often and still have success elude them, until after another band member dropped out and there were five official members and their self-titled LP was released in 1975 and as they say...the rest is rock 'n' roll history.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Beat
Songs About Long Distance Relationships Every LDR Couple Should Listen To. Top Story - January 2018.
Songs about long distance relationships have been around as long as there have been long distance couples. It was John Donne who first underlined the ache of romantic separation in his poem, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning:” "Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat." From here it’s straight to The Beatles' “P.S. I Love You.” Is there anything harder than long distance love, if you’re in it? Probably not. Long distance couples have a tough row to hoe, for sure.
By David Porter8 years ago in Beat
5 Worst Rap Songs of 2017
5) Lil Pump - "Gucci Gang" Despite this song being one of the most obnoxious songs in the history of rapping, it blew up after it's release on Oct 23, 2017. First of all, drugs, sex and a high-end brand of clothing is really what this song is about. At least I think so. Second, the video takes place in a school! He is holding weed and slurring stuff about drugs! If this is how you get famous, I could probably get famous in three days and be a millionaire.
By Aquamarine Crystal Gem8 years ago in Beat
6 Songs That Had a Lasting Impact on Society
Songs and musicians can do more than just entertain; they can also inspire. Last year, Eminem raised awareness for a good cause in England on his social media account following the Manchester attack that left dozens dead and hundreds injured.
By Patricia Sarkar8 years ago in Beat
