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For a while now it has been my assertion that the best music in the world is coming out of Canada. This post is for the new Canadian ish that I'm rocking right this minute.



A lot of people are polarized about Billy Talent. I personally think they are a good band, at first the lead singer and his antics kind of annoyed me, but I got over it and realized that they are legit. Their first album was solid and their second album is coming out in July. Here's a track from the new record:

Billy Talent-This Suffering



Canadian Hip Hop is no different from Canadian politics at the moment: it suffers from a massive inferiority complex. We look too hard to what is happening below the 49th. Canadian MCs try too hard to sound like Americans and it ends up sounding like a cheap imitation. That's where Cadence Weapon is different. This guy is a young (20) MC from Edmonton. He sounds nothing like an MC from Edmonton should sound like (whatever that is). His style is pretty original and his delivery is crystal clear. He ues synth beats chopped up on Fruity Loops to sound like a mix of hip hop and electroclash. It is original and something fresh which is exactly what Hip Hop is lacking these days. He has a good blog that he updates frequently. I missed him when he played the Horseshoe with Spank Rock last week, but maybe I'll catch him on May 19th.



Cadence Weapon- Oliver Square


I've been getting into MSTRKRFT lately. This is the Jessee Keeler(bass) and Al-P (producer)-of Death From Above 1979 fame and their electro-house project. The album is called The Looks and it drops sometime in June. I've been to a few MSTRKRFT jams and they put on a good show. I might check them out this Friday with Tiga at Mod Club. Anyway here's a demo of Paris. This track is nuts, the kicks are out of control. Be sure to get the finished version when it comes out because the post producstion will most likely fatten out the sound (if that is even possible).

MSTRKRFT-Paris (demo)