May 25th, 2011

WORDBURGLAR: vinyl EP now available on CD Baby!

Wordburglar’s self-titled vinyl EP has been out for a few years but until now it hasn’t been widely available. However, it’s now been made available thanks to CD Baby. Featuring songs from Burg’s out of print self-titled debut album, follow-up album Burglaritis, and vinyl-only exclusives, remixes, instrumentals and acapellas. LA Symphony’s Pigeon John appears on “Breeze”. MMMMMmmmmm, vinyl…

Wordburglar: Wordburglar EP

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Wordburglar
2. Burglaration
3. Three in the Key (Killy G Remix) featuring Dandruff and Thug Luv
4. Wordburglar (Jesse D Remix)

Side B

1. Slobberknocker
2. Best In Show
3. Breeze featuring Pigeon John (of LA Symphony)
4. Wordburglar (instrumental)
5. Burglaration (instrumental)
6. Wordburglar (a capella)

Link: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/wordburglar2

May 23rd, 2011

TOOLSHED: “Irish Car Bomb Pt 2″ in Last Track Standing

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Toolshed battles it out with a bunch of auto-tuned lames on Last Track Standing, a track battle segment on Street Sounds at K103.7 fm. The show runs Monday to Friday from 6 pm to 11 pm EST on www.k103radio.com. The Last Track Standing segment starts at 8 pm. Each night the song with the least number of votes is eliminated and the top four songs are played the following night until it’s down to the final two on Thursday night. Voting runs from noon to 10 pm the day of each show. In other words, voting is open now!

The voting is done online at http://www.morburn-music.com/last-track-standing.html. The easiest way to do it is to log into Facebook or Twitter and leave your vote in the comment box at the bottom of the page. You can vote once per round…

Vote for “Irish Car Bomb Pt 2″… It’s just the better song.

Link to vote: http://www.morburn-music.com/last-track-standing.html#

May 23rd, 2011

TOOLSHED: The Lost Reviews

Toolshed’s new album The Lost is receiving good reviews here in Canada and over in France, too. Thanks to the writers and the websites for these fine reviews:

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Our favourite Halifax online magazine will always be Herohill. Comparing Toolshed to classic Alkaholiks, they also write:

“Seriously, you aren’t going to find a better album full of Golden-Age inspired party rap anytime soon – and I mean party rap in the most positive of ways…”

Read the rest of the review here: http://www.herohill.com/2011/05/reviews-toolshed-the-lost.htm

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Over in France, Mowno steps up with what was actually the first review for The Lost. Described as having a 90s Golden Age sound, they add:

” Toolshed confirme cette fidélité à un hip hop qui ne manque jamais de marquer les esprits, quel que soit sa couleur.”

Read the rest of the review here: http://www.mowno.com/disques/toolshed-the-lost/

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Also in France, Indie Rock Magazine compares Toolshed favourably to Heiroglyphics, writing:

“Cinquième album et premier en 5 ans pour le trio de Toronto dont le hip-hop concilie dimension homérique et décontraction jubilatoire à la façon des Hieroglyphics de la grande époque, entre tension urbaine et coolitude enfumée.”

Read the rest of the review here: http://www.indierockmag.com/article14435.html

May 13th, 2011

HIDDEN FORTRESS: Nominated for Best Of Vancouver – Please vote!

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Hidden Fortress has been nominated for Best of Vancouver at the Urban Culture + Conference Awards in the Electronic category. They are currently in 9th place but only a few votes separate them from the top spot… PLEASE VOTE BEFORE JUNE 1st. After that date they will slim down the list by cutting artists at the bottom of the list.

Click the link, scroll down and select the option to vote for the Electronic category. You can only vote once in each category, so please pass this around to anyone who might also be willing to vote for Hidden Fortress. And while you’re there, perhaps you might want to vote for your favourite in the Hip Hop category.

Thanks.

Link to vote: http://urbancultureconference.com

May 11th, 2011

TOOLSHED: “Irish Car Bomb Pt 2″ maxi-single – FREE DL

The first single from Toolshed’s The Lost is now available as a maxi-single for free download…

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Track Listing:

1. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2
2. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2 (clean)
3. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2 (instrumental)
4. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2 (cleanpella)
5. Irish Tiger Balm Pt 2 (Savilion remix)
6. Flavor Saviors (remix)

Download “Irish Car Bomb Pt 2″ for free at: http://handsolorecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost or www.handsolorecords.com/audio

April 26th, 2011

TOOLSHED – New album out now!

From boozie cups to posse cuts, Toolshed bring the party to end all parties… The Lost is out now on digital and CD. Pick it up from Bandcamp for the best price…

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Track Listing:

1. Peppercorns [produced by Fresh Kils]
2. Rock N Rule [produced by Timbuktu & Danny Miles]
3. Flavor Saviors (remix)
4. Prime Evil
5. Clubsuck (redux)
6. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2
7. Round Table ft. More or Les, SJ the Wordburglar and Savilion
8. Dream Team
9. Hit Em’ With His Running Shoes ft. Ghettosocks [produced by Fresh Kils]
10. Worse For Wear
11. Final Round (Muneshine Remix)
12. Strong Bros (Fresh Kils Remix)
Bonus Jams
13. Clubsuck (redux Muneshine Remix)
14. Irish Tiger Balm Pt 2 (Savilion Remix)
15. Dream Team (Bix Remix)
16. Final Round (Original Version)

all tracks produced by Timbuktu except where noted.
cuts by Middlesex Wrestling Team and Uncle Fester.
cover design by Ghettosocks.
liner notes by D-Sisive.

Bandcamp page: http://handsolorecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost

April 25th, 2011

HIDDEN FORTRESS – Interview with The Bassment

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It’s a little bit inaccurate in some respects, but thanks is due to The Bassment for their interview with Hidden Fortress for site VancouverIsAwesome.com. Check it here:

http://vancouverisawesome.com/2011/04/08/the-bassment-volume-five-hidden-fortress/#more-77803

And pick up their new album, All That Is, if you still haven’t…

April 23rd, 2011

$5 RAP SHOW: Live video aftermath… Buck 65 & a Backburner posse cut

A new channel has just jumped into the fray within the jungle that is YouTube…

www.youtube.com/5DollarRapShow will collect live footage of classic performances at Toronto sorta-monthly hip hop night $5 Rap Show. The channel opens with a posse cut featuring More Or Les, Chokeules, Timbuktu, Wordburglar and Savilion from their new Hand’Solo release The Lost, as well as Buck 65′s “The Wildlife 1,” which was released by Hand’Solo Records on 12″ along with the other two parts of the trilogy, the instrumentals and a hidden bonus track. The favourites section also includes live footage from shows that pre-date but are related to $5 Rap Show.

Check out the channel here: www.youtube.com/5DollarRapShow

And track upcoming events at: www.facebook.com/5DollarRapShow

April 6th, 2011

TOOLSHED – New Album & Release Party

London, ON rap trio Toolshed (Chokeules, Psybo & Timbuktu) release album number six as a group on Hand’Solo Records. The Lost drops on CD and digital on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, but those in the Toronto area can get an early preview and their very own copy on Thursday, April 21 at the release party hosted by $5 Rap Show. Check the flyer for all the pertinent info:

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And here’s the first single, “Irish Carbomb Pt 2″:

March 23rd, 2011

HIDDEN FORTRESS on Bandcamp

Hidden Fortress make their first three releases available for free on their NEW BANDCAMP page:


http://hiddenfortress.bandcamp.com/

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