December 11th, 2024

Local and looking for last minute Christmas gifts?

With Canada Post on strike, delivery of Christmas gifts isn’t always possible. If you’re in the Toronto area, you can satisfy your Christmas shopping needs for you favourite hip hop fan with a quick trek to Sonic Boom or Play De Record, both of which have a nice selection of vinyl, cassettes and CDs from Hand’Solo Records. Both are also shipping via alternate carriers so you can also purchase for shipping with confidence. Play De’s website doesn’t appear to be working properly right now, but they should have all Hand’Solo vinyl releases. Here’s what’s available at Sonic Boom, with prices…

December 5th, 2024

Congratulations Mickey O’Brien!

The first single from Mickey O’Brien’s Post Cards EP, “Ikigai” was selected by Stephanie Marie, the Promo God of Underground Sound Off, as one of the 25 best songs for the second half of 2024. “Ikigai” is featured on a compilation along with the other 24 songs, which you can download for your own enjoyment here or by clicking on the Certificate of Recognition…

November 25th, 2024

Beats To Murder Rappers 2 on IRM’s Top Albums for Oct 2024

“Véritable séance de cinéma pour les oreilles, cette dernière livraison de The Dirty Sample n’oublie surtout pas d’être un excellent album de très bonne musique. Clairement un must de ce mois d’octobre.” – Indie Rock Mag

The Dirty Sample’s Beats To Murder Rappers 2 beat tape lands at #4 on Indie Rock Mag’s top albums for October 2024…

November 15th, 2024

Epic interview by Memphis Reigns

Following some similar music trajectories, Epic joins Memphis Reigns for his podcast Off The Grid, to discuss his evolution from first discovery of hip hop to his upcoming projects, with time well-spent on his two albums on Hand’Solo Records, Aging is What Friends Do Together (2008) and Nassau Manor (2024).

November 14th, 2024

Magick Show live on Friday the 13th

Before heading out on tour in Japan and Australia, Mickey O’Brien is going to join his Magick Show compatriots for a Friday the 13th show in the group’s hometown of Sudbury, ON aka Nickel City on December 13, 2024.

November 11th, 2024

Mickey O’Brien’s Post Cards world tour

Mickey O’Brien is going on tour in early-2025 starting with Japan and Australia. Here are the flyers with the tour dates. Come out and support if you’re in any of these cities!

November 10th, 2024

Mickey O’Brien on Fresh Juice Media

Check out that last episode of Fresh Juice Media featuring Mickey O’Brien as well as Ced Bash… You may have to jump over to YouTube to watch it.

November 4th, 2024

IRM reviews The Dirty Sample’s Beats To Murder Rappers 2

“Beats To Murder Rappers 2  étant peut-être même parti pour s’imposer comme
sa meilleure sortie à ce jour.” – Indie Rock Mag

The first review of The Dirty Sample’s Beats To Murder Rappers 2…

October 31st, 2024

The Dirty Sample delivers Beats To Murder Rappers 2

Out now! Just in time for Halloween! The new horrorcore beat tape from The Dirty Sample…

Calgary producer The Dirty Sample goes darker for volume 2 in his horrorcore beat tape series. Beats To Murder Rappers 2 is a horrendous, spine-tingling thrill ride through 20 tracks built upon a foundation of boom bap drums augmented by  only the finest notes and strings plucked from Halloween soundtracks alongside vocal samples from horror b-movies. While the digital album drops on Halloween, the cassette tape dropped early as an official Cassette Week 2024 release. MCs beware as you enter the horrifying world of Beats To Murder Rappers 2.

Produced by The Dirty Sample

Also available on cassette in your choice of five sparkly colours: red, blue, green, silver, and gold…

October 30th, 2024

Chuck D introduces Mickey O’Brien’s “Earborn”

Always awesome to hear Chuck D introduce one of our songs on his radio show…



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