Featured Album Fridays / Har Mar Superstar – Dark Touches (2009)

Whew! After a brief hiatus, Featured Album Fridays is back! This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am featuring the 2009 album from Har Mar Superstar – Dark Touches. Here is the description of Har Mar Superstar from his Last.FM: Sideproject of Sean Tilmann of Sean Na Na fame. Har Mar Superstar is an American [...]

Soulful Sundays / Ozomatli – Don’t Mess With The Dragon (2008)

This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2008 album from Ozomatli – Don’t Mess With The Dragon. Very different direction from me today, just because! Interesting album, and I had never really heard anything like this before, but very latin-inspired music that seems to cross a lot of genres. Hope you enjoy, the [...]

Featured Album Fridays / The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns (2009)

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns. Here is the description of The Rural Alberta Advantage from their Last.FM: Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt) play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images [...]

Soulful Sundays / El-P – High Water (2004)

This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2004 album from El-P, High Water. A pure instrumental album, jazz stylings with heavy hip-hop influence. If you’re looking for hip-hop, you’re going to enjoy this. And if you’re looking for some very creative jazz, you’re going to enjoy this as well. Regardless, you will enjoy [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Zero 7 – Yeah Ghost (2009)

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from Zero 7 – Yeah Ghost. Here is the description of Zero 7 from their Last.FM: Zero 7 is a downtempo act comprising Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker from the United Kingdom. The band’s songs feature vocals from Mozez, Sia Furler, Tina Dico, [...]

Soulful Sundays / Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of the Day (2009)

This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of the Day. A wonderful album. Albeit a little bit on the emo side, especially for a hip-hop album, but you really have to appreciate the amazing songs on this track. My personal favourite [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Lights – The Listening (2009)

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I’m showcasing the 2009 album from Lights – The Listening. Here is the description of Lights from her Last.FM: Lights Poxleitner (born Valerie Poxleitner, 11 April 1987), known by her stage name Lights, is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter. She is best known for composing and performing heavily synthesized [...]

Soulful Sundays / Bilal – 1st Born Second (2001)

This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2001 album from Bilal – 1st Born Second. Oldie but a goodie, this album is very mellow and old school, with some interesting vocals laid on top. A couple of big names making an appearance (Like Common and Mos Def!) and it was a fantastic album [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Islands – Vapours (2009)

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from Montreal-based band Islands – Vapours. Here is the description of Islands from their Last.FM: Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Islands is a 6 piece band founded by former The Unicorns frontman Nick Thorburn (briefly taking the stage name “Nick Diamonds”) and drummer J’Aime [...]

Soulful Sundays / Cyne – Water For Mars (2009)

This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing the 2009 album from Cyne – Water For Mars. Fantastic album that is everything you want a hip-hop album to be. The stream is below, enjoy!