Tag: Toronto

Ep. #67: Lido Pimienta

Post author By vish
Post date January 30, 2014

Lido Pimienta is a remarkable musician who hails from Barranquilla, Colombia but currently resides in Toronto. Known for making challenging electronic music with outspoken Spanish lyrics, Pimienta is putting the finishing touches on her new album La Papessa and she appears at Guelph’s Mitchell Hall for Hillside Inside on Feb. 7 with A Tribe Called Red. Here, Pimienta discusses how she eschews heteronormativity by asking males in her band to wear dresses, her time spent living in London and Toronto Ontario and her upbringing in Colombia, her fierce denial of tokenism, why she thinks love songs might not be what the world really needs now, her love of satire and confrontation, media manipulation, the explosion of music in Colombia, the latest on her next album, the song “Agua,” and more.

Related links: lidopepper.tumblr.com hillsidefestival.ca vishkhanna.com

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Tags Barranquilla, Colombia, Hillside Festival, Hillside Inside, La Papessa, Lido Pimienta, Toronto

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Ep. #54: Brendan Canning

Post author By vish
Post date November 25, 2013

Brendan Canning is a founding member of Broken Social Scene and has been a prominent and prolific figure in Canada’s underground music community for over two decades. Since Broken Social Scene went on their most recent hiatus, Canning has kept busy, resurrecting his old pop project Cookie Duster, scoring major Hollywood films like this year’s controversial The Canyons, DJing at the Drake, and, he recently began collaborating on a video game project with David Cronenberg. In October, Canning released You Gots 2 Chill, his second proper solo album on his own Draper Street Records and it’s prompted him to tour across Canada and the U.S. in November and December. Here Brendan and I discuss who has gots 2 chill, EPMD, Beastie Boys, Toronto and Ford Nation, recording mellow songs onto your own voicemail, scoring movies, video games, Lindsay Lohan, the song “However Long,” and more.

Related links: brendancanning.com vishkhanna.com

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Tags Beastie Boys, Brendan Canning, Broken Social Scene, Cookie Duster, David Cronenberg, EPMD, Lindsay Lohan, Mayor Rob Ford, The Canyons, Toronto

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Ep. #53: Casey Mecija on #ProjectLiftPH + Jonathan Goldsbie on Mayor Rob Ford

Post author By vish
Post date November 20, 2013

Casey Mecija is a musician and artist originally from Brantford, Ontario but currently based in Toronto, where she gained renown as the lead vocalist in a band called Ohbijou. Mecija is also of Filipino descent and has been raising awareness about the devastation in the Philippines, wrought by typhoons Haiyan and Yolanda. On December 4, she and her sister Jenny, also of Ohibjou, are taking part in #ProjectLiftPH, a benefit concert at the Great Hall to raise funds for the stricken region.

Jonathan Goldsbie is a staff writer at NOW magazine in Toronto where he writes about politics, media, local news, and more. As the situation with Mayor Rob Ford and Toronto City Council becomes increasingly surreal and disturbing, Goldsbie’s twitter feed has been indispensable, as he provides biting, insightful coverage of virtually every aspect of “the Mayor” and his brother Doug have been up to.

Related links: canadahelps.org twitter.com/goldsbie globalmedic.ca vishkhanna.com

casinogoldsbie1_large — Jonathan Goldsbie, pushing his luck.

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Tags #ProjectLiftPH, #topoli, Casey Mecija, Doug Ford, Haiyan, Jonathan Goldsbie, Mayor Rob Ford, NOW magazine, Ohbijou, Philippines, Toronto, Toronto City Council, typhoons, Yolanda