Articles by Anupa Mistry
Notes to Self on Rap Hoarding, Farley Mowat, and The Drake Effect
With a new release and a buzzy video, the Canadian hip-hop quartet are trekking into critical mass. — Read More
Play De Record, A Little Harder
Toronto vinyl legends Eugene Tam and Sean Savage are about to make little Deadmau5's out of all of you. — Read More
Living In The Fringe with Yamantaka//Sonic Titan
They've got a lot of adjectives that describe their sound, but the best one is "loud." — Read More
We Cool, But Not Because of Them
Getting real about Toronto's musical identity. — Read More
They're Not Jokers, But They Are Making a Scene
Two of Toronto's most professional DJs discuss Canada's dance music renaissance, what makes a good remix, and something called "vinyl." — Read More
Something Something Lana Del Rey
After that SNL crash, Anupa Mistry wonders: was the trollgaze princess Born to Die an ignominious internet death, or should we give it a few days? — Read More
It's More Complex Than Stealing
Hip-hop wouldn't exist without borrowing, so why's everyone crying about today's alleged nostalgia? — Read More
The Saddest Beef: Common vs. Drake, Ginger Ale, Himself
A few days before Christmas, right after Common released his ninth studio record The Dreamer/The Believer, the rapper confirmed that portions of the song “Sweet” antagonizing singing rappers were actually a take-down of local hero Drake. — Read More
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