Saturday, February 24, 2007
Old Skool, Young Blood & Dread Beat
T-dot heads: I'll be down at the Cloak & Dagger (394 College west) TONIGHT with some old friends checking out the Dread Beat party. Here's the science from DJ Will:
"Expect some serious roots chunes both old and new, a smattering of ska and rocksteady and a whole pile of
Arrive early to avoid disappointment on the door, we been packing the place steady for a few months now well before the midnight hour!"
And while we're on the reggae tip, check out some mp3 snippets from the excellent Peckings label compilation Old Skool Young Blood Volume 1 that I heard for the first time last night at my homegirl Anousheh's place. It's actually been out almost a year at this point but was strangely only only just profiled in this week's issue of the Toronto alt. weekly NOW magazine. Guaranteed sweet vibes still though:
Bitty McLean & the Supersonics - "Walk Away from Love (remix)" (MP3 snippet)
Kelly Makeda - "Shake It Off" * (MP3 snippet)
Preview and BUY the whole album at Juno Records.
Online:
Bitty McLean - MySpace
Peckings
Album review on Reggae Vibes
(* yes that's a Mariah Carey cover - better than the original?)
Labels: Bitty McLean, Kelly Makeda, old skool young blood Volume 1, Peckings
