Cadence Weapon

Montreal artist Karneef (Doldrums / Cadence Weapon) releasing new solo LP 'I'm Phoof' (listen)

Karneef is a fixture of the Montreal music scene, having brought his multi-instrumentalist skills to Cadence Weapon, Pat Jordache and Sean Nicolas Savage. He’s currently drumming in Doldrums. He makes his own music as well, an appealingly bonkers strain of hyperactive beat-sliced funk, that owes a little to Prince, Kool Keith, Aphex Twin, Max Tundra […]

M for Montreal fest announces full 2014 lineup

Heat @ Union Pool during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield) M for Montreal was just here for CMJ, hosting a nine-hour showcase on Friday (10/24) at Arlene’s Grocery with Lydia Ainsworth, HEAT, Homeshake, The Muscadettes and more…

Montreal's Jef Barbara released a new single (with remixes by Cadence Weapon and others), readies English language debut

Montreal’s Jef Barbara released his debut album, Contamination, last year. The record mixed bachelor pad cool with minimal electro beats and witty, sometimes sexually frank lyrics…

Cadence Weapon lists his favorite LPs of 2012 which includes Captured Tracks' Cleaners from Venues reissues

Cadence Weapon @ MHOW, June 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Some of you may recall that before he became known as Cadence Weapon, Rollie Pemberton spent time as a music critic, having penned a number of reviews for Pitchfork in the early ’00s…

DZ Deathrays remixed by Opossom & Cadence Weapon (listen)

New Zealand’s OPOSSOM, who maybe you caught at CMJ, has remixed Brisbane duo DZ Deathrays‘s “Dollar Chills”, a track from their recent LP Bloodstreams…

2012 M for Montreal Festival: full line-up (Death Grips, A Place to Bury Strangers, Of Monsters & Men, Mac DeMarco + more)

The seventh annual M for Montreal festival happens next week (November 14 – 17) in its namesake Canadian city. Previous years, M4M has featured mainly Montreal (and other parts of Canada) artists, being showcased to a group of “international delgates” (talent buyers, journalists, music supervisors, tour agenents and other industry types) in a tightly controlled set of shows, this year’s fest expands its scope with nearly 100 performer at 16 venues, giving it more of an actual festival feel than an industry conference that has music showcases the public could by tickets to…

Artists react to Obama's win

A selection of tweets reacting to Obama’s big win last night…. “:)” – Grizzly Bear “YES” – Amanda Palmer “yeah!!!!” – Laurel Halo “FUCK YES” – HEALTH “fuck yeah…

Cadence Weapon plays Schubas on Wednesday (win tix, 7"s!)

Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon is currently on tour throughout North America in support of his 2012 LP, Hope in Dirt City, and will roll Chicago this Wednesday (10/17) for a performance at Schubas…

Grimes, Fucked Up, Cadence Weapon and more played the Polaris Music Prize 2012 Gala along with winner Feist (pics)

As you may have heard, Feist took home the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on Monday at Toronto’s Masonic Temple. The Calgary native won the $30,000 prize for last year’s Arts & Crafts release, Metals, beating out an incredibly strong shortlist which included Grimes, Drake (who was in Toronto but did not attend the gala), Handsome Furs, and 2009 winners, Fucked Up…

stream AC Newman's contribution to new Hood Internet LP; win tickets to tonight's show at Music Hall of Williamsburg

We mentioned before that the new Hood Internet album, FEAT (out 10/2), was a sample-free, guest-filled affair featuring the likes of Class Actress, The Rosebuds, Hooray for Earth, Au Revoir Simone’s Annie Hart, Cadence Weapon, Zambri…
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