Jay-Z, Mos Def and K'Naan Take the Top Hip-Hop Album Spots in Exclaim!’s 2009 Readers Poll
Continuing on with Exclaim!’s 2009 Readers Poll results, today we bring you your top picks for the best hip-hop albums of last year. In this category, it really seems that Beats & Rhymes contributors and readers saw eye to eye, with many of the same albums choosen by both camps. However, when comparing your list and ours, you will see it’s no mirror image. After all, that would just be creepy. (More after the jump.)... Full Article
Jeremy Jay Announces Two New Albums for 2010
Since releasing his debut album, A Place We Could Go, in 2008, L.A.-based songwriter Jeremy Jay has been wildly prolific. Besides the album's follow-up, Slow Dance, he also toured like a workhorse and dropped a number of singles. Now, he'll keep the momentum going with not one but two albums in 2010. (More after the jump.) ... Full Article
Moon, Pandorum, Whip It and More Fill This Week’s DVD Review Round-Up
Lots of sci-fi and a little bit of claymation make up this week's Recently Reviewed DVD selections, as well as bit of Hilary Duff, with fresh write-ups on Moon (pictured), Pandorum, Whip It and According to Greta, plus many more. (More after the jump.)... Full Article
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Red Bull Music Academy: TORONTO
The Red Bull Music Academy is coming to Toronto. Learn, create and perform with the players, arrangers and producers who wrote modern music’s history, as well as those who continue to rewrite and resample the book... apply now!

• Between the Buried and Me -
• Fucked Up - Couple Tracks
• Magnetic Fields - Realism
• Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson
• Harvey Milk - Harvey Milk
• Basia Bulat - Heart Of My Own
• Ihsahn - After
• Living Sacrifice -
• Ihsahn - After
• Steve Earle -

• DVD: Saw VI (Kevin Greutert)
• DVD: Mary & Max (Adam Elliott)
• DVD: Little Ashes (Paul Morrison)
• DVD: Black Belt Jones / Hot Potato (Robert Clouse; Oscar Williams;)
• Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
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• FILM: Creation (Jon Amiel)
• FILM: Creation (Jon Amiel)
• FILM: Extraordinary Measures (Tom Vaughan)
• FILM: Petropolis: Aerial Perspective (Peter Mettler)
Pierced Arrows “Paranoia”
Pierced Arrows, featuring former Dead Moon co-founders Fred and Toody Cole drop their new album on February 23 via Vice Records, but you can check out the track “Paranoia” below. (More after the jump.)... Full Article
Reflection Eternal "Just Begun" ft. J. Cole, Jay Electronica, Mos Def
TRACK OF THE DAY: The reunion of Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek under the Reflection Eternal banner has been official for a while now, but until recently not much music had emerged from the reformed duo. (More after the jump.)... Full Article
Jason Collett “Little Tiger”
TRACK OF THE DAY: Jason Collett is sitting pretty on his best record, Rat a Tat Tat, which is due out on March 9. Recently word came down that a bonus EP of songs would be released in conjunction with Collett’s upcoming Bonfire Ball Tour with Zeus and Bahamas. (More after the jump.)... Full Article
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"I pretty much had a meltdown," Owen Pallett admits, laughing ruefully. "This record took a lot out of me." The 30-year-old violin genius didn't name his third full-length album Heartland for nothing. It's all blood, guts, emotion, and his own money that Pallett's poured into the epic, orchestral release, a project that was four years in the making, and according to some anxious and critical fans, long overdue. ...Read More
The Nope (Moka Only & Psy) - Melba
Vancouver, BC rapper/producer Moka Only has always been diverse, dropping everything from dusty underground jams to shiny commercial songs, but Melba might just be his most out there yet, invading Kool Keith's turf. Most of Moka's beats for Melba are made with emphasis on the low-end... Full Review
David Read Vinyl Record Guru
Based on Vancouver Island, Vinyl Record Guru is the brainchild of music industry veteran David Read. With over 25 years in the music business in both Canada and the U.S., and with extensive experience in manufacturing, distribution, retail and as an artist, David has been involved in pressing millions of records.... Read More
New and Forthcoming Release Dates In Canada All information is tentative and subject to sudden change
Check out the hottest new releases in the country this week, including: Beach House Teen Dream, Basia Bulat Heart of My Own, David Bowie A Reality Tour, Four Tet There Is Love In You... Read More
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