Photos by: Stephan Ordonez – Los Angeles-based hip-hop/soul/R&B artist Syd, who released her newest EP, Always Never Home, on September 7th, 2017 via Columbia, which included production from Ricci Riera, Full Crate, Anonxmous, Gwenn Bunn and Kintaro, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night (Nov. 9th) with hip-hop artist Kodie Shane, who released her newest … Continue reading
Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – Odd Future neo-soul trip hop group The Internet, which features OFWGKTA members Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians, who released their third album, Ego Death, on June 26th, 2015 via Odd Future/Columbia, which follows up their sophomore album, Feel Good, out September 20th, 2013 via Odd Future Records, performed at Tattoo Toronto last night with Los Angeles-based … Continue reading
By: Brandon Lorenzetti – Los Angeles-based hip-hop artist Earl Sweatshirt, who released his second album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt, on March 23rd, 2015 via Columbia, which follows up his 2013 debut album, Doris, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto on August 16th. Click here to check out … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – Don’t cry for Odd Future. While this summer’s news of the hip-hop collective’s breakup may be troubling, it’s best to think of it as “divide and conquer”. Judging from Earl Sweatshirt’s sold-out, rabid crowd at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, that plan is working out pretty damn well. To say Sunday’s show was long-awaited is … Continue reading
By: Mehek Seyid (@whatthemehek) | Photos by: Victoria Charko (@Vanilla_Rx) – The ‘void’ in the Enter the Void tour, which stopped in Toronto on Dec. 18th, seemingly holds all things cool-out, pop, funk, dark and soulful R&B on one stage. Between opening acts SZA and The Internet and headliner Jhené Aiko, there were all sorts of suggestions of what the genre is like these days … Continue reading
Photos by: David McAndrew – Odd Future neo-soul trip hop group The Internet, which features OFWGKTA members Syd Tha Kyd and Matt Martians, who released their sophomore album, Feel Good, on September 20th, 2013 via Odd Future Records, performed at The Hoxton in Toronto last night with Toronto-based surrealist rapper/singers Charli Champ and Dollar Paris (aka Bizzarh) and Toronto-based post-punk duo Ice Cream, who released … Continue reading
By: Patrick Topping (@ptopp_ing) – Tyler, the Creator, on the heels of his third album Wolf, brought the circus to Toronto’s Sound Academy last night. Odd Future shows carry a palpable sense of unpredictability – early shows were noted for wild antics and even aggression towards their audience (the very audience lapping at their feet were … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – For a lone wolf without his pack, Tyler, the Creator can still raise a lot of hell. The infamous leader of Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All (OFWGK†Δ) performed to a sold-out Opera House in Toronto last night in support of his forthcoming album, Wolf, out April 2nd. It may have … Continue reading
By: Sarah MacDonald – “This next song is about drugs.” And through the screams of a minimally crowded MOD Club in Toronto last night, Sydney Bennett, or more commonly known as Syd tha Kyd, OFWGKTA’s fresh faced, innocent looking member, cracks a smile and sings sweet R&B drenched falsetto tones to an audience full of … Continue reading