Toronto's Young Empires send us straight to the dancefloor with this mixtape for The Block. www.myspace.com/youngempires
01. Sabali (Vitalic Remix) - Amadou & Miriam
02. Lies (Herve Remix) - Fenech-Soler
03. Hour of the Wolf (Lifelike Remix) - Adam Kesher
04. Dance the Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Remix) - Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
05. Snake Charmer - Bag Raiders
06. Wait & See - Holy Ghost!
07. All Night (Azari & III Remix) - Voltage
08. You Know I Know It - Tensnake
09. La Mezcla - Michel Cleis
10. Rain of Gold (French Horn Rebellion Remix) - Young Empires
There are times when an iPod simply won’t do. Don’t get us wrong, thousands of songs accessible at the spin of a neon nano wheel is rad, but there is something to be said for listening to music with an album in hand. Insound (an online resource for independent music) and Mike Perry (a Brooklyn-based graphic artist) would share this sentiment. Perry prefers hand drawings to computer programs and Insound favours vinyl records over MP3s; both have a soft spot for the organic.
You know those Facebook pictures you immediately untagged and cursed your friends for uploading? 55DSL wants those photos, if they happen to be from 1994. To mark their 15th anniversary, 55DSL want fans to send in pictures of themselves from that year (yes, the time when dressing like Donna Martin and The Fresh Prince wasn’t considered embarrassing).
Maybe you don’t have the gold to fund the hunt for a McGinnis or an Emin at Art Basel Miami, but if you’re really sharp, you can head to Paris to score yourself a more hidden treasure. Making its grand debut this week, the premiere edition of the Cutlog art fair caters to emerging artists and the independent galleries that support them.
As a child (or even as an adult), did you ever want to don the wolf costume made famous by Maurice Sendak’s beloved character Max? Would it not be exciting to be king for a day? If you’re like us, we here at The Block are anxiously waiting for the premier of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are. To tickle our fancy, designer Christian Joy (known for creating the elaborate costumes worn by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) has teamed up with Urban Outfitters to showcase five original monster costumes inspired by the title character Max and the book’s Wild Things.
Meghan Paterson has brought new meaning to portrait artistry: painting faces on to glass bottles. The daughter of a pirate and art teacher, and one of the co-curators behind Vancouver’s most anticipated art show, The Cheaper Show (an annual one-night art sale), Paterson celebrated her opening reception – Empty Bottles Broken Hearts – Thursday night at Gravity Pope Tailor Goods in Vancouver, and The Block was there to support.
You Say Party! We Say Die! are infamously known for “playing anything, anywhere, anytime.” With lead vocalist Becky Ninkovic being thrown out of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Herberge hostel after a performance in Berlin, to bassist Stephen O’Shea’s ban in the U.S, the Canadian quintet were able to find plenty of bad-kid inspiration for the aptly-named third album XXXX.
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THE BLOCK MIXTAPE
by Young Empires
Mixtape: Young Empires
Toronto's Young Empires send us straight to the dancefloor with this mixtape for The Block.
www.myspace.com/youngempires
01. Sabali (Vitalic Remix) - Amadou & Miriam
02. Lies (Herve Remix) - Fenech-Soler
03. Hour of the Wolf (Lifelike Remix) - Adam Kesher
04. Dance the Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Remix) - Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
05. Snake Charmer - Bag Raiders
06. Wait & See - Holy Ghost!
07. All Night (Azari & III Remix) - Voltage
08. You Know I Know It - Tensnake
09. La Mezcla - Michel Cleis
10. Rain of Gold (French Horn Rebellion Remix) - Young Empires
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