June has already shaped up to be a big month for The Fam. My bad on slippin’ on this but Notion, DJ Gentleman (making his TMF debut) and myself rocked a sick set at The Silver Dollar Room here in TO, and thanks to y’all, we pulled the biggest crowd of the night. It was stacks of fun, and hopefully we’ll rock there again.

And next Friday June 24th, we have a huge set as we’re opening for the Track Avenue event at the legendary El Mocambo, with My Son The Hurricane and What She Said, along with March Fourth. It’ll be a full line up – Notion, Cee, Bekah, DJ Gentleman and Pat Cole on the drums. Fucking vibed.

Hit me up for pre-sale tickets, otherwise we’ll see y’all there! Flyers for both shows (along with FB event links) are after the jump…

The big homie Hezekiah killed a show out at the BK Bowl with Talib Kweli recently…here’s some dope footage.

As I mentioned in my SXSW wrap up post, I’m absolutely gutted we missed Jamie‘s shows. Anyway, here’s the simple video to his latest single, ‘Lady Lady’, which is an incredible tune.

So Canadian Music Week kicks off on Tuesday, and I’m vibed as hell. I’ll be hitting the panels and checking out a bunch of dope acts over the week, really looking forward to it.

Much love to Fiona Bloom for bringing the French reggae band DUB INC down to rock this week. The guys will be playing this Thursday 10th March at Rivoli (Queen St W) and Friday 11th March at El Mocambo (Spadina Ave and College St). Don’t miss it!

Cee-Lo is a fucking genius, straight up. Not only is his music nothing short of incredible, but the dude manages to put a full band together of stunning females and murk his live performance on Kimmel. The guitarist is stunning. So fucking cool.

I’m constantly discovering new music lately, and one of the genres I’m discovering the fastest is hardcore/metalcore. I’m a huge fan of this stuff, and especially these fellas from Byron Bay, Parkway Drive. I’m actually off to see them tonight, so there’s no better time to post a few of their videos. The show is sold out already, and a couple thousand person venue, so it should be dope.

Peace to the brethren Suundjaye for sharing this one. Toronto soulstress Aria has an incredible voice and presence, and this video of her performing ‘Change Is Good’ is a perfect example of that. Pure dopeness. Peep game after the jump.

I gotta put this one on for the famo out here in TO. The homie Suundjaye, who is both a friend and our ever-suffering landlord, is a talented drummer in a band by the name of Earthtones. His partner, Aria, is an amazingly gifted singer and at the 2010 Manifesto festival in Toronto, these cats rocked a killer set, including this rendition of Mos Def’s ‘Umi Says’. Watch the video and throw in a comment on their YouTube page!

If y’all ain’t already heard, Jay Electronica done signed with Jay-Z over at Roc Nation, joining NC representative J. Cole on the roster.

Check out the video below of Jay rocking a new song at ‘The Box’ in NYC where they announced the signing the other night. Apparently Diddy was tweeting about the signing and isn’t happy…

I know this is nepotism at it’s finest, but this young lady can saaaang. She’s 10, yo. And she’s got the swag and confidence to carry it off, which is more than I can say for most 10 year olds. Then again, most kids didn’t grow up with two movie star parents. Either way, she sounds great live (unlike Rihanna) and it’s gonna be interesting watching her career.