ZZBRA (Moka Only & Evil Ebenezer) Announce Ontario Tour Dates

Moka Only and Evil Ebenezer have announced an Ontario tour in support of their album as ZZBRA, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The tour begins on March 3rd in Guelph and runs through to their March 11th show in Stratford. Complete listings are below. Sound Improvement will be joining ZZBRA fir the tour.

March 3 – Guelph @ Knights of Columbus Hall (Facebook)
March 4 – Ottawa @ to be announced
March 7 – Hamilton @ The Casbah (Tickets: $15)
March 8 – Belleville @ Bellevegas Boardroom (Tickets: $10)
March 9 – Kingston @ Revolutions Nightclub
March 10 – Toronto @ Vapor Central
March 11 – Stratford @ Molly Blooms

2012 Juno Award Nominees Announced

The Juno Award nominees for 2012 were announced today and, of course, there’s some Toronto hip hop artists up for awards, including Drake, who is up for 4 awards.

The nominees for Rap Recording of the Year are:

    Classified – Handshakes and Middle Fingers (Half Life/Sony Music)
    D-Sisive – Jonestown 2: Jimmy Go Bye Bye (URBNET/Fontana North)
    Drake – Take Care (Cash Money/Universal)
    Kardinal Offishall – Anywhere (Ol’ Time Killin’ Part 2) (Black Stone Colleagues/Universal)
    Swollen Members – Daggermouth (Battle Axe/Suburban Noize/eOne)

Drake is also nominated for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and the Juno Fan Choice Award, while Kardinal Offishall finds himself nominated twice in the R&B/Soul Recording of the Year category for collaborations with Jully Black and Karl Wolf.

For the Juno Fan Choice Award, Drake is up against Arcade Fire, Avril Lavigne, City and Colour, Deadmau5, Ginette Reno, Hedley, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé and Nickelback.

Drake’s Take Care is up for Album of the Year against the new albums from Avril Lavigne and Nickelback and a couple of Christmas albums from Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé.

City and Colour, Deadmau5, Feist and Michael Bublé are Drake’s competition for Artist of the Year.

Noah “40” Shebib was nominated for Producer of the Year for the songs “Marvins Room” and “Take Care” from Drake’s album.

STS, Shaun Boothe, Crook & D-Bonez – March 2 @ The Rivoli


STS
w/ Shaun Boothe, Crook (Smash Brovaz) & D-Bonez

Hosted by Double X & DJ James Redi

Friday, March 2, 2012
The Rivoli (332 Queen St. W.)

Tickets: $20 at TicketWeb, Play De Record, Soundscapes & Moog Audio
Doors: 9 PM | Show: 10 PM
19+
Info: Facebook

Ambush Apparel will have a booth set up