Swollen Members – November 7 & 8 @ Rockpile

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Swollen Members will be performing shows on November 7th and 8th, one for the 16+ crowd and one for 19+.

SWOLLEN MEMBERS
w/ Kingkade, Mike Gutz, Trash Gordon, Swann
@ Rockpile (5555 Dundas St. W.)
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Doors: 8 PM | 16+
Tickets: $30 general admission/ $50 VIP

Friday, November 8, 2013
Doors: 8 PM | 19+
Tickets: $30 general admission/ $50 VIP

Nominees for the 2012 SiriusXM Indie Awards

The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards will be presented on Saturday, March 24th in the Canadian Ballroom at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The nominees for the awards were released a couple days ago and while there isn’t a lot of hip hop representation, there is one local rapper who found himself nominated as D-Sisive was listed in the Urban Artist/Group or Duo of the Year category. He is up against Swollen Members and singers Danny Fernandes, JRDN and The Weeknd.

Tickets to the awards are $39.50 and can be purchased via the Canadian Music Fest website.

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.

Swollen Members announce Canadian tour

Vancouver’s Swollen Members have announced the dates for their upcoming Canadian tour with labelmates, La Coka Nostra. The tour will take them from B.C. to Nova Scotia and includes a stop in Toronto on February 4th.

1/16/12 – Moe Joes Nightclub – Whistler, BC
1/21/12 – Troubadour – Langley, BC
1/24/12 – Dickens – Calgary, AB
1/25/12 – Diesel – Edmonton, AB
1/27/12 – The Stone – Lethbridge, AB
2/4/12 – Rockpile – Toronto, ON
2/10/12 – Tonic – Saint John, NB
2/11/12 – Oxygen – Moncton, NB
2/12/12 – Toothy Moose – Halifax, NS

[Video] The Goondox – Raps of the Titans

The Goondox are comprised of PMD, Sean Strange and Snowgoons. Raps of the Titans is off their upcoming album “Welcome to the Goondox,” and features a dozen rappers from all over North America, including Toronto’s Klee Magor. Others include Swollen Members, Jus Allah, Impakt, ODoub, Virtuoso, Meth Mouth Psych Ward and Jaysaun. It was directed by Tom Vujcic.