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Grand Analog — Metropolis Is Burning

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 11, 2009 10:52 am
Metropolis Is Burning may not be the very best Canadian hip-hop release of the year (though it comes close), but it's certainly the most diverse. The Toronto hip-hop band's sophomore album combines frontman and rapper Odario Williams' rhymes with folk on "Her Daddy (Don't Like Me)," reggae on "Take It Slow (Spaces & Places)," straight-up rock...
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S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival 2008

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By Ciara McCann (CHARTattack) June 30, 2008 1:30 pm
With 150 bands performing at this year's S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival, concert-goers were ready to have a rock-filled day starting at 2 p.m. But the excitement was put on hold for the opening bands set to play on outdoor stages as claps of thunder and torrents of rain and hail forced crowds to wait impatiently under the Market Square shelter in the...
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Grand Analog @ NXNE 2008

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) June 16, 2008 11:00 am
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: Grand Analog are well studied in both schools of hip-hop and rock. They utilize a live band and turntables, producing funk-infused hip-hop capable of getting the biggest indie-scenesters waving their hands in the air. Grade: 81 Comment: Like that kid in high school who is good at writing...
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Grand Analog Announce Dates

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) December 17, 2009 3:11 pm
It's certainly been a busy year for Grand Analog. Between having their songs on hit teen television dramas like 90210, Lincoln Heights and the forthcoming Sons Of Tucson, it's no wonder they are going back on tour again. They've frequented music festivals like CMJ and appeared alongside artists like Jay-Z, T.I., and Drake on the iTunes...
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Grand Analog — "Take It Slow (Spaces And Places)"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 6, 2009 5:47 pm
Grand Analog shot the video for Metropolis Is Burning's "Take It Slow (Spaces And Places)" on the back of a truck in Toronto during warmer weather this year. Frontman Odario Williams and company play their brand of reggae and rock-infused hip-hop to random people they pass by on Yonge Street, Queen Street, Front Street, the Gardiner...
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Grand Analog, Lioness Tour Together

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 17, 2009 3:38 pm
Grand Analog and Lioness have announced a Canadian summer tour. Grand Analog mix hip-hop with funk, rock and soul and Lioness' sound mixes disco, soul and indie rock and recalls Controller.Controller, Jeff Scheven and Ronnie Morris' previous band. "We'll be serving up heavy soulful disco and deep dirty funk so hot your soul will combust,...
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Grand Analog's Hip-Hop For Non-Purists

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) May 26, 2009 1:33 pm
Canadian hip-hop has always struggled to find its voice. The country doesn't have the population to support urban music, and American markets are so insular that they react harshly to MCs from other states, let alone countries. Canadian rappers are well aware of the minimal returns, and enter the industry with low expectations — which means...
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Pumping: Grand Analog - Metropolis Is Burning

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 20, 2009 11:56 am
We're not going to call this a trip-hop mini-revival (though the idea doesn't offend us), but there's lots on Metropolis Is Burning that will remind folks of Blue Lines. There's some reggae, some soul, some rappin' and even some dubbish moments if you've got the right imagination. It's not a sound we get here in the Great White North very often,...
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Grand Analog Burn On New Album

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By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) April 16, 2009 4:49 pm
Winnipeg self-described "ghettotech" outfit Grand Analog will release their Metropolis Is Burning sophomore album on May 26 through Urbnet Records. Grand Analog core writer/producer Odario Williams and partner DJ Catalist were joined on Metropolis Is Burning by a handful of guests, including former Polaris Music Prize nominees Cadence...
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videoFACT Christmas Party

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Photographer: 
Jess Baumung
Venue: 
Bright Pearl Restaurant
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
December 11, 2008
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Herbaliser And Grand Analog Tour Together

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By CHARTattack Staff November 11, 2008 12:24 pm
Britain's The Herbaliser and Winnipeg's Grand Analog will launch a Canadian tour on Wednesday in Montreal. The Herbaliser's Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have blended hip-hop, funk, jazz, R&B, pop, soul and electronica over the past 15 years, using a variety of guest vocalists and rappers along the way. On their latest album, Same As It Never...
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Grand Analog Gets Scensters Waving

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Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Reverb
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
June 13, 2008
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Grand Analog Show Off Penmanship On Calligraffiti

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By CHARTattack Staff June 11, 2007 5:00 pm
Winnipeg hip-hop outfit Grand Analog have a steady slate of concerts scheduled for the summer in support of Urbnet's July 17 release of their Calligraffiti debut LP. Odario G. Williams fronts the group, who also include Darcy Ataman, Damon Mitchell, Ofield K. Williams, Alister Johnson and Arun Chaturvedi. The disc's first single, "I'll...
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