Skratch Bastid

Tragically Hip Crowd Not Aging With The Band

I'm from Kingston, Ontario, and the last 26 years of my life have remained almost entirely Tragically Hip-free. I'd never seen the group perform live, owned only a cassette copy of Fully Completely, and have mostly ignored their entire catalogue, save for the singles that played endlessly on the radio and MuchMusic as I grew up. It's weird, too,...
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Tragically Hip

Skratch Bastid, John Smith & Pip Skid — Taking Care Of Business

Though it features the talents of prolific Winnipeg MCs John Smith and Pip Skid, Taking Care Of Business is primarily a showcase for Halifax DJ Skratch Bastid. He's skilled on the decks, as his wax-shredding on "Murphy's Law" amply demonstrates, but he's missing an ear for compelling beats. Smith and Skid rap over slow, sleep-inducing...
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Taking Care Of Business

I Read The News Today... For March 29, 2011

This year's Juno Awards set a viewership record! About 2.4 million people watched the broadcast on Sunday. Guess what? It also set an unofficial record for being the least hated Junos in recent memory. —Juno AwardsGlasgow's Sons And Daughters will return with a new album called Mirror Mirror on June 14. You can grab a free download of "Silver Bell...
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Sons And Daughters

I Read The News Today... For Nov. 10, 2010

Kanye West says Coldplay are better than The Beatles, proving he has not heard a single Beatles song in his entire life. —The Sun In other Kanye news, a porno based on the Taylor Swift incident is coming. Wow. I guess you really can make porn about anything... that or the porn industry is really running out of ideas. —Hollywood Life Death Cab For...
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Skratch Bastid Is Bringing His Turntables To A City Near You

After a spring tour with Buck 65 and Cadence Weapon, Halifax DJ Skratch Bastid is heading out on a short Canadian tour of his own. Bastid is currently finishing a brief European tour and has been working on new material. There's no word on when that will be released. Skratch Bastid began DJing at 15 and released his Taking Care Of Business...
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Buck 65, Cadence Weapon And Skratch Bastid To Play Across Canada

Buck 65 has toured through the U.S., Australia and Europe since releasing Situation last October. Now it's finally Canada's turn. The Halifax MC (real name Richard Terfry) will take Cadence Weapon and Skratch Bastid on his coast-to-coast musical journey, which begins on April 10 in Moncton, N.B. The only exception is an April 18 show in Buck's...
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