Articles by Noel Dix

The Life of Mammals

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2007

Before the BBC brought the overwhelming Planet Earth to the table, they tackled our fellow mammal friends in probably the most breathtaking...

Ratatouille

Brad Bird

PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2007

Brad Bird returns to steer Pixar back in the right direction after the quality meter dipped a little with last year’s Cars, producing anoth...

Family Guy: Volume Five

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2007

Things weren’t quite the same for Family Guy when it pulled off an incredible feat by returning from cancellation. With such lofty expectat...

Madlib

Beat Konducta Vol. 3-4: In India

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

When left to create instrumental sounds without the thought of an MC gracing the track, Madlib can get complicated but tends to deliver the...

Y Society

Travel At Your Own Pace

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

Hip-hop is the only genre that frowns upon artists being heavily influenced by those before them. To release an album soaked in the golden...

Front

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

A live hip-hop band with two skilled poets on the mic and a tight rhythm section makes for a deadly combination. Whether laying down breakn...

No Luck Club

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

The Chan brothers served up a mesmerising set of hip-hop and funk, as one dropped laptop beats for the other to pulverise with astounding t...

Tef & Don

Canadian Music Week 2004 March 3 to 6, Toronto ON

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2007

For what it is, this duo viciously ripped mics over hardcore production. There’s definitely skill to be found in this outfit, but if you’re...