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Impressions: Notting Hill Carnival Wrap-up, Part One

Words by DJ Theory, Photos by DJ Gravy— "Notting Hill was crazy, as I left my hotel the first day there I literally just followed the sound of soca and horns." This past weeked our own DJ Gravy made a... Read More...

Bashment Bible: How + Where to Party at Notting Hill Carnival

Words by Jesse Serwer— Headed to London for Notting Hill Carnival this weekend? You'll find no shortage of entertainment to choose from, that's for sure. Every year, Time Out London puts together a super... Read More...

Video: DJ Power feat. Kardinal Offishall + Machel Montano, “Fly So High”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Trini-Canadian selector DJ Power recently traveled down to Trinidad and St. Maarten to film the visuals for his soca-house-hip-hop gumbo "Fly So High," featuring Machel Montano and... Read More...

LargeUp Premiere: Machel Montano x Dre Skull = “Go Down”

Words by Jesse Serwer— For his new Loudspeaker riddim, Dre Skull of Mixpak Records and Vybz Kartel's Kingston Story fame has connected with none other than the reigning Groovy and Power Soca monarch, Mac... Read More...

High Fidelity: Dre Skull’s Loudspeaker Riddim

Words by Jesse Serwer— Dre Skull and Mixpak Records have an excellent new riddim called Loudspeaker on the way May 22, and they've just released this clip hosted by our bredrin Walshy Fire as a preview o... Read More...

Found Footage: Hitler Finds Out About Machel Montano’s Clean Sweep

Words by Jesse Serwer— By now you've probably seen at least a few YouTube videos of Hitler losing his shit for various improbable reasons. The footage is from the climactic scene in a German movie called... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top Groovy Soca Tunes for 2012

Words by Jillionaire— Tonight, the biggest event in the run-up to Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival and the biggest event of the year for soca music, the International Soca Monarch competition, goes down ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s 2012 Road March Contenders

Words by Jillionaire— Trinidad & Tobago Carnival is just two weeks away, and, needless to say, we're already feeling the itch to get down to Port of Spain. To get you primed for the coming festivit... Read More...

Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011

Words by Rishi Bonneville— The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...

President & Monarch: Machel Montano In The White House

Words by Jesse Serwer Brooklyn Labor Day and Caribana get all the hype but there's a massive Carnival in Washington, DC, too. Machel Montano can be counted on to make a show-stopping appearance at the fe... Read More...

Post-Game: Trinidad Carnival Roundup

Words by Eddie STATS Houghon and Jillionaire, via The Guardian UK Through the kind links of our UK correspondent Gabriel Heatwave of the London-based Heatwave crew Jillionaire and myself were tapped to p... Read More...

Media Watch: Machel Montano + Trinidad Carnival on NPR

Words by Jesse Serwer Sundays in the Serwer household rarely start before 1 PM. It's immaterial whether Saturday night involved late-night partying or re-runs on the couch: This is when I catch up on all... Read More...

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