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Mixtape Mondays: Carnivaaaaaal!!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton It's that time again. Time to start planning the side-projects with which you can waste time for the rest of the week. Might we suggest, imagining that you are at Carnival ... 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...

Super Soca: Tiny Winey + “Black & Yellow” Poirier refix

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton We don't usually cover local events on here but as long we are covering local events (see previous post) we have to give a bligh to the Tiny Winey soca party kicking off tom... Read More...

Tropical Discotheque: The Mighty Shadow “Dat Soca Boat”–Free Download and Event Tickets!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The masters of records over at Strut have been on our favorite-label list for a minute. Though they are most notorious for their compilations of essential Afrofunk and Brazi... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Machel Montano & Xtatik, “Big Truck”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Tomorrow is Carnival, people, or at least the Soca Monarch competition at Queen's Oval Park that kicks it off is. And since perpetual top dog Machel Montano (now in HD) seem... Read More...

Fashion Fridays Part Few: Carnival Chic From Christian Broucaud

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Nicole C Prince In the process of tracking down ZJ Sparks Sparkilous soca blend for Mixtape Mondays, we chanced up on these stunning Christian Broucaud designs from the... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Soca Monarch Contenders for Carnival 2011!

Words by Rishi Bonneville and Eddie STATS Houghton Carnival time again! As multitudes of ex-pat Trinis and foreign calypso, pan and soca lovers board flights for Port of Spain, the fetes and song competiti... Read More...

Call Me Shams: Slap-Chop and Sham-Wow, Flatbush Style

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford, photo via The Smoking Gun Quite possibly you have seen the Sham-Wow or Slap-Chop promo spots starring motormouth pitchman Vince Schlomi--picture... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Safar-I Sound, Jah-T, Pretty Rick, Bacchanal Radio

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Its that time again. Yawn. Brrr! If you don't have to drag your ass to work in the freakish cold because you have a holiday, then God bless you and MLK. If you do...you're g... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Poirier’s Francophone Top 10 of 2010

Words by Erin MacLeod, as determined by Erin MacLeod and Ghislain Poirier. Mr. OK in Montreal The Toppa Top 10s on LARGE UP thus far have been wide ranging—pan-Caribbean, even—but there’s been one thing ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Soca Jams of 2010

Compiled by Rishi Bonneville, DJ Gravy, Jillionaire and Eddie STATS Houghton It is the end of year that ends in '10, so you can forgive us if we go Toppa Top 10 mad and just post Top 10s from now til 201... Read More...

Charge Up: New Skinny Fabulous Video with Machel Montano

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton As it was foretold, so it has come to pass. The only thing about this 1000 bpm adrenaline-shot of a video for "Duracell Plus" that does not deliver exactly what was promised... Read More...

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