Magnolius (Toronto) and Perilelle at Phog, February 20, 2010

MAGNOLIUS, on their 5-venue tour of Southwestern Ontario brings explosive Hip Hop from Toronto, on stage with Windsor's PERILELLE.  It's your best bet if you're looking for a break from indie rock and crave a show of authentic talent.  MAGNOLIUS incorporates assembly-line style emceeing with lush beats and breaks, while PERILELLE fuses warm trip hop with hard technical rhythms via synthesizer, drum machine and of course, her silvery voice.

When: Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Where: Phog Lounge, 157 University Ave West, Windsor ON.

 

Details: $5, 19+

RSVP via Facebook

What are critics saying about headliners MAGNOLIUS?"The chemistry between the duo, Shan Vincent de Paul & Derek DaCosta... well if you could bottle it, you could sell it back to N-Power and make some tidy wedge. It's angry and aware, yet sharp and has sense of humor" - WHISPERS Mag (UK)

"Best of all is their successful spanning of that sometimes-massive space existing between the disparate sides of tradition and experimentation within hip-hop, moving from one to the other with casual ease." - EXCLAIM! (Toronto) 

Listen to MAGNOLIUS Music on Bandcamp 
Hear trip-hop from PERILELLE

Bonus: You can catch Magnolius twice while they're in the area.  Check them out in Detroit at the 1440 Collective on Friday, February 19th with friends Stryfe, Detroit CYDI, RenCen and more!

 

Visit MAGNOLIUS myspace and find out about the other stops on the tour! 

Windsor/Detroit Live Music: Insideamind (Toronto) and Magnolius (Toronto) Friday, March 27th at Phog

From Emily Copeland, of Minced Meat:
"Some much deserved recognition about their latest release "Scatterpopia:"

"Mangling the listener’s preconceptions" OKAYPLAYER

"A great album" URB

"One of the years finer discoveries" NOW

Not only have they shared the stage with DJ greats such as Kid Koala and D-Styles at Low End Theory, they've performed alongside RJD2 and Vast Aire in TO, and right now they're working to bring their brand of turntablism to the performance THEATRE at Toronto's internationally acclaimed Fringe Festival! DJ's Eric and Cheldon also run Off Centre DJ School in Toronto: yep, it's their day job to teach kids how to spin. Their latest release "Scatterpopia" features both original and sampled material, as well as a collaboration with Ninja Tune's Ghislain Poirier.

Magnolius are two emcees from Toronto who have definitely created their own sub-genre of hip hop. It's not quite nerd rap, backpacker or "caveman" hip hop, but you might (very loosely) compare it to artists such as Listener or Aesop Rock, laced with jazz, funk and rock instrumentation. Their live performances are always tightly constructed, and together with iNSiDEaMiND will provide an innovative show that you've never seen, nor heard. Some true gems from the Northern underground! They've also toured Brazil, Japan and parts of Europe with friends from PPF House Leo37."