Son Raw’s into the underground. The valley? Not so much. The mighty Fact magazine comes through this week with a particularly strong mix courtesy of Sheffield Bassline don DJ Q. This one’s unabashedly oriented towards the floor so if you like your music slow and low or made for bedroom listening, fall back and start […]

Son Raw is playing some tunes at Off The Hook Clothing in Montreal right now. Come pay him a visit. Hyperdub’s output has been so unpredictable over the past couple of years that this video from Morgan Zarate feels almost as surprising as a Laurel Halo album. I mean, DUBSTEP? On Hyperdub? You must be […]

Son Raw lick 50 shots. There’s a strong argument to be made that from the early 70’s on, every form of music I love and enjoy is directly or indirectly the result of Jamaican ideas and musicianship. Throw in an amazing run of 60s Ska, Rocksteady and Roots and it’s apparent that this tiny island […]

Son Raw has climbed mountains but owns no electric guitars. Lots of interesting things happening on the margins in Montreal. A few months ago the Dubstep crowds and Bass-House kids couldn’t have been further apart musically, the former insisting on heavy-octane riffs and the later on a mix of 4×4 thumps and 10 year old […]

Son Raw quit smoking. No for real. Domo Genesis carries weed but he’s no weed carrier. That’s the mission statement behind No Idols, the first Odd Future release created entirely with an outside producer and Domo’s calling card to a wider rap world still unsure of where OF fit in. It’s a smart move, Rolling […]

Son Raw is a replicant. I’ve been meaning to post this video for Slackk’s frostbite inducing Grime anthem for a minute now but droughts and heatwaves aren’t conductive to this sort of thing. His recent Clash-mag mix and interview convinced me however: anyone who writes music while on codeine and who ponders whether or not […]

Son Raw totally tripped out to Dusk at Cubist Castle. I’m probably not the man who should be eulogizing Bill Doss considering my generally low view of contemporary rock music; but it’s worth noting that the Elephant 6 era of which Bill Doss was a major part of through his band Olivia Tremor Control was […]

Son Raw is playing Piknic Electronik tomorrow from 2-5 alongside Jacques Green, Lunice and Machinedrum. Fact: you can throw an old scratchy recording of a jazz man speaking over just about any ol’ beat and we’ll post it here on GP. It just feels right. Thankfully, Jack Sparrow’s meditative roller comes with a flawless pedigree […]

Son Raw gets trippy, mane. Amidst a generation of pill popping Avicii fans with a hazy understanding of subgenres and a counter-revolution of James Blake lovers who don’t drop the bass so much as gently cradle it to sleep, it’s easy to forget that Dubstep (actual Dubstep) doesn’t have to suck. The difference between the […]

God Forgives, Son Raw don’t. Soo… Rozay’s new album is going down like a 3 day old, triple-stuffed burrito. Doubts about freshness abound and you can’t help but wonder if his whole steez is past its expiry date. Even if you thought Rich Forever was great with its umpteenth B.M.F remakes, do you really have […]