http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/08/trinidad-carnival-2011-roundup-this-is-as-close-as-we-got/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/08/trinidad-carnival-2011-roundup-this-is-as-close-as-we-got/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:59:19 +0000 Deidre Dyer http://www.thefader.com/?p=98167 On this the last day of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, we can’t help but feel like we missed out on all the pageantry, booze, and bacchanal of 2011. Nonetheless we’re amped to see some … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/08/trinidad-carnival-2011-roundup-this-is-as-close-as-we-got/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:15 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=94455 Where to start—Libya in turmoil, revolution spreading like a virus from North Africa to Real Africa (and not sure whether its worse when they report it that way or when they just don’t report it). … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/gp-131-super-cat-x-hardhouse-banton-maximus-dan-x-so-shifty-ragga-trinitech/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/kes-the-band-wotless-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/kes-the-band-wotless-mp3/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:30:36 +0000 Deidre Dyer http://www.thefader.com/?p=91580 In West Indian culture the term wotless is usually ascribed to someone behaving in a manner that would bring shame and disgust to themselves, their family, or bystanders who are willing to join in with … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/kes-the-band-wotless-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:30:57 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=90462 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/09/gp-129-dingolay-oyenze-ramajay-tigerstyle-zuzuka-poderosa/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/benjai-wine-to-the-side-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/benjai-wine-to-the-side-mp3/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:00:38 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=90073 All over the world right now multi-generational shops of women are ordering feathers, sequins and spandex from China, preparing costumes for Karnaval/Carnaval/Carnival cruising season. In those sewing rooms they’re probably setting stitching pace against the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/benjai-wine-to-the-side-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/the-heatwaves-carnival-bashment-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/the-heatwaves-carnival-bashment-mix-mp3/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:32 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=41564 Whether you’re in Brooklyn or Notting Hill, West Indian Carnival weekend is a good opportunity to reflect upon the year in soca and dancehall, when DJs really bring out their A game to pump up … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/the-heatwaves-carnival-bashment-mix-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/17/skinny-fabulous-f-machel-montano-duracell-plus-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/17/skinny-fabulous-f-machel-montano-duracell-plus-mp3/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:30:07 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=40424 And here we have it, finally, the most literal soca song invented: two Caribbean superstars actually wigging out on a jam-ass beat about having unrelenting juice of recently charged batteries, in a genre that makes … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/17/skinny-fabulous-f-machel-montano-duracell-plus-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/machel-montano-wine-on-me-hold-yuh-riddim-drive-mp3s/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/machel-montano-wine-on-me-hold-yuh-riddim-drive-mp3s/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:48 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=26049 Yesterday our good friend Nicholas P. Catchdubs tweeted, “I wanna play gyptian ‘hold yuh’ on the FAO Schwartz piano from Big.” Which is a tweet with about as much simple genius as the riddim itself—there … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/machel-montano-wine-on-me-hold-yuh-riddim-drive-mp3s/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/video-premiere-poirier-coco-drunk/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/video-premiere-poirier-coco-drunk/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:07 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=26032 Montreal-based producer/DJ Poirier has been providing the world with his own idiosyncratic bass-heavy visions of dancehall, soca and various other club musics for several years, but the last one has been particularly busy with three … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/16/video-premiere-poirier-coco-drunk/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/06/swappi-mi-nah-go-play-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/06/swappi-mi-nah-go-play-mp3/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:41:57 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=24810 We can see Swappi becoming a slight obsession around here: not only does his Trini Carnival 2010 hit “Mi Nah Go Play” meld traditional soca rhythms with the accordion impulses of cumbia, but he added … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/06/swappi-mi-nah-go-play-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:15:16 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=21839 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/27/ghetto-palms-86-road-mix-soca-part-few/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/premiere-lee-scratch-perry-santa-claus/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/premiere-lee-scratch-perry-santa-claus/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:46:06 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=20366 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/01/premiere-lee-scratch-perry-santa-claus/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/ghetto-palms-76-soca-soca-soca-exclusive-poirier-blend/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/ghetto-palms-76-soca-soca-soca-exclusive-poirier-blend/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:13:11 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=18842 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/ghetto-palms-76-soca-soca-soca-exclusive-poirier-blend/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/restless-people-soundtrack-your-next-birthday-or-wedding/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/restless-people-soundtrack-your-next-birthday-or-wedding/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:16:38 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=9104 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/restless-people-soundtrack-your-next-birthday-or-wedding/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/double-l-lp-home-for-carnival-5-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/double-l-lp-home-for-carnival-5-mixtape/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:34 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=8708 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/06/double-l-lp-home-for-carnival-5-mixtape/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/16/live-machel-montano-at-radio-city-music-hall/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/16/live-machel-montano-at-radio-city-music-hall/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:50:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/16/live-machel-montano-at-radio-city-music-hall/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/diplo-goes-literally-bananas-for-carnival/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/diplo-goes-literally-bananas-for-carnival/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/02/26/diplo-goes-literally-bananas-for-carnival/feed/ 0