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not here anymore // email me ✨writer ✨ editor 💫 creative producer 🚀 parent to @dialledin_
Mar 5, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
when a new Drake project drops, I want to be back in Toronto walking around hearing his songs blasting out of cars, barber shops, cellphones on buses. I want to hear his music in the mall while sportchek employees discuss the drop. These are the moments I miss the city. I'll forever cherish the spring and summer of 09 when So Far Gone established Drake as an emerging talent. that was the year Toronto embraced him as one of our own. Every BBQ, beach hangs, pre-drinks and late-night seshes was soundtracked by Drake.
Mar 5, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
For #BandcampFriday I've compiled this expansive list (including diaspora artists) into @buymusicclub lists (where bandcamp links are available). Bear with me as these evolve and are pretty generic right now. Feel free to @ / DM me to be included. First up, I'm chucking every and anything I discover by South Asian musicians into this one list: buymusic.club/list/aajkal-th…
Mar 4, 2021 43 tweets 20 min read
Hello! Here's a thread of some excellent South Asian music. I hope you find something you like in here. The list spans new releases, personal favourites, labels, seminal albums and gibberish I've been thinking about lately: (For now, I'm going to be put the diaspoara aside. That would require a different thread) It's #BandcampFriday tomorrow , & I'm creating something @buymusicclub lists for this. In the meantime: