Lately, I’m constantly reminded of albums I overlooked or neglected to pay enough attention to in 2012. Cadence Weapon’s Hope In Dirt City falls into the latter category. The third album by the Edmonton rapper (born Rollie Pemberton) is a bit of a mixed bag stylistically – more challenging of a listen, if not a … Continue reading Cadence Weapon: Hype Man (video)
We last heard from Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton, aka Edmonton’s poet laureate) in 2010, when he released the Tron Legacy mixtape, but we finally have news of proper follow-up to 2008’s Afterparty Babies. Hope in Dirty City is due for release this spring, described by the obligatory PR material as “a unique hybrid of … Continue reading New Cadence Weapon: 88 (prod. by Grimes)
A proper full-length follow-up to 2008’s Afterparty Babies is apparently in the works, but until then, Edmonton rapper/poet laureate Cadence Weapon is tiding us over with a new mixtape he dropped on Tuesday, Tron Legacy. Like his Separation Anxiety mixtape from early 2009, Tron Legacy is available at Cadence’s website on a pay-what-you-want scale for … Continue reading Cadence Weapon presents Tron Legacy mixtape
Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) has gone and pulled a Radiohead. In a Facebook blast, Cadence announced he’s offering Separation Anxiety, a collection of remixes, collaborations and new tracks, on the pay-what-you-wish scale. He also says he’s working on two – TWO! – new albums. I loved Afterparty Babies (still do, as a matter of … Continue reading Cadence Weapon: Separation Anxiety
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Cadence Weapon is about to hit the road for a Canadian tour, which doesn’t help me very much. However, it means his ’08 gem, Afterparty Babies, is getting a second push. Here’s a new video for the song Real Estate, with Cadence in suit and tie as a real estate agent and DJ Weez-l dressed … Continue reading Cadence Weapon: Real Estate (video)
Rollie Pemberton – aka Cadence Weapon – and DJ Weez-l recorded a session for Daytrotter, performing four songs off 2008’s Afterparty Babies. Wanna know more about DJ Weez-l and his coonskin cap? Yes, you do. Go here. Cadence Weapon | In Search of the Youth Crew (on Daytrotter) Also, Cadence did an interview with Russell … Continue reading Cadence Weapon on Daytrotter
Cadence Weapon and Born Ruffians threw the equivalent of an intimate house party Monday night at Rhythm Room. And I was there to document it – with the inferior camera on my BlackBerry Pearl. Hats seemed to be the theme: Cadence rocked a straw hat from New Mexico and his DJ, Weez-l, was sporting a … Continue reading Shoddy cellphone pics of Cadence Weapon
Props to Fifteen Minutes to Live, who posted these videos of Cadence Weapon interview/performances on MTV Live. I picked up Cadence Weapon’s new record, Afterparty Babies, last week and am thoroughly enjoying it. Be sure to watch one of the more uncomfortable interviews I’ve seen: “Let me talk to you about how amazing you are.” … Continue reading Cadence Weapon on MTV Live
Thanks to the new Anti blog, you can download a label sampler, which includes a new Cadence Weapon track from his forthcoming LP Afterparty Babies (due out March 4, which, wow, yeah, is Tuesday). Now that I’ve heard Real Estate, I’m sure Cadence Weapon performed it when he last came through Phoenix in October with … Continue reading New Cadence Weapon: Real Estate
I’ll admit it: I don’t know who Super Extra Bonus Party is. They described themselves in an e-mail as “Dublin-based noise-merchants.” Bonus points for being Irish (I am a Murphy, after all). But what really caught my eye was the fact that one of their tracks, Everything Flows, was remixed by Cadence Weapon, a favorite … Continue reading Everything Flows (Cadence Weapon remix)