September 15th, 2009

BACKBURNER AT PARKDALE YOUTH FESTIVAL

Toronto hip hop heads should check out the Parkdale Youth Festival on Saturday, September 2009, all day… It takes place in Parkdale at the corner of Queen and Cowan. Backburner hits the stage at 3pm with Wordburglar, More Or Les and Toolshed on stage.

1200pm… The Remix Project
1230pm… Sketch
1 00pm… Scotty Dynamo
1 30pm… J-Man
2 00pm… TheReaLVoyce
2 30pm… Supreme Being Unit
3 00pm… Backburner (Wordburglar, More Or Les, Toolshed)
4 00pm… P.O.S.E. Dance Troupe (Salsa, Reggaeton, Merengue)
4 30pm… Akwaba Cultural Exchange (African tradional dance & drumming)
5 00pm… Kae Sun (Acoustic Set)
5 30pm… Literacy Through Hip Hop(ft. Vargas and Beans)
6 00pm… Plex
6 30pm… 9th Uno
7 00pm… D-Sisive

See ya there…!

September 13th, 2009

New Backburner Video - Pop N’ Chips

More Or Les and Fresh Kils recently released their collaboration EP that is appropriately titled The Les-Kils EP. They’ve just released the video for first single, “Pop N’ Chips”, a party-having posse cut that also features Timbuktu and Ghettosocks. The song is produced by Fresh Kils. The video is directed by Darrell Faria, produced by Mike MacMmillan and edited by Jonathan Eagan. Check it out:


A Backburner album is in the works…