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Foreign Exchange

    The Foreign Exchange Tours NYC, Baltimore, and DC

    The Foreign Exchange, whose album Leave It All Behind was our top album of 2008, is coming back through the East Coast for a mini tour in October. In addition to their stop in NYC, they’re also hitting DC and Baltimore. If you missed them when they sold out the Black Cat this past spring [...]

    September 30, 2009 No Comments

    Best of 2008: Top 50 Albums of 2008

    I’m an old soul. I’ve been reading reports about how the album format is dead, and that more and more people are choosing to buy a couple of singles from iTunes than cop a full album from your local mom and pop record store. Times have changed, and I’m sure that writing is on the [...]

    January 5, 2009 14 Comments

    Reader Best of 2008: DJ O.S.U.M

    This year, instead of just having me yap on about my Best of lists, I reached out to several of our readers to give their Top 5 of the best releases of the year. I’ll be profiling a new reader each day until the end of the 2008. Today’s reader is DJ O.S.U.M from Toronto, [...]

    December 23, 2008 No Comments

    Album Preview: Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind

    Foreign Exchange – Leave It All Behind (Album Sampler)
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    I’ve been listening to this album sampler for a day now and I’m hooked. I will leave my final judgements for when the official copy slides my way, but so far, Leave It All Behind is making me excited for music [...]

    September 18, 2008 4 Comments

    New Music: Foreign Exchange feat Muhsinah – ‘Daykeeper’

    Foreign Exchange feat Muhsinah -  ‘Daykeeper’
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    Wow. I always doubted Phonte’s singing skills, but I’m pleasantly surprised by how this song went down. Of course Muhsinah compliments Phonte’s vocals over probably one of the best beats that Nicolay has ever created.
    This may be the sleeper album of the year.
    Download the [...]

    September 9, 2008 No Comments