Tour Dates

03/05/08 Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
03/06/08 DC9 Washington, DC
03/07/08 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
03/08/08 The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
03/10/08 One Eyed Jack’s N.Orleans, LA
03/11/08 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA
03/12/08 SXSW 2008 – Canadian Blast @ Brush Square Park Austin, Texas
03/12/08 SXSW 2008 – UC showcase – Habana Patio – w/The Russian Futurists, The Cansecos and more Austin, Texas
03/13/08 SXSW 2008 – SXSW Day Stage @ Austin Convention Centre Austin, Texas
03/13/08 SXSW 2008 – Waterloo Records In-Store Performance Austin, Texas
03/14/08 SXSW 2008 – Hot Freaks! Party w/Crystal Castles, British Sea Power and more! Austn, Texas
03/15/08 Hailey’s Denton, Texas
03/17/08 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
03/18/08 Casbah San Diego, California
03/19/08 Echo Los Angeles, California
03/20/08 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, California
03/21/08 Holoscene Portland, Oregon
03/22/08 High Dive Seattle, WA
04/02/08 Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
04/03/08 Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
04/04/08 Pike Room Pontiac, MI
04/10/08 Empress Moncton, New Brunswick
04/11/08 Club One St.Johns,Newfoundland
04/12/08 Mack Charlottetown,PrinceEdward
04/13/08 P.Frederiction, New Brunswick
04/17/08 Marquee Halifax, Nova Scotia
04/19/08 Le National Montreal, Quebec
04/21/08 Cabaret Du Capitole Quebec
04/22/08 Bronson Center Ottawa, Ontario
04/23/08 W.side Concert Hamilton, Ontario
04/25/08 Danforth Music Toronto, Ontario
04/26/08 Aeolian Hall London, Ontario
04/29/08 The Garrick Winnipeg, Manitoba
04/30/08 Exchange Regina, Saskatchewan
05/01/08 Mcdougall United Edmonton, AB
05/03/08 MacEwan Calgary, Alberta
05/07/08 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, British Columbia
05/08/08 Alix Goolden Hall Victoria, British Columbia
05/10/08 The Legion Tofino, British Columbia

Rollie Pemberton is better known as Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon. He’s released his second album, Afterparty Babies yesterday (March 4th).

I’ve previously mentioned that I was very excited about this, because we get very little hip-hop (especially good ones!) and that his music reminds me of Atmosphere. So if you’re already a fan of Slug’s, you should definitely check out Cadence Weapon.

The album starts off with my favorite song, “Do I Miss My Friends”, especially when he mentioned Friendster and Limewire. This song also mentioned why the title was chosen.

The lyrics are drowned in pop culture, and I would have to admit, I did smiled when I heard Megaman mentioned. What impressed me is the range of music that Cadence Weapon listens to when he mentioned about Eazy-E to the Dandy Warhols to The Baha Men (“Who Let the Dogs Out”) to Iggy Pop (“I Wanna Be Your Dog”).

“Your Hair’s Not Clothes” would probably best sums up Cadence Weapon. It’s pretty catchy, and it does make reference to Cheers and the Dogs (see above) and also Memento (one of my favorite movie).

You can download a few songs off his first album on his website and also on myspace.

Afterparty Babies is out now on Anti- Records. He’s also on a very long tour, so see if he’s coming through your town.

cadence weapon w. final fantasy “sharks” 11/11/07

kazumano wrote:

Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM