New York mashup king Scott Melker returns with teh third edition of his Melker Project series. Like the previous mixtapes, The Melker Project 3 boasts over 200 tracks — and that’s clocking in at under one hour (49 minutes to be exact). but it’s not just the prolificity involved, the mixes are seamless and the […]


When I was in high school my friend’s dad worked for a record company and we saw some great concerts, all while I imagine he was smoking joints backstage with the bands and perhaps fondling some groupies. While I’m jealous of that, it did enable me to get great seats and a ride to some […]


Day 3 of the POP Montreal Festival picked up again after a somewhat slow day, giving us actually two Winners: Sebastien Grainger (ex-DFA 1979) and Winnipeg-based indie rockers Novillero. To continue with Madman’s daily updates of the Montreal POP Festival, and read a short Novillero interview, hit the Jump Novillero: Sebastien Grainger: