1 Nov
More highly suggestive NSFW fan made videos for Abel Tesfaye

As is the MO for The Weeknd, the latest video for his “Initiation” track is not official but rather fan made. And as usual of his fans’ work, the video is highly suggestive (and NSFW) in nature. Having just dropped his second mixtape of 2011, Thursday, we can be expecting the last third of Abel […]


12 Oct
Abel Tesfaye leaks his latest track of future R&B goodness

What is one of the most of played new artists at The Meadows continues to be The Weeknd, the Toronto crooner’s post-dubstep sound being something we cannot get off our playlists — his Thursday mixtape being a weekday standard. The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, recently leaked his latest track “Initiation” and it’s just more bassy […]


26 Aug
Brits offer up bass, grime & folktronica on extended mix

British culture magazine i-D offers up an interesting selection of tracks for their August mixtape. The longest mixtape they’ve ever assembled, the August edition treads from bass, grime and trip-pop to acoustic, folktronica and alt ambient, including tracks from an army of artists such as Afrikan Boy (who rapped on DJ Shadow’s “I’m Excited” video), Joe […]


19 Aug
Toronto future R&B crooner drops second mix in trilogy

Highly secretive future R&B/slow-step crooner The Weeknd come through this fine morning with his new Thursday mixtape, the followup to the justifiably hyped House of Balloons which came out this past spring. Utilizing highly stylized user-created videos, the Toronto-based The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) has managed to keep a very low profile despite much scrutiny, […]


4 Aug
80's dance-offs, Human League twisted & more Another Earth

A 3-pack of brand new videos for your thursday afternoon, started off with Mayer Hawthorne’s “A Long Time”. The clip is the first video for Hawthorne’s upcoming album How Do You Do (Universal), with clips edited from VHS tapes of an old 80’s Detroit public access dance show. Next up comes the incorrigible Chain Swangaz […]