So, Hypergraphia release date is fast approaching. The 4th of December is the day and Backburner will celebrate with a show at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto. Live sets by The Toolshed with Fresh Kils and DJ Irate, Wordburglar and Uncle Fester will be making the trip from Halifax to throw down on the 1′s and 2′s

Hypergrahia is possibly the best Toolshed related release to date and that’s saying something cause the Shed is both prolific and dope.

From Hypergrahia here’s the whole Shed back together again flexing their muscle on a track called Strong Bros!!

Backburner, as a teeming mass of individuals, has been poking Bandcamp.com with a stick lately, to see how it may suit our various needs. After maybe slurping down some free music from the likes of Del the Funky Homosapien, D-Sisive and that new group Blueprint & Illogic started, a few of us put have some jams up on there, experimentally. Perhaps you’d like to check them out!

For one thing, the new single “Lost Souls” by The Extremities has been premiered on that site… stream it below or download it for free thanks to our good friends at 5 1/4 Records.

Then also? You know that Jesse Dangerously song from 2006, “Heart Of A Girl?” It never came out on an album, except for being featured as part of a downloadable compilation called Rhyme Torrents V, but it’s great and it’s produced by Toronto’s Savilion and maybe you would like to always have it to listen to? Well, here it is, to stream or download (or both!):

Oh yeah, also – the title has been altered to a backronym, in the manner of Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.” Can you guess what a “G.I.R.L.” is? Hint: maybe Jesse D is a Gangster In Real Life?

The other thing we’ve put up on Bandcamp so far is both sides from The Imaginary Friends 2004 7″ single, “The ImF Ride” b/w “Even Exist (As In, ‘We Don’t…’)” As a bonus, the download includes the instrumental for each song! This one’s set up a little differently – you can, of course, stream it for free to your heart’s content, but if you wish to download the tracks individually or as a package, you have the opportunity to set your own price and purchase them through PayPal!

It just seemed like kind of a shame that so many heads without turntables weren’t able to experience these classic avant garde raps by Jesse Dangerously, Thesis Sahib and MC Frank Deluxe, so now let’s toast the sorry demise of the Technics SL-1200 (can it really be true?) by making these exclusive, vinyl only tracks just a little bit less special.

So, dear Backburner.ca regulars, how do you like these apples? Is there anything else you’d like to see or hear from us? What do you think of the Backburner Bandcamp experience?

Hit us up in the comments!

Yes, it’s true, Backburner will be the Buckyiest winning rap crew in the world very soon. Here’s what Les had to say about his nomination.

“CBC Radio 3 fans have voted ME onto the short list for the 2009 Bucky Awards, Radio 3′s year-end celebration of Canadian independent music voted on by their listeners!
I’ve been nominated for “Best Off-Stage Performance” for my freestyling antics at 2009′s SXSW music fest in Austin, Texas.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/buckyawards/vote

(get on their website and scroll allllllll the way down)

Winners will be announced in a special live broadcast of Grant Lawrence Live on Wednesday, December 9th, on cbcradio3.com and Sirius 86.

Voting is now on with polls to remain open until MY BIRTHDAY – Sunday, November 29th @ 12AM. You can vote once per day until they close, so vote, vote often and vote HERE”

http://radio3.cbc.ca/buckyawards/vote
GO VOTE. Help out Les, not cause he’s nice but cause he deserves it! Check the video above for the freestyle that got him nominated. Kils on the MPC, Fes holdin down the Amp, lol.

Chokeules (of the Toolshed) is just about to release his new solo effort “Hypergraphia” and he has blessed us with his single “Stand Out”

If you’re a Toolshed fan, get ready cause this album from beginning to end is a heat rock, beats, rhymes, cuts et all. Check the poster above for the release show info in Toronto, click the player below for the stream of “Stand Out”

The Uncle Fester Show is back with Episode 2.

Did this when I woke up yesterday morning, except the accapella blends and tv samples its all one take. No planning in advance, all off the cuff. Available for stream and download. This is basically what I had for breakfast yesterday.

Be on the lookout for The Ambition and Uncle Fester Mixtape K.R.E.A.M (Kicks Rule Everything Around Me) soon. Also, The first single from  the new Extremities album is dropping soon off 5 and 1/4 records.

This Episode is hosted by Creepy Mac Voice Guy….Here’s the tracklist

1. Intro – Large Pro
2. Sound The Alarm – Blackmilk feat Guilty Simpson
3. 2 Dope Booyz – Camp Lo
4. Crowd Pleasea – El Da Sensei
5. What I’m After – Lords of the Underground (FesPrimoBlend)
6. How We Rock – Termanology feat Bun B
7. Life As A Shorty – Fashawn
8. BoutitBoutit – Johnson and Jonson
9. Fall Of The Light Brigade – Lushlife
10. Party Enemy No1 – People Under The Stairs
11. Hazy Shade of Criminal – Public Enemy
12. U Aint This – Ghettosocks feat D-Sisive, Rich Kidd, Munshine
13. Dangerous – Busta Rhymes (FesWuChopsRMX)
14. Outro – BlackMilk

Be Sure to check out episode 1 back a page or 2..

After a successful release show at the Drake this week in Toronto. Here’s the video everyones been talking about, “POP N CHIPS”.

Lithium Studios presents the “Pop N Chips” video, fresh from The Les-Kils EP, featuring More Or Les, Fresh Kils, Ghettosocks, Timbuktu & Uncle Fester!!  Directed by Darrell Faria, produced by Mike MacMmillan, and edited by Jonathan Eagan (FACTOR)

The Les-Kils EP can be purchased in hard or digital format from CDbaby by following this link: BUY IT NOW!

The album is also available from iTunes, and all other major MP3 retailers.

The Burners been real busy lately, most of the crew just got back off tour. After a ton of successfull shows everyone is settled back into their respective cities finishing their verses for the upcoming BackBurner crew album. More on the crew album at a later date, for now, time to share some live audio from the tour.

Check out some live audio treats courtesy of Beatmason and the Vault studios….

BACKBURNER LIVE AT THE SEAHORSE IN HALIFAX (25 mins)

(2 ToolShed songs, 2 WordBurglar songs, Possecut and a whole lotta KARG)

You could say a lot of things about DJ Irate

1)He’s one of Canadas best Battle/Scracth DJs. Need proof? got you covered

2)He makes the best Hotsauce (ZOMG Sauce Pron. Zoe-Em-Gee) we here at BackBurner have ever collectively tasted. Need Proof?

he’s got you covered…

www.zomgsauce.com