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Nerdcore North with Chadley
0Nerdcore North is back with another monthly update of nerdcore and nerd-friendly hip hop coming straight outta Canada, and the turn around time is quicker on this one thanks to a fast response time from this month’s spotlight artist, nerdcore rapper and Nerdcore Meow founder Chadley J. Fox. In fact, Chadley pretty much dominates the column this month as two of the three releases out in April were ...
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Nerdcore North with Chokeules
Wow, this column is coming late this month Still, Nerdcore North returns with a sixth instalment summing up what was released in nerdcore and nerd-friendly hip hop in Canada for the month of March, including a few new releases from Backburner, an emo D-Sisive video, and a creative contest entry video from MC Escher. But first, a new… Artist Spotlight: Chokeules The Gold Standard For those who ma...
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Nerdcore North with Ghettosocks
Nerdcore North is back with another monthly update of the best in Canadian nerdcore and nerd-friendly hip hop, but unfortunately February was yet another slow month for releases so I’m playing rather fast and loose with my definition of nerdy music to present a couple of new albums for the month of February. Also fitting for the month with Valentine’s Day, both videos are touching tear-jerke...
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Nerdcore North with Nursehella
Due to a lazy holiday season and a slow month for releases in January, Nerdcore North skipped a month, so for this fourth installment I look at the nerdy hip hop audio and video released in the months of December of last year and January of this one. Plus, I get way more than I bargained for from Nursehella, who came close to matching the marathon Q&A sessions I’ve had with (separately, of c...
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Nerdcore North with More Or Les
For the third installment of Nerdcore North, I talk with Backburner’s More Or Les, who released a superb concept album about food earlier this year and should be dropping a video for his serious sugar song, “Big Sugar,” before the year is out. And as usual, I run through the Canadian nerdcore music and videos released in the month of November. Perhaps it’s the approach of winter but, f...
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Ghettosocks Podcast Special and Interview
In a special edition of The Unheard Nerd Podcast, Ghettosocks chats with Will over breakfast. Discussion covers Ghettosocks’ many projects and takes a look at his music past, present and future. The current tour with The Herbaliser and the making of their video, March of the Walking Dead (Night of the Necromantics) with Timbuktu. ‘Socks reveals his thoughts on Nerdcore and nerd culture, Tr...
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Nerdcore North with The Garthim-Master
The second installment of Nerdcore North takes a look at the Canadian nerdcore music and videos released in October – with the exception of Coins, which was released in September but was missed in last month’s column – and the artist spotlight is on The Garthim-Master, whose Ghosts of Nostalgia album of last year was probably the purest nerdcore album to come out of Canada yet. Artist Spotli...
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Nerdcore North with Jesse Dangerously
Welcome to the first installment of my monthly update of just what’s going down in the nerdcore and nerdy rap scene in the Great White North. Every month I will be providing a spotlight on one Canadian nerdcore or nerdcore-related artist worth checking for, as well as a summary of the previous month in music (including albums, mixtapes, singles and video) and any relevant upcoming shows or tours...
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Exclusive new Torrentz track ‘Ninja Vanish’ & Milk-Plus Interview
Get an exclusive listen to a new Torrentz track titled ‘Ninja Vanish’ and an interview with Milk-Plus only on The Unheard Nerd Podcast this week. The track comes from their, as yet, unreleased new album, Nerdcore International, and features Milk-Plus with Viet-Vu, HD Ninja and Fatback Supreme. Milk-Plus discusses his history in music, Danger Aaron’s true age, a t-shirt for £504.00 ...
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Songsmith of Sword and Sworcery – Jim Guthrie
Sword and Sworcery Okay, we’ve got swords, we’ve got s(w)orcery, what do we need? A killer soundtrack that combines both the nostalgic synthetics and simplicity of early game soundtracks with the modern turn of atmospheric and catchy computer pop of today! First thing is first. Go to SuperBrothers and pick up a copy of Sword and Sworcery by them, Jim Guthrie, and Capy Games. Why? Because t...













