Music: HATCHMATIK

I first came across Montreal's HATCHMATIK with his insanely good remix of Animal Collective's "My Girls". It made me a fan. He's also done official remixes for the likes of Thunderheist, Yo Majesty, MIA, Chromeo, and Kanye West. The word got to me too late that he was in town on the weekend playing a Peer Pressure party at the Drake Underground with A-Rock. I found this out 1 hour after the show finished. DAMN YOU 2010! Either way, please check out his remixes and call me right away if you hear when he is playing next.

www.myspace.com/hatchmatik

Portfolio Night 7

Y&R Toronto have announced they'll be hosting this year's Portfolio Night 7 in the T Dot, woot! Designers, get them portfolios all shiny! The fun kicks off on June 11th, 2009. For those of you who've never heard of Portfolio Night, it's the brainchild of our friends over at ihaveanidea; an evening where aspiring Art Directors or Copywriters [i.e. students] are given the opportunity to show their portfolios to 3 different Creative Directors. Each student spends roughly 20 minutes with each of their 3 CD's. This is a great opportunity to get some feedback on your work, and for potential recruiters to see what's out there, so please try to check it out.

Not in Toronto? Don't worry. Portfolio Night is happening all over the world. For more information, click here.

Music: Michna

Michna, real name: Adrian Michna, grew up in both NY and Miami. And he draws influences from both the urban and the tropical of both these metropolises.

Besides the superb album art by FriendsWithYou on his debut LP Magic Monday, it has some of the best liner notes ever written:

Back in 1993 I worked at a bike shop with a bunch of mountain bikers. They looked down on me like the young bmx guy and said stuff like, “When you gonna get a real bike?” One jock in particular (who had just discovered weed) hung around the shop, flexed his muscles, and said (with a mouthful of Powerbar), “All I wanna do is work out, eat Powerbars, and smoke a lotta pot.”

http://www.myspace.com/eggfooyoung