The Witzard

Holy Ride are a New York -based Indie Rock/Neo-Soul quartet, who formed while attending Columbia University in 2016. Consisting of vocalist/keyboard player Julian Ernest Wright , guitarist/bassist Caleb Oldham , second guitarist John Sudman , and drummer Mark Brathwaite , Holy Ride started playing dorm rooms, parties, and other collegiate functions, while three of it's four members were running a music blog called Rare Candy , as well as a small on-campus recording studio called CU Records . I guess, what initially drew me to Caleb Oldham 's cold-sent email was this line, in particular: "We sound like D'Angelo meets Mac DeMarco ," which they genuinely do! Holy Ride 's aptly-titled debut EP, Party Tricks , is a self-described Soul-Pop/Pop Rock -minded affair strongly influenced by Fleetwoood Mac & Prince ; although, I would also, liken their sound to something reminiscent of The Beach Boys , Chester French/D.A. Wallach, Childish Gambino 's "A...

Make no mistake, party people—'round these parts, one-time Canadian Poet Laureate and former Pitchfork staff writer Roland (Rollie) "Cadence Weapon" Pemberton is often regarded as one of the finest, funnest, and most-talented emcees in all of the land; just think, an extremely more talented, painfully under-rated, waaaayyy less corny, lyrically verbose version of Canadian export Drake . Cadence Weapon recently re-emerged from a self-imposed nearly 5-year-long sabbatical from the music industry following his critically-acclaimed 2012 album. Hope In Dirt City , as well as a brief period wherein he appeared to be going by simply "Rollie." A re-weaponized and tactfully word-sharpened Cadence Weapon triumphantly returned to the spotlight not long after the top of the year with KAYTRANADA -produced "My Crew (Woooo)" and not long after, seemingly only Spotify Canada -released "Connor McDavid" (which soon pooped up on his Soundcloud. ) Whi...