In every issue of The Cascade, CIVL station manager Aaron Levy runs through four songs for your playlist’s pleasure, conveniently next to our weekly charts. This week we’re focusing on talented Fraser Valley-based singer-slash-rapper dudes.
Stay tuned for the next issue for some completely different local artists!
You may recognize him from Coachella, his Juno nomination, or Kids Help Phone’s “We Are The World”-ing of Serena Ryder’s “What I Wouldn’t Do.” This fire-spitting phenom arrived in 2020 with singles like this one, representing Chilliwack, and winning a Fraser Valley Music Award in the same year.
After playing Glastonbury this year without even having released his first proper “album”, Mauvey has released a gaggle of pre-album releases, and continues to tease his eventual full-length debut. If the fervour of his inspiring live performances are any indication, the record’s gonna pop.
This new record is a fresh, accessible new sound. Lawless has been serving up steaming hot hip hop and rap tracks since he was a Mission high school student whipping up basement parties and touring with artists like Snak the Ripper and Merkules. Sweet sound AND boy.
Saint Soldier – Mudra Gang (ft. YVNG DARKO)
The Qui-Gon to Cody’s Obi-Wan — an older, more experienced artist who proved himself long before Lawless’s previous project. This song, off of this summer’s new release, “The Way of The Artist,” even features CIVL’s very own music director.
