Shad (Shadrach Kabango) is a Canadian recording artist of Rwandan descent, raised in London Ontario. He is known for blending humour and weighty themes, inspiring positivity while exploring a range of sounds over the course of his 20-year career. Shad won the Juno Award for Rap Recording Of The Year in 2011 and five of his albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize for Canadian Album Of The Year, the most shortlist nominations of any artist in the prize’s history. Shad has also served as a broadcaster, hosting CBC Radio's Q and Netflix’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series Hip-Hop Evolution, and has taught hip-hop-related courses at both Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto.

"As with any indefinable band well worth their salt, piss and vinegar -- fuck labels. But to speak to all the laymen with good taste, White Murder seems to draw from a joyfully disparate trifecta of eras reluctantly defined by them – late '70s L.A. Dangerhouse, early '80s Rough Trade post-punk, and '90s Kill Rock Stars for starters. White Murder’s debut full-length might be considered death-rock if it weren't for the glaring fact that it is actually, unabashedly screaming with life."

DC-based band, fusing Fugazi, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Jawbreaker.  Josh Freed (bass, vocals), Avi Zevin (drums) and Alex Dent (guitar, vocals).

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