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Writer and producer Anupa Mistry joins Pop Pantheon to dissect the career of the most enigmatic pop superstar of his generation, The Weeknd. Anupa and DJ Louie discuss The Weeknd's genre-obliterating early mixtapes, which helped to redefine the contours of R&B in the 2010s, and his studio debut, 2013's Kiss Land. They also walk through his string of massive successes, from his breakthrough sophomore album, 2015's Beauty Behind the Madness, 2016 follow-up Starboy, 2020's revelatory After Hours, his 2021 Super Bowl performance, and most recent effort, last year's Dawn FM. Read Anupa's 2015 profile of The Weeknd in PitchforkJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our New Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More!!Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store!Come See Louie DJ @ Gorgeous Gorgeous in DTLA, 2/10Check out Pop Pantheon's The Weeknd Essentials Playlist on SpotifyFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on TwitterFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow Pop Pantheon on TwitterFollow Anupa Mistry on Instagram
Anupa discusses her struggles with yoga See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This episode contains explicit lyrics. Hip-hop feminists took the alpha male rapper and his critics to task in the 90s and 2000’s. Guest host Anupa Mistry finds out why. She goes on a journey with three Black women, to see how Drake's Nice Guy persona reveals the complexity of gender in hip-hop. Some scholars and artists mentioned in this episode: Treva Lindsey, Jenessa Williams, Sydanie (Featuring her 2018 song "Flirt"), Joan Morgan, Rihanna, LL Cool J.
Episode 71 featuring Anupa Mistry is now live! Anupa has worked in media for 12 years, as a writer, editor & producer - and after a brief stint of work in New York, she's come back to Toronto to focus on some projects that mean a lot to her; including teaching yoga, writing newsletters, and her new podcast "Burn Out," a show of short conversations about creative sustainability (Subscribe everywhere! And follow her newsletter at https://anupa.substack.com/). We had the pleasure of talking to Anupa about what she's confronted herself about over the past few years, Brampton, Identity based art, why she started 'Burn Out,' and the importance of creating equal space within ourselves to challenge our shortcomings, and share gratitude for what we have. Chatting with Anupa was a dream of ours when we first started recording this podcast. It was a privilege to have sat down with someone we so deeply admire and respect. Episode available for stream and download on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, and Google Play!
This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded before a live studio audience at the Polish Combatants Hall in Toronto, Ontario during Long Winter on Saturday December 8, 2018. Our guests were journalist Anupa Mistry, musician Jeremy Dutcher, and musician Lee Reed. With announcer/sidekick James Keast and our house band, the Bicycles. Recorded by Dave MacKinnon. Produced by Vish Khanna and Long Winter. Photos by Shane Parent. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts.
Music journalist-turned-digital producer Anupa Mistry has been writing about music and culture for over a decade. Her work has appeared in Pitchfork, VICE, Rolling Stone, NYMag/Vulture, The Guardian, and The Globe & Mail. In part 2 of our interview, we talk to Anupa about the cultural impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, recording songs off the radio throughout her adolescence, and when she first fell in love with hip hop (seriously).
Music journalist-turned-digital producer, Anupa Mistry has been writing about music and culture for over a decade. Her work has appeared in Pitchfork, VICE, Rolling Stone, NYMag/Vulture, The Guardian, and The Globe & Mail. In part 1 of our interview, we talk to Anupa about how she first got into music journalism, the infamous Pitchfork rating system, and going down a never-ending ASMR YouTube spiral.
It’s former Canada editor at The FADER Anupa Mistry again. Now she's in New York working as creative producer of original content at Vevo. I called to see how she’s doing.
The Fader's Anupa Mistry on a strange early clip of the Weeknd, new music you should pay attention to and why you should stop talking about the 6ix. Anupa Mistry is the Canada editor at The Fader and she's written for outlets like Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and CBC Music. She writes about music and pop culture. We brought her in to talk about some of the stuff she's been into lately. Here's that video clip of The Weeknd that surfaced and @the6track Twitter account where Anupa found it. Nav is a rapper/producer from Toronto. You can listen to his music on Soundcloud and see the video for his song "Some Way" here. French duo The Blaze makes music and directs videos. Here's the video for "Territory." Follow Anupa on Twitter: @_anupaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We dive into Kaytranada's '99.9%,' the album that won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. First, someone who was right beside Kaytranada literally banging his hands on the stage—bassist Chester Hansen of BADBADNOTGOOD. Next, CBC Music's Del Cowie shares the argument for '99.9%' that helped win over the rest of the Polaris Grand Jury. Then, juror Anupa Mistry talks to Kaytranada shortly after his Polaris victory at Red Bull Music Academy, discussing the Montreal piu piu scene where he got his start as a beatmaker.
Anupa Mistry is a senior editor/Canada editor at THE FADER magazine. She tweets candidly about T-Pain, misogyny and cultural appropriation.
Does anyone need an MBA? (10:48) knowing what you want in your 30s (15:41) and slamming some kombucha and sinking into the ocean (34:02).