[DJ Mix] DJ Cutler – Newer Sounds For Older Souls

Excellent soul-focused open-format mix incorporating some hip-hop, alternative and breakbeat sounds too. Worth a listen! Here’s DJ Cutler‘s official plug:

“The majority of the tunes here were released over the past couple of years (everything besides Cortex, Dyke and the Blazers, Lovage and Glass House–the Bob & Gene is an old recording that wasn’t released until this year)… While mainstream corporate music seems to be at an all-time creative low it’s great to see so much good music being put out on the independent/underground level. As usual, all vinyl all the time. Volume 2 soon to follow…”

Newer Sounds for Older Souls, Volume 1

01) Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings–Better Things to Do (daptone)
02) Aloe Blacc–I Need a Dollar (Stones Throw)
03) Bob & Gene–It’s Not What You Know (Ever Soul)
04) Carolina Chocolate Drops–Hit em up Style (Nonesuch)
05) Charles Bradley–Golden Rule (Dunham)
06) The Black Keys–Tighten Up (Nonesuch)
07) The Apples featuring Fred Wesley–In The Air (Freestyle)
08) Cortex–Mary et Jeff (Disques Esperance)
09) Orgone–Time is Right (Ubiquity)
10) J-Rocc–Play This Too (Stones Throw)
11) Aloe Blacc–Loving You is Killing Me (Stones Throw)
12) The Roots featuring Dice Raw–How I Got Over (Def Jam)
13) Ultimate Breaks and Beats–Give it up or Turn it Loose (Traffic)
14) Budos Band–Unbroken, Unshaven (Daptone)
15) Soulive–Drive My Car (Royal Family)
16) Scott Down and DJ Cutler–Ultimate Breaks and Treats (7 inch mix) (LoDo)
17) Dennis Coffey and Mayer Hawthorne–All Your Goodies are Gone (Strut)
18) The Heavy–How You Like me Now (Count/ +1)
19) Dyke and the Blazers–Let a Woman be a Woman [Ultimate Breaks and Beats edit] (Original Sound)
20) Cut Chemist–Povo de Santo (A Stable Sound)
21) Lovage–To Catch a Thief (75 ark)
22) Glass House–I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore (Invictus)
23) The Chillharmonic Orchestra –Cold Steel (LoDo)

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[Music Video] Jasiri X – Bushes (Bomb the Throne)

Love this! Be clear: this is likely the only unofficial “Otis” remix or freestyle you’ll see on The Kitchen. From the homie, Jasiri X:

“George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush go in over the Otis instrumental on their less than stellar records as President of the United States, and to remind us how America got so messed up….”

LYRICS:
George H.W. Bush – I invented crack
the highest hit with them scientists in the lab
proof
not hard to find it
read Gary Webb’s Dark Alliance
Truth
New terror alert Qaddafi
We tried to kill him in the 80s but were sloppy
Bombs hit his compound every wall was knock down
his infant daughter got found dead under a rock pile

George W. Bush – Can’t you see commercial jets flying over you
for seven minutes I froze like what the hell Imma do
put my Arab friends on planes with no kinda proof
even though they said the highjackers were Saudi too
Then I let Osama escape like the hell with it
so I could invade Iraq with fake intelligence
and over 6,000 troops died
but hey keep being mad at the new guy

[Video] Keith Olbermann Goes In On Obama’s Reversal On Smog Regulation

Obama is getting killed from both sides nowadays!

Related:

Dick Cheney says US would be different if Hillary Clinton was President. [NPR]

[via Huff Post]

[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: Me x DJ Anousheh at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Move On Up

Yes, we are in serious self-promotion mode here at The Kitchen right now…

Join me tonight at the Cloak N Dagger, 394 College Street, as I spin a few old school reggae & ska tunes swiped from my dad’s collection at the 10th anniversary celebration for my long-time friend, DJ Anousheh‘s Move On Up party there. It’s not just me though: other DJs who have guested there over the years will also be on the 1s and 2s tonight so it should be rockin’ and mellow good times.

The jumpoff jumps off at 10PM. Get more details from the Facebook event page HERE. Map for the Cloak after the jump.

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[Podcast] Me x Paul Kehayas on the What I Call Music Podcast

This happened a few weeks back so some of my references to the Polaris Music Prize are a bit dated but check out this 3-part conversation with Paul Kehayas, one of my oldest friends in Toronto, for his excellent new WHAT I CALL MUSIC Podcast.

I’m obviously a little subjective and biased but this is a damn good listen, especially if you want a little more personal insight into the ‘kid’ who’s been putting it down here at The Kitchen for eight years strong now! This is a long (nearly 3 hours) listen but walk with us while we talk everything from how I ended up in New York in the 90’s working in the rap game, punk rock, music that’s been ruined for us by bad experiences with women, the Polaris and whether Leonardo DiCaprio is the Jay-Z to River Phoenix’s Biggie. Yeah, it was that kind of conversation! Now hit play and experience the madness…

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CLICK HERE for more from WHAT I CALL MUSIC and follow Paul on twitter HERE.