[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: Tasha The Amazon Live at Wrongbar for Canadian Music Week

Tasha the Amazon, the woman behind one of my favorite tracks of last year, “Scallywags” will be performing late tonight (1am, ouch!) at Wrongbar during Canadian Music Week. This got selected as one of the 10 must-see showcases at CMW so you might could wanna make an effort to get out to see it. I know I’m going to. Check out her latest video & single, “Let It Go” in preparation.

[Music Video + MP3] The Airplane Boys – Some Say

T.dot hip-hop buzz duo, The Airplane Boys are also on the Hustle GRL CMW showcase tonight. Here go their new video that just premiered on Complex.

[Events] See Audego Live at Nocturne and Czehoski’s for CMW

Missed them last night at the Gladstone Hotel but the group I dubbed possibly ‘the next Portishead‘, Audego is right here in my hometown of Toronto for Canadian Music Week for a series of shows. I missed last night’s show but I’m definitely going to try and catch one, if not both shows at Nocturne and Czehoski’s, especially since both venues are like less than two blocks from my apt. #downtownliving

Previously on The Kitchen:

– Audego – From My Blue [MP3]

– Audego – From My Blue (Friendships Remix) feat. Hedsbent & Kwasi [MP3]

Audego online: facebook | twitter | website

[Event] Noisey pres. the Hustle GRL CMW Showcase feat. A-Game, Airplane Boys, NBS & Tre Mission

Full-on urban/hip-hop showcases are few and far between at this week’s Canadian Music Festival but this one, presented by Noisey and local T.dot blogger and urban cultural renaissance wonder girl, Hustle GRL is a noetworthy one featuring some of the city’s best new young talent: A-Game, Airplane Boys, NBS (Nothing But Strangers featuring Rich Kidd, Tona, Adam Bomb) and Tre Mission.

Don’t have a CMW wristband? You can BUY tickets HERE. For more info, CLICK HERE.

[MP3] Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake – Love Never Felt So Good

When this track leaked last week, I said at the time, “I can’t decide if I think this is great or an absolute travesty!”

I liked the track because it seemed to hew closely to the spirit of Off The Wall which is the era of Michael Jackson solo stuff I probably like the most, but adding Justin Timberlake??! While I get it (kind of), I feel like he is not worthy to be on a track with Michael. Honestly, he’s not fit to shine Michael’s shiny black loafers IMHO. But then again, few are. The good news is that you apparently get to hear the original demo version without Timberlake on the forthcoming Xscape album if you’re a bit of a purist like me. The new version’s production is not bad though.

Speaking of which, been hearing good things about the Xscape album and how L.A. Reid really took pains to take all the left-over pieces of vocals & demo tracks they used to construct the songs for the album to create songs that sound like classic Michael Jackson instead of trying to shoehorn them into a 2014 sound or production template. Glad to hear that and looking forward to hearing how the whole thing sounds.