[BLOG WORLD PREMIERE] Sam Roberts Band – Let it In (Grandtheft Remix)

Former Eh! Team member and party rockin’ DJ extraordinaire, Grandtheft lets loose his rather bangin’ remix of Sam Roberts Band‘s “Let it In.” Be prepared to move!

Grandtheft previously on The Kitchen:

– Justin Bieber – Boyfriend (Grandtheft & Yung Skeeter Edit)

– Keys N Krates – Give Me the Night w/ Grand Theft / Lyrics Born – Lies X3 (remix)

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[Music Stream] Introducing Metz: Listen to their Self-Titled Debut ALbum in FULL

As long-standing readers know, The Kitchen ain’t just about hip-hop and right now, this is what I’m f-cking with . Dirty, heavy guitar sh-t from Toronto signed to Sub Pop. Some have said it’s all noise, no melodies but I beg to differ. There’s plenty of melody and hooks on this record buried (not so) deep within the glorious wall of noise that is the METZ sound. FIYA!!!! Metz, the album drops next Tuesday (Oct. 9) – PRE-ORDER it on iTunes HERE.

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[MP3] Two Remixes by Cadence Weapon: DZ Deathrays – Dollar Chills / Liars – Brats

Lord knows I’m not a fan of this kid as an MC but these remixes ain’t bad! I’m sure these would be getting even more attention than they are now had Rollie won at the Polaris Prize Gala last night.

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A Look at the Polaris Long List: 35. The Slakadeliqs – The Other Side of Tomorrow

Yup, definitely saving the best ’til last. If you read this blog regularly, you already know I’m a major, major supporter of this album. It was #1 on my long list ballot and #1 on my short list ballot and I shout it out every chance I can including at the Long List Salon earlier this month.

Slakah has created an album of sublime yet ambitious, epic beauty. Lead single, “Keep Breathing” feat. Justin Nozuka is just the beginning of the album and of what is going here: soul, rock, psychedelia, pop, hip-hop and reggae have all been mashed up into a delicious stew that is at once vintage & organic yet still modern and fresh-sounding at the same time. Lazy pundits have dismissed this as Lenny Kravitz redux. Yes, that influence can be felt and has been acknowledged by Slakah himself but this feels like far more than just that and I truly feel sorry for those who don’t see/hear that. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now: no disrespect to 40, Boi-1da, T-Minus or any of the other young producers from Canada that are running the music charts right now, but Slakah is the best, most underrated producer in Canada today, bar none. If I know my business, and at one point I did, that will not stay the case for very much longer though.

The fact that The Slakadeliqs The Other Side of Tomorrow was long-listed was truly a surprise to me despite what i just said and my love & wholehearted endorsement of the album. Now I pray that some new converts to the cause were made during the short list voting period that can carry him through to the next round when the short list is announced tomorrow. Fingers crossed. And speaking of the short list….

A Look at the Polaris Long List: 36. Patrick Watson – Adventures In Your Own Backyard

Guess I was saving the best ’til last? This was another really good record. I shouldn’t have been too surprised really though given that Patrick Watson was a prior Polaris Music Prize winner in 2007. However, I’ve never actually heard that album and was only vaguely aware of his past success which frankly didn’t really factor into my appraisal of his current album.

All I do know is that this was another crackin’ good listen. Great songs, and vocals of such delicate, fragile beauty they feel this.close to collapsing. But they don’t and this wonderful album is what we get instead, thankfully.

If I was going to use a crude benchmark (and it’s mostly crude because my frames of reference are somewhat limited in this area of music), think the best, most affecting ballads Chris Martin and Coldplay ever did and you get a sense of what you’re in store for here. Opening track, “Lighthouse”, “The Things You Do”, “Strange Crooked Road”, “Noisy Sunday” and “Swimming Pools” are just a few of the songs that blew my mind.

Dig the two track sampler above or intrigued by my rave review? Then hit the jump to listen to the whole album via Rdio (non-subscribers will hears snippets only. Sick of that being the case, then ak right and subscribe)

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