
If I know anything about music, I’ll be proven right in saying this sounds like a potential smash! Here’s the PR backgrounder:
Brand new music from the Toronto-born, LA-based van den Hoef brothers, Alex and Chris of DVBBS. DVBBS have unveiled a new single, “Good Time” featuring vocals from Atlanta-based rapper, 24hrs. “Good Time” will appear on DVBBS forthcoming EP, Blood of My Blood (B.O.M.B.) due out Oct. 20. Previously released singles include “Cozee” feat. Cisco Adler, “Make It Last”, their collaboration with the NERVO sisters, and the Belly-assisted track, “You Found Me”.
Pre-Order the Blood of My Blood (B.O.M.B.) EP – iTunes | Spotify
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Toronto’s BADBADNOTGOOD just let go a loosie, a leftover track from the IV album sessions featuring Colin Stetson. Background here:
BADBADNOTGOOD is back to share a new song. “Confessions Pt III” features Colin Stetson, and starts out in a measured cadence before rising to a chaotic crescendo. The track is available to stream now, and will be available across all digital platforms 9/22. BADBADNOTGOOD is set to embark on a lengthy fall/winter tour that will take the band through North America and Europe, kicking off in Boston and wrapping up in December in Oakland. Tickets are on sale here.
BADBADNOTGOOD is also announcing a partnership with Carhartt W.I.P. who are sponsoring the upcoming tour and will release a collaborative capsule made in tandem with the band. Hear “Confessions Pt III” (feat. Colin Stetson) above, and see below for full tour routing and to read more about BADBADNOTGOOD.
Hit the jump for the tour flyer and dates:
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One from the inbox! We dig:
“Blame Me” has been in the works since June 2016. It is the second single from my upcoming debut album, Vanilla Blue with a release date in the new year. Lyrically, the song continues the theme of relationships and how inner demons sometimes make it difficult to accept love and affection from others.
Riley Deacon, who helped lay down some additional production on the song, also directed the video. It’s new territory for me as I’ve stepped away slightly from the dark piano pop of my earlier releases.
Y’all dig?? Let us know here in the comments or on the ‘gram.


Guess we got the teaser a few weeks back. This is a very welcome return though! Details here:
Before hip-hop became a global entity, Saukrates established himself as a pioneer of the Canadian scene. His work behind the boards set the gold production standard for staples ranging from K-OS to Kardinal Offishall, while his work behind the mic resulted in some of the most influential records in Canadian hip-hop. Thus, it’s only right that the legend has connected with Kardinal Offishall for “Jays Fitted”, a soulful ode to the good and bad of Toronto that’s also the lead single of Saukrates’ forthcoming album, Season 2.
On the topic of “Jays Fitted”, Soxx explains, “Staying away from the cliche of NEEDING to write a hometown anthem, we actually were able to return to our roots of conscious art and collaborate again. This undertaking is anthemic in itself!” As for Kardinall Offishall, he raves “Saukrates is one of the most talented people to ever emerge out of the greater Toronto area. He is directly responsible for my success and has contributed to the success of Drake, Choclair, and so many others in the rap world…I’m honoured to contribute to my brother’s legacy once again.”
“Jays Fitted” is out now via Culvert Music. As for Season 2, the record drops in its entirety on Friday, November 17th.

This is a BANGER! Check the science:
Always Never, the duo from Toronto, premiered their new song “Call Me Over” on Beats 1 Radio with Zane Lowe yesterday, before the release of their debut Call Me Over EP today. On their sound, Zane said “So Toronto, so Toronto. But Toronto is fleshing out, right? It’s getting fuller. It knows it’s controlling pop music right now, it knows it’s leading that sound. Confidence is high in that city. Always Never, “Call Me Over”, a World First, sounding amazing.” They’re unsigned and wrote and produced all of this themselves – it’s dark and sexy and undeniably catchy.
Check out the full EP also titled Call Me Over too, it’s a good one! Soundcloud | TIDAL
Official press announcement: Long-running, acclaimed Toronto music site, DIFFERENT KITCHEN officially announces the release of its new compilation album project, QUINCEAÑERA: MARVELOUS ISH to celebrate its 15th anniversary today (SEPTEMBER 7) . QUINCEAÑERA, a 15-track multi-genre collection of all new and unreleased music (some on an exclusive basis), will be released as a promo-only album […]
Here it is: the third pre-release single from the Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish 15th anniversary compilation album (yes, that’s the art above, figured we could let it out now that the album is finally coming out TODAY!) Nate Husser, one third of the acclaimed Montreal hip-hop group, The Posterz, is one of our absolute faves here […]
Well here it is, you may have seen varations of this in the lead-up campaign to the release this Friday but here, for the very first time, is the official front cover of Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish, the compilation album to celebrate the 15th anniversary of this here Different Kitchen blog. I won’t reiterate the concept […]
Well here it is: one of the first two opening salvos from the next big project from the Kitchen: Quinceañera: Marvelous Ish, a 15 track compilation album of brand new or previouly unreleased music to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the blog set for release this Friday (September 7, mark your calendars). We won’t get […]
We posted the single back in May but here goes an EXCLUSIVE World Premiere of the video for “Desert Rose”, the single previous to the current online viral hit (currently #7 on the HypeMachine chart), “magic on my pillow” from Brooklyn-by-way-of-Philly artist and new Kitchen fave, Yellow Shoots. Both tracks come from the forthcoming album, […]
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