Monday Re up #13: Owen Pallet Fantasy Edition

The weekend in this city can be best described by two songs. LCD Soundsystem's New York I love you but you're bringing me down and This is the dream of wine and regine by Final Fantasy.

First of all, Montreal I love you, but you're freaking me out.

and,

Montreal might eat it's young but Montreal won't bring us down.


Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos (zshare)


Final Fantasy - This is the Dream of Wine and Regine (zshare)

Felix Da Housecat is Ready 2 Wear

So this cat just played at Club Opera on Sunday. Unfortunately Opera is one of those venues I refuse to go to even if they're featuring an act I really like. Felix Da Housecat is one such act. Anyways, let's hope he plays the SAT or something next time like he did last year. In the meantime, Ready 2 Wear is one my favourites.


Felix Da Housecat - Ready 2 Wear (zshare)

Kanye West Features Kid Cudi? Yes He Can.

We feature Kid Cudi on his stop in Montreal and a month later Kanye West leaks a song from 808's and Heartbreak featuring Kid Cudi? The only reasonable conclusion I can reach is...Kanye West reads this blog. Cheers K-West.

Aren't you glad you read this blog and were ahead on the Kid Cudi vibe? We kind of liked Kid Cudi when he was a poorly kept Fool's Gold secret, but we're happy that Kanye is taking him for a ride into the mainstream. He's earned it. Anyways, here's the track called Anyway.


Kanye West - Anyway [Feat. Kid Cudi] (zshare)

Monday Re up #12: Japanese Psuedo Celebrity Edition

Hate all you want on the man, Steve Aoki knows how to throw a party. That seems to be where most people have settled over the ongoing debate over his legitimacy. Throughout ridiculous tales of stolen laptops and hotel parties, it's pretty easy to dismiss Steve as vapid celebrity. This publication, will officially stand behind Aoki in an effort not to take ourselves too seriously. I think Steve understands that. Anyways, here's a remix of control by Metro Station he did not too long ago. Show up. Dance. Don't hate.



HGHLY TGGBL Presents
Steve Aoki
Duvall
8$ before midnight
2$ vodka drinks b4 midnight

Metro Station - Control [Steve Aoki Remix] (zshare)

Biz Markie Is Just a Friend

I dug through some older tidbits from my collection and found this classic Biz Markie track that is some of you probably love but don't have. Enjoy the artifact kids.


Biz Markie - Just a Friend (zshare)

Monday Re up #11: The Art of Storytelling

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This week I spent a lot of time at work digging through streaming mixtapes for something fresh. I ended up on the Mad Decent blog listening to The Heatwave on Kiss and instead I found some older Outkast track that seems to be very under hyped and under appreciated. Don't worry I also have something new, but sorry nothing blue. Of course, its a Kanye West track. He doesn't seem to be able to resist leaking a new song every week. Here is a very 80's very auto tuned Robocop. The track listing for 808's and Heartbreak is also out.

1. “Welcome to Heartbreak”
2. “Heartless” - 3:30
3. “Love Lockdown” - 4:31
4. “Robocop” - 3:53
5. “Anyway”
6. “Streetlights”
7. “Say You Will”
8. “Real Bad News”
9. “Amazing” (featuring Young Jeezy)
10. “Tell Everybody That You Know” (featuring Lil Wayne)
11. “Coldest Winter” - 2:48


Outkast - The Art of Storytelling Pt 4 (zshare)


Kanye West- Robocop (zshare) via EastofLA

Firekites save the day

You might call me a wet blanket for posting some acoustic songs on Friday. You might even call me an asshole. I bet though that once you've heard the
Firekites you might reconsider your harsh words, shake my hand and buy me a beer.



Firekites - Same Suburb Different Park (zshare)


Firekites - Autumn Story (zshare)

Royal Rumble @ Coda Club this Friday

So, I have two mid-terms today. Just listen to this, the latest from L.A.'s Royal Rumble. They're hitting Coda Club this Friday, again from our friends HGHLY TGGBLE. Here's the event on the book.

CODA CLUB
4119 St Lo
Royal Rumble +132 BPM & La Débauche (Knightriders)+ Duvall
5$
10:30pm


Royal Rumble - Teenagers in Tokyo Rmx (zshare)

Monday Re up #10: 100th post extravaganza

This week's Monday Re up marks the 100th post in this blog's history and as a result ya'll are being treated to an extra large portion of songs to keep your toes tapping and fingers snapping throughout the week.

First of I came across this Lykke Li video of her performing Dance Dance Dance with none other than Bon Iver. Watch her shake her accessories about and flail around in the most memorizing of ways. The footage is shot in a kind of purposefully erratic way which for whatever reason ends up working wonderfully.

Also this week we've got the best Love Lockdown remix of the hundreds that surfaced from Kanye's stem experiment and an old (but great) kick push remix that I've been listening to lately. Enjoy the week.

Kanye West vs. Radiohead - Reckoner Lockdown [DJ Earworm Remix] (zshare)


Lykke Li - Breaking it up (zshare)


Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push [Estaw Remix] (zshare)

Kanye Calls Us Heartless

I haven't addressed this Kanye West situation yet. Mostly due to the astonishing proliferation of Love Lockdown and in part because I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I'm still not sure, but this new single from the upcoming 808's and Heartbreak has gotten me a little more comfortable with this auto tune direction Kanye seems to be heading down. It seems to me the meticulous workings of a man with a plan. He seems set on diversifying out of the straight hip hop genre, and so far it's working. I guess?



Kanye West - Heartless (zshare)

Flosstradamus This Friday... getchasome

This friday Coda Club is hosting an old Chi town favourite for ya'll. Flosstradamus hasn't been around our city since the last time they played Coda. One of the select few acts that have kept me at a bar until closing. They know how to throw a party, so don't miss it. It's being hosted by HGHLY TGGBL and here's the event on the book. For those of you who - gasp - don't plan your social life that way,

Friday Oct 18
Coda Club 4119 st lo
Flosstradamus
Duval
8$ before midnight more after


Bloc Party - Mercury [Flosstradamus Remix] (zshare)

Monday Re up #9: Unplugged

Like good Canadian pilgrims, we've deferred the monday re-up till tuesday this week. Give thanks we didn't skip it all together, okay? This week I'm bringing to attention some old favourites, being my two favourite tracks from Jay-Z's 2001 Unplugged album.

If this is news to you don't feel too bad. Your now the well informed individual you thought you were. Just keep reading.


Jay Z - Heart of the City [unplugged] (zshare)


Jay-Z - Girls, Girls, Girls [unplugged] (zshare)

More New Lupe Fiasco

Starving you of my commentary today. Too many deadlines. Enjoy!



Lupe Fiasco - Superstar [Feat. Young Jeezy & T.I.] (mp3) (zshare)

Hot Chip Keeps Me Company

At the last minute, my super friends at Snap! Magazine have bestowed upon me a free ticket to the Hot Chip show tomorrow night. As the Pop Montreal festivities kick off, I'll be right in the thick of things. There's only one problem... No one seems to be going!

Literally no one I know is going and I realize the world may not revolve around me, but the facebook group, which is usually a okay, albeit lame barometer for event attendance, is literally barren. Anyways, I'm going regardless of whether I have anyone to go with. That's the sad story of my life folks.


Hot Chip - Sexual Healing [Marvin Gaye Cover] (mp3) (zshare)

Monday Re up #8 Kid Cudi Edition

Last Friday at Coda club, the peer pressure weekly featured some very real Hip Hop through the performances of Hollywood Holt and Kid Cudi. Ever since Kid Cudi dropped Day 'N' Nite which we featured in the very first edition of Monday Re up, we've been following his tracks with utmost attention.

Kid Cudi's set was in a few words a hip hop extravaganza. In a few more words, I've admittedly not been to as many hip hop shows as I'd like to say I have, but that's mostly due to Montreal's general lack of Hip Hop shows. On that note, I don't have anything to complain about in the coming weeks as Common and N.E.R.D. are actually here in a few days at Metropolis.

I'm trying to build up the courage to spend 42.50$ plus taxes to go see them, but haven't quite made it yet. Let alone convince some other poor soul to come with me.

The interaction with the audience really set Kid Cudi apart from the other acts I've seen. I was especially pleased when he did a freestyle over flashing lights and spit a line dissing the girls in the front ie the drunk bitches dancing near the stage trying to get even a foot on the stage to be a little closer to pseudo fame. Agreed, Mr Cudi.

See below a meticulously compiled list of tracks designed to both mock the people who missed the show and appease those who did. Included is Maui Wowie, one of the most fun live songs in his set and his take on our own A Trak's Mastered originally featuring Lupe Fiasco I believe.


Kid Cudi - Maui Wowie (mp3) (zshare)


Kid Cudi - Love Stoned Freestyle (mp3) (zshare)


A Trak - Mastered [ft. Kid Cudi] (mp3) (zshare)

The Remixes: Vol I

So I'm going to try something new today and y'all can tell me what you think however you like. This is it folks, when the Club gives back to you, the loyal reader.

In one corner (above) we have the great, The Notorious B.I.G.

In the other (below) we have indie pop couple Mates of State.



We married the earnest track Juicy to the instrumentals of You Are Free, this was the result of both the shotgun wedding and the honeymoon.


HeartAttackClub - Juicy Free [Notorious B.I.G. vs Mates of State Heart Attack Remix] (mp3) (zshare)

The Dodos @ Sala Rosa Montreal Oct 4. 2008

The madness otherwise known as Pop Montreal kicks off next wednesday and is largely the reason why the upcoming events section is so huge these days. The Dodos are playing that saturday at Sala Rossa and as much as I wanted to go, I'm opting to go see A-trak (again) instead. Why? I went last year.

When I first heard The Dodos I didn't really understand what all the fuss is about, which explains the lateness of this post in terms of everything else that's going on, but the more I listened, the more it grew on me.


The Dodos - Red and Purple (mp3) (zshare)

The Dodos - Ashley (mp3) (zshare)

New Paris, Tokyo feat. Pharrell

Chi city wizard Lupe Fiasco has dropped an all new version of the hit Paris, Tokyo from his latest album The Cool. It features none other than Pharrell, Q Tip and Sarah Green. You may know Pharrell from The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. and if you don't you should. The video for the original Paris, Tokyo is here too, the concept has Lupe Fiasco dressed up in all sorts of gentlemanly attire. So get a passport and check the track out.



Lupe Fiasco - Paris, Tokyo [Feat. Pharrel, Q Tip, Sarah Green] (zshare) (mp3)

Toe Jammin' Nudity

Anything Dizzee Rascal related is likely worth posting, The BPA must know that. Throw in a smattering of nudity, video game references and humor, and you've got the masterpiece that is the Toe Jam video.

For the less enlightened masses, the BPA stands for brighton port authority, and alias for musician and instigator Fatboy Slim. Here's the mp3 as well, but the song does lose much of its appeal without its poignant visual element.



Toe Jam (Featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal) - The BPA (mp3)

Adrian Lux mashup feat. Rye Rye

Every now and then (today) I get a song in my Inbox (this one) so good (really good)that I have to stop everything (working) so that I can tell all you about it (appreciate).

This is a rap mash up of Adrian Lux's single Strawberry the likes of B More hero Rye Rye and fellow Stockholm dwellers Alexis Weak.


Adrian Lux - Strawberry [Rapclash remix feat. Rye Rye, Lorentz, M. Sakarias & Alexis Weak] (mp3)