funk/soul
See: The Go! Team release new video for Semicircle Song
Ahwad of Brighton indie funk outfit The Go! Teams new album Semicircle, out 19th January via Memphis Industries, they’ve released a new video for the albums first single ‘Semicircle Song’. For the album, the band apparently envisaged envisioned a marching band going rogue and chucking away their sheet music to blast out Northern soul stompers, …
See: TLC reveal new video for Way Back
Woah, they’re back. After keeping largely out of the spotlight since the tragic death of Lisa Left Eye Lopes, The R&B jugganaught that is TLC is steaming back into town, and they’re gonna make your ass shake with it. On the back of a joyous (and first-ever) European show at London’s Koko and becoming the …
Not Forgotten: Parliament – Mothership Connection
Simply put, Mothership Connection is the album which proved that you could do the ostentatiousness of prog rock and still make the listener want to get up and dance. It’s a headspinningly brilliant throw down from funk to every middle-class prog rocker with aspirations to be taken seriously. Sure, prog rock often showed musicianship, but …
Album Review: Sir Was – Digging A Tunnel
That this album by Joel Wastberg AKA sir Was is his debut album as a solo artist is almost inconceivable, accomplished that it is.His background as a multi-instrumentalist gun for hire for the likes of José Gonzalez (both in solo guise and as a member of Junip) appears to have been a catalyst to finally …
Meet: Sir Was
If you’ve been listening to the radio at all in the last few weeks, you’ll have heard Sir Was. If there’s a catchier slice of white soul/funk than his recent single ‘In the Midst’ released this year (yes, year) I’ll be amazed. Ahead of the release of his debut album, Digging a Tunnel, out this …
Track: Tuxedo – 2nd Time Around
“We needed a carefree release in these fucked up times,” say Jake One, talking of the release of the second Tuxedo album – his project with Mayer Hawthorne which drops via Stones Throw on April 17th. From it the pair have released a new single, 2nd time around, and its a dayglo slab of Cali …
Track: Jamiroquai – Cloud 9, plus live/festival dates
Future funk legends Jamiroquai are back with a new album ‘Automaton’, out via Virgin EMI on March 31st. Written and self-produced by Jay Kay and keyboardist Matt Johnson, its the bands first new music in seven years and the eighth album of a stellar career. From it the band have released the first single to …
Track: Thundercat – Friend Zone
Just in time for Valentines Day, Thundercat – aka grammy award winning bassist and singer Stephen Bruner, has released a new track, Friend Zone, from his forthcoming third full-length record, Drunk, which drops via Brainfeeder on February 24th. For the 23-track track journey, Thundercat has enlisted a team of intrepid adventurers to go with him, …
See: Sir Was releases new video for Revoke
With his track ‘In the midst’ all over the airwaves right now, and his debut album ‘Digging a tunnel’ due to drop via City Slang on March 10th, Joel Wästberg aka Gothenburg artist Sir Was is in a good place right now, and has released a new video for the track Revoke. Revoke is this …
Playlist: Rising Soul singer Izzi Dunn gives us her Soul playlist
A few days ago we raved about her new video – now rising soul singer, cellist and producer Izzi Dunn has given us an exclusive look into her record collection and musical taste as she picks out her Soul top ten, and gives us a little insight into her thoughts and emotions on each track. …