Czarface- s/t (Brick Records, 2013) Czarface is a new project that features the dynamic rap duo 7L and Esoteric joining forces with Inspectah Deck (of Wu-Tang Clan) to produce fourteen tracks of action-packed boom-bap, and it’s an inspired combination. The…
Tag: all things fair and funky
Shuggie Otis: Live at The Highline Ballroom, 1/10/2013
In 1974, 21 year-old blues guitarist and session musician Shuggie Otis released his third solo record, titled Inspiration Information. It consisted of 9 tunes: dreamy hazy psychedelic soul ballads, downtempo funk driven by primitive drum machines, ethereal wisps of song…
Album Reviews: Public Enemy, Kendra Morris, Beetnix, Arrested Development
Public Enemy- Most Of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamp (Enemy Reords/Spit Digital 2012) Public Enemy. Musical innovators, political provocateurs, Hip-Hop icons. This is the first of two new albums they have slated for release before the year…
Single Reviews: Slavic Soul Party, Public Enemy, Nas vs. Massive Attack
Slavic Soul Party- Jackson b/w Gangsta (Electric Cowbell Records) Slavic Soul Party is a Balkan-fusion brass band that produces a unique form of melting-pot musical madness. Their new single, “Jackson” — now available on 7″ single from Electric Cowbell Records…
Record Review: For Whom The Cowbell Tolls
The newest compilation from Brooklyn’s Electric Cowbell Records is a head-spinning expedition through a world of exotic and funky music. Collecting material originally released on 7″ singles over the past year, the selection of tunes encompasses mellow horn-driven soul workouts,…
Album Reviews: CSC Funk Band, The Meters, West Indies Funk 2 & 3, Kashmere Stage Band
CSC Funk Band- Things Are Getting Too Casual (Fat Beats records, released 8/23/11) CSC Funk Band’s debut album is a thing of mysterious wonder, a heady, sweaty brew of extended improvisations and afro-beat inflected grooves. The group pull a variety…