Tag archive for ‘funk’

• Best Albums of 2011: Will’s Picks

  12/12/11 • (0)

  

  For the best albums in 2011, SF Critic will highlight each of our staff’s picks, rather than an accumulative 25, 50, 1,000 best album list. About William Clarke: Will  has written for SF Critic for just over a year now. We met at college. Will and I have always shared our tastes in music. Well, actually, I always [...]

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• Playlist [New Mp3s] Tycho, Dirty Projectors, Major Lazer

  11/08/11 • (3)

  

  In effort to keep up with the times, but not having the time to keep up, I’ve created a playlist backlogging some song I’ve neglected to share with you. Several albums including the new Dirty Projector & Björk, Real Estate and Tycho, have caught my ear, in addition to singles from Major Lazer, The Moor, and Saint Motel. [...]

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• [Live Review] Little Dragon & The Independent

  2/09/11 • (2)

  

  Click Here To Download Their Album The other night I caught the tale end of Little Dragon’s performance at the Independent, and needless to say–I’m still annoyed at the doorman. Let’s just say there was a communication problem (doorman can’t read “David Johnson-Igra”)–and I missed seeing the full set of a budding psychedelic funk band that has gained [...]

• [Remixes] Fred Falke

  12/01/10 • (3)

  

  Yes! Yes! This song is old, but OH so good. Fred Falke’s remix of Whitest Boy Alive (Erlend Oye of Kings of Convenience) “Golden Cage” is timeless. Granted, Whitest Boy Alive, is fantastic in their own right. The remix compliments their jazzy disco sound, adding a house twist which ups their tempo, but never strays from the songs [...]

• [Featured Artist] Chinese Man

  11/29/10 • (2)

  

  There cannot only be one! Chinese Man is a French collective of producers/DJ, who trained extensively in the “Wu Tang Mountains, not far from Marseilles.” The collective consists of martial beats craftsmen Leo the bug, and SLY who’ve centered the group’s chi beats. The DJ soldiers of Zé Mateo, The Yan and High Ku honed their Wu mastering [...]

• Immediate! Gayngs Will Not Be Playing ACL

  10/10/10 • (0)

  

  We just received this update that Gayngs will not be performing at ACL. Instead of Gaygns, Lance Herbstrong will perform at the Zync stage. Here is the official press release from the group: Last night, GAYNGS’ tour bus, containing all of the band’s gear, personal belongings, and livelihood, was mistakenly driven across the country from Emo’s Downtown, en [...]

• Gayngs’ “City of Music” Official Video

  9/30/10 • (0)

  

  City of Music: Gayngs from MPLS.TV on Vimeo. Gayngs, the collaborative efforts featuring members of Midwesterners Solid Golid, Megafaun and Bon Iver, is one of the pleasant new groups of 2010. We spoke of Gayngs earlier this year, and even offered some of their music to download for free. Not to tout our own horn, but it was [...]

• “Hood Pass Intact” Dam-Funk

  9/21/10 • (0)

  

  This is Dam Funk’s new video for “Hood Pass Intact,” off the album ToEachHizOwn. The track samples Zapp’s “More Bounce To The Ounce” hitting harder than pounds of bass. You might be more familiar of the sample which was used for Notorious B.I.G.’s “Going Back To Cali.” Dam-Funk: “Hood Pass Intact” ft. MC Eiht [Audio clip: view full [...]

• #FF Mp3 Downloads: Mos Def, Tame Impala, Big K.R.I.T. and more

  7/23/10 • (0)

  

  Big K.R.I.T. : “Hometown Hero” (Ft. Yelawolf) Big K.R.I.T. and Yelawolf are reportedly linking up for a joint mixtape, Country Cu$$inz. While the project has no foreseeable release date yet, the pair decided to sneak a taste of what’s to come with a remix of K.R.I.T.’s “Hometown Hero.” Yelawolf takes the second verse slow, tempering his double-time flow [...]

• Concert Review: Fat Freddy’s Drop at The Independent

  7/13/10 • (0)

  

  By Erik Thybony Photos by Victoria Smith We get to the venue early and the door guy tells us the band won’t be on for another forty minutes and the only music is a DJ spinning reggae remixes of Zeppelin and The Doors and so we sit there and drink and take pictures and eventually the place starts [...]