Aug
10
Some days writing about music leaves you feeling like the episode of the Simpsons where Homer goes to hell and is forced into an eternity of eating donuts. There are only so many adjectives and abstruse synonyms you can use, and sometimes it is simply exhausting wondering whether you are being needlessly pretentious for using… Continue reading »
The saga continues. Dam–Funk drops something new, the download limit is almost instantly eclipsed, and I am contractually compelled to post regardless. Following a brief sabbatical from Twitter and Tumblr, Damon Riddick, contender for the title of world’s most righteous, has returned with great vengeance and fury. A cold kept me away from last Monday’s… Continue reading »
In the words of these men:
American hero goes a little harder than usual: palpitating drums, squealing synths, and the message, “We Should Kill All Assholes.” Who can argue with that statement? No shots taken at News of the World, Michelle Bachman, Frank McCourt, Chris Brown, but I will add them in anyway. Dam-Funk is playing next Thursday night at Freak… Continue reading »
If there’s nothing for you on this lineup, then you’re probably in the wrong warp zone. The Facebook Invite is up. $12. The cost of one drink at a lame LA bar. Barring you being a bubble boy (or “person” if we’re being politically correct), there’s no excuse not to go. 9 p.m. until the… Continue reading »
May
08
Dam-Funk looks like a cult figure in the above photo. He probably should be a cult figure. At times, I am convinced he is a Jedi. He just broke a sabbatical from Twitter to announce his new song, “Don’t Give Up,” with the message: “just….don’t give up. That’s it & that’s all”. Hang in there.… Continue reading »
Mar
01
Prior to his Twitter hiatus starting today, Dam-Funk dropped off one last sapphire: “Staying Super Fly,” which ranks among the finest things he’s released in a minute. Snares that slap like Wild Thing Vaughn, that carnival freeway funk, cerulean groove, that Insert any silly adjective here. The man has been on a run that makes… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcdpi16NfrY A day in the life of Damon Riddick. Repping Pasadena and Leimert Park. Collecting props from record store employees and Funkmosphere fanatics. Handing out ice cream to little children, bowling strikes, paying tribute to patron saint, Roger Troutman. Dam-Funk doesn’t lease, he buys the whole car, like you should. Download: MP3: Dam-Funk-”Hood Pass Intact”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5obqJqUfa-Q This sounds vaguely like On&On Badu as circulated through the modern funk filter, which cannot be a bad thing. Waiting on the Danny Brown interview and feature to drop at Pop & Hiss, so I can run the uncut version here and not cannibalize myself. Consider this is a temporary stand-in and a good… Continue reading »
If there was any doubt that Dam-Funk is a serious boon to humanity, the album cover for his Adolescent Funk collection ensures that his old photo albums need to receive reissue treatment next. My only lament is that this was not released in time for Eric Harvey’s excellent Pitchfork column from yesterday, focused on the… Continue reading »
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