Last week, I went to the VMAs for Spin. When you cover a spectacle of such grotesque neon magnitude, it forces you to grapple with the idea of stardom. Everyone on-stage is more famous than we can comprehend — they are the only thing that makes me believe Mitt Romney when he said that corporations […]

The audio for “I Don’t Want to Be a Star” is finally out and ready for weekend rolls in the old school. I personally don’t drive an old school, but this song can turn anything with an engine into a G-Ride. No one else but Dam can make such blissful music while simultaneously calling people […]

Dam-Funk doesn’t want to be a star because he never wants to let the ego supersede the songs. Still, he’s emerged as an ambassador for the funk because no one else was going to carry the weight. Like most artists worth paying attention to, he sees himself very much as a humble participant in the […]

Dam Funk looking dapper in the retro Starter jacket and offering up some self-described summer time glides. “Happy” feels like a modern funk riff on Slave’s “Watching You,” maybe best known to you in the “Never Seen Before (Remix).” Like the EPMD track, this is also the uncut raw. Dam’s new single “I Don’t Want […]

The Soundcloud description on “Sushi,” Dam-Funk’s latest gratis giveaway reads, “Self-Explanatory. Take Care Y’ All.” It’s not hard to interpret when you put on a pair of headphones. The synthesizers are as bright orange as smelt roe. The chords are fresh and ripe as good avocado. And Dam-Funk is only capable of bringing the raw. […]

Photo via GVB The collaboration that Douglas Martin and myself willed into existence via The Secret no longer remains a secret. I’m not sure how many tracks Dam-Funk and Ariel Pink have recorded together, but I know the mutual admiration bond between the two is tight. The latest one is a swooning cover of Donnie […]

Ask for new funk from Dam and ye shall receive. It is Spring, I have survived the SXSW Hoop N’ Hang with no torn muscles and several Scola comparisons, it is time to celebrate by getting into some jazzy funk. Dam balances rigorous discipline and a rare ebullience for creation. It shows in songs like […]

Friday night funk to fend off fever dreams.

Dam-Funk fries up a platter of deep jams from Prince. I’m not in the business of telling artists what to do, but I’m just saying that the Purple One would be well serve to invite the Pasadena one over for a game of basketball and pancakes. The Internet would explode at the prospect of a […]

No, this song isn’t about Drake. Dam-Funk dropped it on the unsuspecting Internet masses five days ago in typically understated fashion. Since I haven’t seen it posted elsewhere and I bear the cross for all things funky, here’s this outtake from the classic Toeachizown. Classic as defined by a record that maintains staying power two […]