Dam-Funk could turn a Bill Callahan cut into deep funk, so bending Peaking Lights’ ethereal guitar dubs into a dance party is no problem. This is what you think it will be: infinite groove, smooth as freshly paved asphalt, and obviously funky. Avoiding that word when writing about a Dam Funk song is like trying […]

As one might imagine, gospel boogie funk was rarely played during Hannukah celebrations in the Weiss household. For Jews, Hannukah is consolation Christmas. There’s no trees, no ornaments, and certainly no soulful crooning. Have you ever heard “Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, I Made it Out of Clay?” I’d rather listen to a Jars of Clay song. […]

Damon Riddick stays wrecking keyboards and minds with his third eye on high beam funk. Earlier this week, he stopped by Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space radio show to lace us with a half-dozen unheard solo tracks, plus a Nite Jewel remix, some Steve Arrington, and other esoteric grooves that you will want to hear […]

Is there anything better than a new free Dam-Funk EP? No, there is not. More gorgeous PCH-ready modern funk, with Dam tweaking the formula ever so slightly. Make no mistake, at heart Damon Riddick has a musically omnivorous bent, with an equal ardor for soul, metal, jazz, techno, disco, and rock. Ask him about Prefab […]

Scion A/V Presents: Dam Funk “Forever” from Scion A/V on Vimeo. Dam-Funk in his natural element, surrounded by Master Blazter, the moon, the stars, and inter-planetary orbit. Keytars and Computer Jay ensuring the flame flickers full of funk. I still wouldn’t advise anyone to purchase a Scion, but I will give them all the credit […]

In a move of utter predictability, I emerge from my late summer cocoon to post new Dam-Funk tracks that have gone practically unnoticed in the over-abundance of information. You know, there are videos of Game teaching people how to carjack that warrant immediate attention. So Damon Riddick, he of the Pasadena sophisticated funk drops two […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]