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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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”

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 one […]

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 […]

I’m well aware that this blog is threatening to turn into a Dam-Funk and Freddie Gibbs fan site. There are reasons for this beyond the payola allegations I alleged to earlier this week. Specifically, the above photo, where Dam-Funk reveals his true identity as the funk Rasputin. How am I to argue with this man? […]

  Funk is not a fad, but you could’ve been fooled otherwise. No need to delve into Wiki histories of the genre’s Boom Box War defeat by the 808s of “Rock Box” and Rick Rubin. Or the occasional renaissance’s in the SP’s of Dr. Dre and DJ Quik, Erick Sermon, the Lords of the Underground, […]

Formed via jam sessions at LA’s HVW8 Gallery, Master Blazter have been previously known as Dam-Funk’s backing band. I suspect that will soon change considering Damon Riddick’s marathon touring schedule and his repeatedly expressed desire to bring it live in 2010. Though it’s clear that the funkiest man since the Funk Docta Spock is the […]

Dam-Funk covering Human League. Cupcakes, Spiders, Syringes, fruit loops.Pretty standard, really. Download: MP3: Dam-Funk  – “Things that Dreams Are Made Of”