The man responsible for Funk’s future is also the funk game’s biggest audible philanthropist. While his I Don’t Wanna Be a Star maxi-single should still in heavy rotation (you can hear about it here), Dam-Funk graciously delivered a new track, “Kruisin’ 2gether,” Sunday via his Soundcloud. It serves both as bonus cut to the maxi-single and […]

Should you not follow me on Twitter (the horror), you may not have noticed that I am hosting a new weekly podcast on the ferocious Ear Wolf network (Comedy Bang Bang, SklarBro Country, Totally Laime). My co-host is the irrepressible Nocando of Low End Theory and Hellfyre Club fame. The latest episode is live now, […]

Straight out of an alternate utopian 1983 comes this slice of turquoise-colored funk that somehow slipped under everyone’s notice this week. Mayer Hawthorne and Snoop, remixed by Dam-Funk, who adds a beautiful sunset to what was already a smooth ride. Every Sunday needs some soul music. Download: MP3: Mayer Hawthorne ft. Snoop Dogg (Dam-Funk G-Mix) […]

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 […]

Douglas Martin is loosely affiliated with the Kinski Assassins. Ask no more questions. I. PROLOGUE When we last left Ariel Rosenberg, he was laughing his way to the bank. After over a decade of being underrated, misunderstood, and sometimes downright loathed, he released 2010’s fascinatingly cracked Before Today and the world of indie music finally […]

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. […]