From The Corner To The Block - (with Juvenile/Soul Rebels Brass Band)
The down-home funk sound of Galactic is complimented by the street soldier sounds of hip hop's tuffest MCs on their newest ANTI- release, From The Corner To The Block. Today, the first video from the album is premiered on Spinner.com - and here too! Here is the brand new video for the title track, "From The Corner To The Block" featuring Juvenile and Soul Rebels Brass Band:Spinner introduces ...
New Orleans-based futuristic funk outfit, Galactic will release their digital single debut Tuesday June 5, according to a statement released from the band's publicist.The project is a collaboration with multi-platinum-selling rap artist Juvenile. The release is the title track of the group’s upcoming disc ??From The Corner To The Block?? (Anti).The digital single’s unveiling marks the first of
I can't believe it's been two years since Hurricane Katrina and all of the criminal negligence that came along with it!Just a quick song from one of the French Quarter's finest Galactic...with a little help from their friend 'Lyrics Born'Know your enemy
So much good music to report today, and my fingers can only hit the keys so fast... It's almost time for ANTI- Records to finally release the highly-anticipated debut album - straight out of Hurricane Katrina's path of destruction - From The Corner To The Block by N'Arlins funktified survivors, Galactic. One of the most inspiring and unique albums to be pressed since the devastating storm int...
I wrote this band off back in my Jam Band days because of the album "Coolin' Off." Being into Jam Bands, I should have known to not trust a studio recording!My brother-in-law dragged me to a show, and I was very impressed. These guys attract the hippie/jam band crowd, but by far are one of the best live funk bands around. Their drummer Stanton Moore is truly holding the rains when this band ...
Wow. What a day. The Friday I had at the Voodoo Music Experience was pretty amazing. So amazing in fact that I'm cutting this review into two parts, mainly because they last band I saw was an experience unto its own.We (me and "bassguitarhero":http://www.mog.com/bassguitarhero) departed for the 7 hour drive at 4 AM. The drive actually wasn't that bad going there. We took turns picking albums an...
I'll be friggin honest, I don't know funky. Like not even close. But hell, I'll give it another shot. This past Tuesday I picked up 3 albums. I batted a thousand when it came to quality choices.Talib Kweli's Eardrum is fucking outstanding (track post coming soon). The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter is also tremendous and really adds to the man's musical repertoire (my 6th grade Histor...
An open Letter from Stanton Moore:Hello fans of great music,I'm writing to you to ask for your help in helping out my mentor, teacher and good friend Johnny Vidacovich. Johnny and his wife Deborah's house is in need of major repairs and they are in need of financial help. To compound matters, Johnny is developing arthritis in his right thumb. I want to keep him from having to play every singl...
"Galactic":http://www.galacticfunk.com/NEW2007/index.php?skin=1 is a funked up band from New Orleans who I heard on the latest Paste Sampler. I love this song. I heard they played at Bonaroo, anyone see them? Enjoy!
Last week in Boston I (somewhat unreasonably, don't tell my wife) splurged on a whole load of CDs when visiting Newbury Comics. One of these records is Galactic's latest album From the Corner of the Block. Having finally found the time to listen to it (don't you find it annoying that you can't load a CD on your iPod from a computer other than your primary? Guess I remember now why I'm not a big...
I'm just back from Galactic's first ever live concert in Paris and it was an absolute blast. Two hours of hard groove, with guests Boots Riley (of The Coup) and Chali 2na (of Jurassic 5) and another guy whose name I didn't catch.First, the band was on with the groove, full-throttle. It was hard sounding funk through and through, dynamic, hard hitting, without excessive meanderings. The balance ...
I can never resist the combo of an awesome funk band coupled with intelligent hip-hop lyrics! Lyrics Born knows how to get you up and moving! There is no comparison of this sound to the main stream "brainless" hip- hop that is considered top 40. You'd have to be hearing impared to not enjoy this album.
Been thinkng alot about Southern California my home turf lately, not sure why. LA based artists and songs are just streamin on my channels as of late. here's a great funky tune for you all from the streets of Century City.
Exciting news for Galactic fans. The band's kicking off a headlining tour starting this week in Georgia continuing on into November and ending at the House of Blues in Hollywood. Accompanying them on the tour will be the Crown City Rockers ., two unnamed special guests (perhaps collaborators from the last album?), and a horn section (Shamarr Allen and Corey Henry )! It will be interesting ...
