Comin’ into this show I was feeling really good, perhaps lingering effects of the stellar Funk Rumble block party over the weekend which seemed like a good place to start this show off, after another song of peace (last week I started off with Pharoah Sanders & Leon Thomas doing “Prince of Peace”), this time from the “other” Santana, Jorge, and his band Malo. “Peace” is a long one from their debut (which features their all-world classic “Sauvecito”) with some heavy rocking and jazzy stylings over the course of its 9+ minutes.
Also in that first set was the band who I thought put on the best performance at the Funk Rumble (though truthfully, everybody really rocked it), the Lions featuring Alex Desert from Hepcat. Also played a bit more of the Fela track that I played before their set, “Mr. Grammarticalgylisationalism,” which has a crazy long title, but its quintessential Fela and has been sampled by the Roots.
As for the rest of the show, I had a LOT of new music this week, several things pretty far in advance, including Sondre Lerche, Little Dragon, Hope Sandoval, Air, The Heavy and a collaboration between my favorite trip-hoppers, Alpha, and a legendary singer out of Jamaica, Horace Andy. Pretty much all of those won’t be out for another month or two, so you can only catch them on-air.
Some recent favorites are in the mix too, including Ceu, Au Revoir Simone, The Noisettes, Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and a really great collection of Soul from Spain…Sensacional Soul vol. 2. Closed up with a set to celebrate the beginning of this blog with a couple tracks from my previous reviews, which are now all online here. Catch this one while you can, it’s on demand for only a week…
Malo – Peace – Malo
The Lions – Sweet Soul Music – Jungle Struttin’
Fela Kuti – Mr. Grammarticalgylisationalism is the Boss – Monkey Banana / Excuse O
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Oumou Sangare – Wele Wele Wintou – Seya
Nomo – Waiting – Invisible Cities
Ocote Soul Sounds – El Diablo y el Nau Nau – Coconut Rock
Chali 2na – So Crazy – Fish Outta Water
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Little Dragon – Looking Glass – Machine Dreams
Pollyn – Falling Out Of Place – This Little Night
Pains of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction – Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Laura Veirs – Secret Someone – Year of Meteors
Japancakes – Behind The Mountains – Single
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Sondre Lerche – I Cannot Let You Go – Heartbeat Radio
Au Revoir Simone – All or Nothing – Still Night, Still Light
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (Dam Funk Remix) – Summertime Clothes – Remixes
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Horace Andy & Alpha – Storm – Two Phazed People
Sa-Ra Creative Partners – My Star – Nuclear Evolution / The Age of Love
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Born on a Day The Sun Didn’t Rise – Eating Us
Air – Do The Joy – Love 2
Ceu – Nascente – Vagarosa
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Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions – Blanchard – Through the Devil Softly
Tim Buckley – Come Here Woman – Starsailor
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro – Albela – Tradition in Transition
Los Rapidos – Safari Salvaje – Si Para Usted, Vol. 2
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Los Kifers – El Sol Es Una Droga – Sensacional Soul Vol. 2
The Heavy – No Time – Single
The Noisettes – Don’t Upset The Rhythm – Wild Young Hearts
Gossip – For Keeps – Music For Men
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Home – Up From Below
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again – With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine – Josephine
Tiny Vipers – Dreamer – Life on Earth
Melanie – Beautiful People – Woodstock 2
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Hypnotic – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
The Aggrolites – Runnin’ Strong – IV
Francoiz Breut – Mots Croises – A L’Aveuglette
Boris Gardiner – Melting Pot – Boris Gardiner Is What’s Happening!
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