Category Archives: album review

Best Soul/Funk singles of 2017

Posted on January 30, 2018 by spinladen

On the Soul Donuts radio program I counted down the best soul/funk singles of 2017.  Of course a list like this is very subjective but I’m confident, after listening and reviewing tons of music from last year, that I’ve given … Continue reading →

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Best albums 2016 soul/funk

Posted on February 1, 2017 by spinladen

  Last year was an explosive year for soul and funk.  2016 posed the greatest challenge for me of any year since I’ve begun reviewing the best soul/funk records.  Typically the choices have been obvious and great records would have … Continue reading →

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Soulful Women of the Jazz Harp

Posted on April 7, 2012 by WALL I

Sometimes your ol’ friend Wall I gets his gills trapped in a net, snagged by fisherman, or stuck in the mud, and when that happens, I reach into my musical vault for one jazz genre of bright and uplifting music … Continue reading →

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The WALL I Swimmeth……

Posted on April 2, 2012 by WALL I

Greetings my minnows and my minnowettes, My name is WALL I and I’m a cold blooded mutha of a fish that lives in the fresh waters of Wisco who’s into skinny swimming, Friday Perch Fry’s on acid, happy endings after … Continue reading →

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LA Deep Funk

Posted on November 22, 2011 by spinladen

Connie Price and the Keystones-Wildflowers This group from LA will melt your face with funk.  Connie Price is the alias of drummer/multi-instrumentalist Dan Ubick from Breakestra, who formed the group with trumpeter friend Todd M. Simon.   Wildflowers is the debut … Continue reading →

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The O C’s

Posted on November 17, 2011 by spinladen

Here is the second album by Thee Oh Sees this year, and boy-howdy are we lucky.  Really just two EP’s smooshed into one album (Carrion Crawler/The Dream).  This psyched-out group of bandidos hail from San Francisco, no surprise there.  This … Continue reading →

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The Step Kids, can’t beat it

Posted on October 17, 2011 by spinladen

Its hard to pin down this album, but there is one thing that can be said about it confidently…it is great.  I have a hard time not picturing early p-funk albums like osmium, america eats its young, maggot brain, etc…  … Continue reading →

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Str8 from the Windy…

Posted on September 13, 2011 by spinladen

…better bundle up to this one. The Cool Kids give us their first real LP release.  After several amazing EP’s, mixtapes, and a tornado of hype on the internet and commercially.  Perhaps overshadowed by the greatness of their early tracks … Continue reading →

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Bombed and Depleted

Posted on September 5, 2011 by spinladen

Beirut is back with their new album Rip Tide.  This is delightfully more of the same from Zach Condon’s small bedroom project turned rolling juggernaut.  None of the unique instrumentation is lost here, only added to and expounded upon.  Showcasing … Continue reading →

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Based God Gay?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by spinladen

Lil B-Open Thunder Eternal Slumber or Download the whole thing here. Controversy for rappers has never been a bad thing for sales, think N.W.A., Body Count, 2 Live Crew, etc.  Now Lil B the Based God has named his new … Continue reading →

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