By: David Schultz Tea Leaf/Galactic Photo: Jeremy Gordon On the eve of the Saints' first ever Super Bowl appearance, New Orleans' funkmeisters Galactic brought a bit of the French Quarter to New York City this past Friday night, packing people into the spacious Terminal 5 for a wild night of Mardi Gras-tinged reveling. A guest laden night, Galactic received tremendous infusions of energy from
New Orleans-based jazz-funk ensemble Galactic fell in love with the local funk scene while watching legendary artists like Professor Longhair, The Meters and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. They're also inspired by hip-hop and electronica which they incorporate into their mix. Their latest release, Ya-Ka-May , features a bevy of greats, including The Soul Queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas , on " Heart of Steel " which is Today's Top Tune.
Over the past few years, a few bands and promoters have come up with a number of innovative ways to generate interest in concerts by giving the audience a chance to influence the performance. Whether it was the Disco Biscuits letting fans "Spin The Wheel" to determine what song gets played on a Thursday night in Sayreville, NJ or Steely Dan letting ticketholders' votes determine the setlist for Internet Request Nights , audience participation gives consumers more bang for their buck and a stake in the action. The trend continues with Galactic's Throwdown Request Live spots and [...]
We've talked about our gripes with New York City's Terminal 5 a bunch on this blog, so it's extremely surprising to see that the venue ranked #3 in Pollstar's list of the Top 100 Worldwide Club Venues . Clearly, this list is based on tickets sold and not on "patrons who can actually see the stage." I haven't been to Terminal 5 in a while and I'm returning this weekend for Galactic and TLG and then next weekend for Trey Anastasio, so I'm hoping they've improved the sight line situation. [...]
Sorry We're Slacking We've not kept up too well the past fews days on the blogging. Apologies for sure. We had plenty of work in PhD land, a meeting to plan for our trip to China and some film work....
In the video below, Galactic speaks about the blending of musical styles that have occurred in New Orleans and how this musical melting pot has influenced their writing and recording. The video will certainly tickle your fancy if you are a fan of Galactic and their explosive live show. Stanton Moore is such a badass drummer to watch behind the kit .. Keep a lookout for their upcoming release Ya-Ka-May ( Anti- ) which is due out on February 9th. Also, check out the article EQ Magazine did on the group and their recording of the [...]
iClips.net has begun posting videos from Jam Cruise 8 for your viewing/listening pleasure. So far, they've got sets from Galactic, Lotus, Maceo Parker, and Fantastic 4 (feat. Robert Walter, Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno & Cheme Gastelum). Related posts: Jam Cruise 8 Lineup Announced Jam Cruise 7 | Lineup Announced Jam Cruise 2010 Schedule Announced
Hey Vagabonds! Sorry for being MIA over the past week, I've been on a bit of a vacation. I had the pleasure of visit from a dear friend from high school. Before we took off for a couple days of riding up in the nations highest peaks, I took him to see Tea Leaf Green . "Who's Tea Leaf Green?", he asked. I was seriously shocked. Feldman is big into the jam scene, so I figured he probably knew about them from seeing them at a festival like I did. After all, their hit "Taught To Be Proud", [...]
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ARTIST: Galactic - [Album] with free mp3 download for 'Dark Water' from Ya-Ka-May. DATE: 01-20-10 REVIEW BY: Bill Adams Anyone familiar with the city of New Orleans knows it has a rich cultural and artistic history. Over the last fifty years (at least), volumes have been written about the city's contributions to ragtime, soul, jazz, rock and blues as well as the artists that developed their chops in the Big Easy but it's only the history that ever [view more]
The last seven days have been one giant roller coaster ride of emotions. The excitement over our interview with Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps and the numerous summer festivals that dished out their 2010 bills this week soon subsided after we learned of the untimely death of Jay Reatard and Teddy Pendergrass. But then there's our weekly Friday Mixtape, which always puts us in a good mood. After all, as always, we get to present you with the week's best new mix of singles, remixes, and covers as well as mp3s from some acts you should check [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Galactic Song: 'Heart of Steel' (featuring Irma Thomas) Album: 'YA-KA-MAY' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Medeski, Martin & Wood , Ben Harper Download: 'Heart of Steel' (featuring Irma Thomas) (MP3) [Get Winamp] [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Pearl Jam , the Dead Weather and My Morning Jacket are some of the bands set to make their first appearances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this spring. The lineup for the venerable festival, now entering its 41st year, includes return performances by Aretha Franklin , the Allman Brothers and Van Morrison , and Louisiana music fixtures such as the Neville Brothers , Dr. John and Galactic . [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Movies It's not often you hear big news from fictional beauty pageant bands, but Sexual Chocolate -- fronted by Randy Watson (aka Eddie Murphy ) -- hasn't really been in the public eye since their film debut in the 1988 comedy ' Coming to America .' The band's musical director, Karl Denson, tells Spinner that Sexual Chocolate has been busy playing fictional beauty pageants but will perform a real-life one-off gig on Jan. 7. [...]
It seems rather hard to believe, but 2010 marks the 20th anniversary for venerable jam-act moe. The band will mark the occasion starting with a short Northeast tour that kicks offs with a two shows at New York's Roseland Ballroom on January 22 & 23. The show on the 22nd will serve as a special guest-laden benefit show for WHY (World Hunger Year) . [Photo by Jeremy Gordon ] In other moe. news, the group will host another installment of their winter sports and music fest [...]
This is probably the most exciting interview we have done since our inception. "A Huge influence on bands like Daft Punk, SPACE sold 12 million records across 4 albums from 1977-81, and are sadly referred to as one of Europe's great forgotten innovators of the 1970's" NO WAY should spAce be forgotten! Whilst a certain Parisian electronic duo were still (probably impossibly chic) toddlers, French band /production SPACE had worked out that making lots of hooky synth disco and wearing Space suits [...]
New Orleans jazz/funk/hip hop hybrid Galactic have announced the release of their new studio album. The guest-heavy YA-KA-MAY will be unveiled on February 9th. Here's the track list for the record: Friends of Science Boe Money (featuring The Rebirth Brass Band) Double It (featuring Big Freedia) Heart of Steel (featuring Irma Thomas) Wild Man (featuring Big Chief Bo Dollis) Bacchus (featuring
Three years after Galactic returned From the Corner to the Block , the New Orleans jazz funk has announced plans for the February 9th release (via ANTI- ) of its sixth studio album, a 15 track effort titled YA-KA-MAY . According to ANTI-'s blog , the New Orleans group has crafted an album that blends together all the distinct sounds of their home city and which features appearances by iconic New Orleans artists, including the Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Big Chief Bo Dollis, Allen Toussaint and Walter "Wolfman" Washington. The band [...]
The weather's getting colder, but the music's getting hotter. October has seen a bevy of stellar new releases and this week is no different. Feast your eyes and ears on my picks of the week.
We did a reeeemix of Swedish band Mando Diao's song "Dance With Somebody" featuring new rhymes courtesy of GZA and Cadence Weapon. Check out the track over at Pitchfork's Forkcast. TAKIN IT TO THE STREETS: Hood is hitting the road for a handful of shows starting this Thursday, plus a Halloween show on the horizon. Check the dates, and don't trip if your city isn't on here; we'll see you soon enough. Thursday 10/15 - Brooklyn [...]
Relix has a fantastic rundown of what went down this weekend at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park. I went down there on Saturday and caught me some Dr. Dog, then Billy Bragg, then Galactic, and finally Neko Case to finish off my day. I had a great sunburn when I got home, too. Related posts: SFist Previews Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Lineup [...]
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