Artist: parliament/funkadelic

Bay area funk-troop "The Park" bring us a wonderfully optimistic, Parliament Funkadelic + California Love meets Rafael Saadiq + Caribou with "These Are The Days". The Park has made me see the light, the one that shines for another wave of instrumentally seasoned, genre-bending, passionate bands. Listening to "These Are The Days", you can truly hear influences from the 602s, 702s, 802s, funk, jazz, rock and hip-hop. A few days of blog searching without any luck had me feeling a bit jaded, but this track has brought me out of [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " N.T., Parts 1 & 2 " by [...]

Parliament ~ " Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) " Click here to view the embedded video. So I figured I should bring in something upbeat for New Years, and why not drop a clip from 1976 by one of the groups that is often sampled by everyone else! Lyrics Tear the roof off, we're gonna tear the roof off the mother, sucker Tear the roof [...]

Bad Rabbits are a Boston 5-piece who combine elements of funk, hip hop and indie rock into a genre all their own. They released their debut EP Stick Up Kids in 2009 and have seemingly been on the road ever since. They've played shows with such diverse acts as Travie McCoy, Mike Posner and Far East Movement as well as gracing the stages of the Warped Tour for the entire summer of 2011. Influences such as Prince and Parliament Funkadelic shine through [...]

photos by Chris La Putt Neither recent health problems or a battle with lawyers could stop the funk. George Clinton (that's him in the blue coat) just turned 70 and he celebrated with a multi-hour Parliament Funkadelic show at Beekman Beer Garden at the South Street Seaport in NYC last night (7/28). Earlier this summer George played a free lunchtime show at Metrotech in Brooklyn. [...]

Friday saw the passing of the 70th birthday of the one and only all-time architect of the funkiest sound your body, mind and soul has ever heard, George Clinton , and this coming Wednesday at the Beekman Beer Garden near the South Street Seaport in New York, Clinton and his legendary Parliament-Funkadelic band mates will be playing/celebrating the birthday and the ideals behind the P-Funk system. Tickets are $35 right now for entry , but we've got a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky son of a bitch. Details: Wed, July [...]

7/27 @ Beekman Beer Garden. Wanna attend George Clinton's 70th Birthday Funkabration with a guest? If so, then leave a comment! A winner (21+) will be randomly chosen on 7/25 @ NOON. Buy tix here. Follow George Clinton on Twitter. MP3: George Clinton - French Kiss (Firas Turk Mix)

• George Clinton - French Kiss (Firas Turk Mix)

Happy Friday New Yorkers! It's going to be quite the weekend, loaded with events, parties, and exquisite music. We're hoping to see many of you out at the Governors Ball tomorrow or at the Northside Festival through Brooklyn! For now, let me leave you with an upbeat Friday morning remix. It sounds as if Michael Jackson , Jamiroquai , and Parliament Funkadelic had a love child. But no, its our beloved [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell Monica Morgan, WireImage Legendary Parliament-Funkadelic frontman George Clinton has been hospitalized for a staph infection in his leg. TMZ reports that the 69-year-old 'One Nation Under a Groove' singer was admitted to the hospital so that doctors could monitor the infection and ensure that he receives the treatment he requires. The ailment was detected during a routine check-up. A representative [...]

Happy is a relative word. Considering the mud most of us are drug through daily, almost any song is better than hearing your boss continually demand more for less. But if one song were going to pull me out of a funk and take me directly to smile status, it would probably be Todd Shaw's ultra-classy and extra-inspirational anthem, "Gettin' It." One of the peaks in his Pacific Ocean-deep catalog, this song could inspire a bum to become president. Too Short Feat. Parliament Funkadelic - "Gettin' It" [...]

So, I've decided to do this facebook 30 Day Song Challenge ( you can see previous days here ) thing and I figured I'd do it here on ninebullets. Feel free to contribute your thoughts in the comments section. DAY 17: A SONG THAT YOU OFTEN HEAR ON THE RADIO: I honestly could not tell you the last time I turned on the radio to listen to music. I do, however, listen to a whole friggin lot of sports talk radio and this song is played frequently as bumper music [...]

• George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Atomic Dog

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Michael Weintrob Bootsy's back, baby! Bootsy Collins , the most rubbery bassist alive, releases his "musical biography," 'Tha Funk Capital of the World,' on April 26. The star-packed album arrives a little less than a year after the death of Bootsy's brother, Phelps "Catfish" Collins, with whom he helped invent funk music in James Brown 's original J.B.s and George Clinton [...]

Ivan Julian finally releases his first solo album.

​It's been a long, funky road for George Clinton, who has been playing with Parliament-Funkadelic and it's offshoots since the late 1960s. Luckily, though, time hasn't slowed him down: The Rock an... Continue reading "Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Tonight" >

Big, historic win for Arcade Fire last night. Kanye said it best when he said we all won. Congrats to Merge Records and the Arcade Fire. Now come play Dallas. Anyway, here are the bands that will be hitting through our town in short order. Thursday, February 17, 2011: - Linkin Park at American Airlines Center ( Tickets ) Friday, February 18, 2011: - Sebadoh at Granada Theater ( Tickets )* - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at House of [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Roberta Parkin, Redferns Wednesday night at L.A.'s Conga Room, AOL's Geek Awards honored to the biggest geeks in the fields of film, style, music and more. For his part, music honoree Mayer Hawthorne was incredibly excited. "This is redemption for me. I've been waiting my whole life for somebody to give awards to geeks," the silver-suited Hawthorne told Spinner as he walked the pink carpet. The [...]

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Filed under: News , R.I.P. Legendary funk guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins died on Aug. 6 in Cincinnati after a long battle with cancer, according to Rolling Stone . He was 66. Collins grew up in Cincinnati with his brother and bandmate Bootsy Collins , helping the flamboyant bassist develop his signature sound. "My world will never be the same without him," Bootsy said in a statement. "Be happy for him, he certainly is now and always has been the happiest young fellow I ever met on [...]

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George Clinton & Parliament Funkdelic are bringing to party to Fridays at Sunset tonight. Expect a lot of booty shaking and lots of fun. The show is taking place on Brown's Island instead of the usual Kanawha Plaza. Listen to "Atomic Dog"