Artist: The New Mastersounds

The New Mastersounds' Breaks from the Border is another album that's a little too jam bandish for my taste, but certain tracks stand out enough to make it worth reviewing. The four-piece funk band from Leeds plays a fun blend of retro soul, jazz and funk that's great to dance to. You can download two [...]

Since January 1, The Orchard has added over 60,000 UPCs to its digital distribution catalog. These ten grabbed our crate-diggin' hearts faster than we could say "Nyan Cat Triple Bypass." The New Mastersounds: Breaks From the Border [Tallest Man] Seventh album of warm retro-leaning funk and soul-jazz from these long-grooving Brits, this is The ...

The final additions and tweaks have been made to the JamCruise schedule, which means we're getting into the home stretch. Jamuary is right around the corner! One of the best things about the cruise is the interaction with the musicians on the boat, and getting to chill with them in close quarters. Whether it's the [...]

Randy over at Funk It! does some amazing videography work and this might be his best yet - a 16-minute video that manages to blow through 26 different performances from the 2011 Bear Creek Music Festival. Apparently Mr. Funk It managed to capture over 14 hours of footage from the weekend so expect a lot [...]

The NYC concert calendar chills out a bit this week. But there's still plenty of action, including a jam-packed weekend of shows that's going to set up some tough decisions....

Last year over 7,000 people came out to Bear Creek and we couldn't be happier to cover such a special festival this weekend. The Spirit of the Suwannee Park has become a second home to music lovers, hosting festivals ranging from the Allman Brothers' Wanee Fest to more intimate events like Springfest and Magnolia Fest. This year definitely proves to [...]

The New Mastersounds continue to grow their following here in New Orleans and last night's show at Tipitina's with Fox Street All-Stars marked the first non-Halloween/non-Jazz Fest trip to the Crescent City for the quartet, a chance to play for the 'real people of New Orleans,' as the band said during one of their many [...]

I am very excited to be making my first trek down to Live Oak Florida in less than 3 weeks for the Bear Creek Music Festival, and the anticipation has only increased now that the schedule dropped last week. It's my first time ever flying to a festival, so it'll be a definite change from [...]

It's a busy couple weeks at Tipitina's Uptown, kicking into gear tonight with the Papa Grows Funk record release party. Tomorrow night, Rebirth Brass Band will be in the house and as usual Bruce Daigrepont's long-standing Cajun Fais Do Do dance party is going down at 5:30 on Sunday for those looking to cut a [...]

UK funk jammers The New Mastersounds have announced their Fall tour. They will be on the road in the USA and Japan. The quartet the support act for the Tedeschi Trucks Band on NYE in San Francisco. In January they are part of floating festival Jam Cruise . Live dates: 10/29 Hallowbaloo Music & Arts Festival Oahu, HI 10/31 Paia Charley's, Maui, HI 11/02 The Parish, Austin, TX 11/04 Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA 11/08 [...]

The New Mastersounds announced a set of fall/winter tour dates earlier this week, which is yet another run following up the release of their new album, Breaks from the Border . They also tacked on their New Year's Eve plans without much of a mention, but it looks like the band is joining the Tedeschi Trucks Band here in San Francisco for a grand 'ol party at the Warfield. Mark it, folks...it's officially time to start planning your NYE . Read on for the band's dates including stops in Hawaii, Austin, [...]

moe.down XII Sept 2-4, 2011 Gelston Castle Estate, Mohawk, NY While we've obviously been covering the hell out of the Phish Summer Tour, we're also hella excited about this weekend's annual moe.down Festival in Mohawk, NY. Our friend Nick Irving is going to be on-site shooting photos for the site (as best he can; we were too late to get a photo pass for the pit) and we'll hope to have some coverage up after the fact. This lineup is eclectic as hell and the announcement is [...]

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The New Mastersounds have definitely been a band I've been paying more attention to in the past few year, and it's a good time to be a fan of this band considering they're about to release their new album, Breaks from the Border , due out to the public a week from this Tuesday on August 9. I was front row for their recent show here in SF at Brick and Mortar celebrating the album's release, and the band tore through a set of funky tunes with plenty of new cuts that got me excited [...]

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I've finally got all of my uploads done from last week's New Mastersounds album release party at Brick & Mortar, a seriously funky weekday night and exactly the kind of pleasant musical surprise that happens all the time in SF. Me and my crew all came away wonderfully floored and content, especially for a Tuesday night. The band was definitely in fine form and they're not one to be missed right now. So if you did indeed miss them while they were here, well, then...your loss entirely. They're off to play Fuji Rock (like [...]

Shortly after Hidden Track launched, our site's founder Slade Sohmer posted an article about the killer Leeds-based funk band The New Mastersounds and we've been covering the four-piece's comings and goings ever since. On August 9, The New Mastersounds will release their first studio album recorded on American soil, and first to incorporate band vocals, when Breaks From The Border comes out. TNM invited a camera crew to film the recording process and have used the resulting footage for a series of behind-the-scenes videos called [...]

As we mentioned yesterday , Bob Weir will be the Levon Helm Band's special guest at moe.down XII , which takes place in Mohawk, NY over Labor Day Weekend. The addition of Bobby to the bill was announced in a peculiar video featuring moe. manager John Topper posted on the moe.down Facebook page last night. Click here to view the embedded video. Levon Helm Band w/ Bob Weir @ GOTV '09 Weir and Helm [...]

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I just caught wind that The New Mastersounds are in town in San Francisco tomorrow to play Brick & Mortar , the old Coda jazz club that recently shut down and reopened with new managers and bookers with new talent in mind. The band is finishing up the release of their album, Breaks from the Border , and the album release show is going down in style by making sure that ticket purchased gets a free download of the Live in N.O.L.A EP, a signed show poster and early delivery of [...]