Lists, lists lists. Here we are with another list! This time from Mickey Schiff, singer of the L.A. band White Arrows, who is home for a short time before embarking on yet another tour. Catch these guys if you can, because they are going places... THE STEPKIDS-THE STEPKIDS To me this band is a bunch of a white dudes trying to channel pfunk, or sly & the family stone in a good way. PANDA BEAR - TOMBOY [...]
The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances. “A lot of what excites us about this band is this band itself,” says bassist and keyboardist Dan Edinberg. “It’s not either of us; it’s about creating an entity where the entity itself is what’s important.” As a result, every song on the Stepkids self-titled debut album is written with equal input from each member. There's no singular icon, no singular sound, and no singular way of making it happen [...]
When we first heard the first single from Connecticut trio the Stepkids , their soul-drenched psychedelia, which blurs the lines between past, present and future, left us craving more. Come Sept. 27, their self-titled debut will finally be available via Stones Throw, a label already home to nostalgic provocateurs such as Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne and Dam-Funk. Falsettos soar, disco undertones shimmer and the funk bumps — all signs leading to a worthy release. Tim Walsh, Jeff Gitelman and Dan Edinberg slow it down on their latest track "Legend In My Own Mind," making futuristic funk and [...]
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Stones Throw Records continues to push forward new sounds from their stellar diverse roster with The Stepkids ' self-titled debut album coming to stores on September 27 . The album was Produced, recorded and engineered on reel to reel by the band - Tim Walsh, Jeff Gitelman and Dan Edinberg. Check out the Video for Wonderfox and if you like what you hear, visit the Stones Throw page for an album preview and catch The Stepkids in a city near your. Tour Dates Below. [...]
"Shadows on Behalf" sounds like it was recorded at several points throughout history - at a '60s soul festival, the set of a '70s porno, a pioneering hip-hop sample demonstration from the ‘80s... it's a wonderful smorgasbord of stylistic periods, to say the least. The best classification for it, and many of The Stepkids’ tracks, [...]
Curtis Mayfield can't be topped but he'll never go out of vogue. Throw down a funky bassline and chase it with a trill falsetto and someone will always make room for one more. And with Thundercat, My Morning Jacket and The Stepkids, its a boom time for those slanted towards weightless jazz fusion. Lately, Stones Throw has gravitated towards the same sweet spot. That broken window between Bitches Brew and Joe Jackson, where acts like Osibisa, The Temptations, Mandrill, et. al all flew in, and jettisoned formal genre boundaries in favor of psychedelic smears of color, delirious organs, [...]
First off I have to start out by saying Happy Birthday to Newdust's own Quentin, who happens to be my twin brother (yep, that would make it my birthday as well). Party time. Anyway, so I've been on this psychedelic throwback kick lately ever since I heard Unknown Mortal Orchestra's debut a couple [...]
When Bowlegs got the lowdown on The Stepkids we were told their sound was a fusion of punk and jazz, West African and 1960s folk, neo and classic soul, classic funk and 20th century classical - which understandably got us a little interested. On checking the debut from the Connecticut three-piece (Tim Walsh, Jeff Gitelman and Dan Edinberg) - which is out in September on Stones Throw Records - it does indeed cross the genres lines, yet also stays close to a soulful-induced, psychedelic fallout - making for one hell of a head-floating, jazz-smoking record. If you find [...]
You know those artists who pull from so many different genres that it's hard to pin down just what kind of music they're making? Yeah, well, that's exactly the case with Connecticut's the Stepkids, a trio of cats who clearly love any and every kind of music they have heard. Proving my point is their latest single, "Wonderfox", which now has some trippy-as-hell visuals. The track pulls your ear in damn near every direction, from soul to funk to jazz to punk to classic rock. OK, congrats, Stepkids, you have our attention - just don't let us down when your [...]
This week began with me drafting an ignore list not unlike the black book of blocked callers I keep by my desk. In this week in pop you will find nothing on Adele, Artic Monkeys, Beyonce, Kanye, Kid Cudi, Sufjan Stevens, Warpaint and for god sakes no Radiohead. But you will find persons of interest, new and returning, who give us the mixtapes and playlists of our lives. Here they are ladies and gentlemen, in no particular order. Despite the fact that G-Side have decided to push the release of...
The Stepkids will release their debut LP on September 27th via Stones Throw, and have provided a new video for "Wonderfox" to tide us over. View director Henry DeMaio video's of spacey Steely-Dan-goodness below and/or stream samples of the psyche-funky grooves at the Stones Throw site & two full songs at the Stepkids site . Stepkids will play a FREE show in NYC next week (July 12th) supporting Antibalas at Fort Greene Park . The show is one of a handful of dates scheduled for the [...]
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One listen to the Stepkids latest single, "Wonderfox," and you can tell these guys either lived close to a record store growing up or had parents with deep crates. The styles heard throughout the track display the Connecticut trio's clear affinity for soul, funk, psychedelia, and jazz. And they're all here for "Wonderfox," which has received an appopriately trippy video that complements the classic rock/psych/soul vibe. It sort of plays out like what would happen if your parents got severely stoned and were asked to make a music video for their favorite [...]
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