The True Loves, "Kabuki" Soul band from beautiful Seattle, this was one of those occasional finds from when I found myself trapped in a vehicle without Bluetooth and heard something good on KEXP. (Specifically, a U-Haul I was driving from Kingston to Bainbridge Island.) It's...
Kool & the Gang, "Funky Man" The second Kool & the Gang record was a live album, including a couple tunes from the first record, but mostly otherwise new songs. They followed it up with another live record with more new material, which was an interesting move....
The Flaming Lips, "Turn It On" I tend to listen to the albums from Soft Bulletin on more than anything, but that's kind of a mistake. The Ronald Jones albums (he left after Clouds Taste Metallic) are a different beast than the more symphonic stuff...
Can-i-bus, "Get Retarded" Hoo boy. Steroid Maximus, "Quilombo" Love that upright bass! We've had Steroid Maximus before, but this is one of J.G. Thirlwell's (Foetus, Wiseblood, Manorexia, Clint Ruin, etc) many aliases. Steroid Maximus is all instrumental, tending towards jazz and cinematic stuff. It's...
The Emotions, "I Could Never Be Happy" Late period Stax single here, which you can hear in that much more 70s funk sound. And of course, the production at this point is much richer than some of the earlier stuff. The Slackers, "Feed My Girl...
