... the other Black experience
New music/free download from folk/soul singer, tattooist and Afropunk Fest alum Purple Ferdinand. Here's 'Define Me'. EP coming soon. Enjoy!…
Added by Sound Check on March 11, 2013 at 10:27am — 5 Comments
AP Quickie: Afropunk Festival alums Joe Jordan's Experiment are back with some new music. Stream the Philly-based rock band's track 'Climb', bump your heads and let us know what you think! (Afropunk Festival 2012 photo by Gretchen Robinette) - L.…
Added by Sound Check on February 27, 2013 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment
The past few years have seen an increasing percentage of the music scene mining the vaults of Stax records circa 1968 in search of lost singles for inspiration. And why shouldn't they? There's some great shit in there. But retro savants The Heavy have picked a different corner of the Stax catalog for their muse; that sublime period around '71 when some of soul's best songwriters made the switch from songwriter to film composer. Outfitting their soul+indie formula with lush…
Added by Sound Check on September 26, 2012 at 7:41am — 1 Comment
Christiane D (Madame D) and Mr. Owl collab on this mad trippy song. Feel that haunting bass! Can you dig it?…
Added by Sound Check on September 4, 2012 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
British indie soul-rock outfit The Heavy have a new single out, and it's huge. On their 3rd album the band “wanted to make a bold statement – it’s not shy.” The orchestral swoops add a level of epicness when matched with Spencer Page's distorted bass indie thump. Singer Kelvin Swaby describes it saying “We went pretty cinematic, setting out to score a film that hasn’t been written.” I'd be surprised if filmmakers don't take them up on it later this year. This is the rare sort of…
Added by Sound Check on June 25, 2012 at 7:07am — 2 Comments
Summer's finally here and The Dirtbombs have a new single! It's been 4 years since the Detroit garage legends played Afropunk fest. Since then they've lost a member, recorded an album of Detroit techno covers, and apparently fallen in love, or gotten a puppy, or something. The new song 'Crazy For You' shows a softer side of the venerable garage band. Playing like a lost Matthew Sweet track, or maybe early Lenny Kravitz, the…
Added by Sound Check on June 22, 2012 at 6:58am — No Comments
A free download off Imani Uzuri's album 'The Gypsy Diaries' available June 5th 2012.
"Born of worldly travels and spiritual travails, Uzuri’s rich acoustic songs on 'The Gypsy Diaries' find fresh settings for unifying human experiences: the loss of loved ones, the joy of discovering, the alienation and shifts of moving, meeting, and departing. Riveting live, Uzuri will celebrate her new album on June 1 at Joe’s Pub in New York."…
Added by Sound Check on May 16, 2012 at 9:45am — No Comments
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