Hmmm… this is interesting. So while Numero Group was working on tracking down tunes for a new compilation they are working out – featuring “Chicago-by-way-of-Puerto Rico Salsa, Latin funk, Guaguanco, Guajira, Merengue, Bolero, and Rumba” – they happened across a storage spaced filled with 152 copies each of 12 different original 45s from the Ebirac [...]

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Seriously, try to keep up with these international funk and soul reissues, I dare you.  They will drain your bank account and your social life.  That being said, these two new compilations are a pretty stellar deal.  The “Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba” series covers Cuban funk, soul, psych, and jazz.  [...]

Damn, just when I was congratulating myself for chilling out on the funk reissues, this absolute must-buy record dropped.  Check out this description from the site:  “Following the success of Psych Funk 101, Egon presents Joel Stones’ Brazilian Guitar, Fuzz Bananas. If Psych Funk 101 was the freshman seminar in global-psychedelic grooves, then this album [...]

I know it seems like we basically run a site about Stones Throw, but they put out so much good stuff, we just can’t help it.  First up is the new album from The Whitefield Brothers, “Earthology”.  Expanding on the straightforward funk of the last album, the Brothers have incorporated sounds and instruments from around [...]

Holy shit, I could not have purchased one of these faster.  Madlib’s newest jazz-fusion project, The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble has released an album on vinyl!  “Miles Away” is a 2xLP that comes packaged in a beautiful, heavily 60′s-70′s influenced gatefold jacket.  I can promise you right now that if you like [...]

I’ve pretty much been pacing the room like a maniac waiting for the vinyl release of Oh No’s “Dr No’s Ethiopium”, and it looks like I can finally relax.  Here’s the rundown:  Oh No (Madlib’s brother) made this record with help from Egon’s massive record collection.  It was “inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60′s and 70′s [...]

Stones Throw has been throwing around some sneak peeks of this box set for awhile now, and it has finally dropped.  “Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti” is a massive set of four 10″ records, each stuffed with covers of (and music inspired by) Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti.  Don’t worry, the music here [...]

Today marks the release of The Phenomenal Handclap Band’s self-titled album on vinyl.  This record is a pretty insane mix of soul, funk, psychedelia, hip-hop, and disco.  Yeah, all those things, all on one record.  They sound like they are straight out of the 70′s, so that’s a good thing too.  The 2xLP can be [...]

Alright, this thing is finally about to drop.  Dam-Funk’s California g-funk masterpiece “Toeachizown” is now up for preorder on vinyl.  It is packaged as a massive 5xLP set, each with it’s own picture sleeve.  This is some damn good modern funk people, expect nothing less from Stones Throw.  At $50, it’s also a great deal.  [...]

Truth & Soul records has just reissued a classic funk 45, so strap on your dancing shoes.  The Ghetto Brothers’ “Ghetto Brothers Power” has been remastered and paired with “I Saw A Tear”, then thrown on a 7″ slab of vinyl, the kind with the big hole.  Listen to samples and grab it for $6 [...]

Now-Again Records, the Stones Throw spin-off label run by Egon, have three amazing new records available.  This post covers all three, so be sure to scroll down.  The first is a compilation called “Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges”.  Curated by Egon himself, this is a massive package of beat-heavy global psychedelic [...]

If you’re like me, you see Stones Throw is selling this record, read the title, and don’t even need to listen to it, you just order it.  This new compilation features psychedelic funk from Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, and more.  It spans 1967-1980, and was curated with the help of Now-Again maestro Egon.  Plus, it’s a [...]

24-Carat Black put out “Ghetto:  Misfortune’s Wealth”, one of the most legendary records in the world – to crate diggers that is.  Sadly, that was the only album the group ever released.  In the mid 70′s they set out to record a sophomore album, but lack of interest and increasing studio bills killed the project.  [...]

Well, this is certainly today’s “must buy” record for me.  The Budos Band dropped a new EP with six previously unreleased gems.  The tracks were recorded between their first and second albums, but they will now see the light on twelve full inches of black vinyl.  If you haven’t heard the band, they are a [...]