"Superfan2009 is our inspiration. Superfan2ten is at it again finding one gr8 song a day." Matthew King Kaufman, Fun Fun Fun Recordings
K, if you know me a little ya know I MUST have my dub. Toronto’s Dubmatix have become a favorite of yours truly, because they have the old school dubby-dub moves down and pay tribute, but also, in the adventurous spirit of Lee Perry and King Tubby, they move the music forward with new ideas and tasty new production tricks. This one is massive and sweet.
Dubmatix
“Killing Dub” (mp3)
from “Dread & Gold – Dub from the Smoke Factory”
(7 Arts Entertainment)
Charlie Hunter – “Baboon Strength”
K, I have to say I was there when! Saw Charlie Hunter play in his first breakthrough trio, and knew right away he was a major talent. Charlie takes jazz guitar out of the realm of dusty old clichés, and marches it through territories better known to heavy metal or rockabilly players. His creative curiosity and musical ambition make Hunter’s compositions and improv’s practically indistiguishable from each other, yet solidly original. These traits are as far from the museum mentality so common in the genre today, as they are distinctly jazz. Or to put it simply, this is heavy!
Charlie Hunter
“Baboon Strength” (mp3)
from “Baboon Strength”
(reapandsow, Inc.)
If you’re going to have a band called Honky I hope you will have the decency to play overblown balls-out whiskey drenched cowtipping roadhouse brawling instrumental idiot rock in silly giant cowboy hats. Will you? Oh good. This rocks and it’s funny as sh!t.
Honky
“Plugs, Mugs, Jugs” (mp3)
from “Treatin’ ‘Em Right Since ‘69 – A Tribute To Handsome Joel Svatek”
(Arclight Records)
I confess, when I saw the title Freedom Jazz Dance, I half expected an ironic indie rock send up, or perhaps a sloppy jam band abomination. What we have instead is, well, a freedom jazz dance! And it’s funky. This has a great, low swing to it and some tasty, lovingly executed leads on tenor sax and muted trumpet.
Dodge
“Freedom Jazz Dance” (mp3)
from “Javabubbaboogaloo”
(Jazzhead)
