#funk-punk

[Listen] FALSE HEADS @FalseHeads Present a Thick Skin

Now for some funk-punk. And it doesn’t get more exciting than this…

False heads: Image by Gregory Hesse-Wagner

Introducing to RAW RAMP readers the snotty arrogance of FALSE HEADS.

We listened to “Thick Skin” produced in Pete Townsend’s studio and due for release 1st July:

This has just about the right blend of pride and lordliness.

Alchemically mixed with grunge-filled guitars and the kind of…

A little bit of grunge tied up with a little bit of an off-kilter delivery is the delightfully fun Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant, from the band's 2009 self-titled debut. Their web site bio bills them as slacker funk-punk which I've never heard referred to as a genre', but hey, there seem to be sub-genre's popping up all over the place these days. Let's just call it interesting rock music and be done with it.

I have friends who feel the same way about the Red Hot Chili Peppers that I do about the Baltimore Orioles.  Neither has been good in two decades, yet we still go on loving them regardless.  Sure, I owned & skated to most of their 80's and early 90's records, but like that pair of Jncos, sometimes you have to put that away in the back of your closet.  I figure that after you've burnt through a dozen guitarists in 30 years, maybe it's time to hang up your boots.

The best thing they did was stop the whole "socks on cocks" schtick.  I guess when your balls start to sag down to your knees, that kind of thing goes from cute to unseemly.

P.S. They gave Dave Navarro an opportunity to make more money AND write a book.  Unforgivable.

[Funk-Punk] New yorkers Diamond Doves, released this song upon their 2011 EP. A full-length album is awaited for this year.

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