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Live Music: The Pimps of Joytime @ The Independent, January 28, 2012

Angela Zimmerman February 1, 2012 0

The Pimps of Joytime lit up Divisadero Street in San Francisco this past weekend, playing back-to-back sold-out shows at the pristine sounding Independent and giving all the patrons in attendance serious cause to dance.

CD Review: The Original 7ven, “Condensate”

Dw. Dunphy October 27, 2011 4

Ah ha haaah! The Time are back whether Prince likes it or not. It's time to Condensate

Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, Earth Wind and Fire Edition

Something Else! Reviews October 4, 2011 2

Boasting focused, soul-lifting horns, sunburst harmonies and a thrilling propensity for shaken-up textures and rhythms, Earth Wind and Fire could do almost no wrong for a period of time in the early- to mid-1970s

Here’s Something Else!: Songs We Still Love By Prince

Something Else! Reviews July 5, 2011 4

OK, there was the symbol thing. And the awful attempts at hip-hop phrasing. And the Sheena Easton thing. And the using of a certain ubiquitous letter of the alphabet (“Take Me With U,” “I

Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, JB Horns Edition

Something Else! Reviews June 28, 2011 0

James Brown got all of the headlines, be they for his fancy moves, his fancier suits or his brushes with the law. But the JB Horns, those great groovers who provided the punctuation to

Here’s Something Else!: Kicking It Old School, Isley Brothers Edition

Something Else! Reviews April 12, 2011 0

In a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career dating back to the early 1950s, the Isley Brothers stayed on the move — transforming themselves from gospel shouters to doo-woppers to early rock ‘n’

The Very Guest Of… Brian May

Chris Holmes March 8, 2011 12

Chris Holmes reviews some of the most notable musical guest appearances by legendary Queen guitarist Brian May

Beyond the Wonder: Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs

Chris Holmes January 5, 2011 5

Chris Holmes looks at the debut album from one-hit wonder Carl Douglas to decide if he has more to offer than "Kung Fu Fighting."

Popdose Concert Flashback: George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars, 4/22/95

Mojo Flucke February 25, 2009 8

“Incongruous” is the only way to describe this night. First of all, UNH is perhaps the whitest venue in the whitest state in the union. Furthermore, the Godfather of Funk shared a bill with…The