Music - May 2, 2008
Exploring the complexities of The Canvasmen
The show isn't billed as a CD release party, but tonight The Canvasmen launch their first album, "Set Your Picture in the City."
Tags: the canvasmen, set your picture in the city, funk, walls have ears, cactus club

Music - Aug. 3, 2006
"Movements 2" brings back the funk
Last year in these pages I raved about the first installment of “Movements,” a German-born compilation of tasty old American funk numbers. Now Tobias Kirmayer -- who also reissues such music on 45s -- has assembled another 15 gems on the “Movements 2” CD on Perfect Toy Records.
Tags: Movements, Kirmayer, funk, Bootsy

Music - Feb. 22, 2005
Ill Groove Movement rocks to a different tune
Ill Groove Movement's style is so wholly its own it had to coin an original phrase simply to describe it. They call it "organic hip-hop," a sound that's infused with splashes of old-school jazz, funk and rock, mixed with hip-hop rhymes and beats.
Tags: Ill Groove Movement, hip-hop, old-school jazz, funk, rock, Ice Cube, Chili Peppers, Dave Hanson, Steve Kulwicki, Professor, Adam Lovinus, Emergenza Festival, WAMI Awards, Vnuk's Lounge, The Rave, Points East Pub, Conway's, The ILLiad

Music - Nov. 11, 2004
DJs Kid Cut Up, Why B master hip-hop mixes at bSide
Friday nights at the bSide are marked by DJs Why B and Kid Cut Up's innovative mixes. "I have no problem playing commercial music," says Cut Up, but both adhere to the idea that hip-hop is "more about how you play than what you play."
Tags: 5{y B, hip-hop, bSide, Chris Gerard, Tim Zick, No Request Fridays, indie, old school, funk, soul, rock, reggae, Atmosphere, Jay Z, John Swan, Fader Grimmlins, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Thai Joes, WNOV, Beat Junkies, Collect Callin' & Small B

Bars & Clubs - Oct. 22, 2004
DJs Avets and Top Shelf shake and bake 35 years of music
The Shake and Bake, Monday nights at River Horse, is a musical journey led by DJs Avets (Steve Watkins) and Top Shelf (Elliott Oliver). From old funk to new hip hop, and everything in between, the Shake and Bake is an opportunity to hear 35 years' worth of gems.
Tags: River Horse, Riverwest, DJ, Elliot Oliver, Top Shelf, Steve Watkins, DJ Avets, Blowtorch, funk, hip hop, Dante Carfagna