Reviews 10 - The Upful Life

FOOD OF THE GODS: Decoding the New lespecial LP ‘Ancient Homies’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 B.Getz ancient homies, drum & bass, drum and bass, EDM, electronic rock, heavy metal, idm, lespecial, lespecial ancient homies, metal, post-metal, post-rock, ropeadope records, sludge metal, thrash metal

originally appeared on Live For Live Music Jon Grusauskas of lespecial slid into the DMs unsolicited, and rather unassumingly. He had

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Inside Josh Blake’s Hip-Hop LP, ‘Unemployment Benefits’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 11, 2020December 2, 2020 B.Getz asheville, echo mountain, gfe, granola funk express, hip hop, iamavl, josh blake, live hip-hop, rap, rap producer, Unemployment Benefits

GFE’s Josh Blake drives the lane with the just-released Unemployment Benefits, a 13-track studio album that’s a piping platter of heatrocks, brimming with banger after banger of boom-bap rap songs.

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THEY SEE EVERYTHING YOU DO: Shannon Hoon, Blind Melon, & The ‘All I Can Say’ Documentary [B.Getz on L4LM]

June 26, 2020September 26, 2023 B.Getz all i can say, all i can say film, blind melon, blind melon band, blind melon documentary, danny clinch, rockumentary, shannon hoon, shannon hoon documentary

Thanks to Danny Clinch and his tremendous team, plus the dearly-departed’s dedication to his Hi-8 video camera, All I Can Say, decades in the making, means we get to hang out with Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon for just a little bit longer than we’d thought.

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D’ANGELO & THE SOULTRONICS – Aug 24, 2000. Taj Mahal- Atlantic City. [B.Getz / JamBase 20-for-20]

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 B.Getz Atlantic City, d'angelo, funk, hip hop, jambase, pino palladino, Questlove, R&B music, soul music, soulquarians, Soultronics, spanky chalmers, voodoo, Voodoo World Tour

On August 24, 2000, three childhood friends and I pulled up to the Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and stepped into the most spectacular concert I’ve had the privilege of experiencing in my 42 years on this rock, thanks to D’Angelo & The Soultronics on the Voodoo World Tour.

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BOBBY DEITCH BAND New Album ‘Work With Whatcha Got!’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 17, 2020May 23, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, Bobby Deitch, bobby deitch band, denise deitch, funk, george porter jr., matt wayne, new album, R&B, soul, work with whatcha got

Packed with an abundance of uplifting soul, funky grooves, and another batch of vibrant tunes, Bobby Deitch Band is back with Work With Whatcha Got!, the group’s second full-length album. Brimming with Bobby Deitch’s trademark New York vibe, the record reveals a collection of tracks more colorful and evolved than its predecessor

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RAGERS OF A LOST ART: Lettuce Strikes Back With 7th LP, ‘Resonate’ [B.Getz on L4LM]

May 9, 2020May 22, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Eric Benny Bloom, jesus coomes, lettuce, lettuce rage, lettucefunk, new album, Nigel hall, resonate, Ryan Zoidis

Trailblazing future-funk squad Lettuce returns with the ambitious Resonate, their second full-length LP in under a year’s time, and the seventh of their illustrious career.

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Here For The Crown: EARTHGANG Enlightens A Sold-Out Fillmore In SF [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 23, 2020February 4, 2020 B.Getz atlanta, dreamville, earthgang, Fillmore, Fillmore SF, spillage village

photo: Jesse Barbon Sky high and still soaring from the release of Mirrorland, Earthgang embarked on their first global headlining tour at the

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TIGER STYLE RAGE: Lettuce Elevates Into 2020 With NYE at SF’s The Independent [B.Getz on L4LM]

January 2, 2020January 20, 2020 B.Getz adam deitch, Bay Area, lettuce, new years eve, san francisco, the independent

2019 came to a celebratory crescendo in phenomenal fashion on New Year’s Eve, when Grammy-nominated funk merchants Lettuce steamrolled through San Francisco for a single-night engagement at The Independent.