MP3: Fort Knox Five – Zombies Time (Edit)
MP3: Fort Knox Five – Blowing Up the Spot (Ft. Akil Dasan)

Fort Knox Five Free Downloads (click here)

Photo by Christopher Wilson

New Band of Horses live track “Laredo” from their forthcoming album, Infinite Arms, due out 5/18.

MP3: Band of Horses – Laredo (Bonnaroo ’09)
MP3: Band of Horses – Laredo (Coachella ’09)

Grand Trine (Myspace)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Album: Sunglasses 12″ (Pre-Order)
Label: Divorce Records
Grand Trine – I Am A Magnet

The Soft Pack

Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, February 2nd

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba – I Speak Fula (Buy)

Label: Sub Pop
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Musow

The Soft Pack – Self-Titled (Buy)

Label: Kemado

Fela Kuti: Live With Ginger Baker (Buy)

Label: Knitting Factory

Afro Rock Vol. 1 is considered to be one of the most important compilations of heavy original ‘70s Afro funk and soul to be released in recent years. Originally surfacing on Duncan Brooker’s indie Kona label in early 2001, the album single-handedly kick-started the thirst among jazz, funk, and soul fans to rediscover lost music from Africa made during the ‘60s and ‘70s. Out of print since 2002, the album is being reissued on Strut in its original form with an extra bonus track, a unreleased psychedelic cut by Kenya’s Ishmael Jingo.

MP3: Steele Beautttah – Africa

Here’s the title track, “I Learned The Hard Way,” from the upcoming Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album, I Learned The Hard Way, due out 4/6 via Daptone.

MP3: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – I Learned the Hard Way

The Twerps (Myspace)
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
Album: Self-Titled (Buy)
Label: Night People
The Twerps – Little Guys

Broken Social Scene
The Music Box @ The Fonda
Monday, May 3rd
Tickets go on sale this Saturday, February 6th @ 10am (buy tix)