THE RAYVELLES: The Rayvelles
STONE MONKEY
14/04/2024
As augured by the arrival of not one but two 45s back in December, here finally is the debut long player from The Rayvelles entitled
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BIG BOSS MAN: Bossin’ Around
STONE MONKEY
11/04/2024
Incredibly it’s been ten years since funky-Latin-mod-fuzz heroes Big Boss Man last released a Studio LP – 2014’s Last Man On Earth. And aside from
WOLFGANG VALBRUN: Almighty $$
STONE MONKEY
20/02/2024
Remember when you heard the latest Black Pumas LP and it just didn’t have quite the punchiness you were looking for? You could do a
SABABA 5: Aspan LP
STONE MONKEY
30/11/2023
Stand by for a full load of swirly Moog-led psychedelia from the Tel Aviv-based Sababa 5 whose career trajectory continues to rise with the nine-track
THE OFFLINE: Le Motard (Video)
STONE MONKEY
27/10/2023
The current single from soundtrack afficionado The Offline, is this one – Le Motard. That’ll be ‘the motorcylist’ then for those not conversant in Français
BROTHER LEE: Winter Sky
STONE MONKEY
15/10/2023
Somehow the monkey missed this one when posting about the imminent release of Mike Bandoni’s Something Wonderful single off the forthcoming vinyl release of Golden
MIKE BANDONI: Something Wonderful
STONE MONKEY
09/10/2023
Funkshone bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and all-round funky drum legend Mike Bandoni drops the latest single lifted from Golden Rules’ contemporary funk LP sampler ‘The Originals Vol.
SABABA 5: Wembley
STONE MONKEY
09/10/2023
Never less than funky with a Middle Eastern twist but now heading deeper into psychedelica, it seems, are Sababa 5 whose new one sounds not
GREYBIRD: Greybird LP
STONE MONKEY
30/09/2023
Must be a thing about eponymous LP names this month for following The Faithful Brothers’ The Faithful Brothers, here’s news of Greybird’s Greybird – though
ALPACAS COLLECTIVE: Gunkali
STONE MONKEY
25/09/2023
“From Bollywood to Lagos, passing through New Orleans,” it says in the PR of new sitar-laced afro-funk bump Gunkali from Alpacas Collective. It’s somehow entirely