How Did I Not Know About This: Society of Seven - Hawaii's Best Funk Bank

Another find from SoulSeduction.com. This time the album is Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing, where track 16 is Superstar (Remember How You Got to Where You Are) by Society of Seven.

A little more YouTube digging revealed some promising clips about their early days at The Fabulous Echoes (unfortunately, JoeWuSeattleWaUSA has decide to not let you embed these clips, or even rate them for that matter --- boo, JoeWuSeattleWaUSA):

* Early History Part 1 of 3

* Early History Part 2 of 3

* Early History Part 3 of 3

Look What I Found: Glen Anthony Henry - Fired Up

Digging through some older email newsletters from SoulSeduction.com this morning I found a link to Relax & Love by Glen Anthony Henry. A few nice songs on here, including Fired Up. This video is fantastic. He sounds a little like Hendrix, looks a little like Andre 3000. And the band - wow. Think they found the keyboardist selling sausages in the Alps somewhere.

You Should Check Out Mexican Institute of Sound

In the past few weeks I've started listening to Mexican Institute of Sound and they're growing on me. I heard about them through an email from Nacional Records (see also the Nacional Records' YouTube channel).

The song they led with was "ESCRÍBEME PRONTO" ...



... and checking that out led me to "Belludita", which is a catchy little number with a video that makes me laugh every time.

You Should Check Out Ohmega Watts

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I've had Ohmega Watts in rotation for a few months now but just this morning played That Sound again and damn if that isn't one hot cut, y'all.

Someone has uploaded it to YouTube:

Check This Out: Lyrics Born

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Just heard about Lyrics Born and am liking some of his stuff. In particular, these felt sweet in my ear (note - these link out to iTunes):

* I Like It, I Love It

* Callin' Out
featuring the 'if you feel it your heart reach out like Redd Foxx' line, which is nice

* Do That There

Definitely Worth Checking Out: Pimps of Joytime

I'm going to get back in the saddle here and try to post at least a couple of things a month here. Nothing elaborate, just links to songs and/or bands that fill my ears with sweet, sweet happiness.

So, getting on with it, another group that I found on MySpace a few months ago, The Pimps of Joytime.

A couple of clips from their YouTube channel.





Or, check them out on iTunes:


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Worth Checking Out: Quasamodo

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Another find through SoulSeduction.com. You can check out their MySpace page, but to sample the Truth be Told discs you can stream clips here.

Of course, you can also head to iTunes for tracks like:

* Do Yo Thang
* Tutti Booty
or
* Afrifunk