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Galactic announces fall tour

By Eric Lach on 12:00 AM on September 19, 2007

Galactic has been laying the funk on thick for years now. Basically, if your booty don’t shake to the New Orleans band's grooves, check your pulse and call an ambulance. Drummer Stanton Moore holds it down like few can, and the group’s new album From the Corner to the Block might be its most vibrant work yet. Aided by special guests Lyrics Born, Blackalicious, and Juvenile (among others), the record is a rich work of post-Katrina NoLa music (and an arm-rattling good time, too). Now, to support the album, Galactic is hitting the road with some other finger-licking-good musicians. Boots...  read more

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Galactic: From the Corner to the Block

By Corey DuBrowa on 3:42 PM on September 18, 2007

New Orleans quintet Galactic is clearly under the spell of fellow Crescent City funk/soul brothers The Meters, right down to their shared obsession with grooves vs. vocals...  read more

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New Orleans funk band Galactic turns trip-hop

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on February 2, 2007

New Orleans trip funk kings, Galactic, are bringing their all-night neon lights and sporadic 5 a.m. freestyle hip-hop jam sessions to disk. The band is co-writing their new album with a hot list of hip-hop artists, including Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Mr. Lif, Lyrics Born, The Coup's Boots Riley, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Ladybug of Digable Planets and others. Galactic's live shows are known for appearances from artists like Lyrics Born, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Jurassic 5 and Z-Trip, but this is the first time the band will try to contain major hip-hop collaborations onto an...  read more

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Galactic - Ruckus

By Grant Shellen on 12:00 AM on February 1, 2004

For its fourth studio album, funk-favorite Galactic says goodbye to its established ’70s-style production, this time calling Dan “The Automator” Nakamura to the boards...  read more

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