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Galactic Announce New Album, Tour Dates

Anti- Records’ resident funk-rockers Galactic are set to release a new album Feb. 21. The 13-track album is titled Carnivale Electricos and blends rock, hip hop, samba, jazz and funk.  read more

Nine Can't-Miss Things to Do and See at Hangout Music Festival

This weekend, the Hangout Music Festival will take over the coast of Gulf Shores, Ala. Three days of music, fun and sandy beaches, Hangout is as much a vacation as it is a music festival. And we’ll be there....  read more

Galactic at Jazz Fest 2011

There’s a myth that you have to grow up in New Orleans to truly absorb the city’s distinctive music. But that myth has been shattered countless times, from British pianist Jon Cleary to California sousaphonist Matt Perrine. Like so many others, those two moved to New Orleans and after a long apprenticeship—after countless crummy bar gigs and humiliating comparisons to the local virtuosos—became true New Orleans masters themselves....  read more

Interview: Galactic's Stanton Moore and SCEA Music Manager Jonathan Mayer Talk The Music of inFamous 2

In 2009, inFamous introduced the world to Cole MacGrath, a courier-turned-lightning-toting superhero with a morality complex. This summer will see the release of inFamous 2, transplanting Cole from the electric metropolis of Empire City to the shambling bayou town of New Marais....  read more

Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Mavis Staples, More to Play Life is Good Fest, All Profits to Charity

The Life is Good Festival, held Sept. 11-12 at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass. (a suburb of Boston), aims to raise $1 million for kids facing life-threatining challenges. The festival is an all-ages, family-friendly event that features big name bands like Jason Mraz, Ben Harper, Dr. Dog, Guster, Mavis Staples, OK Go, Corinne Bailey Rae, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, and Toubab Krewe, as well as children’s artists like The Laurie Berkner Band, They Might Be Giants, and Dan Zanes and Friends....  read more

B.B. King, ZZ Top, Allen Toussaint Lead Telluride Blues and Brews Lineup

Heading into its 17th year, the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival in Telluride, Colo., is gearing up for another weekend of iconic music and tasty suds. This year’s event, scheduled for Sept. 17-20, boasts headlining performances from B.B. King, ZZ Top, The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Allen Toussaint, Galactic and a selection of more than 150 beers from over 50 microbreweries to wash it all down....  read more

Galactic announces fall tour

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

Galactic: From the Corner to the Block

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

New Orleans funk band Galactic turns trip-hop

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

Galactic - Ruckus

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