06 June 2024

BISS List 6.6.24: Spotlight on For the Funk of It (8.9-8.11) + Best of BISS this Week

Hiya BISS Listers, Happy Funkin’ Thursday!

This week’s BISS List is overflowing with sonic goodness, but first, let’s rewind to last week’s whirlwind of shows!

Last Week’s Adventures

My Morning Jacket (5/30 @ The Fillmore): Pure magic. Jim James’ vocals soared, the band’s energy was infectious, and the crowd was all in. A night to remember. I know for some of you, it was a week of MMJ to remember! FB Album
The Attic + Blü Egyptian (5/30 @ Boom Boom Room): The perfect after-party! The Attic brought their funky vibes, while Blü Egyptian kept the dance floor grooving until the wee hours. FB Album
Tedeschi Trucks Band + Little Feat (5/31 @ The Greek): A double dose of blues-rock goodness! Susan Tedeschi’s guitar solos were on fire, and obviously so were Derek’s! The horn section! The vocals section! That whole band is so tight! And Little Feat’s classics had the crowd singing along to kick off the evening. FB Album
APE, Radio Veloso, & DJ Otto (6/1 @ Cafe Du Nord): A global music journey! The night kicked off with DJ Otto’s eclectic beats, followed by Radio Veloso’s groovy rhythms that warmed up the crowd. Then APE took over the stage (with a special intro from yours truly) & brought down the house & closed out the night with their unique rock-xotica jams. Meanwhile, Crazy Al skillfully handcrafted a piece of wood into a beautiful tiki. Additionally, a lucky audience member won the raffle and took home the tiki. The night was a benefit for the non-profit organization, “City Surf Project.” It was a fantastic evening filled with music and creativity FB Album

Terrapin Roadshow Review from Gabriel Barkin

Our man Gabriel gives us the lowdown on the Paper Moon Presents: The Terrapin Roadshow ft Guitar Trio: Grahame Lesh, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz & Stu Allen + Steve Adams, Alex Koford, and Jason Crosby show at the Bruns in Orinda, with stunning photos to boot. Check it out!

Share Your Experiences!

Let’s be real… I can’t be everywhere at once (though I have certainly tried over the years!) So I am asking if you can help me out, BISS fam! Share your show photos and videos in our Google Photo Album.

This Week’s Picks

As always, we’ve curated our best of BISS shows for your choosing. You can find the full “Best of BISS” section below. But here’s what I’m personally vibing with:

The Damned (6/6 @ The Regency): I won’t be there myself but Spor’s stoked for this old-school punk rock show!
Echo & The Bunnymen (6/6 @ The Warfield): I’ll be there soaking in their post-punk anthems.
JeConte & The Salty Dawgs (6/7 @ MarinMade): Get ready to Funk it up and get Salty in Saucy! (*WIN*)
Ronkat’s Katdelic (6/7 @ Boom Boom Room): A long-time favorite of mine. Get ready to groove! (*WIN*)
Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles (6/8 @ SF JAZZ): This is gonna be funky good. It is almost sold out now! So get on it ASAP!
George Clinton (6/9 @ Blue Note Napa): If I can rally after this epic week, I’m hoping to catch the funk master himself.

Mark Your Calendars

June 14th: Humidors 10th Year Anniversary @ Elbo Room: Join the Humidors for a very special 10th anniversary celebration featuring former lead singers Andre Cruz and Joseph Carter, and special guest vocalist Adeoti Ashiru. Sharing the stage will be Huney Knuckles! Get tickets here. Check out this week’s #ListenToThis song pick of the week to find out why we love this band!
June 30th: BISS List Presents: Tom Freund & Friends ft Wally Ingram + Mad Johnny (Casa Del Sol) @ Hotel Utah: BISS List is super excited to be part of this fun show on Sunday June 30th with Tom Freund & his friends including Wally Ingram & more! Sounds like a great pre-party kick off in SF before this year’s special High Sierra Music Festival! Get tickets here
July 4th-7th: High Sierra Music Festival @ Quincy, CA: Listen up people! If you are one of those who say that you will just wait to go next year, your wait is over! This is THE year to go! Don’t miss out on headliners Primus, Ziggy Marley, Greensky Bluegrass & Jerry Harrison + Adrian Belew Remain In Light, The Allman Betts Band plus ALO, The California Honeydrops, The Floozies, The Polish Ambassador, Say She She, Shinyribs, Eggy, Bombinο, Ghost-Note, Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes, Cool Cool Cool, Orgone, Holly Bowling and a stacked lineup of all your favorite jam, bluegrass, and roots acts. Get tickets here.
August 9th-11th: For The Funk Of It @ Belden, CA: Are you ready to get funky this summer in Belden? Then For The Funk of It is the festival for you! And with this line-up you have nothing to lose! Polyrhythmics, Cool Cool Cool, The Nth Power, LAZWELL, Object Heavy, Collectivity, and lots more! and many more! Check out the spotlight below for more info and find out how you can win a pair of tickets OR Get tickets here!

As Always: Check out the Win Tickets page, and don’t forget there is more on the Full Calendar.

One Last Thing… Our featured song of the week is “Cruise” by The Humidors. Check it out in the #ListenToThis section below.

Until next week, BISS fam, have fun at whatever musical adventures you go on! Whether you’re moshing in the pit, swaying to soulful melodies, or funkin’ it up, soak it all in. Here’s to another week of fantastic live music.

~ Pamela aka Miss BISS
#seeyouattheshows

SPOTLIGHT ON FUNK FEST

For the Funk of It

August 9th-11th @ Belden Town Resort

Northern California’s only all funk music festival returns to Belden! For the Funk of It brings a wide variety of contemporary funk bands killing it in the scene today. Featuring the most talented funk musicians who are dying to lay down some seriously funky music for you. Lineup includes Polyrhythmics, Cool Cool Cool, The Nth Power, Apollo Suns, Tha Exchange, Object Heavy, Collectivity, Hornmageddon, LAZWELL, Oakadelic, West Grass Brass Band, The Gold Souls, Litty DeBungus, Fourth Position, Phat Mark, JeNes N The Juice, Boca De Rio, Drinking with Clowns, ESP, Suika T, and more!

The great thing about funk music, especially live funk, is it brings together all types of people, young and old, hippie and hipster, singles and families — just for the joy of good music. That spirit of community and good music come together for three days of live music and camping in Belden, where it all started!

*Check out all of our Featured Shows.

LISTEN TO THIS

Listen to “Cruise” by The Humidors (Released 2023)

Oakland eight-piece The Humidors have been churning out their own unique brand of party music for over a decade, combining elements of hard-hitting funk, greasy soul, vintage R&B, and soul jazz. Their song “Cruise” has all of those elements you’ve come to expect from the Humidors.

We spoke with songwriter Andre Cruz and he told us, “The lyrics to this song came about after we created the beat — right away I knew I wanted to do something a bit different that would lean heavier into my blues/r&b influences. The end result ended up being a song about me, being myself (despite my best efforts); both playful, self-deprecating, and accepting of my own faults & ambition.”