Kneebody are performing live at Nectar Lounge in Fremont with the Seattle supergroup Happy Orchestra opening the show. The driving funk horns on “Chief” from their 2015 album "Crush" will have you wondering if Starsky and Hutch are on your tail. Self-described “progressive old school,” their grooves evoke The Meters popping soul funk, but check out the synthesizer and drum breakdown on “Free Swag” to hear how this band progresses into uncharted musical territory.Ī band requested after the very first New Cool show by one of your fellow listeners, the Boston funk outfit Lettuce features a pair you’ve heard in the band Soulive – keys player Neal Evans and guitarist Eric Krasno. Recorded live in the studio in a single night, it’s a fantastic document of this band’s first two years together. Their new album "The Nashville Session" gets its first play on The New Cool, returning the band to their early sound with the groovy “Carrot Juice”.įrom Denver, rather than the next galaxy over, Space Orphan released their debut album "Shut Up About the Sun" last fall and it was quickly named by among the top 20 funk albums of the year. The New Mastersounds from Leeds, England got started nearly two decades ago with a sound owing a debt to the '60s boogaloo records from the Blue Note label, developing into a looser funky jazz outfit that’s become one of Europe’s top live bands. Just in time, this week’s episode of The New Cool features new additions from a slew of fantastic modern jazz musicians. With spring still a month away, this Puget Sound native knows it’s time to mix things up. The Presidents’ Day three-day weekend feels like a holiday, but unless your making tracks on the ski slopes, the weather usually doesn’t offer much worth celebrating. Late-February in the Northwest is a non-turning point.