The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)

"We came here to rock the microphone / while Dave breaks the record down to the bone"

Feeling more lo-fi, as well as more self-assured than their second album, the Go! Team's debut is still an instant party album; with samples from westerns, cop shows, and everything from 60s pop and funk to late 70s hip-hop, Thunder, Lightning, Strike is an irresistibly retro piece of dance music canon; this album is covered in a rose-tinted nostalgic fog for an era that draws a sharp contrast from the one we live in today, sounding like the soundtrack to a never-made 1983 action show, with all the car chases, sword fights, fearlessness and optimism intact

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Tubby Boots - The Eggshaker EP (2009)

This Long Beach three-piece plays a funky style of alt rock very similar to the jammier and lengthier work of Red Hot Chili Peppers (if you're a fan, check this out), along with the inclusion of Sonic Youth-esque experimentation; the band asked me to post this, and I'm more than happy to oblige, because it's really impressive stuff

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Sugar Daddy - This Ain't No Party This Ain't No Disco (2008)

These guys released this album for free online, which as you know is always a plus in my book, but this 'mini-album' can speak for itself; it's full of thick, funk rock goodness that the band says is influenced by groups as diverse as Funkadelic and Steely Dan

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The Go! Team - Proof of Youth (2007)

I'm not very good at describing music that's as ridiculous as this, but last.fm calls them a "mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader chants, noise-pop guitars and early hip-hop, with a hint of ’70s funk", so make of that what you will

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Nomo - Ghost Rock (2008)

Funky jazzy afrobeaty madness from Michigan

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Machine Gun Fellatio - Paging Mr. Strike (2002)

Funky sex-crazed alt rock with a double dose of Australia

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