#Ninja Funk

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Ivan Tao - Ninja Funk

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What’s Out This Week? 7/12

July is getting HOT, and so is our social calendar for the month!  

Acid Town GN Vol 1 -  Kyugo

In a city where lawlessness rules, Yuki and his best friend Tetsu attempt to rob the headquarters of the local Seidoukai in order to steal money to pay for Yuki's little brother's hospital bill. The mission is a failure, but piques the interest of mob boss Kazutaka Hyodo. He offers Yuki a deal; come to visit him once a week, and he'll take care of his brother's fees. Yuki accepts this arrangement without question, and so makes his first visit. This book contains strong language and darker elements, including mentions of sexual violence, and discussion of abuse.

Action Journalism With Kate Kelly! GN Vol 1 -  Eric Skillman, Miklos Felvideki & Mariane Gusmao

Action Journalism's favorite intrepid reporter, Kate Kelly, is New Arcadia's most trusted source for hard-hitting news. Always on the hunt for the next exclusive scoop, Kate and her trusty team infiltrate alien fleets, mad-scientist conventions, and fantasy kingdoms, all in search of the biggest stories the universe has to offer. But excitement seems to follow Kate everywhere as she keeps winding up in the middle of the story, risking it all to save the day!  

Antarctica #1 -  Simon Birks & Wili Roberts

Hannah's life imploded the day her father failed to return from the secretive Smith-Petersen Research Station in Antarctica. Alone and on the street, she's at her lowest ebb when a friend offers help. Retrained as an engineer, Hannah secures a job at the same Antarctic station to search for her father and stumbles headfirst into a conspiracy that threatens everything she's ever believed.

Black Tape TP -  Dan Panosian, Dalibor Talajic & Joe Quesada

Jack King was a rock'n'roll god who projected a stage persona on par with the devil. After Jack dies on stage, his widow, Cindy, grapples with grief and struggles to protect his legacy, unaware that she is being surrounded by dark forces that covet the master tapes to Jack's final, unreleased album - a heavy metal masterpiece that just might open a doorway to hell.

Bobby Digital & The Pit Of Snakes -  Ryan O'Sullivan, RZA & Vasilis Lolos

Who are you, what is real? This is the question Bobby Digital is seeking to answer. Embracing his id, ego and superego he embarks on a quest to figure out the nature of his reality and himself. He will be ambushed by enemies unknown, he will be tried in ways most men can't endure. Will he be victorious? Most of all will he survive the Pit of Snakes?! From the mind of the legendary RZA, Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes will coincide with the relaunch of the iconic character and be synced to music that will melt your mind.

Dead Mall TP -  Adam Cesare & David Stoll

The Penn Mills Galleria is about to be demolished. Five teens sneak into the mall to take a last look around before it's gone. However, while Penn Mills has been closed for years, the mall is far from abandoned. A night of exploration becomes a shopping spree from hell. The teens must contend with the sprawling, transformative cosmic horror of Penn Mills or be trapped forever within the Dead Mall. 

Dear Rosie GN - Meghan Boehman & Rachael Briner

Seventh-grader Millie has the best friends in the whole world: Florence, Claire, Gabby, and Rosie, but when Rosie dies in a car accident everything changes. Rocked by grief, the remaining four girls struggle to move on. Millie barely understands her normal pre-teen feelings, let alone the messy ones left behind by Rosie, so she outruns her emotions by throwing herself into a mystery: a cryptic notebook abandoned at her family's laundromat. Could the clues in the notebook be related to Rosie? Together, Millie and her friends embark on a heartwarming journey to heal from the loss of Rosie and end up finding more than they ever could have even imagined.

Eerie Tales From The School Of Screams TP - Graham Annable

Box Trolls director Graham Annable pens a hair-raising graphic novel collecting five original scary stories for middle-grade readers. School is tough. School is scary. School is eerie. No one knows this better than Davis and Emily. But they're not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless vice principals. They're scared because their teacher wants her students to present the class with the spookiest, most chilling stories they can think of. From the twisted mind of Graham Annable comes five horrifying stories that will scare your skeleton right out of your skin. Are you ready to stare down "The Face in the Forest"? Do you think you can handle the truth behind "The Village that Vanished?"

Eight Limbs TP  -  Stephanie Phillips, Giulia Lalli & Dan Panosian

Joanna, a  retired Muay Thai champion, takes in a troubled foster teen and decides to train her... until the teen lands herself in a dangerous situation and Joanna must re-enter the ring to fight for her new family! 

Fishflies #1 (of 6) -  Jeff Lemire When a brutal and violent crime puts the life of an innocent teenage boy in the balance, it sets off a chain of events in bucolic Bell River, Ontario that will permanently change several residents' lives. And as the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox will form an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them on an odyssey of discovery and redemption.

The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood GN -  Box Brown

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his next graphic novel, he unravels how marketing that targeted children in the 1980s has shaped adults in the present. Powered by the advent of television and super-charged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? In The He-Man Effect, Brown shows us how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights, bringing beloved brands like He-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse himself into the spotlight.

Nemesis Reloaded TP -  Mark Millar & Jorge Jimenez

The world's most evil comic book character is back! Who is Nemesis, and why does this eccentric billionaire who dresses up in a mask and cape want to terrorize people instead of helping them? Isn't that how this is supposed to go? Trigger warning: Too violent and just too cool for some! Don't say we didn't warn you.

Ninja Funk Vol 1 TP -  JPG, Steve Schuitt & Alex Riegel

The breakout hit of 2022 has been collected in an epic 128 page trade paperback featuring additional bonus content and never before seen art. Guardians of the Galaxy meets Borderlands as a motley crew of electronic musicians fights to restore their dying planet. Frequency-Bending Warrior DJs. Cyborg Housecats. The Broken Rhythm of the Universe. Ninja Funk is an epic hero's journey like you've never seen before! Wielding frequencies like a kind of magic, Lazerwolf, JPG McFly, and Wolfgang the Cat face off against the forces of B.A.D. Music to bring True Harmony back to their world. In a fun, high stakes adventure weaved together with downloadable face-melting beats, Ninja Funk follows a ragtag band of misfits as they attempt to save a universe that's off-key.

Occulted GN -  Amy Rose, Ryan Estrada & Jeongmin Lee

When the Hale-Bopp soared across the sky in 1997, Amy Rose thought it was the start of an amazing new future. Instead, it brought news of a horrible tragedy at the Heaven's Gate compound just down the road. Amy had always known there was something off about the community she grew up in. She had been forbidden from going to school, or visiting the library because the leader told her that there was no use learning about a world that was about to end. But it was not until the news of the deaths at Heaven's Gate invaded the temple walls that she heard a new word that explained everything: cult.  She must risk everything to indulge in secret trips to an abandoned, off-limits library that teaches her everything she was not meant to know. That Gandhi was not a space alien. That Star Trek wasn't real. That her community was built on a lie. And most importantly, the banned books give her all the information that she needs to escape.

Pea, Bee & Jay: The Big Bully GN -  Brian "Smitty" Smith

The three besties are searching for treasure when a great big pumpkin storms over and bullies Jay into giving up his very shiny pebble-not cool, Pumpkin. But when they band together to prove that being big doesn't mean you get to push others around, the trio discovers that Pumpkin's got some extra-large issues of her own. Can Pea, Bee, & Jay get to the real root of the problem and bring the farm back to solid ground?

Sirens Of The City #1 (of 6) -  Joanne Starer & Khary Randolph

New York City. 1980s.  Runaway teen Layla struggles to survive on the mean streets, far from home. But now every supernatural creature from the darkest corners of the urban grime is after Layla... and the child-to-be she never wanted growing inside her.... This gritty urban fantasy created by Joanne Starer (The Gimmick) and Excellence's Khary Randolph shines a light on bodily autonomy in a patriarchal world.

Sort Of Super Vol 1 TP - Eric Gapstur

Wyatt and his sister Adeline are determined to investigate an extinct volcano hundreds of miles from home that Adeline believes to be related to their mother's mysterious disappearance. At first it seems like an impossible mission until they realize there's a summer camp conveniently situated near the base of the volcano. So it's off to summer camp for Wyatt, Adeline, and their buddies Beto and Nara. But when they get there, they find it impossible to sneak away from the heavily chaperoned grounds. Opportunity presents itself by way of the Magma Cup, the camp's tournament-style series of mental and physical competitions where the finalists compete in an overnight-and less chaperoned-scavenger hunt on the volcano itself!  

Svengoolie: Lost In Time #1 (of 2) - Rich Koz & Chris Jones

In this first of two specials, MeTV sensation Svengoolie appears in his first full length comic book feature, as the evil Svenbot goes to the past to undo Svengoolie's future.  Learn the secrets behind Sven, and his crazy cast of friends, Boddy Sorrell, Tombstone and Kerwyn as told by the show's creators Rich (Svengoolie) Koz, Jim Roche and Chris Faulkner. Buy this at your local store and remember, No Personal Checks!

Underground Gn Vol 1 -  J R De Bard

Karim Yun, a biracial taekwondo fighter, pits his skills against New York's most brutal underground martial artists. Seeking revenge against the violent gang who attacked him and ended his Olympic dreams, he's determined to battle every colorful combatant in his path. His only obstacle is the illness brought about by the violent attack, which could kill Karim if he becomes too reckless-serving as his conscience is his nurse, who is trying to push him into changing his lifestyle but is learning more about the danger and the allure of secret mixed martial arts contests. Created by black belt martial artist JR De Bard, this sports manga provides a detailed look into the world of underground fight clubs.

What This World Is Made Of GN Vol 1 - Shin Yamamoto

After losing everything, the Nakata brothers find a mysterious app that offers a chance to make large sums of money. But are they ready for the danger they must now face, the deadly monsters known as WORLDs...?  

Whatcha snagging this week, Fantom Fam??

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ᗩᑭᖇIᒪ O'ᑎEIᒪ ᖴᑌᑎK

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Tracklist:

Intro (These) • Get Ready (To Get Ready) • I Own A Car • Let's Save The Earth • Dance 'Til You Stop* • My Pet Python • Death Metal • Sports Anthem • Seatbelts! • Nut Heat • Behind The Mask • Dig Ol' Bick • Galaxy Hamster • The Boner Of Peace (Part III of the Boner Trilogy) • Outro (Nuts)

*Submitter's Note: Dance 'til You Stop features Tom Cardy!

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

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TMNT AU RAPHMONA FOR MY SOUL YEAHHH CUZ I FORGOT HOW TO DRAW.

Mona's parents were crudely mutated by a sister organization before she was born, so she always lived life as a giant salamander mutant. Raphael is 5'2.

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Hottest Drummer Tournament Round 1

Frank Ferrer

Band(s): Guns N’ Roses // The Psychedelic Furs // Love Spit Love // The Dead Daisies // The Beautiful // The Compulsions // Pssr // Beatrazr // Gordon Gano & The Ryans 

Albums/EPs as drummer:

Appetite For Democracy 3D (Guns N’ Roses)

Love Spit Love (Love Spit Love) Trysome Eatone (Love Spit Love)

Face I Love (The Dead Daisies)

The Beautiful (The Beautiful) Highway (The Beautiful)

21 Powers Street (The Compulsions) Laughter From Below (The Compulsions) Ferocious (The Compulsions) Beat The Devil (The Compulsions) Dirty Fun (The Compulsions & Rob Carlyle) Demon Love / The Cocaine EP (The Compulsions) Been through Hell (The Compulsions)

Hitting The Ground (Gordon Gano) Under The Sun (Gordon Gano & The Ryans)

Havve Hogan

Band(s): TWRP

Albums/EPs as drummer:

Sex Is a Machine That Likes to Dance (TWRP) Poised to Dominate (TWRP) The Device (TWRP) 2nite (TWRP) Believe in Your Dreams (TWRP) Guardians of the Zone (TWRP) Ladyworld (TWRP) Together Through Time (TWRP) Return to Wherever (TWRP) Over the Top (TWRP) New & Improved (TWRP) Friends of the Blues (TWRP) Digital Nightmare (TWRP)

Under the Covers (Ninja Sex Party) Under the Covers, Vol. II (Ninja Sex Party) Cool Patrol (Ninja Sex Party) Under the Covers, Vol. III (Ninja Sex Party) The Prophecy (Ninja Sex Party) Level Up (Ninja Sex Party) These Nuts (Ninja Sex Party)

The TryForce (Starbomb)

Propaganda:

Best and hottest drumming robot this side of the solar system.

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HIM, I LOVE HIM

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I drew 2012 donatello

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In the end, he’s just a kid…

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Day 29.- Favorite Alternative Outfit

They look SO cool i'm that underrated clothes

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David Mack - Ninja Funk

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Invisible Club 37

30.10.2024

Intro 00:00 Brainstory–Sweet & Lovely (Instrumental) 01:03 Hawksmoor–The Transcendentalist 03:38 Musette–Coucou Anne 06:51 Ginger Root–Kaze 10:47 Group Listening–Shopping Building 12:55 Aphex Twin–#19 14:55 Slow Dancing Society–Coda 20:39 Tycho–Consciousness Felt 29:09 Lines Of Silence–The Long Way Home – La Route des Choux Mix 32:19 Gaudi Kosmisches Trio–Omoka 38:00 The Lighthouse–Altered Statesman 43:22 Ghost Funk Orchestra–Eyes of Love 46:47 Jonathan Fitoussi–Cales-Thédrales 49:46 Bolbec–Feuille D’orage 52:44 ATW–Balaphonix 55:18 Erik Salin–Harmony 57:36 Outro 58:20

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Little Dragons’ Slugs Of Love

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Jayda G — Guy (Ninja Tune)

Coming off the warm reception to her eco-conscious debut full-length Significant Changes, Jayda Guy’s star was ascending in electronic circles for her crate-digging sets and productions that blended classic Chicago house, disco, boogie and funk. Her time in Berlin was finished; she had wrapped up co-running the Freakout Cult imprint with DJ Fett Burger and moved west to London. She got married. And despite the pandemic’s onset, she bucked the trend for most anxious dance music producers and found a hit in 2020 with everyone at home: “Both of Us” was as memorable a single as you’ll find from the summer that wasn’t. A DJ-Kicks entry in 2021 as things started to open back up again wasn’t unexpected, but the same can’t be said for her second album. Guy is as much a therapy session as it is an album, as much for her as it is for listeners.

“I had the idea for the album for a long time,” she recently told Billboard, but “didn’t have the time, energy and space to tackle what that would look like emotionally.” That idea? Grappling with the death of her father, who passed away when she was 10. With nowhere to go and no one to play to during the pandemic, Jayda trawled through more than 11 hours of video William Guy recorded about his life with her older sister after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. What a life to draw from, too: From a childhood growing up in Kansas to enlisting in Vietnam to Washington, D.C., riots to roofing in Canada to social work, William had a rich personal history to draw from and what seemed to be a considered perspective on his life as a whole as his days drew to an end.

For tackling such a personal topic, then, it made sense that Jayda G would rely on herself more than ever to uncover how that emotional soundscape would take shape. Though Jack Peñate (Adele, David Byrne, Adele) co-produces and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz (Ibeyi) and Ed Thomas (Nia Archives, Stormzy, Jorja Smith) feature, this is wholly Jayda’s album. Reversing her usual method of starting with the music and leaving lyrics last, the songs of Guy started with the words — and, for the first time (aside from “Both of Us”), her own voice. From focusing on what’s said to vocal coaching in an effort to carry tunes better, Guy is a very different listen to what precedes it.

Following a scene-setting intro from one of her dad’s tapes, “Blue Lights” jumps into it to give you an idea of what you’re in for. With a light bongo touch, Jayda’s vocals practically bounce over a sleek house track that portrays her dad’s position as a nighttime radio DJ amid the D.C. riots of 1968. There’s the marital discord of “Heads or Tails” and “Lonely Back in O” set to backclaps and carefully deployed, lush-yet-spartan synths. The airy highlight “Scars” will resonate with anyone who’s ever been discriminated against by authorities, particularly the police. “Your Thoughts” is quite simply New Wave, an ‘80s synth-pop throwback with the slightest Caribbean tinge to it in the dubby echo of the synthesizers. The breezy yacht rock guitar of “Meant to Be” fits the song’s topic of Jayda’s dad meeting her mom in Canada, a buoyant optimism pervading. “When She Dance” late in the album also incorporates the perspective of Jayda’s grandmother and the power of Black womanhood.

The real revelation here, however, is “Circle Back Around.” You could write tomes on this track, which again addresses authority and discrimination, but it’s perhaps the most cohesive song Jayda G has ever written. The single version with the video shown above is slightly different from the album version and, though less suited to the dancefloor, is the better of the two: Audio snippets otherwise scattered across the album are condensed for the video into one of the finest singles of 2023 as her dad describes running from the cops as a kid in Kansas before the galloping beat appears to complement the theme. Jayda’s vocals are at their most cathartically ethereal here, and the way the beat drops back in for the final stretch is unmatched; only the hardest of hearts could give it a shrug.

If Significant Changes was about caring for our planet ecologically, Guy is about caring for our planet interpersonally. The emotional excavation Jayda G has done with her sophomore album is admirable to witness and a joy to hear, its brighter outlook on what this life has left for us a direct line from the hard-earned calm of William Guy to anyone who hears him. Too often we are tempted by the dark, easily seduced by the wretched evils and seemingly unending fears this world has to offer; Guy offers a rebuke, says wait a minute, take a deep breath and look around at what wonders are left. There’s so much still to cherish — and so many still to love.

Patrick Masterson

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A non-comprehensive list of favorite songs that came out in 2024

Elbow, "Things I've Been Telling Myself For Years" [YOUTUBE] alt-rock Haven't been super thrilled by the past 2 or 3 Elbow albums but they're back in fine form with Audio Vertigo. Swinging for the bleachers, getting a little weird with it again, thank god. This one's got my favorite verses on the album: I'm the dashboard hula girl of nodding self-deception Here's to never accepting slight adjustment or correction... Of course I'll live to ninety-six and fix the welfare state I'll build a house with these two hands, my face above the gate I haven't paid for cabs or beers or met a cunt in twenty years Like all that outrun poverty, all I have was coming to me Things I've been telling myself for years

TWRP, "Content 4 U" [YOUTUBE] pop Highly danceable, highly relatable. First heard this on the Digital Nightmare tour this spring. After shaking my ass and giggling into the April night air, the lyrics sink in and I'm doing that dead eyed Lisa Simpson stare at the pavement because yeah that's. That's trying to live from any creative hustle in this bitch of a 21st century. Excellent work, boys, I hate it. I love it.

St. Vincent, "Big Time Nothing" [YOUTUBE] alt-pop What's the big deal this is just "Numb" over the bass line from "Army of Me" with a little Laurie Anderson and Talking Heads thrown in and wait hold up this rules

Oranssi Pazuzu, "Muuntautuja" [YOUTUBE] (link fixed!) prog/psych/black metal Goes hard and slow. A pulsating, hypnotic onslaught of black smoke and sandpaper. The whole album's incredible but this is probably my favorite track.

Kendrick Lamar, "Euphoria" [YOUTUBE] hip hop I mean, it's Kendrick Lamar. Dude's a fuckin Godzilla across the musical landscape. "Not Like Us" was the splashier hit of the summer, but this is the one that stayed with me. (Listening again while writing this and. Jesus, It's... it's 6 solid minutes of sticking your hand right on a hot burner.)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, "Antarctica" [YOUTUBE] southern rock A fun (ironically) warm summer jam that fuckin blew the doors off live. Easily my fave from their most recent album.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Wild God" [YOUTUBE] alt-rock/symphonic Really sneaks up on you, like a mumbly guy in the coffee shop. What's he writing? "Moving through your body like a prehistoric bird?" Huh, Looks intriguiOH HOLY SHIT HE HAS A CHORUS WITH HIM.

John Grant, "All That School for Nothing" [YOUTUBE] alt-pop/funk John Grant's got this particular nasty (complimentary) streak, a deep-seated gay cynicism that reminds me of Hidden Cameras at their best, but with more lush and varied instrumentals. His lyrics are always tops, and this one's no exception. The whole album, The Art of the Lie, is great, with "Marbles" being another delight.

Ninja Sex Party, "Let's Save The Earth" [YOUTUBE] comedy pop Feels silly to put this one in alongside the rest, but... I mean it's NSP. They do goofs, not a poetic dissection of the zeitgeist. I actually heard this one on tour in Fall 2022 and it brought the house down--I might actually prefer it live with audience participation TBH. This has become me and Brett's karaoke go-to.

A.G. Cook, "Soulbreaker" [YOUTUBE] electronic Deceptively simple chord progression becomes healing, memorable. The animated video for this is essential viewing, IMO. Wild art style and cool concept. This song makes me feel like things might turn out okay.

Elbow, "Balu" [YOUTUBE] alt-rock Probably my most played track of the entire year. Apparently this is a semi-fictional tribute to a beloved cousin or nephew? Once again back with the incredible lyrics. Probably my favorite line of the entire year: I'll never be home without you, but I'll never grow in your shadow. Anyway that bass/keyboard line is sending me to the center of the galaxy