the playlist: JUN 2020

1. Milky Chance (featuring Jack Johnson) - "Don't Let Me Down"

2. Tash Sultana - "Pretty Lady"

3. The Ries Brothers - "Save You"

4. DENM (featuring Jared Watson) - "Califas"

5. Long Beach Dub Allstars - "Tell Me"

6. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - "Good Love"

7. Passafire - "Sleepless"

8. The Elovaters (featuring Bret Bollinger) - "Let It All Out"

9. Iration (featuring Eric Rachmany & Stick Figure) - "Right Here Right Now"

10. KBong (featuring Mihali) - "Good To Hear Music"

the playlist: MAY 2019

1. Beck - "Saw Lightning"

2. 311 - "Good Feeling"

3. Moon Taxi - "Now's The Time"

4. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - "Stop Fighting"

5. The Lumineers - "Gloria"

6. Bear's Den - "Laurel Wreath"

7. Jarryd James - "Slow Motion"

8. Dermot Kennedy - "Power Over Me"

9. Andrew Leahey & The Homestead - "Airwaves"

10. Jamestown Revival - "This Too Shall Pass"

#reviewoftheweek / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Steady

GPGDS is back with their newest album, and best to date. This album is full on reggae glory. The band has brought their live performing jam friendly attitude to the studio, and developed a great collection of reggae jams. The album leads off with "Whatever Cost" which hooks you right away for the journey that you are about to take. You feel like you've just stepped off an airplane in Jamaica at times, especially on tracks like "Take Your Place" and the title track. There's no way you'd ever know these guys were from upstate NY. "Mr. Cop" and "Not The Fool" are both fun old school style reggae songs. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad have come into their own on this album, and are poised to become one of the powerhouses on the jam and reggae scene.

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• The Chemical Brothers - Don't Think (CD/DVD)
• Pete Kilpatrick Band - Heavy Fire
• Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - In These Times

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Mike Doughty - The Question Jar Show
• Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Country
• The Pines - Dark So Gold
• Fionn Regan - 100 Acres Of Sycamore
• SOJA - Strength To Survive
• Underworld - A Collection
• Underworld - 1992-2012 Anthology

CD REVIEW: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad "Live Up!"

It is quite possible that Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad is one of the best live dub reggae bands on the jam scene today. This album, the band's first live release, one ups their debut studio album by delivering a high energy collection of well crafted, superbly performed tunes in the way they were meant to be heard: live and uninhibited. "Seasons Change" sounds like anything you would hear coming straight from the island of Jamaica. The retro feel of each track on the album is reminiscent of reggae greats of the past including Bob Marley and Lee "Scratch" Perry. You will find yourself getting lost within the groove of each song. The shows that these gems were plucked from must have been awesome to be a part of, and it's a shame that the rest of the music created on each of those occasions couldn't be a part of "Live Up!"