DEEP STREET SOUL: Hold On Me (2012)

It’s deep funk death match time to see who can do the stankest slice of raw-ass funky sister soul action this year. Meaning? Nothing less than Melbourne’s Deep Street Soul dropping a new single hot on the heels of Brighton’s The Grits’ Strychnine/ (I’d Walk A) Funky Mile 45. On the A-side is Hold On Me (the Mighty May Johnson-featuring best track off recent long player Look Out, Watch Out) and…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DEEP STREET SOUL: Look Out, Watch Out (2011)

DEEP STREET SOUL: Look Out, Watch Out (2011)
RATING: 5/5
Whoop, whoop! Watch out - Australia’s Deep Street Soul return with even more garage and fuzz in their funk than before with this double whammy. It seems like they might’ve hooked themselves up with something of a permanent vocalist in the form of appropriately raucous-voiced May Johnston who lets rip on the uptempo title track of the DSS’ forthcoming second LP Look Out, Watch Out. As with their last 45 the flip is soul sister vocal too and Greenbacks-girl Shirley Davis is back with a mighty cover of soul king Clarence Reid’s Masterpiece…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

DEEP STREET SOUL: Kick Out The Jams (feat. Tia Hunter) b/w Greenbacks (feat. Shirley Davis) – 2009 – 7” review

DEEP STREET SOUL: Kick Out The Jams (feat. Tia Hunter) b/w Greenbacks (feat. Shirley Davis) – 2009 – 7” review
RATING: 5/5
Dirtier and grittier than sex in a gravel pit, this inspired cover of The MC5’s seminal garage rock anthem has to be contender for best new soul/funk 45 of the year. The lead single from Melbourne funk band Deep Street Soul’s self-titled LP due later this year (yes, another world class funk band from the city that’s already given us The Bamboos and Cookin On Three Burners), it comes with sassy sister-funk vocals from …READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM