High Decibels Review: “The Second Coming of Schoolyard Funk”

New, awesome reviews of the upcoming High Decibels album:

Okayplayer “The High Decibels” ”I was caught unawares by their simple-but-striking visual style, care-free but conscious true-school-isms and rootsy Blues-Rock riffs.  I couldn’t help but admire the way they simultaneously practice ’90s Rap revivalism while paying tribute to proto-Rock Rhythm & Blues and the Rock & Roll and Soul revues of yesteryear.

SF Weekly “Miss Cindy”: “This awesome track ‘Miss Cindy’ is straight up early days of Beck … everything from country rock to hip-hop to Zeppelin blues and hard funk.”

Pensatos “Miss Cindy”: “Gliding from hip-hop and rock to blues with frightening ease is the second coming of schoolyard funk in the form of Oakland trio HIgh Decibels”

Duke going to National Slam Poetry Finals

 

Duke is slammin'

Duke Johnson, lead MC of the HIgh Decibels, will be going to the Slam Poetry National finals in Madison, Wisconsin, August 5-9.  Better known as Dre in his poetry circles, he had consistently been at the top of the San Francisco rankings all year, but had to prove his mettle at the San Francisco finals in order to go to the nationals.  He did.