by Bman | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
JC BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND RELEASE 7” featuring “I GOT HIGH” b/w “RIVER” NEW TOUR DATES UPDATED INTO OCTOBER Following the release of their Bloodshot Records debut full-length Want More last fall and an amazing performance at Lollapalooza, JC Brooks & the...
by Bman | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound are releasing the second single from their 2011 album Want More. “Sister Ray Charles” is a bouncy organ-led singalong that will its own music video in the next couple weeks. The band is currently touring across the US.Here's a free...
by Bman | Nov 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound released their Bloodshot Records debut, Want More, an 11-song collection of soul crooning, R&B horn pops, and a raw post-punk aesthetic. Metromix mentioned that the album, “Sounds like the MC5 jamming with Otis Redding’s...
by Bman | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been listening to the new JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound release. This is a very upbeat recording fusing soul, power pop, funk,rock and blues (and a bunch of other stuff I'm sure. It's got the the soul singing with guitars and horns and a dance beat. What else...
by Bman | Sep 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
A month ago, we announced the signing of Chicago post-punk soul outfit JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. Now, fresh off performances opening for Robert Plant, Fitz and The Tantrums and a featured appearance at the Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival, we’d like to...
