{"id":11735,"date":"2012-08-08T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2012-08-08T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T18:00:42","slug":"summertime-soul-watch-monophonics-soul-psych","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-08\/summertime-soul-watch-monophonics-soul-psych\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime Soul–Watch Monophonics’ Soul-Psych"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently stumbled upon the Bay Area’s Monophonics<\/strong> performing for KDHX<\/strong> in St. Louis.\u00a0 Thanks to Daptone Records<\/strong> and many others, we’ve seen a resurgence in large soul bands such as the Dap-Kings<\/strong> and the Menahan Street Band<\/strong>.\u00a0 And now we have the improved Monophonics<\/strong>, who have been toiling and honing their chops for a good number of years in obscurity.\u00a0 Check out the band below (in full casual, including flip-flops), sitting (but killing) on their songs There’s a Riot Going On<\/strong><\/em> (no, not that one) and Say You Love Me<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We initially thought that on the first song the lead vocals were being piped in.\u00a0 Instead, the camera pans to the band’s recently-added lead singer, Kelly Finnigan<\/strong>, who gives it a blood, sweat and tears effort (a la David Clayton-Thomas<\/strong> or Gregg Allman<\/strong><\/em>) and impresses throughout (unlike many other neo-soul singers such as the Stevie Wonder knock-off, Allan Stone<\/strong>).\u00a0 Check them out below.<\/p>\n