"a deep-grooving brand of muscular, economic, syncopated soul-funk that hits the ear with almost bewildering impact. almost too good to be true." (LA Weekly - Pick Of The Week)

"already hometown stars in a city that eats funk for breakfast, this horn-augmented New Orleans quintet is the tightest and tastiest Louisiana groove band to emerge since the Meters. Less noodly but no less exploratory than Medeski Martin and Wood, Galactic is the fat, fulsome spawn of acid jazz, the East Coast jam-band scene, and New Orleans street music." (The Village Voice)

(three writeups in Billboard so far; also covered by Jazz Times, High Times, An Honest Tune, Offbeat, Time Out NY, On The One, Straight No Chaser, Pulse, Lounge Magazine, Tribe, Step Jazz, DropD, Yall, etc as well as newspapers everywhere - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Springfield Advocate, Orlando Weekly, and all points in between!)

(also covered by MTV Asia, PBS TV; multiple songs used on MTV's Dennis Rodman Show)

Offbeat Magazine's annual poll of Louisiana press, clubs, and record stores have named Galactic "Best Up And Coming Funk Band" (1995 and 1996) and awarded the Coolin' Off album "Best Album by a Louisiana Artist - R & B / Soul / Funk" (1996). In 1997, Galactic was voted "Best Funk Band", ahead of the legendary Meters!

Have also opened for The Meters (many times), Maceo Parker, Medeski Martin Wood, Widespread Panic (Halloween 1997), War, Larry Graham, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tower of Power, Greyboy Allstars, LL Cool J, etc. Charlie Hunter, Jon Fishman, Warren Haynes, Les Claypool and Skerik have all jammed with Galactic. Bandmembers have also played with George Porter (The Meters), New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, etc.

Galactic has toured nationally with Charlie Hunter, Widespread Panic, the HORDE tour, and more recently with Ben Harper, Counting Crows and Live.