minimix: Week In Preview

What a city! Here's a small taste of some music in NYC in the next several days... and I'm not even touching the weekends (I think it's conceivable to see all 5 of these in a matter of 2 days). Consider this the proverbial tip of the iceberg. See you there!

Enjoy!

Download the mix

01 Good Old People -- Bill Frisell: The Intercontinentals
02 Exodus Damage -- John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt
03 Now. Now. -- St. Vincent: Marry Me
04 Raindrops Whisper Words -- Benevento/Russo Duo: Marco Benevento And Joe Russo
05 Tropicana -- Ratatat: Classics
06 T.I.B.W.F. -- The Budos Band: Budos Band

(P)review: Freaks Ball Se7en

FREAKS BALL VII!!!

(Apollo Sunshine photos pilfered from Beatrice Evangelista)

No review this week, instead of looking backwards, let's look forward to what will certainly be one of the throwdowns of 2007, the 7th installment of the freak-out known as the Freaks Ball.

Unbelievably, it's been seven years of the ole bump and hustle and this year we have a tremendous "tastemakers special" line-up, and you are cordially invited to join us in partying down.

The details:

Freaks Ball VII
Southpaw
Brooklyn, NY
27 January 2007

Featuring:
Apollo Sunshine

Chris Harford & The Band of Changes

The Dansettes

Tickets are a mere $20 for what will certainly be a long, dirty, drunken evening. Ticket availability is never guaranteed, so do yourself a favor and get yours now here. (They make great Kwanzaa gifts!)

I could go on about each band individually, how freakin' SICK it's all gonna be, etc., but you're better off just listening for yourself, so we've put together a little download mix to get an idea of what kind of fun we'll be having. So download these tunes buy your tickets and get ready to roll.

Of course, it's gonna be freakin' sick, party of the year... get involved!