As D-Pat
tipped you off, there's some Mashvillin' going on tonight over at the Mercy tonight. What you might not know is that Cap'n Wick-It of the Good Ship Body Rock is going to be dropping his new album on the first 200 of you goons to walk through the door. What's it sound like, you ask? I have no fucking clue — he finished it on Wednesday night and I haven't left my house in almost a week. OK, I'm lying. I do know what it sounds like, but I feel awkward admitting how much time I've spent listening to his
Black Keys/Big Boi mashup. Anyway, if you're still scratching your head about who and what this whole Mashville thing is, peep this lil' piece o' propaganda from our Next Big Nashville coverage:
Hold on to your butts, it's gonna be a bumpin' ride! Is there a better way to cap off a week of celebrating Nashville's increasingly eclectic, genre-flouting music scene than to party down with Music City's own mashup maniacs from the Mashville crew? No, no there is not. We spend a lot of time talking about how much we love the Mashville dudes on these pages, but that's because they spend a lot of time making sure that our faces are melted and our minds are blown — you'd think after three years of covering their monthly dance night we'd be over it by now. That's not the case, as Bateman, Orig, Wick-It, Kidsmeal and crew have used their success to expand not just the province of their tunes but Nashville's entire musical palette, bouncing between pop, hip-hop and electronic music with style and poise rarely seen on these rhinestone-encrusted shores. These boogie-down boys bring big beats and monster tracks— not to mention an unquenchable thirst for big-time party vibes — to every single show, and tonight at Mercy Lounge will be no different. Well, it'll probably be different, since it seems like every time they get to take over the boomin' sound system on Cannery Row they crank up the awesome to 11 and the audience responds in kind. We can't wait to get down Saturday night — and it's a good thing we already put aside some cab fare 'cause we're gonna get crunk!
Mashville starts at 9 p.m. at Mercy Lounge tonight and it's free, so you really have no excuse for not showing up.
