March 17, 2007 at 09:56:00 AM New Orleans funk outfit is joined by Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, and Boots Riley for a charged set at Emo's; also, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party. Andrew Bird, Indian Jewelry, and Tiny Masters of Today.
AUSTIN, Texas--It won't likely hit store shelves until the fall, but if Galactic's set here last night was any indication, the New Orleans funk group has cooked up quite a doozy of a new record.
Seems the quintet has taken a shine to some of the best emcees in hip-hop, and have decided to make an album featuring the likes of Blackalicious' Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, Boots Riley from the Coup, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, Digable Panets' Ladybug Mecca, and Lateef tha Truth Speaker. In its set last night at Emo's, the band was joined by Gift of Gab, Lyrics Born, and Boots, each of whom played a short set of their own material back by Galactic and debuted the songs on which they appear on the forthcoming album. Gab was first, jumping into an astounding version of "Alphabet Aerobics," a Blackalicious track on which Gab rattles off two lines apiece for every letter of the alphabet, starting with, "Artificial amateurs, aren't at all amazing / Analytically, I assault, animate things" and rapping faster as he moves through the alphabet.
Galactic was up to the challenge, upping the tempo every few bars and reaching a frenzy as Gab screamed, "Zealots!" to deafening applause. The human party-starter, Lyrics Born, was up next.
Other than a funked-up version of his song "I Changed My Mind" and the new song with Galactic called "What You Need," the emcee seemed content to freestyle for most of his set in his ultracatchy, rapid-fire, sing-song style over Galactic's funky grooves. Boots then took to the stage to the dirty, laid-back funk of "Get That Monkey Off Your Back" from the Coup's Pick a Bigger Weapon before jumping into his song with Galactic, which seemed to be called "Buckle Up." All three emcees joined the band onstage for a freestyle rap, organ- and saxophone-laden groove frenzy, capping off the set with a blaze of energy and pure, unadulterated hip-hop party music.
Fans of funky hip-hop are in for a treat this fall. Earlier in the night, Perry Farrell had a party at Stubb's. A Satellite Party, in fact, as his latest musical project is dubbed.
Featuring a sex kitten backup vocalist, a bassist, drummer, and one-time Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt on guitar, Satellite Party played a set of groove-heavy hard rock. The band played primarily tracks off its forthcoming debut album, Ultra Payloaded, which hits stores May 15. The set was full of somewhat generic hard rock at times, but Farrell's sheer personality kept the proceedings anything but boring.
Wearing a black-and-white striped sweater and possibly the shiniest silver pants in Texas, the former Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros frontman commanded the stage and pranced across it like someone who has spent most of his lifetime on it. The set included new songs like "Kinky," "Mr. Sunshine," and "Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party," the latter of which features Fergie on the record.
Payloaded is also set to feature Flea and John Frusciante from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Thievery Corporation, and an as-yet-unreleased spoken word verse from late Doors frontman Jim Morrison. Farrell sent the Jane's fans in the crowd into a tizzy by playing "Ain't No Right" from 1990's Ritual de lo Habitual. The New Orleans-based jazz-funk ensemble Galactic formed in 1994; originally an eight-piece, the group soon pared down to an instrumental sextet comprising guitarist Jeff Raines, organist Rich Vogel, bassist Robert Mercurio, saxophonists Ben Ellman and Jason Mingledorff, and drummer Stanton Moore.
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