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The Shotgun Wedding Quintet - Bridge and Tunnel
Artist: The Shotgun Wedding Quintet
Producer: Ben Yonas
Album: Tales From The Barbary Coast
Label: Jazz Mafia Recordings
Need a live-band hip-hop ensemble to play a last-minute reception gig following your hastily-planned marriage ceremony? Well, that’s an oddly specific request but, as luck may have it, I’ve got just the band for the job: San Francisco’s The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, making their Booth debut with newly-released album standout Bridge and Tunnel. Named after a local term for Bay Area partiers who live outside San Fran proper, this left-of-center selection finds instrumentalists Adam Theis, Joe Cohen and pDubL crafting an eclectic blend of synths and exotic folk guitar riffs as rhymesayer Dublin paints a sinister yet alluring lyrical portrait of his home city’s nightlife. By way of warning to unwary outsiders, he spits: “I coulda told you, this city’s grip will come hold you / crumple you up and then fold you / send you back across with your whole world tossed.” Has this seamy vignette left your interest piqued? More Tales From the Barbary Coast await on the Shotgun Wedding Quintet’s latest full-length, released August 18, and available now from record stores and online retailers.
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 These cats are super fresh. One of our music scouts came across their work last week and I knew we needed to give them a homepage feature. The emcee work is not amazing, but the real treat is how the vocals compliment the great live production.
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Not really diggin' the emcee but the instrumentation is fresh.
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FRESH! Loving how different his flow is!
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Legit!
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| Posted on Oct 19, 2011 |
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I love these guys! Saw them live and was totally impressed. I appreciate their talent as musicians and their fresh fusion approach to hip hop and jazz. This is one of my fave songs on their CD.
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| Posted on Oct 19, 2011 |
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| Posted on Oct 20, 2011 |
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Only but one killer track of several on the new album. Read about it here: www.tunemusing.tumblr.com
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| Posted on Oct 20, 2011 |
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saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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| Posted on Oct 20, 2011 |
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These guys are real cool, their music is dope, production is off the hook!
Seeing them live is a real unique experience, all live instruments...got a chance to see them open up for Zion-I which was a dope show overall |
| Posted on Oct 20, 2011 |
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These guys are super talented. The instrumentals compliment the lyrics wonderfully. When I found out they actually recorded this song in a tunnel, that made the song even cooler than I thought it already was!
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| Posted on Oct 21, 2011 |
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SWQ is a new kinda band -- blend of Jazz, hip hop, r n B and whatever else comes to mind by top level musicians. These guys can PLAY -- you gotta check em out live. Bridg N Tunnel is one of my faves on the disc -- gets me movin' every time I hear it. Highest rating y'all
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| Posted on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Love these guys! This is just one of my favorite songs from their new album, Tales from the Barbary Coast. Hope to see them live again soon!
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