Tonight the Tralf (622
Main St.) hosts NYC’s rush-hour party band, Moon Hooch. The band is a three-piece dance band
consisting of two music-school saxophonists and a funk drummer. They’ll be
opening for Boston based festival band John Brown’s Body. Moon Hooch’s horns
are reminiscent of live dubsteppy Budos Band with the percussion of !!!. The
trio, consisting of Mike Wilbur, Wenzl McGowen, and James Muschler, met at The
New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan. Soon after graduation,
the trio began as a street act, hustling in the subways and parks for spare
change. After solidifying their name (formerly Moon Juice) the band quickly
gained popularity in part to their impromptu subway dance parties. If you can
get New Yorkers dancing in public at rush hour, that says something. The doors
are at 7pm and tickets are $16.
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