Johnny Headband brings its disco beat to NYC
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave.
Friday, October 2, $5, 9:00
718-963-3369
http://www.myspace.com/johnnyheadband
http://www.brooklynbowl.com
This side project of Detroit band the Electric Six features brothers Keith and Chad Thompson playing their enticing brand of retro indie psychedelic disco funk. With Keith on bass, Chad on electronics, RGS on drums, and Pan!c on guitar, Johnny Headband plans to shake your booty at Brooklyn Bowl, playing songs from their sweet new EP, PHASE 3 (available for free on their Web site), which consists of “Wastin Time,” “Fly Song,” and the epic “Death of a Disco Beat,” as well as tunage from their previous record, the full-length HAPPINESS IS UNDERRATED, which includes “Motor Cycle Time Machine,” “Funktionslust,” and “Transition Storm.” Johnny Headband — the name makes us immediately think of John Travolta in the 1985 workout film PERFECT — are part of a rather eclectic bill on October 2 with .357 Lover and Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees. Yes, that’s right: a heavy metal celebration of the brothers Gibb.