It’s finally here!  The brand new album from Michigan ska-mashup genius Babylon Party Machine (aka Matt Wixson) TRICKS is available for FREE download over at Open Hand Records.  Some of the bands featured on this one are: The Toasters, Ludacris, Sonic Boom Six, Green Day, Big D, and that girl from Hannah Montana, among a few others.

Here’s the tracklist:

Babylon Party Machine – Tricks (2010)
1. 2-Tone Freak (The Toasters vs. Rick James)
2. Highrise Robbery (Pama International vs. Chumbawamba)
3. How Low Can You Dance (Hepcat vs. Ludacris)
4. Rider Boy (The Slackers vs. Rihanna)
5. Supaman That Grandma (The Ratazanas vs. Soulja Boy)
6. Shining Little Skallywag (Sonic Boom Six vs. Big D and the Kids Table)
7. The United States Green Party (Green Day vs. Miley Cyrus)

Matt Wixson  will be playing a bunch of shows in New Orleans, New England, and Michigan in the coming month (some featuring a full band), so make sure to get out to a show and give him all your money!

head on over to:
http://www.myspace.com/babylonpartymachine
or
http://www.myspace.com/mattwixson
for more info!

Michigan’s own Babylon Party Machine is set to release a brand new mashup EP entitled TRICKS on April 1st, 2010.  Here’s what founder/creator Matt Wixson had to say:

This ain’t no April Fools joke! This is “Tricks”! Seven fresh new mashups coming your way! Some of the artists you can expect to hear include Green Day, the Toasters, Big D and the Kids Table, the Slackers, Rihanna, Sonic Boom Six, Miley Cyrus, Hepcat, Chumbawamba, and more! You can get this release for free from Open Hand Records on April 1st. And if you haven’t downloaded the previous two mashup collections, head over to the Open Hand Records site and get yourself “Rididm & Flow” and “Mash Up Bashment” immediately!

You can check out one of the tracks from this EP over at Musical Occupation.

We’re halfway through the week and you just want to power through to the weekend?  How about an exclusive interview with Michigan songwriter and ska-enthusiast Matt Wixson to get you through?  Matt and I discuss his musical career, why hip-hop and reggae go together like chili and milk, and the future of ska music!

Track of the Day: “Falling In Trust” by Matt Wixson from the album Best Intentions (you can get it FREE from Open Hand Records)

This episode is brought to you by the Fancy Pants Gangsters, a Twin Cities netcast network and MNSKA, Minnesota’s Ska Community.  If you are in a ska or reggae influenced band and would like to be featured on the show, email Courtney at MSM@fancypantsgangsters.com

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