Downtown Boys - Public LuxuryDowntown Boys have pushed relentlessly forward as an artistic and political project since their founding. Singer Victoria Marie and guitarist singer Joey La Neve DeFrancesco first met at union meetings while working together at a hotel in Providence, RI, writing many of the bands early songs about labor organizing and exploitative workplaces. The quintet is completed by Joe DeGeorge (sax synth), Mary Jane Regalado (bass), and Joey Doubek (drums). Over

The rarities include their 1963 debut single Come On

they bridge the gap between beat-driven electronic & hip hop music and live jazz-inflected improvisation

Released: 01 Apr 1996

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‰Û÷Marbles‰۪ has the melodic charm of ‰Û÷Is This It‰۪-era Strokes

applying breakbeat cut-ups and 'Low Rider' horns to a groove-driven neo-psych jam with lyrics about Judaism

a jazzy tune with a traditional guaguancÌ_ rhythm and sound on the congas and bongo with a final coro reminiscent of the very Cuban "rumba de solar"

Recorded with their friend (and now touring guitarist) Mike O'Malley over two "intense and insane" weeks at Ramsgate's Big Jelly studios

both musically and lyrically

This 12” features two reggae remixes each of Jokerman and I And I by Doctor Dread

And why is the album called ‘Cvrses’

The band whose reach goes far beyond just influencing music returned to stardom with their first top 20 record which has gone on to sell 32k to date in the UK