Big Mean Sound Machine performs Saturday, February 18, 8 p.m. at Dub Land Underground. PHOTO PROVIDED
If you've got an urge to be overpowered by funk, or want to check out an upbeat dance band with more members than Gogol Bordello, Big Mean Sound Machine should do the trick. The Ithaca-based instrumental group incorporates African and Latin beats with occasional doses of rock, jazz, and psychedelic elements to create its own thing - an indestructible groove that's impossible to ignore. It's the sort of combination that has long been the domain of world music, although like-minded American groups Antibalas and Ozomatli also share similar ideas. Add a proper singer, some protest lyrics a la Michael Franti, and viva la revolucion. Mosaic Foundation completes the bill.
Big Mean Sound Machine performs Saturday, February 18, 8 p.m. at Dub Land Underground, 315 Alexander St. $5-$10. 232-7550.
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