Event Listing - Music

Wed Jan 14

Good Hustle

with Ambience, Panthelion

Location	Date and Time
Bottom of the Hill 1233 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94107 map cross street: Missouri district: Potrero Hill	Wed Jan 14 (9pm) - 21 and over

Description

"When Delta Activity broke up, the work ethic lived on in the name of Henderson's next (and current) band, the Good Hustle. Treading a fine line between sincerity and satire, the Good Hustle makes it hard to tell which is which, a trait they share with the unfathomable rock band Ween. Both bands simply love to experiment, and they also have a sense of humor, but they're dead serious about the quality of their music. The result is post-ironic rock for the drunk and stoned set, but the Good Hustle takes it one step further by rallying around funk, soul, tribal and gospel rhythms.

Their debut CD, What's All the HUS About?, is soaked in rhythm, beginning with what sounds like a particularly funky drum circle at Burning Man on 'Tsa!' and ending with the haunting and irreverent 'Pro Choice,' a droning spiritual chant about an accidental pregnancy with a telling kicker in the chorus: 'Got no other choice but a pro choice.' 'Legs and Wings' sounds like Will Oldham on ecstasy, but I think 'Dance Like You Mean It' gives the best glimpse of this band's potential. It turns dancing/not dancing into a life-or-death choice ('Dance like you mean it, my friend/ Nobody knows when our time ends'), but it also makes the former choice irresistible thanks to the song's swinging blues shuffle, growling vocal harmonies and double Dutch breakdown."

- metroactive.com