Random Midday Hotness: War.

If you walk around NYC long enough, you’ll eventually run into the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a group of young brothers from Chicago,* just killing it on random corners and in subway stations.

I’ve been a fan for a minute, and on Tuesday quadmoniker and I got to see them play a private gig to promote a forthcoming documentary on the band. (Their backstory is rather bizarre.)  They’re really cool, friendly cats, but they couldn’t stick around long: they had to hop a flight to do some dates in Johannesburg.

*Literally; seven of the eight bandmembers share the same father.

G.D.

G.D.

Gene "G.D." Demby is the founder and editor of PostBourgie. In his day job, he blogs and reports on race and ethnicity for NPR's Code Switch team.
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  • Scipio Africanus

    I always assumed they were from New Orleans.

  • Grump

    I’m glad NYC gets to hear these dudes. I used to hear them in Downtown Chicago in random places and times just grooving. Sometimes I’d catch them during a mid-day lunchbreak. Other times, a late Saturday morning welcoming people to the area to get some shopping done at the fine retailers.

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