Mealwagon Records, in conjunction with a number of generous sponsors, is proud to present the EAST GRAND STREET BEAT, a free, all-day, outdoor live music and DJ performance in the Lower East Side of NYC on Sunday, June 21st, 2009. It will take place on Grand St. between Suffolk St. and Clinton St.

Performing Live:

HUSTLE SIMMONS http://www.myspace.com/hustlesimmonsmusic
KICE OF COURSE http://www.myspace.com/kice0805
THE HOARSEMEN http://www.myspace.com/thehoarsemen
CONSTANT NK http://www.myspace.com/iamconstant
THE WOES http://www.myspace.com/thewoes
BELLA http://www.myspace.com/mspaintedeyes
FANTASIEROCK http://www.myspace.com/fantasierock
THE1SHANTI http://www.myspace.com/the1shanti
ALFA http://www.myspace.com/alfa
CORE RHYTHM http://www.myspace.com/corerhythm
HIRED GUN http://www.myspace.com/freeradicalz
+ SPECIAL GUESTS

Looks like The Hoarsemen "Brown Bag" single has taken on a life of its own overseas -- most recently posted at the Il Boss and Vespa in Paris blogs back in April. Again, we do not know what they are saying, but the download link is already inactive so at least we know they respect us...

The blog is called Rocksuckers 360. We don't know exactly what they're saying but it seems good: http://therocksuckers.blogspot.com/2009/03/3-for-we.html

Over this weekend, the first official Hoarsemen interview was published at joshspear.com. Excerpts: "The sensibility of this four man group from New York-by-way-of-New Brunswick, NJ is not a throwback, or a style shift -- or an adherence to a style. It starts from scratch...their debut album Snacks and Catastrophes [is] a cure for the common record."

"JS: What's the production process like? HM: ...We work as a machine, and to that end we treat each other pretty poorly. We'll tell each other "You suck. That sucks", until it's good. We're hard on each other, but if you really want to be collaborative, you have to get past that pride. That's how we operate."

Here's the link: http://joshspear.com/item/speartalks-the-hoarsemen/