Apr. 10, 2007 - Issue #599: Spring Style 07

TUESDAY NIGHT SHAKEDOWN

PREVUE / TUE, APR 17 (8 PM) / VELVET UNDERGROUND, FREE

Eric Ng is one of the masterminds behind Champion City Records, the local label that is doing good things for and with the Edmonton music scene. Every Tuesday night, though, Ng hits the Velvet Underground for the Tuesday Night Shakedown, assuming the moniker DJ Generic alongside his compatriot DJ Frederick for a wide range of music—from hip hop to indie rock and everything in between, plus Ng admits that he wants to make people realize that soul music doesn’t start and end with Motown—and an impressive variety of theme nights. This coming Shakedown marks the first of three “Edmonton Daft Punk in Seattle Meetups,” where fans planning on making the trek to Seattle for Daft Punk’s late August show can get together and organize themselves ahead of time. There’s a visual component to the gatherings, too, with Ng showing Daft Punk’s Electroma the first week, the animated Interstella 5555 the next and a guerrilla soundtracking of the 1986 animated Transformers: the Movie with Daft Punk’s Homework for the third. Ng has plenty more ideas cooking up for the Shakedowns, too, so if you’re the kind of person who can handle a Tuesday night out on the town, you might want to keep on eye on what’s happening there. —EDEN MUNRO / eden@vueweekly.com

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