The Times With Big Takeover and Mental Notes April 8, 2011

The Times epitomizes modern music. They blur the lines between genres. They take their favorite elements from all different types of music to create something new. Many bands take borderless music too far. Oftentimes, mixing musical styles just clash. The Times seemlessly combine, reggae and blues, rap and rock, folk and funk. But it's not a music gumbo, where all of last weeks leftovers are thrown into a pot; their shows are a seven course meal, each song it's own unique blend of flavors, all complimenting each other until you feel like your ears are stuffed.

The Big Takeover is a high energy sextet, with a refreshingly upbeat, yet groove oriented, party-making approach to interpreting the Jamaican tradition of rocksteady, ska and reggae music. Formed in the funky college town of New Paltz, NY in 2007 and named after bassist Rob Kissner and drummer Sam Tritto's proclivity for commandeering the stereo at campus parties, this band of self taught musicians has aquired a habit of making audiences look, listen and dance.

Mental Notes has consistently added to the pulse of New York's musical and social heartbeat. They have been a previous guest on Air America Radio, appearing on Chuck D's highly praised live talk show. Most recently, Mental Notes bassist and songwriter David Dovo composed the original film score for Jerusalem in Exile (part of the "Art and Apathy" film documentary project of Eyes Infinite Films), an official selection and winner of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.

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