What happens when partiers from the Newark campus of Rutgers University also unite in an interest of rap ‘n’ rock?They form a band, of course!And that’s just what the party-, yet politically minded Sunny Gang did in 2011.The 21st-century heir apparent of The Beastie Boys, featuring vocalist-lyricist Nate Hitchcock, guitarist Chris Bacchus, bassist Joe Sap and drummer Marshal, released its debut LP, “Party Animal,” last year, a follow-up to the 2014 EP, “ReadyMadeRiot.” The nine-song outing ranges from the sizzling social consciousness of “Burn It Down” to the funny Sublime-like skank of “Bloc Party.”Having toured California and participated in Brooklyn’s Afropunk Festival two years in a row, Sunny Gang are jammin’ a little closer to home on Feb. 4 for The Super Bowl of Jersey Bands at Crossroads, 78 North Ave., Garwood (www.xxroads.com). United under a variety of grooves, the lineup also features the New Brunswick psycho-funk band Experiment 34, the jazz-adelic rap group Cook Thugless, also from New Brunswick, the spirited Kinnelon groove unit Stereo Jo, Jersey City rapper Murdock and Collective Man, a Montclair-based fusion of ’60s and ’90s rock that scratches a Primus itch.This Makin Waves showcase is intended to bring these like-minded bands together to network and continue to… Read full this story
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