Wild Jesus and The Devil’s Lettuce Family Party Band is a community of musicians with the uncanny ability to surprise you every time they take the stage. As one might expect from such a strangely named group, Wild Jesus’ sound ranges from noir waltzes all the way to effects laden, impressionistic, psychedelic grooves.

The Lucky Jukebox Brigade was formed in October 2010 from a hopeful craigslist ad. Since then, it has grown into a rock and roll circus of gypsy folk pirates who storm Albany’s local music scene and beyond with original music and Vaudevillian antics. The Lucky Jukebox Brigade is ready for you to “take off your fancy shoes” and dance, clap, sing, ramble, roll, jump, rattle, and shake till your heart’s content.

The eight-piece ensemble engages an eclectic crew of instruments including bass, drums, viola and violin, a 3 piece horn section, a second drumkit featuring djembe, conga, guira and more, fronted by Deanna DeLuke and her baritone ukulele. Their debut album “Pretty Well Damned” was released on May 18th. Their near future plans include a summer tour, a second record, and eventual world takeover. Also, they love you.

Bad Mashadi is an Iranian-Semitic-Gypsy music project started by Persian vocalist/percussionist Ehsan M. Its current members are bass player Joey Spliberg, guitarist/oud player Alex Wing, and electronic artist Ronen Goldstein. Their style resembles wedding music of Middle East with the exception of lyrics that focus on the current cultural and religious conflict and war between East and West.

Thollem’s a perpetually traveling musician continually playing in a wide variety of musical situations and collaborations throughout North America and Europe. He’s the keyboardist and singer of both The Hand To Man Band and the Italian based band Tsigoti. He has either performed or has bands with Nels Cline, William Parker, Mike Watt, Amy Denio, Damo Suzuki, Jad Fair, John Dieterich, Greg Saunier, Tim Barnes, Ava Mendoza, Scott Amendola and many others.  Thollem Electric is his new solo project of anarcho blues lullaby noise avant circus free jazz punk.