HANK & CUPCAKES NYC RECORD RELEASE SHOW

Energetic electro-poppers Hank & Cupcakes will be capping off their national tour at Rough Trade NYC next Saturday. Supported by Mother Feather and Crushed Out, this will be a great show for fans of original, live party music!

Saturday December 13, 8pm
Rough Trade NYC – 64 North 9th St
(between Wythe and Kent Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Purchase Tix Here
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Planet Rump will be turning up the event on the 1’s and 2’s and a massive sound system! Take a peek at this killer venue — let’s rock the shit out of it!

The theme of this party is to come dressed as an eccentric/extreme/turned up version of yourself — and then get your face melted by a legion of musicians/DJs/dancers/artists

Planet Rump will be DJing and performing
some never before-seen-tricks/treats

OPEN BAR 8-9pm!
(early party – over at midnight)
Advance tickets here

 
Hey it’s me, Mugs. I made you some shirts, I hope you like them!

Mugs painted and drew 14 unique Planet Rump shirts as Kickstarter rewards. Thanks to all our backers, we successfully fundraised the recording of our new album “Well Rounded”

Here is a glimpse of the process behind the one-of-a-kind Planet Rump shirts currently being created by Chris Mulligan aka Mugs. After applying paint to a group of shirts, Mugs goes over each shirt individually with black fabric marker to add detail and unique lettering. These shirts are made to order for our Kickstarter backers, and will be sent out along with our completed album within a month! We are getting ever-closer to sharing more than a year’s worth of new music with you, so stay tuned!

Here at Rump Headquarters, we are in the midst of putting the final touches on our upcoming 9-track album! The album was made possible by backers on Kickstarter, and as part of their rewards, local artist and long-time buddy Chris Mulligan aka Mugs, is making one-of-a-kind t-shirts. Check out part of his process above. After applying unique paint patterns to each shirt, he goes back over the design with a black marker for the final detailing and type. RAD!

Stay tuned for images of the final products, and the album of course!

We just had the honor of previewing Chico Mann’s upcoming full length album, Magical Thinking, and were blown away by its rich texture and universal appeal. Not that we should be surprised — this dude is a musical shaman, raising us up on his fluffy bed of inspiring harmonics while holding the mirror of true nature to our faces. An inspiration and mentor from day one, we offer mad respect to his majesty.

Check out the single featuring Wax Poetics artist Kendra Morris to start groovin.

Another visual treat to a soulful club beat from SSION.

Love the title’s allusion to Sheila E’s Love Bizarre. Check out her performance scene from the 1985 movie Krush Groove:

Hey fam, you haven’t heard from us in a while, but for good reason! Aside from cooking up mad tasty new beats for our upcoming full-length album, we’ve been doing a lot of this:

Hope you all are jerkin everything in sight, too! Stay tuned…

What up Rump Nation! The past few months have been sizzling as we continue to pour our hearts, souls and hours into our upcoming album. Each track DJ Tantric produces is doper and fresher than the one before, and taking our time is proving to be the best method for a killer result. With many tracks in the adept hands of Phil Moffa at Butcha Sound, we just have a few more to lay down.

In the meantime, we’ve been keeping up on our DJ game. We just released Planet Rump Radio #7 today: an eclectic booty-poppin mix that’s part NYC underground electro mixtape, part twerk-out mix, part sampler of the latest releases by our favorite major label influences, plus a few bangin remixes thrown in for good measure. So put on your booty shorts, get in front of a full length mirror, crank this mix and warm up to summer! Plus, episodes #1-6 are up on our Soundcloud awaiting your ears, comments, and (free) downloads!

We’ve also been tearing up the NYC party scene with our tag team DJ sets. We helped the party-loving friends and family of B-Reel warp their new NYC offices into the set of MTV’s The Grind circa 1994. We celebrated Chappo’s record release and kicked off their U.S. tour with a basement get-down at Dominion. And coming up, don’t miss DJ Tantric at Sullivan Hall on June 1 with SNAKATAK and Tessa G. and Dynasty Electric!

Photos by Tessa G. / Tiny Baby Giants