New Jack Swing
- story THE FADER
“Technical difficulties are not the pimp shit – fortunately, we are.”
Once their skipping intro CD was taken care of, Miss Fairchild hit the stage at Sin-E for the band’s first ever NYC show. With Cambridge DJ and MP3 terrorist P. Nice on turntables and saxophone, Christian Finnegan-doppleganger Great Dunlap on flute and banter, and the oddly endearing Wrall Skillz handling falsetto frontman duties, the three dudes (and a mannequin) threw down almost an hour worth of their own take on the past decade or two of pop r&b.
Saturday’s set sometimes got a little too ironic for it’s own good (as you might expect from three dudes who dress up funny and perform BBD songs onstage), but at least it was a sincere irony; Miss Fairchild were obviously loving it, and their energy and enthusiasm eventually won the crowd over. We still wish they’d be a smidge more serious, ditch the afros and leisure suits and become the Maroon 5 it’s okay to like, but any kids who’ll cover Jeff Buckley – at Sin-E of all places – while throwing some Mary J in the mix can get a pass in our book.
Related:
- NYC: New Jack Swing with CMB
- Which Way You Swing?
- Jack Beats, “Get Down (VIP Edit)” MP3 / SF: Win Jack Beats Tix
- Video: Coldplay, “Strawberry Swing”
- Stream: Tower T & JT Royal, “Funky Swing”
- posted on Apr 4, 2005 in MUSIC
- tags Miss Fairchild, R&B
