Longtime locals Mephiskapheles were calling this their 35th-anniversary show, since the band started in the East Village in 1991.
Meanwhile, the ska band's Greg Robinson gave us an update...
We are putting the finishing touches on our latest album, which we recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, in 2023. Mephiskapheles at Muscle Shoals was as magical and perfect a pairing as it sounds. Came out great. The reason for the delay in finishing it is essentially financial. We haven't resorted to crowdfunding yet but that could be in the cards...It's a great album featuring 14 brand-new Mephiskapheles songs (many of which we are playing live), plus we have a full-length documentary on the band and the sessions, also directed by Anthony Q. Artis, to be released simultaneously with the album when the time comes.Other than that, we've been doing our thing, touring around the country and working on new music. However, our touring has been scaled back for 2026 due to skyrocketing overhead costs and to devote our efforts to finishing our big projects.
The band's next show in the area is July 16 at the Wood Shop in Bushwick.
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