Noir’s the new black and Freshly Squeezed Music have transformed The Haunt into a veritable speakeasy for White Mink. Tonight we play private detective, getting the inside scoop on the 1920s Mafioso. The dancefloor’s full of flapper dresses, trilby hats and pearl necklaces so we knock back a quick Makers Mark before joining in with the finger snapping and toe tapping. Upstairs there’s a roulette table where you can waste a buck if you’re able to tear yourself away from the lindyhopping sounds of The Swing Ninjas.
Next up are electro swing band Sweet Life Society. Although they’re awesome, despite some technical difficulties, their dubstep jazz fusion takes us out of the speakeasy spell. It’s a little too far removed from the dulcet tones of Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra to be in keeping with the rest of the evening. As PI’s go we’re more Jonathon Ames than Philip Marlowe but we know this much – White Mink is such an authentic recreation of prohibition America it could make even Raymond Chandler blush.
FYI
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TOP TEN
Jem Stone ‘Be-Bop 2 Hip-Hop’
Parov Stelar ‘Wanna Fete’
Caro Emerald ‘You Don’t Love Me’
The Correspondents ‘I Wanna Be Like You’
Round Table Knights ‘Cut To The Top’
Kitten & The Hip ‘Don’t You Worry’
Swing Republic ‘I’m Leaving’
6u5 ‘Douai Charlston’
Kormac ‘Harry’s Record Machine’
Jurassic 5 ‘Swing Set’
WORDS BY ZAC COLBERT, PHOTOS BY TOM CHAMBERS
