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07/16 Thursday

7:30 PM The Hellblinki Sextet

... broken tooth blues in a Tux, choral fantasies for agnostic angels, peg-leg waltzes on the rim of Mt. Vesuvius... Psycho-cabaret, southern fried with guerrilla operatics... Hellblinki is prone to suprise, tension, and dramatic release. Dark and experimental, Hellblinki mixes elements of American folk, European cabaret, and Punk Rock experimentation into an intoxicating brew of transcendent madness...

"The world influences on this Asheville, N.C. sextet are absolutely staggering; everything from Russian folk to Italian concerto to Americana (and most everything in between) all find themselves present and accounted for, albeit all of the above given a more than punk edge aesthetic. Appropriately enough, the group itself describe its sound as a "Three Penny Opera meets Sesame Street ... punk rock experimentation with a southern drawl," which, if one must be forced to categorize the band's sound, is probably as fitting of a description as any other. The Hellblinki Sextet is without question one of the most unique, gifted and flat-out fun bands to come out of the region in a long time." -Matt Frisch -Southeast Performer, Atlanta, GA

"The Hellblinki Sextet's pirate cabaret is something that needs to be seen as well as heard to garner its full scope.... Enamored of audience participation, Benjamin showered dime-store noisemakers on the crowd, imploring the audience to join into the aural disarray...it was a one-of-a-kind show, and that no matter how many times you may happen to see the band." -David Commins -The Flagpole, Athens, GA

"Sure, Ozzy might have introduced evil into rock 'n' roll, but The Hellblinki Sextet has never made the prospect of eternal damnation sound like so much fun." -P. Wall -Free Times, Columbia, SC