The New Yorker: Goings On About Town

Issue of 2005-06-13 and 20
Posted 2005-06-06

PUSSYCAT LOUNGE
96 Greenwich St., at Rector St. (212-349-4800)-The new band Heavy Trash is Jon Spencer, of Blues Explosion, and Matt Verta-Ray, of Speedball Baby, on a rockabilly joyride. The project began with the two hanging out at Verta-Ray's Lower East Side studio drinking beer and toying with reverb. Their raw self-titled album has the sound of an instant classic. The two play this venue, a strip club with a second-floor performance space, on June 16.