Jakubi
On October 28, Melbourne, Australia quintet Jakubi returns to town for the first time in three years to make their Casbah debut. A sort of family band fronted by brothers Jerome and Jacob Farah, alongside cousins Jesse Rehaut and Adam Kane and longtime friend Rob Amoruso, the group first earned notice in 2012 with a series of singles displaying their knack for soul-infused pop and hip-hop tracks. It’ll be interesting to see what they sound like after hitting L.A. a couple of years ago to work with a series of potential hitmakers, including Grammy-winning producer Eric Hudson (Kanye West, John Legend). The just-released first single for their new label Liberator Music, “Worry Bout a Thing,” is so upbeat and full of whoop-whoops that it sounds more like it was recorded at a warehouse party than a studio.