Lots of Bush Tetras tidbits in the press this week… New York Magazine asks “The Greatest Song: “New York State of Mind,” “Across 110th Street,” or “Too Many Creeps”?” Of course you know what our answer is… and we hope it’s yours too!

NPR also has featured the Bush Tetras in their great women in post-punk mix, dedicated to Ari Up of The Slits. Speaking of Ari Up, I hope you’ve heard about the Ari Up Punky Reggae Birthday Party this Sunday at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Full details after the jump…

DATE: Sunday, January 16 2011
TIME: 7pm doors / 8pm show
WHERE: Music Hall of Williamsburg

WHAT: In honor of the memory of the legendary Ari Up a/k/a Ariane Forster, lead singer of the pioneering girl punk band the Slits, True Warriors and more, Vivien Goldman, Dunia Best, Aram Sinnreich and friends are throwing a PUNKY REGGAE PARTY on January 16, 2010 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg.

WHO: Participating artists include original and current members of the Slits, including Tessa Pollitt, Hollie Cook, Neneh Cherry and Anna Ozawa; Bruce Smith of PiL and the Slits; members of the Slackers, Brave New Girl, and Band Droidz; legendary Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, Afro-Punk avatar Tamar-Kali, King Django, Honeychild Coleman, Barbara Gogan, Sherelene Nubro, Lisa Samuels and many luminaries from the punk and reggae worlds backed by the True Warriors performing classic Slits hits and dancehall originals by Ari Up. Lyrical Readings by Michael Patrick McDonald and Greg Tate. MORE SPECIAL GUESTS TBA.