Watsky performs his album 'x Infinity' in its entirety alongside a synchronized projection of the accompanying film for the album's tenth anniversary.
Watsky is at the Riverview Theater on Monday, October 19, for the tenth anniversary of x Infinity. He's playing the album in its entirety, and the show is built around the original concept: the music runs alongside a synchronized projection of the accompanying film. Back in 2016, x Infinity came with a visual album of 18 interconnected music videos, so this is the whole thing brought to the stage at once.
If you're not familiar with the name, George Watsky is a rapper and poet known for his verbal gymnastics. He's a San Francisco native now living in Los Angeles, and his background is in spoken word. He won the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals and the Brave New Voices National Poetry Slam in 2006, appeared on the final season of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO in 2007, and has performed at more than 150 universities. He released a jazz-hip hop record with Invisible Inc in 2007 and the self-titled Watsky in 2010, which peaked at number seven on the iTunes hip hop charts. His fast rapping went viral in January 2011, leading to two appearances on the Ellen Show and a slot on Last Call with Carson Daly.
Since the show is a full run-through of the album, it's a good way to catch the record as a single piece rather than in scattered tracks. The projection keeps the visual side of the project front and center, so you're seeing the music and the film together.
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Doors open at 6 PM, and the show runs from 7 PM to 9 PM. There's a VIP Meet and Greet starting at 5 PM. A content advisory warns of strong language, sexual content, and violent imagery, and anyone under 16 needs to be with a parent or guardian. The Riverview is at 3800 42nd Ave S in Minneapolis.
