(GHETTO-TECH) As subtle as a Hustler cartoon, DJ Assault brings full-frontal XXXcess to club music. One of the pioneers of ghetto-tech (a Motor City mashup of Miami bass, electro, and dirty-minded rap), Assault has inspired enough grinding to supply Starbucks with a year’s worth of java. The Detroiter’s sets typically inspire rump-shakin’ mayhem courtesy of such tender classics as “Pop That Ass,” “Bend Over,” “Big Booty Bitch,” and the poignant “Ass-N-Titties.” Wear your hottest thong. (Baltic Room, 1207 E Pine St, 625-4444. 9 pm–2 am, $10, 21+.)
Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when... More by Dave Segal