The party of the year is coming here to Fanshawe College. Mic Lordz & Sauce Funky are holding the release show for their highly anticipated album at the Out Back Shack on November 25. This band — comprised of Dayun "Bootsk" Marjanovic (lead vocals), Mike "AlerG" O'Phee (lead vocals), Matte Lalonde (guitarist), John "Rogé" Rodgers (bass) and Liam MacNaughton (drums) — knows how to party and will take you along for the ride with their offthe- wall stage presence and catchy beats that infuse rap, hip-hop and rock. I recently interviewed Marjanovic over the phone on November 3:

What drives you and the rest of the band to keep making music?
"We all have a love for music and that's number one. You do things because you love them, and if none of us were in love with the music we are making or the creation of it, I don't think we would have any drive for it, so I think that's number one. Number two right now I think that with the way things are with different music and the stuff you are hearing on the radio and things of that nature, it's almost like a competitive standpoint. We want to get our kind of music out there in a broad spectrum, mass media format. We have traveled around the U.S. and in Canada and people either say they haven't heard of us or that they wish there was more of our kind of sound out there, so that drives us as well. I guess number three would be we just love to play live and get the new stuff out to our fans because they are always asking when the new projects are coming out, so there's always that motivation as well. So I guess those would probably be the top three points that really drive us."

Describe what fans can expect on this new record.
"The buzz we have gotten from our new single has been pretty positive. We have invested a lot of everything in this project whether it be time, money, blood, sweat, tears; the whole nine, so we are really expecting a lot. We're really pushing towards moving in the direction of getting some serious management and labels. We just feel ready now. It's not like we were writing for that, but we did feel that it was our time to push forward on another plateau. Everything from our fans loving it to making new fans to making head way in the 'industry'; there are quite a few things. I think we are achieving that just from the positive feedback from the first single of the record."

What are you most looking forward to at the upcoming CD release show at the Out Back Shack?
"Well, it's been a while since we've been in London. We have been focused a lot with touring in the United States over the past year and we have been busy touring with some other artists and that has really helped us in every aspect. We are really excited to come back to London to see our fan base. They haven't seen us in a long time and we are excited to present to them where we are now as a group. I love performing (in the Out Back Shack), it's been a while. It's kind of a small room, but the sound there is amazing and the people who work there are always really cool. (London) always brings out a very energetic crowd — people drinking, having a good time and ready to party, so we're just expecting a fun, wild night and we are just going to get up there and do what we do and put on a spectacular show. We know we are going to have a lot of old fans out there and we're hoping to get a lot of new fans come out as well."

To get tickets for their show, visit the Biz Booth on campus. For more information on the band, visit their website at miclordz.com.