Good Peoples brings us back to our favorite basement on Wednesday to celebrate the release of Vin Sol’s newest mixtape WIZARD HOUSE!

Bronx-born spitter Mickey Factz graced the covers of XXL as a “rapper to watch in ’09″. But over the year, as his fan base grew, he hung back and kept a low profile. We soon found out that this was a tactical move: On New Year’s Day 2010, he dropped an experimental mixtape as the first part of his #Alpha series. The mixtape, called The Dark Pheonix, showcases left-field beats, guests musicians such as Pheonix, and of course, his lyrical double dutch. Unlike a lot of emerging hip hop artists, Mickey’s rhymes boast both swagger and intellect. His songs are dense and meaty… a refreshing break from bubble-gum rap that relies on airhorns and “ayyyy’s”.  If Dark Pheonix is an early indicator of the year Mickey is about to have, we’re all ears

FLASHING LIGHTS is the neon brainchild of some of the city’s most beloved selectors: DJ AYRES (responsible for 7+ sweaty years of The Rub parties at Southpaw), NICK CATCHDUBS (remix/mixtape phenom and co-founder of the hit indie label Fool’s Gold) and JUBILEE (BK bass sweetheart behind her own Nightshifters imprint). Over the past year, these three constantly-touring DJs have worked tirelessly to launch a genuinely fun and unpretentious electronic dance party in their own hometown. HOUSE+DISCO+TECHNO+RAVE as the block-letter flyers plainly state: no hype, just tuuunes!

This month’s guest DJ: Smalltown Romeo!!