Clicks & Whistles mix Southern rap and UK future bass like a bartender mixes vodka and cranberry juice: easily and with the same intoxicating effect. Fittingly, their latest single “Cranberry Goose,” with its “Grey Goose / Cranberry juice” shout-out and swirling bass attack, is equal parts hip-hop swagger and electronic frenzy.

The Charlotte-based duo, comprised of Jorge Xavier Fernandez (Hey Whore Hey) and Petey Evans (Turbo Petey), is quickly making a name for itself with a trunk-rattling approach to the hottest trends in underground electronic music. Last year’s You Do EP ranged from tropical bass to exotic house jams, just giving a taste of what Clicks & Whistles is capable of.

Cranberry Goose EMB007A by Clicks & Whistles

While their original compositions are on-point, their remixes are next level, especially when it comes to the Dirty South. The duo took Crime Mob’s hood classic “Knuck If You Buck” for a psychedelic synthesizer ride; if this song doesn’t get you pumped up, I suggest a swift and strong adrenaline shot to the heart. Their frenetic remix of AC & Dell’s “Right Now” (the title track on their Mishka-released album) has the same orchestral trap energy.

Want to sip a Cranberry Goose while listening to “Cranberry Goose?” If you’re in DC this weekend, you’re in luck. C&W join Mad Decent’s electro-provocateurs Depressed Buttons and DC’s own demigod of darkness Denman at DC’s famed U Street Music Hall for a night of low-end debauchery that is not to be missed.

Crime Mob – Knuck If You Buck (Clicks & Whistles Bootyleg) by Clicks & Whistles

AC and Dell – Right Now (Clicks & Whistles Remix) by Clicks & Whistles

- Chris Kelly