One Liner: Another neo-Afro-Columbian-Latino-rock outfit from Austin
Poster Position: Level 5 (24)
Weekend Two Only.
Sunday.
Thoughts: Dang. With a name like that, I was hoping for something rad. Instead, this is another Spanish language thing a lot like that Nemegata band I just reviewed. Has some traditional sounds - I don't know enough about traditional Latin music to know if this is cumbia or bolero or whatever - mixed in with rock and roll. All sung in Spanish, so no clue what is going on.
According to their website, this is a supergroup: "Founding-member of the Grammy Award-winning (and famously Prince-backing) Grupo Fantasma, Martínez also spearheads the critically acclaimed bands Brownout and Money Chicha; award-winning composer and producer, Chavez currently fronts the Chicago-based experimental quintet Dos Santos and boasts recent work with composer Graham Reynolds and his MxTX project featuring Rubén Albarrán/Bostiche, Grammy Award-winning Quetzal and Smithsonian Folkways; Cruz is a member of the traditional and futuristic Colombian musical family of NYC where Bulla en el Barrio, Combo Chimbita, and MAKU Sound System (founding member) gestated—the same lineage of his Austin-based psychedelic power trio Nemegata; master drummer and percussionist, Speice is a member of Grupo Fantasma and offshoots Brownout and Money Chicha (alongside Martínez), and has been a regular house drummer for Adrian Quesada’s (Black Pumas) Electric Delux Recorders and played drums for GZA, Bernie Worrell, and the Greyhounds. These four musicians came together in the summer of 2020, deep in the throes of the pandemic to collaborate after months in isolation." So, there you have it.
One album, 2022's Noestasaqui. Most of their stream counts are under 100k, but they have one tune with 334k - "Window Seat."
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