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Austin Ticket Giveaway: Brownout presents Brown Sabbath at ACL Live

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Brown Sabbath
Austin-based funk bnd Brownout as Brown Sabbath. Courtesy photo.

Brown Sabbath is the alter ego of Austin-based psych-funk collective Brownout who delve deep into reinterpreting the catalog of metal godfathers, Black Sabbath.  The full-length album, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, features special appearances from The Black Angels’ Alex Maas and primary vocals from Alex Marrero. Brown Sabbath remains true to the darkness, bombast and fuzz of Sabbath’s sound, while re-imagining the music with greasy Afro-Latin horns, hypnotic percussion and psyched-out, rare-groove improv.

On Friday, Feb. 27, Brownout will be performing as Brown Sabbath in Austin at ACL Live. The best part? We have two tickets to giveaway to one of our lucky Austin Vida readers.

The giveaway will be conducted as a raffle from our email list. Just click “enter the drawing” below after submitting your full name and email address. Only submissions with full names will be officially entered. We will pick the winner from these submissions before 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, the day before the show. The winner will be notified via email from Austin Vida.

ACL Live is located at 310 Willie Nelson Blvd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. all ages are welcome. Advance tickets for this event are available for purchase online here.

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Nacional Records announces debut release from Jungle Fire

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TropicosoNorth Hollywood-based Latin Alternative label Nacional Records announced this week that they will release Tropicoso from Jungle Fire. Set for a Sept. 30 release, Tropicoso will be the debut full-length album from the Los Angeles-based Afro-Latin funk band. If you are fan of Austin-based funksters Brownout, Cilantro Boombox or Hard Proof Afrobeat, then you will love Jungle Fire.

Jungle Fire originally began as a one-off project in 2011. Their music combines elements of cumbia, Afrobeat and traditional old-school funk and rock. In 2011, Ohio-based label Colemine Records released the group’s first 7” single “Comencemos” (a cover of Fela Kuti’s “Let’s Start”). Shortly after that sold out, Jungle Fire released a second 7” via Colemine for their single “Firewalker.”

Watch Jungle Fire’s music video for their song “Comencemos” below.

[9/26] Preview: Brownout performing ‘Brown Sabbath’ at Frank

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Brownout Sept. 26Tonight is the last night of Brownout’s Thursday night residency at Frank this month. Each night’s performance has featured a different theme with different special guest performers and DJs. Tonight the Austin-based Latin funksters will be presenting “Brown Sabbath” live.

For tonight’s live “Brown Sabbath” set, Brownout will be featuring special guests Alex Morrero and David Jiminez to bring to life “Brown Ozzy.” DJ Orión of Peligrosa will be spinning before, after and in-between sets. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear classic Classic Sabbath hits with a funky, psychedelic twist.

Frank is located at 4th Street and Colorado. Doors open at 9 p.m. Music starts at 10 p.m. All ages are welcome.  $10 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here.

[9/19] Preview: Brownout 2 Electric Boogaloo at Frank

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Austin-based funkeros Brownout are doing it big tonight at Frank as part of their September residency at the local hot-doggery. For the past two performances this month at Frank, the group paid tribute to James Brown and hosted an Austin style hip-hop throw down. Tonight the funksters kick it old school as they pay tribute to one of the most iconic hip-hop movies of all time, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.

As the group indicated on their Facebook page, tonight they will be playing old school hip-hop classics for the “B-Boys and B-girls,” or break dancers for those who don’t speak the language. The set list will include covers of Grand Master Flash, The Sugar Hill Gang, Blackbyrds and more. DJ Mahealani will spin before and in-between sets.

Frank is located at 4th and Colorado. Doors open at 10 p.m. Show starts at 10:30 p.m. DJ Mahealani will spin before and in-between sets. All ages are welcome. $10 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here.

[9/12] Preview: Brownout at Frank performing ‘Brown César’

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Austin-based funk band Brownout continues their Thursday night residency at Frank tonight. The little brother side project of Grupo Fantasma brought the party last week with the help of some special hip-hop guests. Tonight should be just as funky as the group will perform the James Brown cult classic soundtrack album Black Caesar from beginning to end as well as a few other of the lesser known James Brown gems.

In addition to two sets from Brownout, the group will be joined tonight by special guest vocalists Sonia Moore and Nakia Reynoso of The Voice fame. DJ Secondliner will be spinning before, after and in-between sets.

Frank is located at 407 Colorado St. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the DJs and music starts at 10:30 p.m. $10 cover. All ages are welcome. Check back with Austin Vida each week for previews of each night’s showcase.

Brownout music video for “Slinky” from their album Aguilas & Cobras:

Clip from Black Cesar:

Brownout takes over Frank every Thursday in September

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Thursday nights just got waaayyyyy funkier this month at Frank. The popular purveyor of the artisan sausage, which regularly features live music to go with those fancy hot dogs, will host Austin-based two sets from Austin-based funksters Brownout live every Thursday night in September. Con El Brownout No Se Juega!

As if two sets of the funk each Thursday night was not enough, Brownout is performing with different special guest DJs and collaborators each Thursday night. Starting with a hip-hop theme tonight, local hip-hop faves DJ Chicken George (peddling jazztronica), Riders Against The Storm and Bavu Blakes join band for some special performances.

Tonight’s lone out of town guest, Will Holland, comes all the way from Colombia by way of England. Better known by his DJ moniker Quantic, Holland spins some of the best electronic cumbias, salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Many of you will remember his track “Mi Swing Es Tropical” with Nickodemus from the Apple commercial.

Frank is located at 407 Colorado St. Doors open at 9 p.m. with the DJs and music starts at 10:30 p.m. $10 cover. All ages are welcome. Check back with Austin Vida each week for previews of each night’s showcase or visit the event page on Facebook here for details.

Preview: Brownout! & Chingo Bling at Mohawk

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It is going to be a hot one this Saturday night in Austin. Two of the biggest Latino acts in Texas are coming together for the biggest concert post Pachanga Fest. Austin funk group Brownout! joins Houston rapper Chingo Bling at Mohawk for one night only. You read that right…Chingo Bling and Brownout! together on July 23.

Brownout! is the side project or funk companion to Grupo Fantasma. Many of the members in Brownout are in Grupo Fantasma, including guitarist and founding member Adrian Quesada. The eight piece group have two critically acclaimed albums and several festival performances under their belt.  Find out on Saturday why people can’t get enough of Brownout!.

Chingo Bling is a popular underground rapper from Houston, Texas.  Self-dubbed as the “ghetto vaquero” and the “Latino Russel Simmons,” Chingo Bling is an entity all to himself. The “Versace-mariachi” returns to Austin for the first time since his first Pachanga Fest performance. Be ready for dope beats, comedic rhymes and potential stage diving. If that happens, don’t let those ghetto fabulous boots or chain hit you.

Watch Chingo Bling live at Pachanga Fest 2011 below, presented by Blastro and Austin Vida.

Mohawk is located at 912 Red River. Doors open at 8:00pm. All ages are welcome. Advance tickets for the show are available through Front Gate Tickets here. Tickets will be $12 at the door on the day of the show. Visit the official Facebook event page here and on Do512 here.