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[7/17] Preview: Peligrosa celebrates Colombian Independence Day at Empire Control Room & Garage

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peligrosaFriday, July 17, is the third Friday of the month. For Latin music lovers in Austin, we know that means it’s time to party with Peligrosa at Empire Control Room & Garage. This month’s installment of the baddest Latin music residencies in the country will serve as an early celebration of Colombian Independence Day, which is technically July 20. The celebration will be on two stages.

In the Colombian spirit, performers in the Control Room stage inside include two of Austin’s purveyors of Colombian-inspired music, Kiko Villamizar and La Frenetika. Special guests Dos Santos Anit-Beat Orquesta, on tour from Chicago, round out the band lineup. The 2015 Pachanga Fest performer features former Maneja Beto frontman and Austinite, Alex Chavez, on guitar and vocals.

The DJs from Peligrosa will be on the patio spinning the best in Latin electrónica. Be ready to be in pictures all over the internet as Peligrosa photographer Quito will be taking photos. For more about Peligrosa, watch the KLRU documentary series Arts In Context episode featuring the collective here.

Empire Control Room & Garage is located at 606 E. 7th Street. Doors open at 9 p.m. 18+ welcome. Cover will be $5 for advance tickets and $8 at the door on the day of the show. Visit the Facebook event page here.

Peligrosa

Dos Santos: Anti-Beat Orquesta

Kiko Villamizar

La Frenetika

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[6/19] Preview: Peligrosa at Empire Control Room & Garage

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Peligrosa posterTonight marks the third Friday of the month and that means it is time for Austin-based Latin DJ collective Peligrosa to take over Empire Control Room & Garage. While the DJs from Peligrosa spin the best in Latin electrónica on the patio, live music will be provided on the Control Room stage inside by Austin-based bands La Frenetika and La Vida Buena.

Peligrosa is the longest running dance party in Austin. Be ready to be in pictures all over the internet as Peligrosa photographer Quito will be taking photos. For more about Peligrosa, watch the KLRU documentary series Arts In Context episode featuring the collective here.

La Frenetika offer an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Expect lots of dancing, a great crowd of regulars and a big sound.

Austin-based hip-hop/salsa group La Vida Buena are some of our favorite party starters. Lead by member Louie “Luison” Alarcon, the group performs original tracks from their debut EP ¡Checkpoint Alpha! as well as salsa-fied covers of popular hip-hop and R&B tracks.

Long story short, as my colleague and Tejano beat writer Piper Lemoine always says, the Peligrosa party is the best party in Austin and arguably the country for Latin music lovers. It is where old school meets the new that all can truly enjoy.

Empire Control Room & Garage is located at 606 E. 7th Street. Doors open at 10 p.m. 18+ welcome. Cover will be $5 for 21+ and $10 for 18+. Visit the Facebook event page here.

Peligrosa

La Vida Buena

La Frenetika

[4/25] Preview: El Tule, La Frenetika at Empire Control Room & Garage

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El TuleSaturday, Apr. 25, those looking for live Latin music  downtown need to look no further than Empire Control Room & Garage. Local Latin fusion bands El Tule and La Frenetika provide rhythms with guest DJ Vanessa La Bestia on the Empire patio stage. The best part is that there is no cover, leaving no excuse not to enjoy music from two of Austin’s best.

El Tule is a longtime staple in the Latin music community in Austin. Their lyrics are about history, art and culture often focus on legends and tales of the mystical. Their music blends elements of salsa, merengue, cumbia and reggae set to Spanish lyrics.

La Frenetika offer an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Expect lots of dancing, a great crowd of regulars and a big sound.

Vanessa Burden of La Vida Buena and KOOP FM, aka DJ Vanessa La Bestia, spins in-between sets and after the bands perform.

Empire Control Room & Garage is located at 606 E. 7th Street. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. Event will be on the patio stage. No cover with RSVP HERE. Visit the Facebook event page here.

El Tule

La Frenetika

[4/16] Preview: Las Cafeteras, La Frenetika at Flamingo Cantina

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Las cafeteras posterTonight popular 6th Street live music venue Flamingo Cantina hosts the Austin tour stop for East Los Angeles’ alt-roots band Las Cafeteras. Local support comes from the South American-inspired La Frenetika. Between the two, there is every reason to go in late tomorrow or make it an early weekend.

Las Cafeteras come to Austin on tour in support of their newly released remix and music video for their single “Mujer Soy.” According to the band, the project was a special collaboration with Los Angeles DJ crew La Junta Sound System who remixed some of their previous recordings into upbeat dance tracks. Their live set is brought to life by the eclectic instrumentation used, which include jarana’s, requinto, a donkey jawbone, a West African bass instrument called the Marimbol, cajón, and a wooden platform called the Tarima used to dance Zapateado.

Local favorites La Frenetika offer an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Expect lots of dancing, great crowd of regulars and big sound.

Austin’s DJ Chorizo Funk (Peligrosa, Body Rock) spins before and in-between sets.

Flamingo Cantina is located at 515 E. 6th Street. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. $10 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here.

Las Cafeteras

La Frenetika

DJ Chorizo Funk

[4/10] Preview: La Frenetika + Morena Soul at The Sahara Lounge

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Frenetika Apr 10Friday, Apr. 10, popular East Austin venue The Sahara Lounge will be the best place in town to hear live South American-inspired music provided by Austin-based bands La Frenetika and Morena Soul. While each band’s musical stylings have roots in different countries, both compliment each other well enough to keep attendees dancing and happy all night.

La Frenetika offers an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Expect lots of dancing, great crowd of regulars and big sound.

Brazilian fusionists Morena Soul are the quintessential world music party starters. The group’s name is probably familiar as they are a regular at Central Market and perform at seemingly every Brazilian holiday event in town. Formed in 2010, the band was founded by singer Sarah Altoé, guitarist/songwriter Frank Almendra, and percussionist Mike Longoria to bring their own twist to traditional Brazilian rhythms.

The Sahara Lounge is located at 1413 Webberville Rd. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. $7 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here.

La Frenetika

Morena Soul

[1/31] Preview: “Cumbiamba” at Flamingo Cantina

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Cumbiamba Jan 31Once again tonight the place to be for cumbia lovers in Austin is 6th street live music venue Flamingo Cantina. Three of Austin’s best Latin bands are coming together for night dedicated to celebrating the popular Colombian-based genre with a live music showcase aptly titled “Cumbiamba.” Long story short, cumbia and more cumbia all night long.

Austin’s La Frenetika offers an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Expect lots of dancing, great crowd of regulars and big sound.

El Tule is a longtime staple in the Latin music community in Austin. Their lyrics are about history, art and culture often focus on legends and tales of the mystical. Their music blends elements of salsa, merengue, cumbia and reggae set to Spanish lyrics.

Huerta Culture takes its name from Huerta Street in South Austin where for years a core group of friends got together to jam and lay down rhythms, sometimes hosting after parties for local and traveling musicians. Their music blends elements of reggae, ska, traditional Latin rhythms such as cumbia and combines them with socially conscious lyrics.

Flamingo Cantina is located at 515 E. 6th Street. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. $7 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here.

La Frenetika

El Tule

Huerta Culture

[5/30] Preview: Cinco Doce, La Frenetika, Kalua at Flamingo Cantina

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Flamingo May 30Tonight popular 6th Street live music venue Flamingo Cantina is hosting a great night of Latin music featuring three Austin-based faves. All the night’s performers offer music en Español with a different estyle that all can enjoy for an affordable cost. Trust us, we ought to know.

Headliner’s Cinco Doce have made a 6th Street home away from home at Flamingo Cantina over the last few years and it has become sort of a new right of passage to see them perform there. The Urban Tejano is Austin’s answer to Kumbia Kings, Kumbia All Starz, etc., Cinco Doce is emblematic of the young, bi-cultural Latino who loves mainstream urban music but is more than proud of their Tejano roots. They intertwine R&B, pop and hip-hop with traditional, often-synthed, cumbia beats.

For those looking for some South American sounds, Austin’s La Frenetika offers an array of covers and original music that fuses elements of Colombian style cumbia, vallenato, gozadera and other traditional Latin rhythms. Long story short; lots of dancing, great crowd of regulars and big sound.

The night’s openers are Austin rock en Español vetarans Kalua. Inspired by their American, Mexican, Colombian and Venezuelan backgrounds, Kalua fuses elements of ’80s and early ’90s Rock en Español (Maná, Caifanes, etc) with the vocal stylings of experienced mariachi singer for a frontman.

Flamingo Cantina is located at 515 E. 6th Street. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. $5 cover. Visit the Facebook event page here for more updates and set times.

[5/9] Preview: Money Chicha, La Frenetika at Gypsy Lounge

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Frenetika + Money Chicha May 9

While Austinites are getting ready for the big Pachanga Latino Music Fest (Pachanga) this weekend, a few unofficial pre-parties are poppin’ up including a great two band bill at Gypsy Lounge on Friday, May 9. The bill includes Austin-based psychedelic chicha band Money Chicha and South American-fusion band, La Frenetika. Although not an official Pachanga pre-party, the Facebook event page does mention Pachanga ticket giveaways will happen throughout the night.

Headliners Money Chicha are one of the many bands in the Grupo Fantasma family of bands that includes Brownout, Spanish Gold, Ocote Soul Sounds and The Echocentrics. Their music pays homage to the musical and cultural movement of the ’60s and ’70s found in Peru and Colombia with elements of  psych-rock.

Openers La Frenetika are big in membership and big in sound. The Latin-fusion collective performs a medley of various original songs and covers of popular vallenato, gozadera, Colombian cumbia and guapacha classics from South America.

Gypsy Lounge is located at 1504 E. 6th Street next to Hotel Vegas and Volstead. Doors open at 9 p.m. 21+ welcome. $5 cover.  Visit the Facebook event page here.

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