Brownout

Posted on Monday, August 8

For a Review of Brownout’s Aguilas y Cobras album and to listen to Brownout’s Olvidalo Click Here

“Rich and exhilarating—‘70s guitars wrangling alongside trumpets plus added bits of psych-mysticism inside funk keyboards, and throughout it all, proud flourishing brass..” – Pop Matters

If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The eight-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma. Mostly instrumental, the band takes its cues from James Brown’s J.B.’s and San Francisco’s Malo, the Seventies act fronted by Carlos Santana’s brother Jorge, but they infuse it with their particular vibe of border music hybridity and generous brushstrokes of trippy psychedelia. The band member’s musical journey began as a revolt against the Mexican cumbias and Tejano music of their hometown. Opting instead to immerse themselves in the worlds of Sly Stone, James Brown, and Mandrill, they were nurtured by soulful staccato drums, deep-in-the-pocket guitar riffs, and bawdy bass lines, elements that would provide the overriding arch for their sundry musical explorations.

Brownout may well be Grupo Fantasma’s psychedelic Latin funk little brother, but it has taken Grupo Fantasma’s funk roots and blown them up. With soulful backbeats, psychedelic exploration, tough grooves and brassy streetwise accents, Brownout can already claim the kind of bona fides needed to stand on their own. Aguilas and Cobras, the group’s new album on Six Degrees Records stands as testament to their one of a kind evolution.

Friday, August 19
9PM Pre-concert Q&A with musicians from Brownout, hosted by Catalina Maria Johnson
10PM Show, Doors at 8:30pm
$15 G.A. | $25 Reserved | 18+ show

Mayne Stage
1328 W. Morse Ave.