AUGUST 20, 2009
Brownout Announces Release of New Album; U.S. Club Tour
Aguilas and Cobras To Be Released September 15th
by Tom PryorLatin-funksters Brownout announced the upcoming release of their new album, Aguilas and Cobras today. The album is due out on September 15th, and marks the Austin, TX eight-piece's debut on the Six Degrees label, following up their 2008 release Homenaje. Aguilas and Cobras will be supported with a nine-date tour of the South and Southwest.
Brownout is the alter-ego of Grammy-nominated Latin rock collective Grupo Fantasma, and bills itself as "Grupo Fantasma's psychedelic Latin funk little brother," further exploring that band's funk roots.
"It's funny because we can be rehearsing with Grupo Fantasma one night and then the next night the same group of guys can go back to the rehearsal room and rehearse as Brownout and the music is completely different," Guitarist Adrian Quesada said, in a press release. "We've been lucky enough to be performing sometimes, where there's a whole audience that's not even familiar with Grupo Fantasma when Brownout is playing and vice versa. We're definitely trying to keep the two separate. At the same time there's no point in trying to hide the fact that it's the same band."
Mostly instrumental, the band takes its cues from James Brown's J.B.'s and San Francisco's Malo, the 70's Latin funk act fronted by Carlos Santana's brother Jorge, but they infuse it with their own Tejano border sound and lots of trippy psychedelia.
See them for yourself during their Fall tour of the South and Southwest.
Brownout Tour Dates:
Sep 11 2009 - Luna Live - San Antonio, Texas
Sep 12 2009 - Mohawk - Austin, Texas
Sep 15 2009 - Uncle Paulies - El Paso, Texas
Sep 16 2009 - Club CongressTuscon, Arizona
Sep 17 2009 - Afrofunke @ Zanzibar - Santa Monica, California
Sep 18 2009 - Elbo Room - San Francisco, California
Sep 20 2009 - Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz, California
Oct 9 2009 - Thirsty Hippo - Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Oct 10 2009 - The Earl - Atlanta, Georgia