"The band known as Chicano Batman – comprised of members Bardo, Carlos, Eduardo, & Gabriel – are officially rock stars. Say it ain’t so: They took Coachella’s crowd on a magic carpet ride, on a breeze of wah-wah reverb and gurgling organ riffs, leaving rock ‘experts’ like Rolling Stone magazine standing in a pool of their own drool & confusion, purple stains on their faces. Unable to fight it, they proudly claimed Chicano Batman as one of the top 25 things they saw at Coachella. Another example: The boys were recruited to be the official opening act for ex-White Stripes blues/rock trailblazer Jack White, on his tour through the midwest. After churning the slow-cooking pot of traditionalist rock with a different rhythm (and sabor), new audiences couldn’t help but notice, and accept, for better or for worse, that a different perspective of Rock Music exists. It’s colored in samba melodies, with a fluid framework of song structure, morphing from Free Love-era rhythm vamps to Fela-fueled bass thumps. It’s not a headbanger’s ball anymore. Not that there’s anything wrong with headbangers – come one, come all, this land was made for you and me, y’know? But I prefer my Rock hard enough to crack a smile from the hardest chola; this Rock is deep, educated from a library filled with the history of Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, Jorge & Carlos Santana, and more blue-collar Blues. All the influences are there for purists to approve – but you can’t deny that it tastes different…better. In fact, you LOVE it, and want more. The Bat-signal is in the sky, the cumbia is rockin’ & rollin’, and we’re gonna headbang to this stone groove – the same way the rest of America is doing it when Chicano Batman comes to town. Real talk: To hear a band bridge so many genres into one cohesive groove, traversing musical generations is amazing; to see them enact the fusion live on stage? Well, that is some official Rock Star magic."
THURSDAY MAY 28, 2015
DOORS 8PM – SHOW STARTS 8:30
TICKETS $10 – 21+/ID REQUIRED
www.thetroc.com/event/843587-chicano-batman-philadelphia/
Or check Box Office Hours on website
THE TROCADERO – BALCONY STAGE
1003 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA
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