Pachanga Latino Music Festival. This weekend. Say no more!
March 11th, 2013
The madness that is SXSW has decended upon our fair city of Austin, Texas. Music starts tomorrow!
Here is the schedule for DMG artists performing during the festival.
Friday, March 15th - Pan Americana Festival @ MACC - 8:15pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, March 16th - A360 Rocks the Lot @ Austin American Statesman - 4pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday, March 16th - The Stage on Sixth - 11:45pm
Official festival credentials needed
BROWNOUT
Wednesday, March 13th - Austin Music Awards @ Austin Music Hall - 7:25pm
Official festival credentials or tickets needed
Friday, March 15th - Official Showcase @ COPA - 12 midnight
Official festival credentials needed
Saturday, March 16th - NOLA x ATX @ Lucy's - 1pm
Free and open to the public
FOOT PATROL
Thursday, March 14th - FOOT X FOOTFEST @ Hi Hat Public House - 5pm
Free and open to the public
Friday, March 15th - Legendary White Swan - 4pm
Free and open to the public
Saturday - March 16th - Uglyfest @ Chain Drive - 12 midnight
Free and open to the public
A very happy new year to everyone. Lots going on with the DMG as always and we are looking forward to APAP in NYC next week, especially the seeing lots of music part. Winter Jazzfest, globalFest and much more...isn't that what's it all about?
Recapping the past while, we were glad to see two of our artists crack the top 50 of the year end CMJ charts (see #21 & #25)! And going forward the excitement is brewing for the collaboration of Grupo Fantasma and the legendary and Grammy Award winning producer Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.
Again, happy 2013 and we hope to see you soon.
November 5, 2012
The Huffington Post partnered with Rupa & the April Fishes for the premiere of their new music video for the title track from BUILD. Perfect timing with the election tomorrow! The video was produced and directed by Matt Mahurin who has done work for Tom Waits, U2, Metallica, Ice-T, Peter Gabriel and more. Check out some other great reviews or features on the new album including Funkhaus Europa, LA Times, World Beat Canada, Paste Magazine, CBC Music and WNYC Soundcheck.
Grupo Fantasma's annual NYE spectacular in Austin has just been announced. This year's event will take place at the Beauty Ballroom and the uber funky Foot Patrol will open up the show. Advance tickets and more information HERE. Poster design by John Rubio.
July 24, 2012
A great start to the campaign for Rupa & the April Fishes' new album BUILD with a feature and mp3 giveaway in Filter Magazine. The album will be released worldwide on October 2nd.
June 8, 2012
I am honored to be part of a local team here in my hometown of Austin, TX that is presenting the EKATVA Oneness Tour at the Long Center for the Performing Arts - Sunday, June 10th at 2pm. Sixteen children from some of the biggest slums of Gujarat, India presenting a dance/drama based on Gandhi's ideas of strength, peace and oneness. We've raised all the funding for this show (close to $8,000 for the Austin stop alone!) and it is totally FREE. Ticket reservations and heartfelt donations HERE.
In other DMG news...Grupo Fantasma heads to the massive Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival outside of Nashville this weekend to team up with the legendary GZA / the GENIUS of Wu-Tang Fame. They will also do two shows in Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, June 14th. The first show is sold out but tickets still available for the late set. GF will also be touring all summer as usual in the US, Canada and Europe - full list of tour dates HERE.
That's it for now folks...more soon.
April 24, 2012
It's a big week for the DMG! Brownout's new album OOZY comes out today on the Nat Geo Music label. Feel free to download the title track HERE. About.com has praised the effort as "one of the funkiest of 2012."
Out on the west coast, Rupa & the April Fishes are in the middle of the BAY RISING TOUR which has the band peddling their bicycles over 200 miles around the perimeter of the San Francisco Bay, presenting close to a dozen concerts with a bicycle powered sound system that converts the leg power of volunteer pedalers from the audience into electricity. Highlights of the tour include a stop at the San Quentin Penitentiary to entertain inmates and the homecoming celebration at The Independent on Saturday, April 28th. Read more about the tour with full list of dates, press coverage and more HERE. The band's newest full length album is being mastered this week with a release date later this year...stay tuned!
February 21, 2012
This weekend's Grupo Fantasma live album & DVD taping was a gigantic success, we couldn't have asked for a better team effort and we are buzzing with excitement. In no particular order, the DMG extends our gratitude to: Damon Lange and Nomad Sound, Bart Butler and the incredible production staff, security and bartenders at the Beauty Ballroom, Rupert Neve Audio in Wimberley for the mics, GF's longtime sound gurus Brendan Burke & Griper Nugent, illustrious guitar tech Salvador Hurtado, extra horn players and comrades Gengee Centeno and Leo Gauna, Glen Kaplan Lighting, Joe Hernandez & Co at MidNightGravity (Lasers & Visuals), Aaron Brown and the fine fellas of Onion Creek Productions, DJ Chorizo Funk, Mark Weber's 5:15 Music Services, Gibson Guitars, make-up artist Marge Gomez who made the guys look pretty, the Austin Chronicle for the weekend pick, Michael & Lia Crockett and KUT for the on-air support, Ian Morales / Austin Vida and especially the band's families and fans for their lifetime of support.
Love to all...and apologies if we forgot to mention anyone.
Pics of the weekend are up on the band's facebook.
Live review in the Examiner by Greg Ackerman
Read previous DMG news posts here.
