El Paso's own latin reggae band Radio la Chusma is taking the trip up to Colorado Fathers Day weekend and spending some time in Salida and Pueblo. It's been almost a year since RLC has performed at The Victoria Tavern in Salida and this time they'll be performing after FibArk for two days June 19-20.
June 21st RLC will be performing at the NEW Phil's Radiator. Chusma hasn't been to Pueblo in quite sometime and looking to performing there more often so please come on out and support!
IN OTHER NEWS........
NEW MERCHANDISE!!!
SabaHut.com has made some custom Radio la Chusma shirts check em out they'll be available at the shows for $20.
This will be Radio la Chusma's first show in El Paso for 2015, the band has been busy recording new music as well as traveling to Northern New Mexico and setting up more performances in Colorado, Arizona and California for Spring & Summer!
Grammy Award Winning band Grupo Fantasma will be playing at The Lowbrow Palace w/ Radio la Chusma & Kontra Golpe Noise Manifesto opening up the night eve
February 9th:
Bob MARLEY's Bday Bash @ Bombardier's (109Castellano) featuring El Paso's top Reggae artists! Doors at 6pm. get there by 7 and receive a free Rasta bracelet!!! $8 21 and up. $10 18 and up. $3 off with canned food!! 6pm DJ Birth Defects 7pm Dub Cartel 7:30 Belly Dance 7:50 Bumpstreet Fonanza 8:30 Belly Dance
9pm Steady Shakedown
10pm Mexklan
11pm Belly Dance
11:30 Radio La Chusma
1am DJ Birth Defects
420RAFFLE with Bob Marley theme!!!
There will also be an instrument drive for PLAY ON MUSIC MENTORS.
This past weekend was Fixed Idea's 20 year anniversary show at Tricky Falls. I posted up a few photos on my facebook page that you can check out if you like. I'll do a brief summary of the show because I only remember bits n' pieces of it (tequila is a helluva drug). Mexklan opened the night with some great ska/rocksteady/jazz fusion mixed into their set. The majority of their members played in Fixed Idea from 2000-2010 (Jaime/Bass, Rick/Drums, Mario/Keys, Maribel/Sax, Matt/Trumpet with addition of Louie/Guitar) Horn section is tight as hell and Louie murders it on guitar. Jaime & Rick are probably the best rhythm section in the city hands down and Mario can throw some reggae bubbles like the best of them. Radio la Chusma came up afterwards and with a few minor line up changes, David was in California with his family most notably the absence of Selina Nevarez, who left after 5 great years in RLC. Set was energetic had the crowd dancing and played the Chusma Standards, Cumbia de Maracumbe, Rasta Mexica & of course Crusin'. Didn't take any footage of the set because (hint I play trombone in Chusma) SOOO hopefully we get to see some photos and videos soon! Fixed Idea was in full force with over 20 people on stage throughout their set and playing all the classics which are too many to name but they put on a hell of a show lot of familiar faces on stage and by that point into their 4th song I was a few lone stars and tequila shots in and things got hazy BUT I did manage to take a few video's SO ENJOY :)
This past weekend Kontra Golpe Noise Manifesto had their CD release party, Frontera Bugalu opened off the night followed by Radio la Chusma. It was a packed house and having 3 of the biggest latin/reggae/cumbia bands in the region had everyone dancing non stop! Here's some footage I took with my cell phone and my cheapy digital camera... don't hate ;)
Audio from Radio la Chusma's set at Cool Canyon Night's in McKelligon Canyon on June 14, 2012. I'll be removing this in a few weeks to make room for more audio (due to soundclouds 2hr limitation and me being poor and not wanting to upgrade for $40) Leave a comment which is your favorite track or I may just upload it to Chusma's reverbnation profile... Will have to talk it over with the rest of the band.
El Paso’s own Radio la Chusma will be hitting the road again this year and travelling to California in support of their latest album RASTA MEXICA. In addition to California they will be performing in Mexi Cali and Ensenada Mexico! Check out their list of shows visit their reverbnation page & facebook profile and tell your friends and familia and pick yourself up a copy of their new album if you are in the following cities!
Last week I had the pleasure of checking out HCS lot of great local acts opened up the night Dub Cartel, whose got a new 2 song EP in the works started off the night with some Reggae/Rock they're up and coming and looking forward to seeing them spread their fan base and getting bigger shows. The Ironsides & Rusty Bishops brought some punk infused craziness and got the crowd pumped and moshing, brought me back to my younger days when I used to jump in there and go ape shit (now I just hang at the bar and drink and reminese on my younger days) Second Class Citizens from Las Cruces, NM were up next and brought with them some 3rd wave ska/punk music with a 3 piece horn section and did a great performance.
So closing off the night were Hub City Stompers from New Jersey, IF you haven't heard of them then you should look at some of the youtube clips I'm about to post below and sit back and kick yourself in the ass for not coming out to Lips last week! They play a mix of skinhead reggae, punk, with a touch of traditional ska mixed in very well. My friend Sammy who I met last year when I brought in The Forthrights & Maddie Ruthless was playing keys with HCS we caught up on the joys of touring and how the reggae/ska touring circuit is a small world of friends of friends and we're all pretty cool to hang with, I digress though, HCS fuckin' KILLED it, for a Thursday night in El Paso it was a decent crowd and I'm sure next time they come through they'll have a larger crowd (hopefully it won't be in another 5 years). Anyways it was great hanging out with these guys & girl drinking Lonestar’s in the back patio.Mad respect to Dead Girls Booking for bring them out and keeping the scene alive!
Here’s some video’s and pictures from the show. Should have some video's uploaded to my channel in the next couple of days so be sure to subscribe!
This past Wednesday Radio la Chusma, Cumbia Machin & DJ Birth Defects played at The Network in Downtown El Paso. Such a great turn out for a Wednesday and for a up and coming bar! The Network, 317 E. Mills, used to be called La Catrina (right next to Leo's Mexican Restaurant) it's got a really chill vibe, good drink prices and some pretty hot ladies working behind the bar!
we packed the house and played way into the morning and that's when EPPD had to come in and break things up and close some streets off due to the amount of people still having a good time and cash in on some DUI's. Hopefully there wasn't too many people that got behind the wheel drunk!
So had a fun night at House of Rock playing with Radio la Chusma, brought my video camera along and took some footage of Angelica Tinajero's band Shaka Toki, Geli is one of Ernie's little sisters and she was also our merch girl/jeweler when I was playing with Liquid Cheese, oh the times we had on tour haha! Anyways I also had some footage of Chusma but due to the fact I placed it in a shitty spot where there was constant lighting glares into the lens making it auto focus - out of focus the majority of the video was crap... Oh well enjoy Shaka Toki in the meantime :)
