My friend and i got there with glassy eyes. We found parking about 2 blocks from the place surrounded by a very friendly and well lit neighborhood. We got in after a quick id check and of course we were in some other dimension because they had warpaint''s "Undertow" playing at the bar!!!!!! We skipped the drinks and went straight to the stage and waited for the show to start. My friend and I are more rockers but today we decided to try something different. One of the biggest differences is the language; mostly spanish was spoken tonight but most of the crowd was bilingual so it wasn't a problem if you only spoke english or any language at all really. With my glassy eyed gaze i kept gazing at this beautiful green eyed sweetheart of a girl; the air oozed with such spanish fire and seduction, it didnt feel like brooklyn at all anymore! We were about 10 ft away from the stage when the lights dimmed and out came M.A.K.U soundsytem which consisted of a fiery bassist/vocalist, flaming guitarist(bachata like licks) and a horn section with a girl saxophonist. Everything zoomed in for me as they started playing and for some reason you cant really believe your ears the sounds that are coming from this group. I was in indigenous sound heaven and a sweet girl asked me to dance with her in spanish of course. So my friend and I grabbed a partner and started dancing with them even though we didn't know how to dance but the girls were having fun and so were we! The only thing though it would've been great to have come with a dance partner if your a little shy like i am. Bomba estereo then came out and whoah they just chucked their charisma and explosives at us!! Prepare to sweat, to sweat, to sweat and dance song after song. man.Estereo gave us a breather with their song "respirar" which means to breathe but after that more dancing! I just could not stop swaying to the beat( i never dance) but Bomba estereo made me move my feet, its just a natural reaction to their gorgeous mixture of music you cant fight it. Bomba estereo made a regular Wednesday night feel like an old spanish town where beautiful people danced in the streets and you felt like you were falling in love with who ever you danced to; it was romantic at its best!!!! Street gutter romance!!! We finshed the night drenched in sweat, ate some pizza at local store and went home thinking about our incredible night but also thinking that we had to go to work in just 5 hours. For $15 it cant get better than that.
Music Hall of Williamsburg @
- Brooklyn @
, NY @
- Wed, Mar 21, 2012 @
Favorite moment: When the whole crowd was in a dancing frenzy!! @
Setlist: Good song after good song. It doesn't matter. Bomba played an encore as well. @
Opening act(s): M.A.K.U sound system @