Burl Veneer’s Music Blog Vox 2008-04-29T15:15:22Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144aef1d3c7f/tags/latin/ Songs I Like Back to the funk: Brownout tag:vox.com,2008-04-29:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48cf303fe0003 2008-04-29T02:55:02Z 2008-04-29T15:15:22Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I've been spending a lot of my listening time lately back in the 80s and neglecting the funk, so I sought to remedy that today.  I started listening to Brownout, the Latin funk band from Austin, and as soon as I heard "African Battle" I was hooked.  Deep funk beat, extra percussion, horns, and trombone solos?  Yes, please!

Brownout - African Battle


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]]> Holding pattern: The Mars Volta tag:vox.com,2008-02-25:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48cfd19e90001 2008-02-25T03:55:14Z 2008-02-29T13:53:41Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

The new Mars Volta album (The Bedlam in Goliath) has me listening to all the old ones again, so I'm not ready to move on from them yet.  Here's a video of a highly-abbreviated "L'Via L'Viaquez," one of my two favorite songs from my still-favorite Mars Volta album, Frances the Mute:

Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez

The Mighty Boosh's Rudi and Spider are not based on The Mars Volta, as far as I know, but they definitely share a common ancestry.  Big-haired dudes playing funky prog-rock are just part of the zeitgeist, I suppose, the New Sound for the 21st Century:

The Mighty Boosh: The Priest and The Beast


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