From street performances, pop rock, cumbia and so much more could be what describe the showcases that we went to for the second day of the music showcasing of South by Southwest. The two main stops we did were the NACO and the Tormenta Topical showcases. Both were good as far as quality music goes to, at the NACO one we got to see Banda de Turistas, Sonidero Nacional and Gustavo Galindo and in the Tormenta Tropical we got to see awesome DJ’s like Nguzunguzu, Jubilee, Toy Selectah, Disco Shawn, Tanlines, Maluca and many more; not only that, but like typical Austin SXSW climate we got to see street performances from everyone to street hobos to un-known bands trying to break into the music scene.
The NACO Showcase
Although this showcase was not as packed like we have seen other showcases get filled up in the past, the bands that showcased their new album and work were fantastic. The Argentina boys that make “Banda de Turistas” gave a good and calm show, that with every little bit that their music gave people were dancing and singing along to, after that the very much awaited Sonidero Nacional, composed of Toy Selctah and friends like band members from grupo fantasma, DJ Dus and other out of the spur guests like the two chicas that got up in the stage and shook their hips, brought the crowd to full out life and made them shake their hips, spin and dance the good cumbia remixes that Toy Selctah was spinning while his friends played along with music instruments.
After that awesome hip shaking, spinning and dance the whole time cumbia set, it was time for a more fresa pop style of music and boy were we shocked, before Gustavo Galindo who is signed by Universal all we knew about him is that in his latest cd he had the same producer as one of our personal favorites Julieta Venegas. However the boy can fend for himself and gave a pretty good showcase, we can’t lie nor complain. Overall it was a weird mix of music from the beatles folk style of rock from Banda de Turistas, then the hip shaking cumbia of Sonidero Nacional with the music by Gustavo Galindo a guy that is inspired by musicians such as Juanes and Cafe Tacvba and opened for groups like Natalia Lafourcade, Babasonicos and Zoe.
After that, we couldn’t wait to get to the “Tormenta Tropical” paryt which was announced by the Sonidero Nacional boys by saying “you want more partying? Come down to our party, down that way on Iron Gate” and we said, "let’s go right after Gustavo Galindo, last night was awesome so this one has to be awesome as well…" and after a short time of asking directions and finding our way... we got to the Iron Gate.
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