Gig Alerts: Antibalas

By
Alana Harper
Music Hub | Dec 30, 2009

Antibalas
"Government Magic"
Playing at: Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg)
Get: Tickets (SOLD OUT) | Directions

Long before the afrobeat collective Antibalas was lighting up the Great White Way in the musical Fela!, they were turning New York clubs into Nigerian dance halls with their Fela Kuti-inspired African big band sound. On "Government Magic," the band stays true to Kuti's style. With blood-boiling fervor, Antibalas plays a spirited, jungly jam full of rousing horns, visceral percussion and dramatic, political vocals.

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