THE BUDOS BAND hit Australia later this month for the Perth International Art Festival and Melbourne Zoo Twilights along with two special club dates in Melbourne and Sydney. For those unaware, THE BUDOS BAND are the most dangerous and sleazy band on the world famous Daptone ‘House of Soul’ label from Brooklyn.
THE BUDOS BAND’s first three albums channel the best bits of afrobeat, soul, funk and rock into huge, hypnotic and cinematic soundscapes that take you on a wild ride to places where the burning holes in dancefloors or drowning in your own sweat seems like the only option. And if that wasn’t enough they’ve increased the sleaze and intensity on their latest album to even greater heights. The new album ‘Burnt Offering’ is dripping with the psychedelic sounds of early heavy metal fused with the tight-knit propulsion of Fela Kuti and the deep body shaking grooves and life changing horn lines that can only be conjured by the hedonistic brotherhood that is THE BUDOS BAND.
The band have brought their loud, rowdy parties to venues and festivals across the globe, and their music has been featured everywhere from skate videos to video games (MLB The Show), TV (Entourage) and film (New York, I Love You) but it has taken four albums for the band to finally give Australia their first taste of this excellence.
“So tight and in tune that they’ve basically become this telepathically-communicating instrumental hydra that ambushes you into moving your body on its terms.” PITCHFORK
Catch The Budos Band at the following dates:
THURSDAY 19 FEB | CORNER HOTEL | MELBOURNE – with The Seven Ups
www.cornerhotel.com
SATURDAY 21 FEB | OXFORD ART FACTORY | SYDNEY – with Wild Cat Falling
www.oxfordartfactory.com
Hear the track THE STICKS HERE
Hear the classic Budos track CHICAGO FALCON HERE
Watch & hear the track BURNT OFFERING HERE
