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It takes a special kind of band for an impromptu dance party to break out at one of our Studio Milwaukee Sessions. Yes, we’ll get the occasional scatterings of one or two people feeling what the group on stage is putting down. But when The Animeros hit their first few notes during their performance, the entire back of the room started stepping and sliding their way through the set.
Moving people to dance on a Monday is a feat all by itself. The Austin-based band up it a level with the different emotions they transmit in a live setting, even an abbreviated one like ours. During their three songs you’ll hear in the broadcast version and the one they performed off-air, The Animeros went from smooth to sinister, harmonious to discordant, and sultry to sprinting.
The variety is no accident considering the breadth of genres they touch. Cumbia, psychedelia, bolero, mambo, Tejano, salsa, Latin soul — it all comes together on stage (including the Monday night show they had on tap at Cactus Club) and on albums like their debut, ¡Qué Bárbaro!, that dropped this past August.
The record produced by Dan Auberbach, who happened upon the band at their second live show ever, supplied all four songs The Animeros shared with us. In between, they talked with Kenny Perez about their disbelief around the moment that literally happened on April Fool’s Day, the serendipitous moment in Philadelphia that brought them to Radio Milwaukee and the artists who would be the perfect fit for their sonic blend.
Studio MKE: The Animeros set list
- “Mamba Mambo”
- “Uvas Negras”
- “Gózalo”
- “Danza de Los Saguaros” (post-broadcast)
