The Mint (Venue Partner)
6010 W Pico Blvd
323.954.9400
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Very Be Careful
- When
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Friday Feb 26, 2010 (10pm)
- Where
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Directions: Pico Blvd near Crescent Heights
- Price
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$14
- Links
“Very Be Careful's heavy accordion input and Spanish vocals form the base for music capable of rousing concert halls and street fairs. Using traditional Colombian folk instruments like la guacharaca and la caja vallenata (a drum named after the Spanish word for box), VBC's refreshing Latin jive has become a bootleg favorite in South American clubs and on Japanese radio. Fellow Angelenos Cuchata get things started with funky, reggae-infused rock en Español.”
Phil Kropoth, Flavorpill
7pm DOORS
10pm Cuchata
Adventure has never been a task for VBC. A Caribbean soul and a California heart have sustained a decade of ceaseless romp-downs and raucous times for L.A.’s vallenato veteranos, inciting 10s of 1000s of men, women, children, and even some wild animals, to boogie to the Colombian coastal beat. From the debaucherous streets of: Austin’s SXSW, and Germany’s World CupTour ’06; to the cultural pinnacles of: Chicago’s Summer DanceSeries, New York’s Central Park Summerstage, Los Angeles’ Grand Performances, Silverlake’s Sunset Junction Street Fair; colossal concerts: L.A. Sports Arena Cumbia Fest, Glastonbury Music Festival UK, and Fuji Rock Festival Japan; clubs and hubs: N.Y.’s SOBs, L.A.’s HOBs, backyard BBQs, VeryBeCareful has tamed the beasts within or unleashed the ones without.
Bootlegged across Latin America, pumped at the clubs, and ripped on the radio and satellite stations of Japan, Argentina, Mexico, England, Belgium, Australia, Canada and the USA, Very Be Careful forges ahead globetrotting alongside legends and antiheros: Joe Strummer, Alfredo Gutierrez, Antibalas, Carlos Vives, Dub Trio, Grupo Niche, Kronos Quartet, Gogol Bordello. Their infamous ten year traditions hosting old school “dances” for Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Halloween and the legendary July 4th Brooklyn “Cumbia Under The Sparks” rooftop affair, has brought together people from around the globe itchin’ for those early roots sounds that prove a stripped down parranda is sometimes fiercer, and funner, than a bleedin’ riot.
Their newest cd, Salad Buey, is an urban jungle story of wild beasts and wilder beauties. It is a raw tale of L.A.’s gritty streets as told through the sweet and savory sounds of accordion, bass, and percussion under the same palm tree sway as on the steamy coast of Colombia. From the 1998 Pinto Records’ El Niño (produced by Money Mark), 1999 De Volada Records’ Cheap Chillin, Downtown Pijao’s 2001 The Rose, 2002 El Grizz, 2003 film The Tooth (which stars the band), and the classic 2005 Ñacas… to the new savage sounds of Salad Buey, VBC flies that “booty-shakin’ firestorm” flag higher than ever!!
