La Otracina

Having lived in NYC for three weeks, I finally got to see my first show; lucky for me, it was a record release show for Brooklyn rockers La Otracina. On their website, these guys are described as "the New Wave of Psychedelic Heavy Metal, a contemporary musical vision exploding with classic influences and mind-warping sonic fusions! Their sound is a dense and majestic universe where the epic glory of 70’s proto-metal and hard-rock dance with the graceful complexity of cosmic progressive rock and the hallucinogenic mystery of heavy psychedelia, and all the while free-form improvisational interludes give way to poly-rhythmic thrash assaults and spiraling jazz-rock freakouts!". With the exception of maybe Timothy Leary, I don't think anyone could describe their sound more faithfully. Simply put, this is an awesome band playing amazing rock - don't miss your chance to see them before they hit the road to promote Reality Has Got to Die. New Yorkers can catch them again on Thursday, September 30th at Santos Party House.