Fela Kuti was smiling down on Austin today. While Friday’s Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup boasted the likes of Gogol Bordello, Hot Chip, N.E.R.D. and Vampire Weekend, Brooklyn’s Antibalas high-energy set stole day one. Tenor Sax player Stuart Bogie was the ringleader encouraging the audience to participate with the eleven member tribal-funk-soul group. Bogie and the horn section are featured on the new TV On The Radio album Dear Science. He was responsible for the horns arrangements on TOVR’s “Crying” and “Red Dress“.

Tour Dates:
Oct 5 Old Fulton Fish Market New York, New York
Oct 9 Black Cat Washington DC
Oct 10 Cats Cradle in Carborro, North Carolina
Oct 11 Loki Music Festival Horse Shoe, North Carolina

Download:
Antibalas – Security (iTunes)
Antibalas – Who Is This America? (iTunes)
Antibalas – Talkatif (iTunes)
Antibalas – Government Magic (iTunes)
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra – Liberation Afro Beat, Vol. 1 (iTunes)