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Chicano Batman
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Tickets cost $31 in advance, $35 day of show (including all service charges). They are also available by phone through Hold My Ticket at 505-886-1251.
This is a standing room only show. There are no seats at the El Rey.
Chicano Batman source their high-spirited alternative synthesis from tropicália, West Coast psychedelia, and late-'60s/early-'70s soul. Chicano Batman has been well-respected locally for the best part of a decade; the group has opened for Jack White, Alabama Shakes, Vampire Weekend and Portugal. The Man in recent tours, and has played major festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo.
After signing with ATO Records, the group released Freedom is Free in 2017, teaming up with Leon Michels to craft an ambitious sonic experience that enhances the soul and R&B elements of their sound. Their 2020 release, Invisible People, was their most sonically-varied and cohesive album to date. The record is a statement of hope, a proclamation that we are all invisible people, and that despite race, class, or gender we can overcome our differences and stand together. For the album, the band worked with Shawn Everett, the Grammy-award winning mixing engineer known for his work with Alabama Shakes, War on Drugs, Kacey Musgraves, and Julian Casablancas. With Leon Michels (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions) producing and Everett's mixing steering the record's direction, the band's lush Tropicalia-tinged sound has transformed into their most polished and densely layered.
In 2021, Chicano Batman released two brand-new tracks, the powerhouse single "Dark Star" and its psychedelic B-side "Pastel Sunrise." The songs were both produced by Grammy-nominated producer John Hill (Portugal. The Man, Santigold, M.I.A.).
