Antibalas live in concert.
ON TOUR

Antibalas

21
critic concert reviews
global

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
%
Based on 
21
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 21 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Antibalas is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Antibalas concert reviews describe live shows and performances as infectious, feel-good, surreal, rhythmic, and hypnotic.

ON TOUR

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Latest Release

Paste Studio NYC (New York, NY) 02/07/2020 (February 7, 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
global
Origin
Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (1998 - present) (1998 – present)
Bio
Antibalas is a Bushwick, Brooklyn based afrobeat band that is modelled after Fela Kuti's Africa 70 band and Eddie Palmieri's Harlem River Drive Orchestra. Although their music is primarily afrobeat, their music incorporates elements of jazz, funk, dub, improvised music, and traditional drumming from Cuba and West Africa.
Has Performed With
Zap Mama

Critic Concert Reviews

Glide Magazine (USA)

October 4, 2021
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With summer in the Pacific Northwest bidding adieu and the rainy season lurking around the corner, concert promoters who got a late start to the season due to Oregon having some of the harshest pandemic restrictions in the country are cramming as many outdoor shows in as possible before the weather is no longer suitabl

Glide Magazine (USA)

February 25, 2020
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For just over two decades, Brooklyn-based musical collective Antibalas have been proudly waving the Afrobeat flag.

KEXP (USA)

March 7, 2019
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Antibalas at Nectar Lounge (2/28)

Exclaim (Canada)

October 7, 2018
90
%
Up+Dt Festival, Edmonton on October 6, 2018

Diandra Reviews It All (USA)

September 16, 2017
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Antibalas Give A Feast of Sound At Gramercy Theatre

The Snipe News (Canada)

June 25, 2017
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The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, Canada

Tomorrow's Verse (USA)

February 17, 2015
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It was a statement that justified the trance that had taken over my body -- really the entirety of the Park West -- on Valentine's Night.

Past critic reviews published in

Relix (USA), Showbams (USA), Jambands (USA), LA Weekly (USA), The Austin Chronicle (USA) and more

Image Credit

Federico Cantoni [CC BY-SA 2.5] via Wikimedia Commons