Sao Paulo, Brazil’s four-woman band Rakta delivers drenching, horror-movie-soundtracking post-punk, and they’re not averse to shaking up established orders — dropping guitars entirely for last year’s III album, for example. Intensely felt and a visual knockout, flamenco makes for an all-round entrancing night out and with this first visit into town from the troupe it has to be the pick of the week. You might say — and she’d probably agree — her guitar is her most steadfast companion. “I view instrumentation as another way to talk,” she told Stereogum. Also on the bill, multivalent Joseph Shabason’s pedal-driven saxophone trips figure to be a lovely complement off his Aytche debut solo recording, one of the year’s great late-night, head-tripping listens.

Source: thestar October 11, 2017 14:03 UTC