In Spanish, the phrase “¡qué bárbaro!” can mean either “awesome” or “brutal.” Both apply to homegrown Latin trio the Animeros and their debut of the same title. Discovered by Black Keys singer/slinger Dan Auerbach last year at SXSW – he heard their second-ever gig wafting from a Sixth Street rooftop – the psychedelic cumbia/chicha sorcerers lay down a Sixties/Seventies fuzz bomb of South American mania. Shaman in Colombian ATX juggernaut Superfónicos, frontman Nico Sánchez grooves alongside guitarist Mauro Lopez and percussionist Nick Tozzo in arch cinematic fashion. At KUTX’s Rock the Park in May, Animeros animated thousands, but at the intimate Continental and a Waterloo Records in-store Thursday, that whammy gets personal. – Raoul Hernandez
