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Fresh off their buzz generating appearance at this year’s LAMC in New York City, Bomba Estereo rocked Chicago’s Green Dolphin as part of Arte Y Vida’s month long celebration of Colombian music.  From the moment Bomba took the stage it is no understatement to say that the crowd was whipped into a frenzy.  Vocalist/MC Liliana Saumet paced the show and the crowd with a set of songs off of 2009′s Blow Up (Nacional Records).  The crowd sang along, jumped, clapped and danced to the electro vacilon, or electro-Tropical as the band have described their music.  I’ve posted video below of the opening so you can see for yourself the energy and you can check out the official MeanLittleBumbleBee Facebook page for more photos.

As part of the opening night festivities for the Hola Mexico Film Festival, Bostich and Fussible of Nortec Collective played Green Dolphin Street. Nortec played a solid hour long set of fan favorites like Tijuana Sound Machine, The Clap, and Nortena del Sur.  The crowd was with them all the way and kids were dancing all around us.  Then Green Dolphin blew it.  A friend went outside to smoke and was refused entry unless she paid the $10 entrance fee despite having a VIP festival bracelet. *side-eye* Then, exactly one hour after Nortec took the stage a disgusting fat bouncer-type went up on stage and began rolling down the screen. It was all so abrupt and confusing and we heard a lot of loud complaints coming from the people around us. There was no opportunity for an encore. *double side-eye* And if that wasn’t bad enough, a DJ almost immediately began playing hip-hop and R&B. Unbeknownst to us Green Dolphin hosts a “WGCI” night on Thursdays. There was a lot of confusion amongst the crowd. We bailed and headed to Cobra. I’m including a clip of Fussible & Bostich’s respective ‘solos’ during The Clap and a couple pictures. Nortec was fantastic (Bostich even stuck around for a few minutes and posed for pictures with fans). Green Dolphin – not so much.

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