Musical Instrument Museum - MIM
4725 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 85050
When Making Movies performs live, it is as though a spirit descends upon the room, entrancing audiences with the pulse of their Afro-Latino rhythms, psychedelic jams, and rock ?n? roll riffing. Armed with its ambitious and politically charged new album, I Am Another You, the band punches out one high-energy song after another, with theatrics and head-banging climaxes riding atop a bed of driving percussion. Their Latin American roots are placed front and center, with moments where the front man Enrique Chi trades his electric guitar for a folkloric Panamanian mejorana, and the Chaurand brothers hop off drums and percussion to instead supply the rhythmic pulse with a dueling zapateado huasteco, a traditional form of dance from Veracruz, Mexico.
The band?s political idea is straightforward enough that they can express it in four words: ?We are all immigrants.? In supporting that cause, a portion of all proceeds from their latest release, I Am Another You, will go to the National Immigration Law Center. The band has shared the stage with other groups such as Arcade Fire, Cold War Kids, Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Tennis, Sergio Mendoza of Calexico, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Hurray for the Riff Raff.