Fiesta Brava

Wiggly World Returns!

Tonight at 8:00 PM, Jeff returns to co-host Wiggly World with Ken Maiuri on WMUA 91.1FM. They’re planning to do an all-’80s, all-vinyl show, so you should tune in for the shenanigans! If you’re not local, you can always listen through iTunes (or whatever you prefer to use) here. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night, and thanks to The Joiner Inners for inviting us to play with them. We had a great time, and can’t wait to come down and do it again!

Jeff and Chris spent a long and productive day recording Chris’s guitar tracks yesterday in a marathon session that included laughter, self-analysis, and epic grandeur. We’re on our way, ladies and gentlemen. Check out some new pics on Facebook!

Yesterday Jeff let us know about this video from a recent show at The Sierra Grille in Northampton.  I’d forgotten that the microphone stand decided to slowly collapse!

Happy New Year!

It’s New Year’s Eve. We played a lot of fun shows in 2011, we wrote some new songs, and we began work on our first full-length album. Thanks to all of you who made it a good year. We’re hoping 2012 is even more exciting, stay tuned for more!

Best of 2011 -- #1

Drum roll please…Fiesta Brava’s #1 album of 2011 is The Whole Love by Wilco. All four of us love this album and recommend it highly. “The band is having fun not only with sound but with structure, without sacrificing catchiness. Nearly every song contains some tangential surprise, odd hook, sonic back flip or midsong redefinition.” And that wraps up our list. Safe and happy holidays to you and yours!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/09/album-review-wilcos-the-whole-love.html

Best of 2011 -- #2

‎#2 of our Top Ten Albums of 2010: The King Is Dead by The Decemberists. “I guess I’ve kind of come back to a lot of the more American music that got me going in the first place - R.E.M. and Camper Van Beethoven and all these bands that borrowed from more American traditions like Neil Young and The Byrds,” said Meloy of the album. Well, with forebears like that, of course this album is good!

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-decemberists-the-king-is-dead,50187/

Best of 2011 -- #3

Fiesta Brava’s Top 10 Albums of 2011: #3 is Metals by Feist. “On Metals Feist combines the sublime magic of her voice with songs that feature equally strong compositions to render an album that is easily one of the best of the year.”

http://www.adequacy.net/2011/11/feist-%E2%80%93-metals/