Empanadas Ilegales
“We start super quiet. And all the effects and instruments begin to emulate the sounds of the jungle. And it would build up. And when we all fully start, the crowd just explodes. It makes this mess of cacophony. Literally just a sludge of fucking sound, not even music.” I first experienced the hypnotic, entrancing live show of Empanadas Ilegales dancing alongside three pirates and a leather-clad cat. It was the night of Halloween 2021, and I had ended up at a gig in a Richmond parking lot, not knowing what to expect. When the band emerged, they began to play a slow, sultry...