Win Tickets ($59): Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall | Nigerien Quartet, w/ Rosali
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Mdou Moctar @ Revolution Hall on October 23. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed October 14.
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Mdou Moctar
October 23, 2024
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $29.50 | All Ages
More info: etix.com
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
Funeral For Justice is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2019 breakout Afrique Victime, it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down.
The songs on Funeral For Justice speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. “This album is really different for me,” explains Moctar, the band’s singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. “Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.”
“Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I’ve been a part of it,” says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017. “France came in, fucked up the country, then said ‘you’re free.’ And they’re not.” The song ‘Oh France’ tackles this head on: “France’s actions are frequently veiled in cruelty/We are better off without its turbulent relation/It’s high time we grasp the endless lethal games it plays.”
Mdou Moctar in its current iteration is first and foremost a band. Alongside Moctar, it consists of rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim, and American bassist and producer Mikey Coltun.
The band got their start performing at traditional weddings. These are high energy events – amps are dialed up to 11 and the whole town is invited to attend. “I grew up in the DC punk scene and this is no different,” explains Coltun. “It’s a DIY punk show: people bring generators, they crank their amps. Things are broken, but they make it work.”
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Oh yeah… African vibes
Yeah, I dig this!
These guys are smoking hot!
Love Mdou!!!! Please pick me!!!!
Ilana is a splendid album and it’s exciting to have
Mdou Moctar back in town!
interesting
He’s called the “Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara” by some folks, and I think that’s a decent description-they’re wonderful in concert!
This will be an amazing show! Fingers crossed 🤗
Mdou Moctar! 😃
I would absolutely love a chance to see them live. SO GOOD
Whoa..! Would certainly lively up November!
The latest album is fantastic!
I just looked these guys up! Honestly, I had never heard of them but they are AWESOME! It’s like a blend of Radio Moscow, Ali Farka Touré and some really rad indie rock. This would be super fun and this is why I love you guys doing giveaways…my Spotify just got 3 new albums downloaded because of your hookups.
Would love to take my partner to this for a fun night out.
sounds like a great lineup!
Last album SLAPS!
Would love to see them live!