As the fall semester slowly approaches, Mayagüez’s Off The Wall continues to be the center for many local independent bands and last Friday August 10th was no different as the west-coast based band Los Petardos!, accompanied by the Mexico-based group Secret Agent, took the place on a groovy ride filled with surf rock as its soundtrack. (promo for the event by Derick Joel) Kicking off the show was the trio visiting from Mexico, Secret Agent. Fueled by a passion for classic television and cinema, especially the genres of spy films and westerns, the trio performed their surf rock and rock n roll renditions of classic themes such as John Barry’s “James Bond Theme”, Lalo Schifrin’s “Theme from Mission: Impossible” and Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn” while also doing a cover of Dick Dale’s version of “Misirlou” starting off what would be a very fun and danceable night. To finish the night, Los Petardos! came with their punk rock and Caribbean sound influenced surf rock. By performing a variety of their well known songs like “Acabame”, “Canción de la Calle”, “Vamo A Llegar”, “Lo Ineludible (Ok)” and “Los Locos, Los Mejores”, and mixing them up with new ones like “La Bajura” and “El espejo”, the group managed to balance a set filled with danceable tracks and others worthy of creating mosh pits, some of which included the involvement of the band’s lead singer. In the end, Secret Agent and Los Petardos! provided a performance that helped many release the stress of a week of work, be it a regular job or preparation for the upcoming semester. With events like the collaboration between Secret Agent and Los Petardos!, the independent art scene in Puerto Rico is slowly continuing to grow as local bands connect with groups from other countries. The night also showed that Off The Wall continues to be a location that supports independent musicians while demonstrating that it is a go-to-spot for people looking to have fun while listening to live music.
Listen to Secret Agent and Los Petardos! on Spotify All of the pictures in this article were taken by Fernando E. E. Correa Gonzalez
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AuthorFernando E. E. Correa González is the author behind over 30 self-published poetry books. He has been published by literary magazines & journals [Id]entidad, El Vicio del Tintero, Sábanas Magazine, Smaeralit, The Occulum, Tonguas and Hound Magazine. Other than writing, Correa is also the host of FENCast, a podcast dedicated to documenting the Puerto Rican independent art scene. Aside from this, he experiments with filmmaking, photography, drawing, painting, multimedia and transmedia. He currently lives in his native Puerto Rico. Archives
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