TIJUANA PANTHERS CONCERT REVIEW - THE FEDERAL UNDERGROUND - LONG BEACH, CA-7/10/14

We have been waiting patiently for almost a year for a Tijuana Panthers show in Long Beach. The band's last hometown appearance was at Fingerprints Records last August for a record release party for the album, Semi-Sweet. A lot has happened to the band in the past year. Back on June 10th they released the fantastic new album Wayne Interest on LA's Innovative Leisure Records. 

TIJUANA PANTHERS LIVE ON STAGE

The band has also been touring all over Europe this summer playing large music festivals with some of the biggest names in rock. When the Federal Underground show was announced we were looking forward to seeing the band play in this intimate, cozy venue. The Federal Underground, which is under The Federal Bar on Pine Ave., is one of our favorite new music venues in town. We were also looking forward to hearing the band perform their new songs live.

Once the band took the stage it was easy to see that they were in top form. They hit the ground running with the song "Four Horseman" which is the opening track from their new record. After that, they ripped right into "Cherry Street" which we were lucky enough to capture in the video below.

The band's sound is a combo of garage, surf and punk rock which translates to an incredibly powerful live show. The unique thing about the band is that all three members share lead vocal duties, each adding different vocal nuances to round-out their energetic sound. The amount of contagious energy that they create always sends their audience into a frenzy. Tonight's show was no exception. By the time they got to the song "Torpedo" the crowd was going absolutely nuts, slam dancing and crowd surfing.   

The band mixed their 21 song set list with tunes from all three of their records: Max Baker, Semi-Sweet and Wayne Interest. This was the kick-off of what would be 3 local, Long Beach shows. The latter 2 pop-up shows happened on July 26th at the Pike Bar and at Bixby Park as part of the Summer and Music Concert Series. The series of shows was a nice treat for their hometown fans that have missed them during their increasing success abroad.

TIJUANA PANTHERS FEDERAL BAR SET LIST