Batucada Sound Machine in town to shake it

Cuba Street Car­ni­val favourites Batu­ca­da Sound Machine have returned to New Zealand with a new album of tried and true road-test­ed tunes enti­tled Don’t Keep Silent, due for release Jan­u­ary 23rd, 2012.

In addi­tion, BSM have planned their first ever com­pre­hen­sive tour of New Zealand to cel­e­brate the album release includ­ing a spot at WOMAD 2012.

From the press release:

“This 10 piece onslaught of pacif­ic-soul, latin, afro-beat and hip-hop have an unpar­al­leled rep­u­ta­tion for their pol­ished, high-ener­gy per­for­mance, which has seen them con­quer audi­ences at a host of renowned fes­ti­vals; includ­ing the main stage at Sziget Fes­ti­val (Hun­gary), Hor­i­zonte Fes­ti­val and Kul­tur­arena (Ger­many), Larmer Tree Fes­ti­val (UK) and the City of Lon­don Fes­ti­val to name a few.”

They’re play­ing at San Fran­cis­co Bath­house this Fri­day (the 27th of Jan­u­ary), and to cel­e­brate, we’ve got a copy of Don’t Keep Silent to give away. To win, all you have to do is leave us a com­ment below with your favourite fact about bats. We’ll draw a win­ner on Sun­day. Woo!