Flavorpill.com (12/21/07)
Bat Makumba embody tropicália's emphasis on musical miscegenation, leavening traditional Brazilian rhythms and melodies with dashes of funk, hip-hop, and rousing rock in the key of the Clash.(Read More)
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San Diego City Beat (2/14/07)
And who doesn't love music that beckons every last inner dancing freak? If Bat Makumba's opening drum circle doesn't get you as it winds through the audience, the unrelenting energy of its live show will.(Read More)
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Portland Tribune (2/24/06)
"San Francisco’s Bat Makumba combines Brazilian influences with funk, ska and rock...[and] offer an exuberant exercise in global thinking and the creative possibilities involved in breaking down barriers —and one heck of a good time" (Read More)
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Seattle Weekly (2/22/06)
"This great S.F.–based band melds ska, punk, and samba for those who want modern flavors mixed in with traditional Brazilian rhythms." (Read More)
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SF Weekly (2/15/06)
"[Bat Makumba is] getting very, very popular. Awards and nominations keep rolling in, shows keep selling out, and the guys keep pumping out the Rio-inspired rhythms mixed with American funk, punk, and ska." (Read More)
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SF Weekly (10/19/05)
SF Weekly Music Award nomination for Best World Music Band!!!
"This energetic group of musicians is perhaps best known for its dynamic live shows [and its] extraordinary fusion of edgy sounds, from funk, punk, reggae, and ska to the samba and tropicália of Brazil" (Read More)
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SF Weekly (9/21/05)
"Alternative fuel activists/Brazilian funk band Bat Makumba is a highlight on [Foreplay's] list of performers" (Read More)
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Nightvibe.com (8/23/05)
"[Bat Makumba] succeeds in uprooting any previous notions you might have had about Latin bands... Arrive early for the Elbo Room will likely sell out!" (Read More)
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Nightwize.com (8/23/05)
"Brazilian funk rockers Bat Makumba are bringing their equatorial beats to the Elbo Room..." (Read More)
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San Francisco Chronicle (8/21/05)
"Today the sounds of Brazil are a vibrant part of the nightclub mosaic of San Francisco. It jumps Tuesday nights at the Elbo Room [and at] spots like the Independent with rockers Bat Makumba." (Read More)
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Seattle Weekly (8/10/05)
"A popular Bay Area band that takes their name from an Os Mutantes song, [Bat Makumba] mix rock, ska, samba and forró, creating appropriately carnaval-esque live shows" (Read More)
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Medford Mail Tribune (8/05/05)
"From Rio-style sambas to the maracatus and baiõs of the Brazilian Northeast, [Bat Makumba creates] a fresh sound by mixing funk and rock into these traditional rhythms." (Read More)
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SF Weekly (7/20/05)
"With gas hovering dangerously close to three bucks a gallon, local Brazilian funk/rock band Bat Makumba has taken a stand by purchasing a tour bus that runs on vegetable oil" (Read More)
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Nightvibe.com (7/19/05)
"If you have not heard Bat Makumba’s ska and punk influenced Latin fusion then come prepared to discover your new favorite band at the Independent this Saturday." (Read More)
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LARitmo.com (6/24/05)
"Inspired by traditional Brazilian music forms as well as by tropicalia-era musical legends... San Francisco's musical group Bat Makumba has created a hip dance party sound..." (Read More)
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Santa Cruz Metro (3/09/05)
"Bat Makumba brought a healthy dose of Carnival into the midst of our rain-soaked Lent... it was incredible instrumentally, and then when the lyrics hit, all hell broke loose" (Read More)
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SF Weekly (10/27/04)
"[Bat Makumba will] persuade you to shake the junk in your trunk with their delirious cross-pollinations of samba, funk, bossa nova, and Latin rhythms" (Read More)
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East Bay Express (7/28/04)
"Once known mostly for rock, the bay's live music scene has taken on an ethnic tint in recent years... the current era [is] led by multiculti fusionistas such as Bat Makumba..." (Read More)
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California Music Awards (6/6/04)
Winner in the Outstanding Latin Alternative Album category!!!

Bat Makumba was named alongside other winners including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day and Poncho Sanchez (View the entire winner list)
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San Francisco Chronicle (5/23/04)
Named one of Five Latin Bands to watch

"The high-energy Brazilian rock band Bat Makumba [goes] batty at the Elbo Room the first Tuesday of each month... [they create] mutable art forms blending funk and rock with Afro-Brazilian beats." (Read More)
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Monterey County Weekly (5/13/04)

"Bat Makumba’s Brazilian-flavored debut release is garnering major critical acclaim...while a lot of Latin releases feature percussion-drenched numbers that tend to blend together, each of Bat Makumba’s songs truly stand out." (Read More)
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Desert Post Weekly (4/29/04)

"If these guys don't get you moving – you're almost certainly dead. Or at least in need of immediate resuscitation and one hot samba."
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North Bay Bohemian (4/07/04)

"This San Francisco-based Brazilian rock band... is one of the hottest dance acts around... cultural cannibalism at its best."
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East Bay Express (2/11/04)
Feature story by Chuy Varela

"Bat Makumba lay down the rhythm and soul of new-millennium Brazil... [they don't] sound anything like your parents' old Stan Getz/Antonio Carlos Jobim records. Instead you get hard-edged dance music rooted in Brazil's strong percussive traditions..." (Read More)
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San Diego Union Tribune website (Jan, 2004)

"Bat Makumba mixes up traditional Brazilian song forms like samba and baiões with classic American funk and rock to create an infectious dance beat." (Read More)
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The Beat Magazine (Nov/Dec, 2003)

"[Bat Makumba's] growing number of diehard fans who pack the band's shows are evidence that this irresistible percussive music gets across to feet of all persuasion."
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East Bay Express (11/26/03)
Named One of the Best CDs of 2003

"Bat Makumba's wonderful eponymous album [is] as good as anything released this year on any world music label." (Read More)
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SF Weekly (10/15/03)
Nomination for Best Latin Band in the SF Weekly Music Awards

"Bat Makumba's performances deliver an ecstatic intensity that may be as close to a night out in Rio as one can get without a 16-hour plane ride." (Read More)
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The Latin Beat Magazine (Oct, 2003)

The San Francisco-based Brazilian rock band Bat Makumba comes out of its cave with a potent self-titled debut album... With this album they are ready to drive Brazilian pop fans batty. (Jesse Varela)
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San Francisco Bay Guardian (8/20/03)

"Bat Makumba have been holding court at some seriously sweaty shows at local venues for some time, and now they've finally gotten into the studio to capture their take on Música Popular Brasileira (MPB). The band's debut release Bat Makumba serves as a sharp calling card.

In contrast to other outfits reaping the fruits of Brazilian music, Alex Koberle, Carl Remde and Emiliano Benevides chiefly perform original compositions. The payoff is in the obvious passion with which the songs are played..." (Read More)
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KTVU.com (Summer 2003)

"Dealing out infectious samba-delic grooves, Bat Makumba has built up a loyal following by delivering the ecstatic energy and irresistible rhythms of modern Brazilian pop music from club stages throughout the city." (Read More)
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SF Weekly (8/20/03)

"Funk-rock trio Bat Makumba claims to follow "in the tradition of cultural cannibalism that so well descibes Brazilian music today." This depiction goes a long way toward explaining the deep and abiding affinity coastal Californians seem to have with our Carnaval celebrating buddies: we all like to steal other people's music, wear skimpy outfits and dance our asses off..." (Read More)
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San Francisco Examiner (6/19/03)

"S.F.’s own Bat Makumba takes the warm, south-of-the-equator styles of Brazil and gives them a hip, panty-hurling rock edge... The local samba studs are favorites around The Bay, working usually uptight wallflower types from Richmond to Redwood City into drippy sex machines with their cosmopolitan mix of downtown sounds and percussion-heavy tropicalia..." (Read More)
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Slipcue.com (Summer 2003)

"A super-impressive set of Brazilian/latin dance funk tunes, written and recorded by a trio out of San Francisco, CA... Highly recommended..." (Read More)
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San Francisco Bay Guardian (6/26/02)

"Bat Makumba make this regular old Tuesday feel like Saturday night of Carnaval. Summer is surging through the Mission in a flurry of drum solos,World Cup fever, and wiggling behinds..." (Read More)
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Mundovibes.com (April 2003)

"Named after the 70’s classic tropicalia song by Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso, the band’s sweat-soaked shows have earned them an enthusiastic following and they have an album due out later this spring..." (Read More)
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Estaciontierra.com (Summer 2003)

"Sus canciones están repletas de modernidad condimentada del buen sonido tradicional brasileño con toques latinos y caribeños. Funk y rock por un lado, samba y maracatú por el otro en perfecto orden y armonía, en una agrupación que recupera en su nombre (Bat Makumba es una canción de la agrupación Os Mutantes) parte del espíritu que marcó a toda una generación en Brasil. ..." (Read More)
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Oakland Tribune (7/19/02)

"...with a crew of exceptional samba dancers spicing up the floor,a Bat Makumba jam is a cornucopia of eye candy that appeals even to the wall-flowers among us. The music is lively and original and you don't have to be Brazilian, or speak Portuguese, to feel the flow."
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AOL Local Guide (October 2002)

"[Bat Makumba] make some of the most irresistible dance music in San Francisco. The quintet has built up a loyal following with its sweat-inducing live shows, so don't be surprised to find yourself negotiating your way through a packed club at one of Bat Makumba's well-attended performances."