Panda Elliot

Forastera (Panda Elliot)

Cultivating sophomore effort Forastera‘s inflamed riffs, airy vox, and mutating synth, Argentine rocker Panda Elliot establishes herself as lady of these woods. A nimble acoustic opening to “Aire” starts off deliberately misleading, almost immediately launching into a drag race between percussionist Javier Tommasi’s whirring synth and Diego Marchionatti’s punishing guitar. The Buenos Aires songstress belts pop-rock anthem “Guerrero,” ending on a storm of beats, tiny sparks amongst the foliage. “Avanzo” feels like a woman putting miles between something for good, and “Elemento” must be the toughest leg of the trip. Elliot’s gentle, dexterous opening to “Obsesión” is threatened by ever-escalating fuzz, from which she never fully escapes. (Sat., 10pm, Esther’s Follies)

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This article appears in March 20 • 2015.

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