I hope I was not the only one who tilted their head when Oakland band Locura was introduced by the clueless announcer who said cheerfully that, "The bands have been great up until now."  After that misstatement he went on to tell the crowd that the band had come straight from South by Southwest, so that automatically gave them some sort of handicap or bonus appreciation, but they started well without a need for any excuses.  While I could not understand a word of the Spanish lyrics, the song was a solid one.  The Latin style did not require a traditional drum set and instead had Rachael Bouch with a fake flower in her hair atop a drum box with the usual cymbals around her and a snare.

The singer, Kata Miletich walked around in her black and red tie, not playing any instrument, but performing well enough to not have her worth questioned.  She said the third song was for anyone feeling down and was "...a reminder that no matter how bad things are, that breeze will come to caress and pick you up again."  The next song was a "kind of new song" called "Seagull".  This one was described by Miletich  as for anyone who lost someone close to their heart.  The next song had a bongo microphone problem that was soon fixed.  Miletich signaled a bongo solo and then for the bass player, who had some major chops, to jam.

After a bouncy song Locura went to the last one which required crowd participation.  When Miletich asked if the crowd was ready there was silence, so she did the fake walk away of incredulousness and asked again which got a good reply.  A part was given for the audience to sing, but they turned out to be not needed and were only backup for Miletich's singing.  There was a surprising splash of English during the song and it finished with a nice increase in tempo.  There was not much more of a finish you could ask for from this grade A band.