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On June 30, Mexican rock bands Café Tacvba and Caifanes concluded their 2024 North America tour in Indianapolis with a concert at Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park. 

With costume changes referencing the many eras of Café Tacvba — including the most recent monarch butterfly orange suit and the breast t-shirt from the 1995 MTV Unplugged album — lead singer Rubén Albarrán sang, blessed the water of Indianapolis and its animals and burned sage onstage. The band also performed “La Bas(e),” an anthem for immigrants that was released in May 2024.

As the sun set and the crowd grew, Caifanes played a set that covered hits from its four studio albums and included a cover of a song by Mexican music legend Juan Gabriel, who died in 2016.

After the encore, when concertgoers thought the show was over, both bands came back out to the stage and performed “Pachuco,” a song that pays homage to youth rebellion as a rite of passage, originally played by Mexican rock band La Maldita Vecindad in the ‘90s. The song proved its endurance and relevance in a crowd made up of Latines of various origins and generations. 

While both bands gained their popularity in Mexico and Latin America in the late ‘80s and ‘90s, Café Tacvba has continued to release studio albums. This was the first time they toured together in Indianapolis.

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A night of nostalgia and ‘taconazo’ for Indy fans of rock en español

by Jennifer Delgadillo and Eliezer Hernandez, Mirror Indy
July 8, 2024

<h1>A night of nostalgia and ‘taconazo’ for Indy fans of rock en español</h1> <p class="byline">by Jennifer Delgadillo and Eliezer Hernandez, Mirror Indy <br />July 8, 2024</p> <p><a href="https://mirrorindy.org/noche-de-nostalgia-y-taconazo-para-los-fans-del-rock-en-espanol-en-indy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Leer en español</strong></a></p> <p>On June 30, Mexican rock bands <a href="https://cafetacuba.com.mx/">Café Tacvba</a> and <a href="https://caifanes.com.mx/">Caifanes</a> concluded their 2024 North America tour in Indianapolis <a href="https://whiteriverstatepark.org/event/caifanes-and-cafe-tacvba-north-america-tour-2024/">with a concert</a> at Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park.&nbsp;</p> <p>With costume changes referencing the many eras of Café Tacvba — including the most recent monarch butterfly orange suit and the breast t-shirt from the 1995 MTV Unplugged album — lead singer Rubén Albarrán sang, blessed the water of Indianapolis and its animals and burned sage onstage. The band also performed <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/cafe-tacvba-la-base-new-single-stream-it-now-1235689051/">“La Bas(e),”</a> an anthem for immigrants that was released in May 2024.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH02-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27427" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People sing along as Caifanes performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the sun set and the crowd grew, Caifanes played a set that covered hits from its four studio albums and included a cover of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYbhTP22HtE">a song</a> by Mexican music legend Juan Gabriel, who died in 2016.</p> <p>After the encore, when concertgoers thought the show was over, both bands came back out to the stage and performed “Pachuco,” a song that pays homage to youth rebellion as a rite of passage, originally played by Mexican rock band <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsF3SpFavE">La Maldita Vecindad</a> in the ‘90s. The song proved its endurance and relevance in a crowd made up of Latines of various origins and generations.&nbsp;</p> <p>While both bands gained their popularity in Mexico and Latin America in the late ‘80s and ‘90s, Café Tacvba has continued to release studio albums. This was the first time they toured together in Indianapolis.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH03-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27428" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rubén Albarrán and Joselo Rangel of Café Tacvba perform June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH04-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27429" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A Caifanes sticker on stage equipment seen before their performance June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH05-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27430" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Caifanes performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH06-1024x575.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27431" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Café Tacvba performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH07-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27432" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">People listen to Caifanes’ performance on June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH08-736x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27433" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">(Left and right) Saúl Hernández, lead singer of Caifanes.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH09-575x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27434" /></figure> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH10-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27435" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rubén Albarrán, lead singer of Café Tacvba performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH11-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27436" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Diego Herrera, saxophonist for Caifanes performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH12-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27437" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Caifanes performs "Viento" with Emmanuel del Real of Café Tacvba June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH13-1024x575.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27438" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rubén Albarrán, lead singer of Café Tacvba performs as the alter ego "Gallo Gassss" with a mask that was borrowed from an audience member June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH14-1024x682.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27439" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Rodrigo Baills of Caifanes performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image alignfull size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Caifanes-and-Cafe-Tacvba_EH15-1024x690.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-27440" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Saúl Hernández, lead singer of Caifanes performs June 30, 2024, at Everwise Amphitheater at White River in Indianapolis.</figcaption></figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; 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