Omar Apollo Brings Mariachi and Corridos to The Shrine: Concert Review
variety.comThania Garcia With three EPs and a full-length studio album under his belt, Omar Apollo’s “Desvelado” tour setlist makes careful selections from the musician’s projects.
But the latest addition to his catalog – the masterful and eclectic “Ivory,” with its creative immersion and genre-bending style — is what prompted the Mexican-American singer to fully unleash during his sold-out Los Angeles show at the Shrine on Friday night.A wall of synchronized screams greeted the 24-year-old onto the stage as the gentle strums and guitar melodies of his opener, “Talk,” washed over the crowded hall.
Despite wrestling with initial sound issues, Apollo kicked off the show with an ebullient swagger, playing his own guitar riffs through the first half of the night.
Dressed in oversized blood-orange matching pants and jacket, Apollo performed songs from his early discographies, like 2020’s “Useless” from his mixtape “Apolonio,” and some from his debut EP, “Stereo” – like the lingering “Erase” and the unreciprocated love anthem, “Ugotme.”Mid-set, Apollo summed in songs from “Ivory” starting with “Killing Me,” which saw the singer smoothly transitioning between the track’s bilingual lyrics and distorted guitar licks.
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