why i love cafe tacuba so much.... new album coming out in september!
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Café Tacuba
Cuatro Caminos (MCA) (Buy this CD at amazon.com)
This is the surprise sleeper of the summer--a CD that deserves to be in the collection of every serious pop music fan. Café Tacuba started getting mainstream attention a few years ago after the band opened for Beck's Midnight Vultures tour. On their fifth U.S. release since 1992, Café Tacuba continues to wow critics--now if they could just get some airplay. Or maybe an MTV reality show. How strongly do critics feel about this eclectic band, with its mix of alt-rock, ska, hip-hop, and Latin music? An Alternative Press blurb on the CD jacket proclaims that the Spanish-language Cuatro Caminos is the rock en Español Kid A. The All Music Guide goes one better, declaring that Kid A ain't as good as this blazing Café Tacuba release. I'm inclined to agree. Certainly comparisons to Radiohead are inevitable. This Grammy-winning Mexico City band has a firm grasp on British rock, and singer Ruben Albarrán, who often barks his lyrics à la Johnny Rotten, at times sounds like Thom York on a tequila bender. But the praise hasn't stopped there. After Café Tacuba contributed to the multiartist compilation En Sessions at West 54th Street, the New York Times declared their work as "the equivalent of the Beatles' White Album for the rock en Español movement." This time out, the band gets production assistance from David Friedman of the Flaming Lips and Andrew Weiss of Ween. The resulting songs are awash in postpunk sonic soundscapes, fuzz guitars, electronica sub-bass, and a sustained sense of wild abandon that makes Cuatro Camino one of the best rock albums of the year. Now if only the label would include English translations of the lyrics . . . (Greg Cahill)
Spins
Café Tacuba
Cuatro Caminos (MCA) (Buy this CD at amazon.com)
This is the surprise sleeper of the summer--a CD that deserves to be in the collection of every serious pop music fan. Café Tacuba started getting mainstream attention a few years ago after the band opened for Beck's Midnight Vultures tour. On their fifth U.S. release since 1992, Café Tacuba continues to wow critics--now if they could just get some airplay. Or maybe an MTV reality show. How strongly do critics feel about this eclectic band, with its mix of alt-rock, ska, hip-hop, and Latin music? An Alternative Press blurb on the CD jacket proclaims that the Spanish-language Cuatro Caminos is the rock en Español Kid A. The All Music Guide goes one better, declaring that Kid A ain't as good as this blazing Café Tacuba release. I'm inclined to agree. Certainly comparisons to Radiohead are inevitable. This Grammy-winning Mexico City band has a firm grasp on British rock, and singer Ruben Albarrán, who often barks his lyrics à la Johnny Rotten, at times sounds like Thom York on a tequila bender. But the praise hasn't stopped there. After Café Tacuba contributed to the multiartist compilation En Sessions at West 54th Street, the New York Times declared their work as "the equivalent of the Beatles' White Album for the rock en Español movement." This time out, the band gets production assistance from David Friedman of the Flaming Lips and Andrew Weiss of Ween. The resulting songs are awash in postpunk sonic soundscapes, fuzz guitars, electronica sub-bass, and a sustained sense of wild abandon that makes Cuatro Camino one of the best rock albums of the year. Now if only the label would include English translations of the lyrics . . . (Greg Cahill)
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