great also: GRUPO EXTERMINADOR, which is like Los Tigres except funnier and smuttier-minded and more self-consciously parodic. jenni rivera's new one sounds like it's going to be a banda classic, and i like the new yolanda perez more every time i hear it. which is a lot.
― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Saturday, 17 February 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Saxby D. Elder (Saxby D. Elder), Saturday, 17 February 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Tacuba are back in the studio at present, and working with Santaolalla again thank God (I thought Cuatro Caminos was basically a Spanish-language Flaming Lips album; I fucking hated it and I hope they've fired their drummer).
― pdf (unperson), Saturday, 17 February 2007 23:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
It's mostly all norteno which can kind of wear you out if you're not a cowboy hat wearing dancer ($6.50 a beer, $60 a ticket, $10 to park--there were some folks there with kids in strollers for this big night out with the legends). They mixed in some boleros, waltzes, sappy ballads and rockish numbers though. The sound system had the bass and drums booming, and the accordion was well mic'ed also, but you couldn't hear the acoustic guitar-like bajo sexto.
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Tuesday, 20 February 2007 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link
http://universalmusica.com/TronodeMexico/Biography
Duranguese group Trono de Mexico just did a big DC show. The gig got no crossover attention--The promoter has a Spanish language facebook site I found (where he mentioned advertising the gig on a Spanish language AM radio station).
― Another Suburbanite, Monday, 28 November 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
3ballmty have a debut album coming out, but it sounds like their attempt to go pop isn't going to quite hit the mark (not for me anyway--I'm less sure of how they will do with sales):
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8628413
I was all excited about buying this, but after listening to these clips and having heard the title track before, I'm not so sure.
― Occidental Rudipherous, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
(Anyway, unexpected medical bill today so I am probably not going to be buying any music for a while to come.)
― Occidental Rudipherous, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link