CAFE TACUBA
Vale Callampa (MCA)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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While the world waits for their fifth full-length release, the Mexican quartet Cafe Tacuba offers up an EP that pays tribute to their friends, the late great Chilean band Los Tres. Taking four songs from Los Tres' extensive catalog, Cafe Tacuba process them through the unique sound and sensibility that has made them a hero of the rock en espanol crowd and then some (among the band's most notable admirers are the Kronos Quartet, with whom they've done some impressive collaboration). The resulting music is pleasingly perverse pop that will make old fans happy and should garner them more than a few new fans.

Track List:

Dejate Caen * Olon a Gas * Amor Violento * Tirate

© 2003 - Shaun Dale