nine two five
daily dos
thu 10/16/2008
Calle 13's new video for No Hay Nadie Como Tu, features Cafe Tacvba. (via Remezcla)
Café Tacuba vs. Radiohead
versus
wed 1/2/2008
| name | Café Tacuba. | Radiohead. |
| hometown | Ciudad Satélite in México City, México. | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. |
| formed in | 1989. | 1991. |
| members | Rubén Albarrán, Joselo Rangel, Quique Rangel and Emmanuel del Real. | Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien. |
| sounds like | Alternative rock and electronic pop with folk influences. En español. | Alternative rock and electronic pop with modern influences. In English. |
| cite as influences | Sex Pistols, Rockdrigo, Talking Heads, Jaime López and Celso Piña. | Queen, Elvis Costello, Joy Division, The Smiths and The Pixies. |
| previously known as | Alicia Ya No Vive Aquí. | On A Friday. |
| last studio album | Sino. | In Rainbows. |
| lead singer's solo album | Sizu Yantra's Bienvenido Al Sueño. | Thom Yorke's The Eraser. |
| solo albums by other members | Joselo's Oso and Lejos. | Jonny Greenwood's soundtracks for Bodysong and There Will Be Blood. |
| common complaint | Lead singer can't sing. | Lead singer won't sing. |
| producer of choice | Gustavo Santaolalla. | Nigel Godrich. |
| making friends in high places | Turned in an instrumental album which their label refused to release unless additional songs with vocals were added. The resulting release won a Grammy. | Self-released their latest album, allowing buyers to set their own price. Former label alleges band rejected $6 million advance. Frontman Yorke calls claim "bullshit." |
| recent good deeds | Rock pa'l sureste benefit for victims of recent floods in Tabasco, México. | War Child to benefit children affected in war-torn countries. |
| the critics | Allmusic: "No Café Tacuba album sounds quite like another, for the band generally pursues a grand artistic vision for each project that goes all the way from the scope of the album to which musical styles will be fused, to which collaborators are best suited for the performances." | Allmusic: "Radiohead was one of the few alternative bands of the early '90s to draw heavily from the grandiose arena rock that characterized U2's early albums. But the band internalized that epic sweep, turning it inside out to tell tortured, twisted tales of angst and alienation." |
| webprops | 35,335 friends on official MySpace. | 11,448 friends on US record label-made MySpace. |
| best video moment | Getting both folksy and artsy in the black-and-white Maria. | Getting all modern and artsy in the color Fake Plastic Trees. |
'07: hottest music videos posted on YouTube
daily dos
thu 12/27/2007
(image by Dominic's pics via flickr)
(image by Dominic's pics via flickr)
- May 10: "Impacto," a video by Daddy Yankee featuring Fergie in short-shorts.
- May 25: "Icky Thump," a video with Spanish subtitles by The White Stripes.
- October 2: Café Tacvba's extended version of their video, "Volver a Comenzar." It's now twice as long. (via musik is life)
- October 3: Soulja Boy is looking for some female companionship in his video, "Soulja Girl." (via The Fader)
- October 23: Hector "El Father" and Jowell y Randy go back to school in a video "Hola Bebe." (via El Chiko Kevo)
- November 9: Jay-Z's video, "Roc Boys," features cameos by Diddy, Nas, Mariah Carey, Swizz Beats and more. (via discobelle)
- November 29: Snoop Dogg is thoroughly pimped out in a retro video, "Sensual Seduction." (via Stereogum)
- December14: Kanye West makes a guest appearance in Kid Sister's video, "Pro Nails." (via Paper Thin Walls)
'07: hottest music videos posted on YouTube
daily dos
thu 12/27/2007
October 2: Café Tacvba's extended version of their video, "Volver a Comenzar." It's now twice as long. (via musik is life)
Café Tacvba
whodat
thu 10/18/2007
Most likely Mexico's most important Rock en Español band, Café Tacvba has blended electro-rock, ska, punk and Mexican folkloric music to the delight of fans and critics alike for nearly two decades.
Formed in Mexico City in 1989 by Rubén Albarrán (vocals), Emmanuel "Meme" Del Real (keyboard, guitar and vocals), and brothers Joselo Rangel (guitar and vocals) y Enrique "Quique" Rangel (bass), the musically-trained group was immediately like nothing else that had come before it. Their complex yet playful self-titled debut and its follow-up, the dark but elegant Re, were so unlike the music of their peers – La Lupita, Maná and Caifanes – as to catapult them out of the Mexican scene and onto the global stage.
Modern and artsy, the band is nonetheless puro mexicano as evidenced on two of their biggest hits, the frenetic, Norteño-infused Ingrata and the melancholy, bolero-inspired María. And while the majority of Tacvba's U.S. fan base consists of Spanish-speaking Latinos, their eclectic and perfectly contemporary sound has attracted thousands of cosmopolitan hipsters (read: white people) who have seen them on tour with Beck or playing festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza.
Café Tacvba's latest album, Sino (both "yesno" and/or "ifnot"), is their sixth studio record and most collaborative release to date. Lead singer Rubén Albarrán, aka Ixaya Mazatzin Tleyotl, whose sometimes grating vocals have turned off many would-be Tacvba fans, takes it down a notch, leaving room for his bandmates to take the band in new directions on many rolas. The album's best moments may be those where Meme and Joselo, while not always pitch-perfect, add their gentle touch.
A mostly traditional rock album – their second with a live drummer – Sino has more than a few pleasant surprises. Volver a Comenzar, which means "starting over, with its sweet melodies, jangly guitars and throbbing bassline, may be the closest these four Mexican lads have come to sounding like the British group to which they have so often been compared in Latin America: The Beatles.
Recommended tracks (iTunes)
Café Tacvba, Vanessa Carlton, Radiohead and Thrice.
the music press
tue 10/16/2007
- According to Billboard.com, Café Tacvba's Sino “is a welcome return—even if it doesn't recall the patchwork of rock and folklore, or the outer-limits experimentalism, that put the group on the map more than a decade ago.” The Associated Press says the music in the band's sixth studio album is “exquisite, "tight," as well as "complex and harmonic.” While The New York Times makes sweet lemonade out of lemons proposing that “ if the songs weren’t so unsure of their place in the universe, perhaps the music wouldn’t be so inventively restless.”
- Pop singer Vanessa Carlton returns with her third album, Heroes and Thieves. Online Slant Magazine digs the way Carlton has matured as a singer and songwriter “but the material in general isn't exactly what you'd expect from an artist who left the nest in search of creative freedom and appreciation”. Entertainment Weekly gives the album a B for sticking “to the ornate, sentimental formula of her Grammy-nominated debut...and critically heralded but sales-impaired follow-up.”
- Radiohead's seventh album, In Rainbows has been the toast of the Interwebs in recent days for its pay-whatever-you-want-for-it pricing scheme. Rolling Stone thinks the album rocks so hard "all other rock stars owe us an apology.” To British newspaper The Guardian, In Rainbows represents “the strongest collection of songs Radiohead have assembled for a decade.” Dusted Magazine spoils the party, arguing that “it's the sort of thing that might sound amazing live, but that doesn't fare as well under the spotlight of high-fidelity recording.”
- Post-hardcore band Thrice return with The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II, the first half of their four-part EP saga. Sputnikmusic writes that the concept album is “halfway to becoming an amazing cycle…There are a few flaws and the second half of the collection to worry about, but so far, Thrice has produced another stunner.” Subba-cultcha.com applauds Thrice's musical diversity: “the sheer scope and strength of songwriting makes this album stand out amongst the mire.”
how much do you charge
daily dos
tue 10/2/2007
Café Tacvba's extended version of their new video, "Volver a Comenzar." It's now twice as long. (via musik is life)
slap happy
daily dos
fri 9/28/2007
Café Tacvba search for their inner child in the video for their new single, "Volver a Comenzar." Their new album, Sino, will be in stores on October 9th. (via musik is life)
ghettotech
daily dos
wed 4/4/2007
Calle 13 set to perform at the Vive Latino festival in Mexico City with Kinky, Ozomatli, Cerati, Cafe Tacuba and more.
playtime
daily dos
fri 1/19/2007
Weeks after Macy's pulls Sean John jackets for using racoon dog fur, the Humane Society accuses Jay-Z's Rocawear brand of the same practice.
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