Rigo Luna, Mario Vazquez, Ojos de Brujo, Antibalas and Arcade Fire.

the music press

wed 3/7/2007

A collage of Rigo Luna, Mario Vazquez, Ojos de Brujo, Antibalas and Arcade Fire.

Rigo Luna’s silky "boy-band vocals" are the perfect match for the “well-crafted groove” of his new single Si Tu Te Vas, according to Billboard.com. Miami's New Times is impressed by Luna’s “mix of modern R&B rhythms with subtle Spanish guitar chords," along with a sound that "fits nicely somewhere between R. Kelly and Justin Timberlake.”
American Idol dropout Mario Vazquez' self-titled debut album, featuring the chart-climbing single One Shot, is "honest and real,” proclaims The New York Post while The SFGate.com rejoices over its “welcome departure from much of the sexed-up music that tries to pass as love songs."
On their newest album Techarí, Ojos de Brujo take “flamenco and rumba traditions and kick them onto the modern dancefloor," raves Giant Step. Webzine Contactmusic.com applauds the Barcelona world beat outfit's “cultural hybridity.”
Afrobeat orchestra Antibalas releases Security, recognized by Cool Hunting as “irreverent, hip, rough, political, moody and soulful.” The OC Weekly suggests that the album is perfect for parties “where you want dance circles to break out intermittently followed by fight-the-power discussions about the lyrics.”
Arcade Fire returns with Neon Bible, an album with “a huge sound that only sparkles on the edges," laments Rolling Stone. Entertainment Weekly is more forgiving, claiming that the Canadians “have established themselves as one of the world’s great bands by harnessing rock’s unmatched power for going big and broad and vast.”

11 responses to “the music press: Rigo Luna, Mario Vazquez, Ojos de Brujo, Antibalas and Arcade Fire.”

WHY ARE U GOTTA BE SO DAMN GOOD RIGO LUNA WELL NOT ALL THAT BUT U KNOW I LOVE URE SONG si tu te vas N MARIO VAZQUEZ I LIKE URE SONG GALLERIA ITS ALRIGHT BUT U LOOK CUTE IN THAT VIDEO....URE BOTH ALRIGHT BUT KEEP UP THE GGOD WORK N WAT URE DOING!!