Track Listings (11) - Disc #1| All Artists: Mariachi El Bronx Title: The Bronx / Mariachi El Bronx Members Wishing: 3 Total Copies: 0 Label: Swami Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 8/25/2009 Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Hardcore & Punk Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 823777013925 |
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Los Angeles-based punk band The Bronx--aptly named after the Left Coast borough--has for the last six years redefined what punk means, sounds, and doesn't look like. After three self-titled full-lengths, countless tours al... more » |
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Product Description Los Angeles-based punk band The Bronx--aptly named after the Left Coast borough--has for the last six years redefined what punk means, sounds, and doesn't look like. After three self-titled full-lengths, countless tours all over the world, and more singles and EPs than one can count, they return with their latest offering inspired by the inescapable Mariachi music that celebrates Mexican-American culture. Mariachi El Bronx features the grammy-award-winning artist David Hidalgo from Los Lobos and Latin Playboys, as well as Alfredo Ortiz (Beastie Boys) and various members of Los Tigres Del Norte. The self-titled album was produced by John Avila in Los Angeles. The band has a loyal fanbase of over 20,000 and is set to perform select US dates with The Hold Steady and to hit the UK on the main stages of the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsMariachi El Bronx opens the communication of a cultural icon Toloosebruce | California | 09/20/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "As a white bread middle class, classical, jazz, rock and roll, funk, and blues fan, who grew up in Detroit in the 60s, my exposure to mariachi came when I moved to San Francisco in the 1970's. Along with Tito Puente live in the Mission, there was this Mexican Classical form called mariachi that I could not understand because the lyrics were in Spanish. Mariachi just was filled with tradition, the lyric of which was undecipherable because of the language problem, but the musical construction and pathos apparent in the music itself reminded me of the sincerity of the Blues. With Mariachi El Bronx's version the true spirit of Mariachi is now available in its complete form to music lovers who can not speak Spanish. Than you thank you thank you....you have freed an art form and shared it with the English speaking world. I can see this as an educational blow to those who fear cultures that they do not understand, and practice hate as a result. You have brought understanding, the real purposes of musical communication other than just entertainment." I have been waiting for this music! -Hubcap- | Colorado | 10/20/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "They have done a very good job with genre! Very well written/thought out lyrics. Horns are very crisp. I have always liked mariachi but my spanish is poor." Stunningly good! A happy adventure. Robert H. Stine Jr. | Arlington, VA United States | 10/15/2009 (5 out of 5 stars) "I heard the musicans interviewed on NPR and loved their attitude -- an unabashed love of music -- so I decided to give the album a try. What luck! I'm not normally fond of either punk or mariachi, but these songs are captivating, engaging, and performed with spirit and art. The composer respects the traditions of mariachi, but somehow, perhaps because the lyrics are in English, it seems much more accessible. Unless you just hate horns, I think that you will find something to enjoy in Mariachi El Bronx."
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