I like Gogol Bordello, really interesting stuff. If you like off the beaten path, up and coming bands you should definitely check out Rodrigo y Gabriella. They've been around for a little bit so the hard core indie folks will say "been there, done that, saw them busking and bought the 7 inch" but they are great live and recorded. A guy and a woman from Mexico City. They meet and bond over a shared love of Metal. But both have a significant background in traditional Spanish/Mexican music, both guitar players. They move to Dublin on a relative whim and work the streets as buskers, getting discovered along the way.
Result: acoustic guitar work (no other instruments) done in style that has strong elements of Flamenco but has a very modern undercurrent and a drive that nods its head towards heavy metal. Lots of percussive guitar work, very heavy intermixing latin and 4/4 rhythms, very interesting stuff. All instrumental, no vocals. Best praise I have for them: they include a cover of Stairway to Heaven on their first album. And in my opinion it isn't boring, trite or overwraught. That impressed the hell out of me. Judah On 12/13/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since we've been talking about music lately... > > Just saw a bit of them on The Henry Rollins Show. > > Anybody else know them... I'm not sure I really liked it, but I definitely > didn't dislike it. Really odd stuff... basically gypsy punk > music. Really > great use of essentially several garage-sales-worth of instruments. > > Really rough edged, and I couldn't understand a single lyric, but it > definitely had that quirkiness that I gravitate towards. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
