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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad ‘Steady’ Review

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD9DBV--xUM Late summer 2014,Easy Star label mates Easy Star All-Stars and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad hit the road celebrating the former’s 10th Anniversary of Dub Side Of The Moon and the latter’s 6th release, Steady, a sweet, sweet album full of sunshine, great harmonies and hooky melodies. The Rochester, New York five-piece credits their … [Read more...] about Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad ‘Steady’ Review

Pacifika ‘Amor Planeta’ Review

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Review by Cal Koat Earth; it’s our most favorite planet to live on in the entire universe (so far). But, with 7 billion bodies, life here can get a little intense. Music provides solace and sanctuary. No wonder so many of us orbit in our own little worlds plugged into a private planetary soundtrack. Amor Planeta, Pacifika’s fourth album, third on the tastemaker Six Degrees … [Read more...] about Pacifika ‘Amor Planeta’ Review

Ibibio Sound Machine Review

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOepbvEcd_c If I hear one more Y-Gen with a scruffy beard and an acoustic guitar warbling an earnest lament like some kind of latter day Woody Guthrie I'm going postal. Sometime over the last 2 years, what passes for "alternative music" became a serious buzzkill. Have people really become so burdened with their first world problems that they … [Read more...] about Ibibio Sound Machine Review

Los Macuanos ‘El Origen’ Review

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2xJTppAdqA There is no stealth in music except for maybe Christian Rock, which is religious music dressed up as secular music. That perceived attempt at deception is why the genre is lost on me.  Music innately reflects all the inspirations and situations that create it. With the release of El Origen by Los Macuanos, affectionately known as … [Read more...] about Los Macuanos ‘El Origen’ Review