Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible “Tijuana Sound Machine” (Nacional)

TJ’s leading electronica group updates traditional Norteño rhythms with ambient techno. The brass band oompah, fanciful noisemaking and organic beats are effective on the dance floor or for chillin’ at home.…

Here are some nuggets that passed over my desk in April.

Air “Moon Safari” (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Astralwerks)

A re-issue of the groundbreaking electronic, clone-spawning band. At $20, it’s worth it since your 10-year-old CD must be scratched up by…

Antietam, Opus Mixtum (Carrot Top)

This New York-via-Louisville trio has been churning out raw rock and roll under the radar for over 20 years. Opus Mixtum, their fifth full-length, is an excellent double album. The material is new, but the sounds will…

One Lone Car is a promising St. Louis band that plays hook-filled modern rock that should garner some major radio play.

The year is setting up nicely for the Alton quartet with their second LP, “North, South, East and the…

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

[XL Recordings]

This NYC band describes itself as practitioners of “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, Upper West Side Soweto and Oxford Comma Riddim.”

I don’t know the meaning of much of what I just typed, but I…