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Monday, December 23, 2019

Los Straitjackets
the utterly fantastic and totally unbelievable sound of Los Straitjackets
¡Viva!
(Yeproc Records)






To mark their 25-year recording anniversary, the daredevils of the strings re-released their two earliest discs. If you don't already own these, or at least intend to, why the Devil not? 

Recommended (The Utterly...): "fury," "g-man" "straitjacket," jetty motel," "carhop," "tailspin," "itchy chicken, " "calhoun surf," "rampage."

Recommended (¡Viva!): "Cavalcade," The Casbah," "Lonely Apache," "Outta Gear," "Pacifica," "Espionage,'' "Lurking In the Shadows," "Brains and Eggs," "Venturing Out," "Tsunami!," "Nightmare In Monte Cristo."

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