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Cool to see someone around here besides Swede and myself that's even heard of them. Far too many write the 80s off when all they're aware of from that time period is the synth-heavy New Wave bands that were popularized by MTV. There were also many artists back then that were heavily influenced by American roots music such at the Long Ryders, Lone Justice, Los Lobos, The Radiators, the Blasters, X, Del Fuegos, Rank n' File and many, many more. And that's without even mentioning such other outstanding 80s artists as U2, R.E.M., the Cure, the Replacements, the Alarm, etc.

Out of that list I dig: early R.E.M., LL, The Cure, The Replacements, The Alarm........5 outta 13 ain't bad (??!!) :D

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"Come and party with me, y'all," exhorts Bill Summers on Los Hombres Calientes' latest multi-culti celebration, telling you not only what the album is about and where he and co-leader Irvin Mayfield are from--the South, New Orleans to be precise--but also what their attitude is in breezing through Cuban and Brazilian styles, funk and jazz, samba and mambo and salsa. Though they have an agenda as world travelers, they're neither purists nor rootsologists; they're mostly after a good time and will toss anything into the mix to attain it. On "Carnival," their deepest and most sustained effort, their ability to synthesize styles is so secure, tributes to a pair of Crescent City legends, piano maven James Booker and bass funkster George Porter of Meters fame rub off happily on West African and Congolese numbers, and vice versa. Reaching back to the Satchmo tradition with his high, hard-edged, trilling solos, but flashing modernistic colors as well, Mayfield rides over and through the sound while Summer keeps things percolating on his usual assortment of percussion instruments. The hometown cast includes the Rebirth Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins and the Mardis Gras Indians. Party on, indeed. --Lloyd Sachs

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