Thee Commons - Wampiro: An exciting take on an exotic style

Thee Commons' Loteria Tribal - Taken from their Bandcamp

Aaaaaaaaaah! Cumbia! For today's second pill, we'll be checking out the intriguing sounds of this LA Band, and their take on one of Latin America's most wide spread rhythms. 

Thee Commons label the music they play as Psychedelic Cumbia Punk, and I couldn't agree more. It's as mystic as cumbia, as fun as punk and as experiential as psychedelic music. This particular song features prominent bass and drums, excitingly put together in a tropical, ear-catching, colourful way. Reverberated guitars are something that feels like home to me, and when delivered in this dub-ish kinda way, it sure as hell makes me go "Uh!". This lovely pill doesn't have a lot of singing, but little as it has, it's delivered in a great, very entertaining way and just at the right moment. 

I gotta say, this sort of fondness for latin mojo driven music has been growing on me a lot recently, so I just had to go back and rediscover a whole bunch of bands that I dismissed in the past. Luckily, that wasn't the case with this one, specially with this song; actually, it came at the right moment, right when my mind was open enough to get really excited about it. Talk about a serious deal, right?

But enough of this pseudo astral talk, let this be a lesson to yourself. Times change, and so do people.
Thread lightly, and while you can by all means stand by what you believe in, try not to be so categorical with your taste, it's always changing and -here comes an ugly word- evolving. 

Check out this little piece of my own personal experience with evolution in the embedded track below. Shoot us a comment if you've got som'ing to say!

Warm Soda - Waiting For Your Call: Sticky Bubble-gum Glam Punk for romantics

The song is off of Warm Soda's Someone For You - Taken from Bandcamp

Joyous things to behold abound in the mighty endless lands of the fairy tale kingdom that is the Internet. These guys I discovered a few years back while I was dangerously hooked on American power pop, with emphasis in power. 

Today's first pill offers a great deal of duality, combining the harder edge of chugging power chord riffs with genius melodies (for both vocals and guitars); frantic, fairly compressed drumming with mellow singing and the cherry on top: pinkish lyrics over a chord progression that would make Buddy Holly's crickets run for cover. If you've been following our previous posts, you should know by know that catchyness dictates what we share here for the most part. 

A couple days ago, one of my closest friends and I came to this somewhat obvious conclusion: While certainly all great songs have to be catchy, not all catchy songs are great. Well, this is a great song, and I don't think catchy quite describes what this song will do to your brain. Seriously, fucking stop. This has got to be one of history's go-to songs when it comes to holy shit get it out of my head. 

Anyway, you've been warned, click the embedded track below at your own risk. I know I would, I know you would too, oh-oh, oh-ooohhhh. Don't try to fake it.

Wyldlife - Trash: I bet you know someone who could use this song!

The time has come to Rock & Roll album artwork - From Bandcamp

You don't have to be a musician to appreciate the nature of the songs you listen to, but I think there's a certain sensitivity that’s necessary to embrace the experience to a full extent. Our second pill on this beautiful tropical Friday is another addition to our teenage angst edition. It’s all about feeling young again –or being reminded that you still are– and moving around like a banty rooster while wholeheartedly singing lyrics you can somewhat relate to.

Wyldlife is a New York band fronted by one of my favorite frontmen in current times, Dangerous Dave Feldman. This is a straight up Rock and Roll song that sounds like Rock and Roll is supposed to sound: it’s raw, uncompromising and fun, while retaining what to me sets great songs apart from where have I heard this before?, melodic hooks. This is a band that just KNOWS how to get you to fist-pump, stomp your feet and cry/sing the lyrics like a disenchanted teenage girl –Yeah, it’s that powerful– it’s engaging and invigorating. Never a dull moment with these dudes. Not one.

Give this songs a few spins and I guarantee you’ll be thinking of someone you could fit the song to. I’m sure you know that one person that became another one’s treasure now. Wyldlife are releasing a new album soon (early 2017) so keep an eye out for that. Also, find them on facebook here. Play the song below, as usual, on the embedded track; and don’t forget to comment and share around!