HACIENDA / Big Red & Barbacoa CD / Alive! Records / 2010

Surprisingly smoothly produced by the BLACK KEYS’ Dan Auerbach, this collection of garagy epics hits a territory somewhere between KING KHAN and SPOON. Plenty of good singin’ and good playin’ on some real songs that will rattle around in your head for days. A bonus is the timeless sound that is like a sweet breeze from 35 years back.

SOUNDS LIKE:
T REX, GRAM PARSONS, SPIRIT

SUGGESTED TRACKS:
3 “I Keep Waiting” (perfect pop from AM radio circa 1972)
4 “Hound Dog” (BEACH BOYS meet ARCADE FIRE)
9“As You Like It” (nice Tex-Mex rhythm fest)