Press Releases on La Radiolina

from The Canadian Press

There is an inescapable intensity on La Radiolina, both lyrically and musically. The layers are deep and new elements emerge on each listen. The aural kaleidoscope of sounds, instruments, voices demands that the listener be prepared to pay attention.

Check this track out: One song that provides respite from the musical intensity dominating most of La Radiolina is Me Llaman Calle, or They Call Me Street, a rumba-influenced ode to sex workers. The gentle sway of the music comes under lyrics that offer the hope of one day finding a good man ìfor the rest of the life and without pay/ My love is not for rent.

from The Washington Times

Beyond these tonal tweaks, La Radiolina doesnít stray too far from Manu Chaoís earlier works, including his celebrated and commercially successful 1998 solo debut, Clandestino. The Barcelona resident (born Jose-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao in Paris) still sings in at least four languages ó mostly Spanish but also French, Portugese, English and some mystery tongues) ó and still borrows from the same multitude of music styles.

from The Guardian, UK

There are some great songs here, including the infuriatingly catchy Politik Kills along with the swirling catalogue of global problems, Rainin in Paradize, and the charmingly upbeat Besoin de la Lune. Then thereís the Spanish-influenced Me Llaman Calle, and a furious wailing French rocker about motorway panic ñ followed by a batch of songs that mostly sound like Manu Chao on cruise control.

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