El circo

Favourite songs: Pata de Perro, Pachuco, Un Gran Circo, Un Poco de Sangre, Tono, Querida

Least favourite songs: Mare

4/5

Goes hard, very cool sound, love the refutation of the mariachi laugh

This was fun! I don't really know what any of it means.

ok Pachuco you have my attention. Its got that early 90s third wave ska sound. If this were in english this would have been one of the biggest ska records in the US. thinking of it like a circus is a cool way to imagine it. very rad record.

Not really the type of music I go for generally, but I respect the energy here quite a bit, it's perhaps the most genuine an album of this nature can feel.

A collision of Latin rhythms, ska, punk attitude and street-corner storytelling. It has the feel of street performance and that gives it a warm and fun energy. It does feel like they're pulling a lot from son, cumbia, danzón, perhaps even more than from early punk.
While reading up on it it seems this really was a foundational album for lots that came after it.
Highly enjoyable

September 2, 2025

If I listened to this when it was actually generated, it’d be perfect for that day’s hot weather.
Now it’s overcast and like 15°C, but honestly- I think I need this record more today.

A bit like that Fishbone record, in that it’s very much late-stage 80s production, before grunge did a lil reset, but also like it in that it has basically no drag whatsoever. 4/5

Wow, what a fun pull! Posing a very important question of “hey if what makes ska fun is the latin influence, why not check out the uncut version?”

¡Excepcional!

Mexican punk rock, yes please.

From reading this band's Wikipedia page, I'm sorta surprised they aren't represented on the actual list. They seem unique and ahead of their time in many ways.