Alarma / World Ignition
| Album: | World Ignition | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Alarma | Added: | Dec 2016 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-12-06 | Pull Date: | 2017-02-07 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Feb 5 | Jan 29 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 | Jan 1 | Dec 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 08, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
In Your Mind |
4. | Jan 25, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Chaingang |
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| 2. | Feb 01, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Chaingang |
5. | Jan 19, 2017: | Melange
Cumbia Step, Paradise, Negra Tomasa |
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| 3. | Jan 26, 2017: | Melange
Wanna Go Home, Chaingang |
6. | Jan 18, 2017: | At the Cafe Bohemian
Fire |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2016-12-03
Reviewed 2016-12-03
World music indie rock band from Lincoln Heights neighborhood of L.A.with original bildungsroman stories and socially conscious lyrics by Pedro Martinez; lots of musical and lyrical energy; sounds very ska with reggae and other elements thrown in; cleaner, updated fusion Skankin' Pickle; very danceable
NO FCC's I could detect; favorite tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
1- Fire (3:39) – “rain on fire all I ever had”, graduating into the Great Recession; straight ahead electro-rock with auto-bio on taking up music
2—In Your Mind (2:47) – “In your mind, did you think I'm going to be a failure?”
*3—Chaingang (3:00) – “I heard the chaingang calling”... nice keyboard motif--
*4-- Wanna Go Home (4:11) – nice ensemble work; very danceable; Latin groove; nice guitar motif
5-- Turn the Knob (2:34) – ska sound – “tell us which side you're on”
*6- Negra Tomasa (3:09) – lovely caribe sounding beat to Spanglish lyrics
*7 - Paradise (4:17) – the hollowness of manufactured paradise; noir rock; catchy
*8- Cumbia Step (2:45) – cumbia/reggae, electro-rock; catchy; Spanish lyrics with celeste at end
NO FCC's I could detect; favorite tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
1- Fire (3:39) – “rain on fire all I ever had”, graduating into the Great Recession; straight ahead electro-rock with auto-bio on taking up music
2—In Your Mind (2:47) – “In your mind, did you think I'm going to be a failure?”
*3—Chaingang (3:00) – “I heard the chaingang calling”... nice keyboard motif--
*4-- Wanna Go Home (4:11) – nice ensemble work; very danceable; Latin groove; nice guitar motif
5-- Turn the Knob (2:34) – ska sound – “tell us which side you're on”
*6- Negra Tomasa (3:09) – lovely caribe sounding beat to Spanglish lyrics
*7 - Paradise (4:17) – the hollowness of manufactured paradise; noir rock; catchy
*8- Cumbia Step (2:45) – cumbia/reggae, electro-rock; catchy; Spanish lyrics with celeste at end
Track Listing
| 1. | Fire | 5. | Turn The Knob | |||
| 2. | In Your Mind | 6. | Negra Tomasa | |||
| 3. | Chaingang | 7. | Paradise | |||
| 4. | Wanna Go Home | 8. | Cumbia Step |