Los Angeles band Very Be Careful have built a well-deserved reputation as sort of the Gogol Bordello of Colombian music, both for their delirious, hypnotic live shows and the snotty yet absolutely authentic attitude of their albums. Very Be Careful’s slinky cumbia pulse has a lot in common with late 60s Jamaican rocksteady, the otherworldly [...]
LA Times talks about the cross-pollinated, singular sound of the new bands defining Los Angeles music scene. If you haven’t heard about VERY BE CAREFUL or FOOLS GOLD you just haven’t been paying attention.