After a Houston hiatus of more than two decades they finally broke last year, the Krayolas are making up for lost time – Saturday will be their third trip here since last summer. Brothers Hector and David Saldanas San Antonio band isnt letting any grass grow in the studio either. Barely a year after Long Leaf Pine (No Smack Gum), which brought national attention from Little Steven and NPR for its song Corrido (Twelve Heads In a Bag), the Krayolas are back on the shelves with Americano (Box Records). Although the band remains rooted in Tex-Mex garage-rock and psychedelic 60s pop, welcoming Texas Tornadoes Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez for guest turns, Americano is more stylistically varied than its predecessor. Alongside chugging opener Exit/Salida and spicy Fruteria, Piso Diez delves into Bob Dylans subterranean homesick blues, while New Wave ballad Home recalls Elvis Costellos softer side and Show a Little Kindness closes out the album on a brass-band swell thats equal parts Sgt. Peppers and New Orleans second-line.
Sat., April 17, 9 p.m., 2010
This article appears in Apr 15-21, 2010.
