This appears to be the first full length CD by this South Texas band and it is pretty rad, actually. At times it sounds like a combination of The Dropkick Murphys and a Mexican mariachi band, at other times I think I hear the elements of Klezmer punk in it… This music is full of so much heart and soul of the modern North American\/Mexican latin influence and the great thing is these guys are having a full on party here! Along with the Spanish lyrics that sart off the CD there\u2019s the horns and mariachi accordian as well as a scorching electric guitar. The words change to English a bit later on and again I swear I hear the swaggar of Irish\/Brit punk in there. It\u2019s refreshing to say the least, a very fun CD. The title is reminiscent of the Ramones\u2019 Beat Up The Brat… And pinatas, seriously, what a grim way to teach the little ones to take out their aggression. Punk rawk!!! (sautexmedia.com, myspace.com\/pinataprotest) RR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pinata Protest Plethora This appears to be the first full length CD by this South Texas band and it is pretty rad, actually. At times it sounds like a combination of The Dropkick Murphys and a Mexican mariachi band, at other times I think I hear the elements of Klezmer punk in it… This music is full of so much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10546,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2014\/08\/16\/photo-pinata-protest-at-brick-by-brick\/","url_meta":{"origin":2529,"position":0},"title":"photo: Alvaro lead accordionist from Pinata Protest","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"August 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Pinata Protest at Brick By BrickPhoto and words by Reviewer Rob Pictured below is Alvaro, lead accordionist from Pinata Protest. 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