★★★★★
"Save me from this prison / Lord help me get away." Those lyrics, excerpted from the popular single "Heaven", seemed to be ubiquitous back in 2004. Texan trio of brothers Los Lonely Boys were a hot commodity back then. They were also at their commercial peak. Things haven't been as strong commercially since a multi-platinum debut, but the Garza brothers arrive compellingly in 2014 with sixth LP, Revelation...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-04-16
★★★★★
Had their 2004 Sony debut not gone double platinum - two million copies sold - Los Lonely Boys might still be the reigning blues-rock heavyweights of a town that barely recognizes the sport today. The San Angelo trio of siblings ripped through Austin's club scene early this millennium with electrifying performances equaled only by Gary Clark Jr. nearly a decade later.
- www.austinchronicle.com
2014-01-30
★★★★★
LOS LONELY BOYS - Revelation
Album:
Revelation
Artist: Los Lonely Boys
Label: Playing In Traffic
Release Date: January 21, 2014
www.PlayingInTrafficRecords.com
BY LEE ZIMMERMAN
While it might be tempting to categorize the music from this band of brothers as some kind of Latin rock hybrid, in truth, that would be underestimating Los Lonely Boys' true prowess...
- blurtonline.com
2014-01-31
★★★★★
JoJo Garza has said that refocusing on love and familial roots are the major themes of this album. In fact, the brothers approached the album as a back-to-basics project with thoughts of their early years entertaining passersby on Texas street corners with music inspired by Santana, The Beatles, The Doors, Tony Joe White, and other musical icons.Growling guitars and saucy percussion kicks off the first track "American Idle," about America's tough economic times...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Rockpango is Los Lonely Boys fourth album and their first since 2009, and it?s been out for a year already in the US. They?ve been around sing 2003, sold shedloads of albums, are Grammy winners, toured with the Stones and collaborated with Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana. With that CV is there any surprise that the UK market may not be uppermost in their minds? No matter, the album?s here now...
- www.music-news.com
2012-08-07
★★★★★
Sound: The sound of Los Lonely Boys is a mixture, where Carlos Santana meets the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, an it proves to be one of the greatest combos in history. The guitar playing of Henry Garza is comparable to Eric Clapton, even Jimi Hendrix, and the solos he plays are not for novices. Also, Jojo, the bass player sings in one of the best songs, "Crazy Dream". Ringo (it is his real name) is on drums...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
There's a pile of places you can stand on to watch pop music evolve -- LastFM, Toyota commercials, NME, even The Rolling Stone and that dusty FM dial in your jalopy are up to date. But while the river flows past, note that there are a few boulders that never seem to change: rockabilly, cool jazz, and even the Tejano rock and roll sound that lives on the banks of the Rio Grande...
- www.ink19.com
2011-10-11
★★★★★
The Texacan lite rock of Los Lonely Boys' 2004 hit "Heaven" seemed built to last. But then hard times followed: Drummer Ringo Garza and his bassist brother, JoJo, ran into trouble with the law; and two follow-up albums performed poorly. How far is heaven? Pretty far. Their latest is a rudderless band's reach for roots and realism -" fluid Corona-hoisting blues grind, somber paeans to community in recession-plagued America, tributes to Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix...
- www.rollingstone.com
2011-04-18
★★★★★
"We can change the world / If we can change our ways," sings Henry Garza over purring Hammond organ and Stevie Ray-style Fender Strat in the ham-fisted ballad "Change the World," the cringe-inducing low-point on Rockpango, Los Lonely Boys' fourth studio album. Ironically, "change" seems to be the last thing on the minds of the Brothers Garza (Henry: guitar, vocals; Jojo: bass, vocals; and Ringo: drums, vocals)...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2011-04-11
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