★★★★★
On 9 Dead Alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela waste precious little time before letting the listener know they've returned to the formula that made them stars. The first physics-defying guitar flourish bursts into view less than 15 seconds into opening track "The Soundmaker". Over a stomping, swaggering rock beat, the dexterous guitarists emphasize a melodic turn by melding rhythm and lead into a furious riff that manages to be both manic and skillful. Such is the inviting dynamic of the pair...
- consequenceofsound.net
2014-05-02
★★★★★
The fifth album from this Mexican duo is in-your-face acoustic rock guitar flamboyance, there's no doubt about that. The pair of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero has an extraordinary talent for gelling their influences and personal techniques to something that is seamless and exciting, full of recurring riffs, rhythms and percussive playing. '9 Dead Alive' demonstrates amazing talent, then - but the ideas and theme, as a whole, are a bit samey. The basic M.O.: Sabbath meets flamenco...
- www.clashmusic.com
2014-04-30
★★★★★
Famed for their dextrous digits and finger-tut finicky fret freneticisms, Mexican twosome Rodrigo y Gabriela are two of the world's most impressive guitarists. Performing 'fusions' as opposed to any pigeonhole-y style, their music flits between jazz, flamenco, Latin pop, heavy metal and rock. The latter two are what make up the majority of the ideas behind 9 Dead Alive, their fourth studio LP...
- www.musicomh.com
2014-04-30
★★★★★
Rodrigo y Gabriela's 9 Dead Alive is their first album of new material in five years. Written, arranged, and co-produced by the pair, they deliberately attempt to forgo the Latin influence in their music in favor of an all-rock (albeit still acoustic) approach -- which marks a return to their pre-recording roots in heavy metal. (That they don't entirely succeed is part of what makes 9 Dead Alive so compelling...
- www.allmusic.com
2014-05-07
★★★★★
While the guitar has been around a long time, Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have shown that it still has plenty of potential. On 9 Dead Alive , their latest album on ATO Records, the duo adds nine more examples. The record starts with the irresistibly rhythmic "The Soundmaker" that finds their guitars embraced in a dance that builds as the song goes on and makes you feel like you're in an exotic location...
- www.relix.com
2014-04-29
★★★★★
Even the most stubborn reveller clinging to the last vestiges of a house party will tell you it's time to retreat once the acoustic guitars come out. That's unless the nocturnal mariachis playing are Rodrigo Y Gabriela, the quick-fingered Mexican duo who spent their teens tirelessly practising scales for your future delectation. Since 2000 they've sold a quietly impressive 1...
- www.nme.com
2014-04-28
★★★★★
The press release for this fine album does it few favours: "Rodrigo y Gabriela playing face to face, guitar versus guitar ..." In fact, here and on the best of their earlier recordings, the Mexican duo demonstrate an impressive range of moods and relationships: confrontational, conversational, quizzical, exploratory (inter alia). Indeed, part of the success of 9 Dead Alive arises out of the variety of styles of dialogue...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2014-04-29
★★★★★
Furious flamenco-influenced strumming and riffs ... Rodrigo Y Gabriela. Photograph: Jim Mimna Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3Rodrigo Y Gabriela9 Dead AliveBECAUSE2014 After their successful collaboration with a Cuban orchestra, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro return to basics with their first set of new material in five years...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-04-25
★★★★★
Track List:
1. The Soundmaker 2. Torito 3. Sunday Neurosis 4. Misty Moses 5. Somnium 6. Fram 7. Megalopolis 8. The Russian Messenger 9. La Salle Des Pas Perdus
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2014-04-21
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