New Albums
LOS LOBOS
Legendary LA band cover legendary LA songs
Native Sons NEW WEST
8/10
The Buffalo Springfield wrote “For What It’s Worth” in response to the Sunset Strip riots in 1965, and nearly 60 years later Los Lobos revitalise the song as subtle commentary on the US border crisis. Mainstays on the LA scene since the early 1970s, the band showcase their wide range on this imaginative and timely covers album, tackling songs by garage rockers like Thee Midniters, Laurel Canyon singersongwriters like Jackson Browne, and Chicano composers like Lalo Guerrero. They combine all of those disparate styles on the title track – the album’s sole original –a tender valentine to the city they call home.