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Café Tacuba vs. Radiohead

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wed 1/2/2008

name	Café Tacuba.	Radiohead.
hometown	Ciudad Satélite in México City, México.	Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
formed in	1989.	1991.
members	Rubén Albarrán, Joselo Rangel, Quique Rangel and Emmanuel del Real.	Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien.
sounds like	Alternative rock and electronic pop with folk influences. En español.	Alternative rock and electronic pop with modern influences. In English.
cite as influences	Sex Pistols, Rockdrigo, Talking Heads, Jaime López and Celso Piña.	Queen, Elvis Costello, Joy Division, The Smiths and The Pixies.
previously known as	Alicia Ya No Vive Aquí.	On A Friday.
last studio album	Sino.	In Rainbows.
lead singer's solo album	Sizu Yantra's Bienvenido Al Sueño.	Thom Yorke's The Eraser.
solo albums by other members	Joselo's Oso and Lejos.	Jonny Greenwood's soundtracks for Bodysong and There Will Be Blood.
common complaint	Lead singer can't sing.	Lead singer won't sing.
producer of choice	Gustavo Santaolalla.	Nigel Godrich.
making friends in high places	Turned in an instrumental album which their label refused to release unless additional songs with vocals were added. The resulting release won a Grammy.	Self-released their latest album, allowing buyers to set their own price. Former label alleges band rejected $6 million advance. Frontman Yorke calls claim "bullshit."
recent good deeds	Rock pa'l sureste benefit for victims of recent floods in Tabasco, México.	War Child to benefit children affected in war-torn countries.
the critics	Allmusic: "No Café Tacuba album sounds quite like another, for the band generally pursues a grand artistic vision for each project that goes all the way from the scope of the album to which musical styles will be fused, to which collaborators are best suited for the performances."	Allmusic: "Radiohead was one of the few alternative bands of the early '90s to draw heavily from the grandiose arena rock that characterized U2's early albums. But the band internalized that epic sweep, turning it inside out to tell tortured, twisted tales of angst and alienation."
webprops	35,335 friends on official MySpace.	11,448 friends on US record label-made MySpace.
best video moment	Getting both folksy and artsy in the black-and-white Maria.	Getting all modern and artsy in the color Fake Plastic Trees.

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26 responses to “versus: Café Tacuba vs. Radiohead”

CAfé Tacuba!!!! sin duda es lo mejor del rock latino.

charming

(nyc)

wed 1/9 12:41am

dude be fair
yeah cafe is amazing but radiohead es otro rollo
latin pride an all that but it's like chivas vs chivas usa
no manches

kike

(tucson)

wed 1/9 6:34am

ummm im not a dude, but seriously i dont care if their chinese, they are still lightyears ahead of radiohead.

charming

(nyc)

mon 1/14 5:37am

dude radioheads rule

lil lemon head

(d.f)

mon 1/21 5:23am

Radiohead; all time!

Me!

sat 2/23 10:03pm

CAFE TACUVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ESE SI es ROCK C#!NG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!100% EL MEJOR.......!!!!!QUIEN ES RADIOHEAD? HEHEHEHEH...

C#!N@

(CA.)

thu 3/6 12:45am

cafe tacva es mejor que radioead por que ellos
cantan orrile en vivo y no prenden a la gente y solo aburren sin embargo cafe son mjores en todo aspecto

migueltacvo

(migueltacvo)

fri 3/7 10:55pm

Cafe tacvba es el mejor grupo de todos los tiempos.

Arriban los tacvbos!!!!!

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fri 3/28 2:02am

I love Cafe Tacvba!
Especially "ERES"
Radiohead is alright 2.

Vianey

(Ixmiquilpan, Mexico...currently ATL)

thu 4/3 5:06pm

PORSUPUESTO QUE CAFE TACUBA GANA
QUANDO SE TRATA DE UN GRINGO CONTRA UN MEXICANO PUES CLARO QUE LOS MEXICANOS VAN A GANAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAFE TACUBA TE AMO!!!!!MUAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

MEXICANA#28

(cancun,mexico)

sun 5/11 4:50am