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This Video of Café Tacvba’s NPR ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ Is a Treat for Fans
Considering their place in the rock en español pantheon, it’s mind-blowing that Café Tacvba had not been invited to play NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series before this year. But watching the performance will assuage any of your concerns, since it’s truly something else and proves they’re still in the zone.
Opening number “Olita de Alta Mar” finds frontman Rubén Albarrán letting loose early into the set, hollering in ecstasy as the track marches to its end; afterward, he speaks about the exploitation of water for fracking. It makes the performance both intimate and expansive.