Jim Pasinski, JP’s Music Blog
“Mixes a classic 60’s jukebox sound (‘Canicas’) with Mariachi rock band (‘La Inundacion De Piedras Negras’) to create a truly unique, but very appealing sound. They also cover the Ramones’ classic ‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend’ and pump a little Spanish flair into it.” Read the review here.
Ronnie Narmour, Port Aransas Island Moon
“This is what The Ramones would sound like if they were from Westside San Antonio. Their frontman Hector Saldana embodies cool.”
‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend’ rapidly becoming an FM radio hit
For the last few weeks, the Krayolas powerpop remake of the Ramones ”I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” has been in heavy rotation on Bill Kelly’s “Black Hole of Rock and Roll” show on WFMU-FM 91.1 in New Jersey. The single is available as a free download on Amazon.com.
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” is also a hit on Rich Russo’s “Anything Anything” show on The Peak 107.1 and WDHA-FM 105.5 in New Jersey, as well as on KRXP-FM 103.9 in New York and on WUSC-FM 91.1 in South Carolina, KUTX-FM, KSYM-FM, KEDA-AM, Marfa Public Radio and Sirius XM “Kick Out the Jams!” on the Spectrum channel..
Aaron Kuperberg, Powerpopaholic
“Once again the San Antonio power pop of Hector Saldana returns, and each time the band impresses. Bright hum along melodies with organ and accordion, full of childhood nostalgia . . . a great cover of The Ramones’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend’ and the T-Rex bass line of ‘La Inundacion de Piedras Negras’ creeps along making it a cool highlight. Highly recommended.” Read the full review here.
Chris Parker, San Antonio Current
“Tex-Mex approach to British Invasion rock and powerpop, which has in the past suggested a Southwestern Guided by Voices.” Full review is here.
Oscar Garza, To the Sublime
“Only my hometown could produce a power-pop group like The Krayolas. Their 21st century Tex-Mex sound picks up the tradition that Doug Sahm started and carried through various incarnations. On their new 8-song album, ‘Canicas” (Marbles),’ band leader Hector Saldaña takes the traditional corrido ‘La Inundación de Piedras Negras’ (The Flood of Piedras Negras) and gives it a rock ‘n’ roll arrangement that’s remindful of T-Rex.” Full review is here.
L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star
“One of the best, if not the best, record yet from the Krayolas . . . when the Krayolas cover The Ramones’ ‘I Wanna to Be Your Boyfriend,’ they swing the punk a little and sing in English and Spanish.” Read the review here.
San Antonio Soul
Hector Saldana and Luvine Elias of the Krayolas talk about the West Side sound on NPR affiliate KUT: “San Antonio Soul,” the music that came out of San Antonio in the 1960s.
New album “Tormenta”
This is the artwork for the iTunes version of the Krayolas latest album which features the centerpiece “Tony Tormenta” (The Ballad of Tony the Storm) with Flaco Jimenez as never heard before on Space Age accordion. It’s the famous painting by folk artist David Zamora Casas, which was part of the La Conquistadora lyric sheet. He’s a genius and a dear friend.
Here’s another single by The Krayolas featuring Alex Meixner:
