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Manu Chao: La Radiolina

Mark Kemp, Paste, 11 September 2007

FOUR SONGS into La Radiolina, an onslaught of beefy, staccato guitar chords chop like butcher knives into a mix of vertigo-inducing electronics and air-raid sirens. Amid the chaos, a tiny voice repeatedly shouts, "Welcome to Paradise!"

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