Plethora Reloaded is a unique response to the success of 2010's debut release by the San Antonio band that takes punk rock to the cantina and invests the wheezing old accordion with a new rock 'n' roll potency: the same album kicked up more than a few notches by re-recording the bass and guitar tracks to reflect a great leap forward brought about by changes in the group personnel and its enhanced power and focus thanks to national touring. Hailed as ''the tastiest norte?o/rock recipe to date'' by Alibi.com, Pi?ata Protest have been described as the ''Mexican Dropkick Murphys'' or ''the love child of Flaco Jimenez and Sid Vicious,'' cannily rewiring both the Tex-Mex and punk traditions to create one of the most bracing new ripples in rock music's ongoing progression in recent memory. It's music that's as hot as jalepe?o peppers and as satisfying as a plate of enchiladas. Reloaded transforms Plethora as originally recorded into a collectors item. That's a two-for-one deal that's hard to refuse.
