{"id":3600702,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3600702/?format=json","airdate":"2026-01-05T20:19:00-08:00","show":65574,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65574/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Gran Buffalo","track_id":null,"recording_id":null,"artist":"Laboratorios Moreno","artist_ids":[],"album":"Je Suis Le Fantastique","release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":null,"rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Gran Buffalo” is a 4:04 track by Laboratorios Moreno, released in 2024 and associated with their album Je suis le Fantastique (often abbreviated JSLF). Mexican press describes the band as a quartet—Guillermo Uralde (drums), Martín Villanueva (bass), Carlos Alberto García (guitar), and Diego Orozco (guitar and voice)—and frames their sound as a hybrid of punk energy, psychedelic and experimental elements, with touches of funk and pop. That blend is audible in the song’s pacing: it drives forward with rock urgency, but keeps room for groove, syncopation, and texture changes that feel more “scene” than “riff.” The title suggests a totemic creature; the music matches with weight and motion rather than sheer volume. A key strength is arrangement discipline: sections pivot cleanly, so intensity can rise without clutter, and melodic fragments reappear just long enough to feel intentional. The official video reinforces the track’s scale; it was directed by Alejandro Espinosa and highlighted in music-video coverage in 2025. In a DJ set, “Gran Buffalo” works as a bridge between straight alt-rock and more psych-leaning programming, because it keeps the hookiness of a band song while carrying the restless detail of a studio experiment throughout today.\u2028Listen: https://laboratoriosmoreno.bandcamp.com/album/je-suis-le-fantastique","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}