Slowrider

Slowrider's clever name is a play on the term "low rider." In Mexican American slang, a low rider (also known as a vato, cholo, or ese) is a Chicano homeboy whose obsessions include cars, women, and classic soul music (although today's younger low riders are just as likely to be major hip-hop fans). Low riders have their own publication -- Low Rider Magazine -- and they still consider War's 1975 smash "Low Rider" their national anthem. War, in fact, is among the many bands that has influenced Slowrider, whose releases are as eclectic as they are unpredictable. Drawing on rock,...