Often shielded and in a false sense of security, our area in the Northwest wasn’t without its own problems. Expressively charged by all the things happening at the time but none more hard to swallow than the prevailing racial injustice happening around the nation. One of the first songs we co-wrote with the addition of Hozoji in Lupe’s cave of a basement in Ballard. This is by far one of the hardest hitting songs, out of the gate on this record. AudioQuest DragonFly : USB Digital to Analog Converter, up to 96kHz/24-bit.Today is a great day to share the new single from Seattle-based metal/punk trio, Tacos!, called “Kick Rocks.” Band members Lupe Flores, Donovan Stewart, and Hozoji Matheson-Margullis catch lightning in a bottle on this politically-charged song that transcends genre lines.Meridian Explorer : USB Digital to Analog Converter, up to 192kHz/24-bit.JRiver : plays both AIFF and FLAC formats, $50 but has a free trial period.Audirvana : plays both AIFF and FLAC formats, $50 but has a free trial period.iTunes : plays AIFF, it's free and you probably have it already!.You may need additional software / hardware to take full advantage of the higher 24-bit high-res audio formats, but any music lover that has heard 16-bit vs 24-bit will tell you it's worth it! Software for Mac OS X ProStudioMasters offers the original studio masters - exactly as the artist, producers and sound engineers mastered them - for download, directly to you.

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