So often in media, the goal is “show don’t tell.” But how does one accomplish this in music? If you are Vancouver-based band Empanadas Ilegales, you simply send listeners on a musical journey that ranges from city nightlife to beach party to horror movie and even space all in one go. Their latest release, Creepy Mambo, takes their signature psychedelic cumbia and salsa and brews them in a witch s cauldron with jazz and horror music. After one sip, you find yourself going for a ride like no other. The cover art, done by Mateo Gomez Pinto, shows you what you are in for by featuring a woman riding a rocket over hills of green and forests of scrap paper cut from magazines. Thought weed or shrooms were the way to go? Nope. This ten-track thriller gets the job done. Right off the bat, it becomes clear this ain’t your grandpa’s favourite classical record that he keeps in the basement. “El Creepy Mambo” initiates you with a cryptic message in