February 20th 2009 - A Review from Pipeline Magazine [By Alan Taylor]:

Los Caminos - Test Pilot

Test Pilot is Candadian guitar group Los Caminos' second CD – their first, Bullets for Bread, was reviewed in Pipeline 75. They are a four-piece with rhythm guitar and all of the track are group originals. It's a very meaty set, this is rock instrumental with a capital 'R' and both lead and second/rhythm guitar have a tough, wiry sound with just a touch of distortion.

Hail To The King makes a fiery starter with its double-picked intro that lead into a familiar surf beat punctuated by catchy staccato riffs. Test Pilot has a similar tempo and some neatly building passages while Walking With The Devil is a cunning amalgam ofThe Savage and Penetration. A neat arrangement aids their dynamic playing on Waikiki Detective and trumpet joins in on themoody Sentenza which has a touch of Los Fantasticos about it.

We're back up and rocking for Skull Catcher, the fast rockabilly beat of Torro Torro and insistentriffing chords on Malachi Crunch. Things barely ease off for an intense Tijuana Standoff, but the melody line on Thunder Chief lets down a great Link Wray inspired beat – don't waste it guys, please revisit this one. Sound Barrier is a slow and moody lead into Johnny Raygun as Los Caminos' guitars fire their final salvos at our ears. This is a great blast of an album and definitely not one for the fainthearted.

February 13th 2009 - A Review from ReverbCentral.com [By Phil Dirt]:
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Los Caminos - Test Pilot

Album number two from Vancouver's Los Caminos is chock full of dark textures, great melodies, dramatic imagery, and cool ideas. Heavy reliance on surf's sense of flow, spaghetti western's imagery, and modern rock's tonality, Test Pilot! is a very satisfying release.

Picks: Hail To The King, Test Pilot, Walking With The Devil, Waikiki Detective, Sentenza, Skull Catcher, Torro Torro, Malachi Crunch, Tijuana Standoff, Thunder Chief, Sound Barrier, Johnny Raygun

Test Pilot
Walking With The Devil
Waikiki Detective
Sentenza
Skull Catcher
Torro Torro
Malachi Crunch
Tijuana Standoff
Thunder Chief
Sound Barrier
Johnny Raygun

February 3rd 2009 - A Review from The Vancouver Provice [By Tom Harrison]:

The Province Newspaper
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

"LOS CAMINOS"
Test Pilot

"Effective instrumental rock from a local group that has been embraced by Squire Barnes for his "Plays of the Year" clips.
Most instrumental rock is based in Surf music but Los Caminos play in a variety of styles and with a vigour that transcends what can be a limited medium."
Letter grade B

Tom Harrison

December 6th 2007 - A Review from Pipeline [By Alan Taylor]:

Canadian guitar band Los Caminos are making their debut album with this all-original set. Using a range of tones they pile through 11 tracks in 30 minutes, moving things along at a good pace as they punch out thier fiery brand of rock instrumentals. Surf guitar mixes with echo, twang and harder-edged rock guitar on numbers which hint at some of the influences at work here. Undertow, for example, shifts between the unlikely pairing of Out Of Limits and (Smells Like) Teen Spirit, and elsewhere there are elements of surf, exploitation flicks and Wray-styled heavier rock. Whilst none of the numbers is likely to attract any cover versions, I'd love to see the band play - they must be a formidable live act.

Alan Taylor - Pipeline (Winter 2007 edition)

August 12th 2007 - A Review from ReverbCentral.com [By Phil Dirt]:
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Los Caminos - Bullets For Bread

Well now, if you're a fan of long whammified chords and somber imagery, Bullets For Bread is surely for you. Sweeping visuals, aquatic feelings, dark and moody, and quite satisfying.

Picks: Undertow, Thousand Steps, Cloak And Dagger, Slip Stream, Breakfast With The Astronauts, Spring 78, Irene And Her 7 Sisters, Kings Of The Boulevard, Dark Sea, Spaghetti Sunrise

Undertow
Thousand Steps
Cloak And Dagger
Slip Stream
Breakfast With The Astronauts
Spring 78
Irene And Her 7 Sisters
Old School
Kings Of The Boulevard
Dark Sea
Spaghetti Sunrise