*** Brave Combo, “The Process,” Rounder.

If traditionalist polka-holics were peeved by this eclectic Texas quartet’s recent Grammy win over perennial Jimmy Sturr, they’ll gag on their gingham when they hear this new album, with no straight polka on it until “Why, Oh Why”--the 10th of 12 songs. The rest of us, though, can kick up our heels to Tex-Mex two-steps, ‘60s-ish twisters, a faux hipster lounge instrumental and even a Latinized version of Foreigner’s “Double Vision.”

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