César Aira’s serpentine novel, The Divorce (released as El Divorcio in 2010, now translated into English by Chris Andrews), begins and ends, as the title suggests, with separation. Kent, the novel’s narrator, has just split from his wife,... Read Article
Barely six months since its last edition, The UK’s largest and most popular celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture – ¡Viva! Festival – returns to HOME Manchester for its 28th film fiesta, which runs 18 March-7 April. With 14 titles... Read Article
This is the first round-up of new singles since November of last year, which just goes to show that even musicians and producers wind down for Christmas. The studios are starting to spawn again, so here’s an initial... Read Article
It’s great when something you’ve dreamed about becomes reality. I’ve long wondered why no-one has done an English language version of Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia‘s infamous graphic novel Life of Che, and now Fantagraphics have announced... Read Article
Two tremendous things have happened in the world of Argentine experimentalists Reynols. Firstly, their new record, Vol. 2 of their collaboration with Japanese psychonauts Acid Mothers Temple (a collaboration which has seen them collectively rechristened Acid Mothers Reynols),... Read Article
The best Latin American films of 2021.
Our selection of the best Latin American albums of 2021.
It’s been aeons since I’ve done one of these retro round-ups, as I call them, but then I’ve only recently become acquainted with Altercat Records from that hippest of hip European cities, Berlin. So I, in my turn,... Read Article
Step outside of a Latin American airport and wait for it… Cumbia 420 will find you before you ask “what is that sound coming from the cars?“. This global phenomenon has its birthplace in Argentina, but let’s not... Read Article
In genre-bending Dirtigol, Luis Manuel Claps sets out to document the ‘Esquel effect’, the wave of organised resistance to large-scale industrial mining which spread across Argentina and beyond following a 2003 referendum on the installation of a gold... Read Article
Templo Animal Records continue going from strength to strength, having just announced Volume 3 of their Templo Animal series, a showcase for “Emerging Electronic Music from Latin America”. It is the first release on the label to come... Read Article
Tens of thousands were estimated killed or disappeared during Argentina’s dirty war and Daniel Loedel’s Hades, Argentina explores the fates of a handful of fictional characters during the time. Tomás Orilla is a medical student in 1976 caught... Read Article
