Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Playlist
We don’t know if “la musica salvarà el mundo” (the music will save the world) as they attested on one of their recent songs (and with the title of their 2015 world tour. But we’re pretty sure that... Read Article
To Be Honest, I Love To Dance: An Interview with Thornato
If you haven’t already, you will soon hear and read his name quite a lot, because Thor Partridge, better known as Thornato is one of the most interesting, up-and-coming musicians, DJs and producers emerging from the New York global... Read Article
REVIEW Ondatrópica – Baile Bucanero
Back in 2012, Ondatropica exceeded all expectations. If there was ever any question about the ability of the band’s leaders (Mario Galeano & Will ‘Quantic‘ Holland), the outcome proved they had it in abundance, with genuine eclecticism, originality and... Read Article
REVIEW Emicida – About Kids, Hips, Nightmares and Homework…
“Smiling kids, hip dancing, nightmares around them trying to steal their happiness and everybody […] busy doing their homework” are the most distinct memories that Emicida brought back home from his trip to Africa. Last year, the Brazilian... Read Article
REVIEW Family Atlantica – Cosmic Unity
If you’ve never had the chance to listen to their self-titled debut, sign their name down, because Family Atlantica are set to become one of the sensations of 2016. The Latin… hmm, actually they’re not just Latin. African…... Read Article
Cumbia, Border Towns and Good Medicine: An Interview with Calexico
More than twenty years ago, Joey Burns and John Convertino decided to call their new musical project Calexico. Named after a frontier town in the US, it sums up the cultural and traditional mezcla (mixture) between Mexican and... Read Article
REVIEW SILVA – Jupiter
SILVA’s debut self-titled EP was a sincere and positive shock. His refined expressivity and delicate songwriting loosened you up and set your soul free, partly thanks to its tropicália accent. The following two LPs (Claridão and Vista Pro... Read Article
REVIEW Cortijo Y Kako Y Sus Tambores – The Ansonia Years 1969-71
The legend says that Rafael Cortijo Verdejo’s parents disciplined him many times when he was a child because the only thing he wanted to do was to play his bongo during the street parties in the Santurce (or... Read Article
REVIEW Sidestepper – Supernatural Love
The new Sidestepper album, the sixth of their twenty-year history, is also their most significant. Not simply because Supernatural Love comes after seven long years of silence and even ten years after their last work of original material, but... Read Article
Fumaça Preta Release New Single of Twisted Tropicalism; Announce Details of Second Album
They’re back and have become even more smoky, intricate and psychedelic. After little more than one year, a period they spent touring around the world, the Amsterdam-based trio Fumaça Preta (Black Smoke) is ready to give a brother... Read Article
REVIEW Passo Torto & Ná Ozzetti – Thiago França
The name Passo Torto (which can be translated as ‘bent step’) is more than just a moniker, it is also a declaration of intent that embodies and even emphasises the mission of this Brazilian ensemble. It signals to... Read Article
REVIEW Bixiga 70 – III
Even if the São Paulo bairro of Bixiga was almost entirely colonized by Italian migrants more than one hundred years ago, today that influence is clear only when reading the surnames of its inhabitants and eating out in... Read Article