El Hipnotizador Romantico are a five-pieve group from the Mataderos neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. On their self-titled debut album they pitch themselves somewhere between the romantic pop of Rufus Wainwright and the restless musicality of Beirut. The album... Read Article
This is one we’ve been really getting excited about, the new Camas EP from Argentina’s gbrl. A noisy, raucous mix that threatens and welcomes in equal measure.
No Desaparecer is the latest album from SUB, an Argentinian band with an alternative rock approach. This is a band following in the footsteps of American bands such as Pearl Jam, American Music Club and REM though still... Read Article
Echo Resonance is a small record label based in Brooklyn, New York. So far they’ve released four vinyls. Best of all is the fact that two of these are by acts from Argentina; Valentin y Los Volcanes and... Read Article
Go-Neko! set out their stall on 2008’s Una Especie de Mutante; surging guitar riffs, pounded drums and tight, extended instrumentals were clearly the signs of a band owing some debt to kraut rock and heaviest post-rock bands out... Read Article
On 21st December, the Argentinian indie blog Indie Hoy released a new compilation of songs from the Argentine underground (as well as the odd one from Uruguay and Mexico). Celebrating the arrival of summer, with 21st December being... Read Article
I can’t believe we missed this when it first came out. Here is the video for “Piedra al Lago” off Valentin y los Volcanes‘ last album Play al Viejo Walkman, one of our favourite albums of 2010, just... Read Article
Here’s the brand new video for “Kansas” by Argentine pop group Poncho featuring our very good friends A Banda de Turistas (you can read our interview with them HERE). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD_6aqrI5xg
This is our selection of what we feel are the best websites devoted to music from Argentina. These aren’t sites peddling the new thing, or catering for rubbish whimsy and caterwauling nobodys, these are sites all about devoted,... Read Article
This is a very exciting day as Mamushka Dogs, one of our favourite record labels in Argentina, have gracefully agreed to send us a mixtape of some of the best songs from their label. For anyone unfamiliar to... Read Article
There was quite a bit of press last year when Beck and his online Record Club covered the seminal Velvet Underground & Nico album in full. Unfortunately less was known about the same endeavour which was being carried... Read Article
There’s no mistaking the influences of A Banda de Turistas from the first moment you hear their music. Their rich, keyboard-laden sound harks back to British bands such as Pink Floyd and Procol Harum, but repeated listens reveal... Read Article
