El Reflejo is the latest release from Buenos Aires’ Ayermaniana, a seven-track album featuring psychedelic classic rock croons unblemished by the age of the genre. Crispy blues-driven licks and alien-like reverb merge and strike the band’s third album... Read Article
A couple of albums in, and it can be easy for a band to find themselves painted into a corner. Some opt to double down on the style that had brought them success. Whilst others, in an effort... Read Article
After their successful debut, Las Sombras went straight back in to record their second studio album, Crudo. The band’s previous work was well received by the underground blues youth and there was plenty of opportunities for them to... Read Article
Over a career spanning more than five decades, Charly Garcia has gone from the folky, kumbaya leanings of his early work with Sui Generis, through the Progish-pall of Serú Girán, to the more uptempo, pop rock that would... Read Article
One should never allow the expression ”rock ‘n’ roll is dead” slip through the mouths of youth; it’s practically a warning of a whole generation lacking pentatonic blues-driven riffs. Luckily for Buenos Aires, the influence of B.B. King,... Read Article
Fiero are unlike most bands in Buenos Aires. They don’t check the normal boxes one must check in order to be successful in this scene. They’re not clean. They’re not young. They don’t have setlists. They don’t have... Read Article
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
There can be few better candidates for choosing a playlist of experimental Argentine rock classics than Alan Courtis. As a member of Reynols and now as a solo artist he has garnered a reputation as one of Argentina’s... Read Article
Written and directed by Santiago Charriere, this documentary focuses on Argentine pop-rock sensations Banda de Turistas as they tread the rocky ground between mainstream popularity and musical integrity. While traditional music documentaries tend to examine well-known bands’ rise... Read Article
Argentine artist Panda Elliot is ready for her international breakthrough. After creating a buzz in Argentina, her second album Forastera is set for a US release via The MuseBox Records. “Velociraptor” is the second single to be taken off... Read Article
Gustavo who? That was my reaction when someone told me that Cerati had suffered a stroke and was in a coma. It was May 2010, and I’d moved to Chile two months earlier. The news that the Soda... Read Article
Back in 2004 five young platenses (from La Plata, in the Buenos Aires province) pooled their cinema addiction and their music skills to form the nth band in the Argentinian rock panorama. Their starting point was a sci-fi... Read Article
