In 2012, compelled by what he’d read in the news and seen on the TV, Chilean musician Juan Pablo Abalo decided to write an album that would confront the sexual abuses perpetrated by Catholic priests in Chile that... Read Article
Post-rocky ensembles, pop-choruses, minimalist percussion and simple and honest and intelligent lyrics. The mixture of all these is the Santiago-based band Fármacos who I’ve been following for a while now. Their songs are in Spanish (apart from a... Read Article
Sublime new video from Chile’s Dënver for their track “Los Bikers”, taken off last year’s Música, Gramática, Gimnasiaa album (which featured in our Top 20 Albums of the year). Check out the video below:
The man they call the “Chilean Girl Talk” here presents a selection of some of the finest grooves and beats to come out of Chile in recent years. If you’re looking to discover what people are dancing to... Read Article
Today we’re offering something a little different, and something which is going to be a regular feature on the site. Using the do-it-yourself music website that is Official.fm we are going to be showcasing new artists every month... Read Article
The first time this giant of American entertainment leaves its natives shores, Chile was chosen as the destination. In many ways this made a lot of sense, a stable affluent South American country, obsessed with rock music seems... Read Article
If you happen to be in Chile this April you can do a lot worse than attend the first Lollapalooza to be taking place there. As well as the normal, boring acts like Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,... Read Article
Chile’s DeMentira, who recently remixed Gepe and Javiera Mena, as well as releasing his slendid Chimpancé EP, is back again. This time with an amazing mixtape featuring a mixture of independent pop, modern hip-hop, cumbia digital and electronic... Read Article
Sounds and Colours has just published our favourite albums of 2010 which you can find in two parts (ONE and TWO), however we wanted to published a few lists from some of our favourite sites, hopefully picking up... Read Article
Our end-of-year coverage starts here with the first half of our favourite albums of 2010. Unlike the normal lists of Best Latin American albums of the year (which are mainly a selection of songs from Cuba and Mexico,... Read Article
My oh my, this wasn’t easy! So many great videos to list in 2010. I hope we have listed all the major ones, but I have a feeling in a day or two a few are going to... Read Article
There is something irresistible about the way that many Chilean groups tackle indie music. There’s the expressiveness of bands like the Flaming Lips or Polyphonic Spree, the character of Daniel Johnston or Arthur Russell and the warm hush... Read Article
