The spring and start of summer are a fruitful time for new music releases, which may explain why we’ve been inundated with new music. As usual, the quality has been high and the choices as eclectic as always.... Read Article
This is the first of a series of podcasts I’ll be doing of Ibero-American music that I’ve seen live while touring through Latin America with my band, Animales Blancos. Also, I’ll review most of the best Latin American... Read Article
Buenos Aires was pulsating with music festivals this November, and porteños’ (as Buenos Aires natives are called) wallets are still recovering. Large international music festivals have been making their way across Latin America in the last few years,... Read Article
After a week of recovery time, all of New York City is winding down from the whirlwind that was the 2014 Latin Alternative Music Conference. With many bands playing, showcases, off-LAMC shows (sort of like off-Broadway) and after... Read Article
Yes, it’s that time of the year again, when fans of good Latino sound, artists, and avid summer concert goers co-mingle with us lowly music journalists in our ill-fated decision to forgo sleep and throw logic out the... 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
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
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
Video for “Dia de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) by Argentine indie-rockers El Mató a un Policía Motorizado. I saw these guys play at Primavera Sound this year and they were awesome. Definitely worth keeping an eye... Read Article
