REVIEW Pescado Rabioso – Artaud (1973)
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
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Los Pirañas Pay Tribute to Luis Alberto Spinetta in Latest Video ‘Del Sol, A 18 Minutos’
Colombia’s premier tropical noise trio Los Pirañas are back with a video for one of the standout tracks on recent album La Diversión Que Hacía Falta En Mi País. “Del Sol, A 18 Minutos” is in fact a... Read Article
Alan Courtis’ Experimental Rock in Argentina Playlist
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
Jorge Drexler’s 15 Most Influential Latin American Songs
When I spoke to Jorge Drexler last year about Bailar En La Cueva – his latest album and undoubtedly his most rhythmic to date – it seemed clear that his influences had grown over the years. The sounds... Read Article
REVIEW Los Pirañas – La Diversión Que Hacía Falta Mi País
If Quentin Tarantino were able to make a kids movie with Salvador Dali, then they’d want Los Pirañas to write the soundtrack. Playful yet psychedelic melodies curve around this surreal album, played on frantic, bending, twanging guitars that... Read Article
REVIEW Los Pirañas Release New Album ‘La Diversión Que Hacía Falta En Mi País’
Everything we love about music is instilled in Colombian band Los Pirañas. The tropical noise trio from Bogotá – whose members are the mainstays of bands like Frente Cumbiero, Meridian Brothers and Romperayo – play music with no fear,... Read Article
Cineplexx’s 10 Favourite Argentine Songs
We asked singer/songwriter Sebastián Litmanovich aka Cineplexx to choose 10 of his favourite songs from his native Argentina. Cineplexx’s last album, Florianopolis, was an infectious slice of psychedelic cool, not to mention one of our albums of the... Read Article
The Brutal Verse of Tango: An Interview With Daniel Melingo
Before tango took hold of Europe in the early 20th Century, Argentina’s most famous musical export was the tune of gangsters, prostitutes and thieves. It was synonomous with Lunfardo, the local prison slang of Buenos Aires that unifed... Read Article