As a lawyer in training myself, I might already try not to take portrayals of legal professionals too seriously. Given Mercedes Rosende’s Crocodile Tears is a black-comedy and a self-deprecating, partial critique of the police institution and of... Read Article
For more than a decade now, Montevideo-based outfit Sante Les Amis have been working their way up into becoming one of Uruguay’s most colourful and exciting acts. Back in 2012, the band released their debut album Sudamericana: a... Read Article
You’d be hard pushed to find someone in Montevideo who hasn’t seen Colectivo Licuado’s work. They might not have known who was behind it, but they will have definitely been sat on the bus, bleary eyed on their... Read Article
Sometimes local bands can be like milanesas, everyone thinks theirs is the best. But I know that this album hit a tone that resonates with the city I live in here in Montevideo, just as I know my grandma’s... Read Article
The Uruguayan Carnival, apparently the longest in the world, is a month and a bit marathon of riotous satire, fiercely contested shows and above all, the emblematic sound of the murga. It’s said that ticket sales outnumber any... Read Article
Río-Montevideo is the first major UK exhibition by acclaimed Brazilian artist Rosângela Rennó. Rennó, originally from Belo Horizonte, is known for using archival materials in her work. The exhibition originated from the artist’s residency at Uruguay’s Centro de... Read Article
Martin Azambuja is one of those designers whose work manages to playfully invade your day to day reality without you realising the process is happening. One of those people behind the ubiquitous flow of images in magazines, products,... Read Article
Intratable. It’s an album title that can appeal to any self respecting hip-hop community here in Uruguay, Latin America, or the rest of the world. Despite there being a never-ending flow of hip-hop in English, it’s been a... Read Article
For his last album, Bailar en la Cueva, the Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler took the bold step of relocating to Bogotá and working with Mario Galeano, the mastermind behind Ondatrópica and Frente Cumbiero, and a new group of... Read Article
Uruguay’s Selectorchico has just unleashed a new bomb of a track uniting South American electronica with the sounds of gnawa (a music with origins in West and North Africa). While comparisons to artists like Tremor and Maga Bo... Read Article
When it comes to electronic music, creating atmospheres instead of plain old dance tracks is one tricky business that not everyone gets right. English, French and German electronic musicians like Autechre, Air and Ulrich Schnauss have mastered this... Read Article
Carmen Sandiego’s latest album Ciudad Dormitorio is a testament to the fact that the Uruguayan band is born of a millennial generation. The album’s opening track, “Generación 2002,” makes that last statement a no-brainer, but it’s the Uruguayan... Read Article
