The live sets of Chilean cumbia band Chico Trujillo are legendary. Their punk take on cumbia was lapped up by Chilean audiences when they emerged post-Pinochet (in 1999) and since then they have gone from strength-to-strength, recently getting international... Read Article
Rubio is the solo project of Fran Straube, who’s set to release her debut album later this month. She has already played a host of sell out shows in her home city Santiago this year, and took her... Read Article
Two Chilean musicians came together for a special concert at Santiago´s GAM. An impressive and culturally significant space devoted to the arts, shows at the GAM just seem to signal an occasion. There is no bar, no extra... Read Article
After the long and extensively acclaimed Con Eso Te Digo Todo, Bronko Yotte has released its follow up, Gala, an album that is more personal and conceptual, a clear statement that his search is looking for more than just staying relevant.... Read Article
Fifteen years after first forming, Chilean garage blues duo Perrosky have delivered their best work to date. The modus operandi of the band has always been clear. This is music influenced by American Blues, by RL Burnside, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Hound... Read Article
Sweet Chile Of Mine started as a single post. It was intended to feature songs taken from recently released Chilean albums. However, there is so much great pop, folk, rock and metal music in Chile that deserves to be heard that... Read Article
Steamy, acidic, underground, naughty, alternative. Those are some of the adjectives to depict Club Sauna events in Santiago, the ongoing parties that are labelled as an “anything can happen” kind of celebration, where the audience is both crazy and diverse. Their... Read Article
Astro are not your average pop band. Yes, it may not be completely clear for many listeners that enjoyed their self-titled second album, but there was more than MGMT and Animal Collective references to Andrés Nusser and his... Read Article
Where to begin when you want to discover the newest sounds from Chile? It is always hard to make recommendations, since music is one of the most difficult things to describe. Even the artists themselves find it hard to put... Read Article
Geographically, the republic of Chile is cursed and blessed by the Andes. Making it isolated from the rest of Latin America, Chileans are used to drawing cultural influences from anywhere they can. Television introduced the first big wave... Read Article
This week we are exclusively streaming Sin Mucho Sentido, the Latin takeover of Talking Heads’ classic live album Stop Making Sense, on Sounds and Colours, and today we can offer one of the album’s tracks for free download.... Read Article
We are big fans of Mañaneros and especially their debut full-length Hexágono Final from last year. A dark, sometimes chaotic, mix of 80s synths and distorted vocals driven by tribal guarachero and cumbia rhythms. While some similarities could... Read Article
