South America Meets Gnawa Via Uruguay’s Selectorchico
Uruguay’s Selectorchico has just unleashed a new bomb of a track uniting South American electronica with the sounds of gnawa... Read Article
Best Albums Of 2014
The hardest thing about any end-of-year list is whittling the list down to just a few. This year has been... Read Article
100% Bittersweet: An Interview with Fernando Lagreca
When it comes to electronic music, creating atmospheres instead of plain old dance tracks is one tricky business that not... Read Article
REVIEW Carmen Sandiego – Ciudad Dormitorio
Carmen Sandiego’s latest album Ciudad Dormitorio is a testament to the fact that the Uruguayan band is born of a... Read Article
REVIEW Mr Kaplan
Mr Kaplan is the latest offering from Uruguayan director Álvaro Brechner (Bad Day to Go Fishing) which screened at the... Read Article
Mateo Alone Licks Himself Well
I first heard Eduardo Mateo thanks to a bald-headed man on a Vespa in a small Uruguayan town called Tacuarembó.... Read Article
Free Download: 12 More New South American Albums
South America is a hot-bed of innovation and this is no less the case when it comes to music distribution.... Read Article
REVIEW Jorge Drexler – Bailar En La Cueva
Jorge Drexler’s thirteenth album Bailar En La Cueva starts with a strong ear-worm of a track and then eases into... Read Article
Eduardo Galeano Acknowledges the Weaknesses of ‘The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.’
History and Eduardo Galeano have an intimate relationship. History offers Galeano timeless access to the scrolls that disentangle themselves across... Read Article
Documentary & Web Series Preview: ‘American Fútbol’
In just a few days, much of the world will be focused on the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which begins... Read Article
Santé les Amis releases video for “Brasil” and remixes album
After Uruguayan rock group Santé les Amis released their bombastic debut LP Sudamericana late 2012, a lot of us were... Read Article
MIXTAPE ¡Oyé, Oyé! Candombe Uruguayo Mixtape
Last month we got an email from the Brazilian music/graphic design collective coletivoACTION telling us about a mixtape of Uruguayan... Read Article