You have no idea what "Bienvenidos" does to me, it's the bomb! I'm very impressed with Systema Solar and this video makes me fall in love with them even more, they're as fun as I had imagine them to be. According to Thomas Cookman (via twitter), they will soon join the Nacional Records catalog, so deserving.
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Kids, have an awesome Halloween! If there’s something good about this year’s financial chaos is that it’s a great opportunity to get creative, so kids, please make your own costumes and don’t ever stop listening to music. Benjamín Zárate aka Volumina (and member of Antoine Reverb) has released his latest EP titled Ciencia Ficción. It might just be your score for tomorrow’s stormy mag
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Halloween Post #2 belongs to Alexico. This kid is so genuinely demented and the most brilliant way. You probably know him for “Mis amigos y yo te amamos” (and its jaw-dropping video) and his band Selma Oxor. I can’t think of any other day in which his Dios es lo Maximo! EP could sound better; it’s imaginative and scary as hell. The fact that it has 33 tracks (if you can even call them tra
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You guys remember our Rocolas? It brings nostalgia just thinking of them, not because of what they were but because back then I was trying to be like Nacotheque’s Marcelo Cunning and Amylulita. They’re New York’s coolest party hosts and in the development of this blog, their awesome mixtapes helped me appreciate Latin American pop on its most flashy flamboyant way (blame them). Remezcla has
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GOODBYE VICTORIAN HOUSES, ANTOINE REVERBHappy Garlic, Mexico ****Rating: 88By Juan Manuel Torreblanca When I was in college, studying language and literature, I often hated teachers who turned courses that were supposed to be about an author and his work into endless anecdotes about their own encounters with the author. Nevertheless, I am quite tempted to begin this review in just th...
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SYSTEMA SOLAR, SYSTEMA SOLARIndependiente, ColombiaRating: 79By Carlos Reyes Systema Solar sounds like it could’ve come out of the Nacional Records catalog, it carries that progressiveness of the alter-latino record that is both, a commercial bet and a fest of its own. The genre has found a commercial channel where pop has become a form of exploration; meaning that alternative bands a.
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YOKOZUNA II, YOKOZUNADiscos Intolerancia, Mexico **1/2Rating: 57By Carlos Reyes Yokozuna may not sound very familiar to you if you’re outside Mexico City, it’s one of the city’s most respected contemporary rock bands, because well, they got the attitude and they rock harder than the average rock band. I’ve always had a blockage with their songs, and that’s really uncomfortable,
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Rita Indiana's visual style is as amazingly crafted as her music, by now "La Hora de Volve" is reaching the 15,000 downloads here at Club Fonograma, making it the third most popular song just after the Julieta Venegas's "Bestia" remix and Rita Indiana's "La Sofi." I think by now we can save words and let the music speak for itself, here is a great video (with great costumes, creatures and patte...
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You may not know it, but I used to listen to a bunch of Mexican (Grupero) music when I was on High School. Most kids follow this genre because of their parent’s like towards these traditional (popular) songs, in my case, I just knew the pop music on local radio and broadcast TV was to crappy to swallow. Strangely, I found Norteño music very edgy, but I never liked the songs my parents played. F
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When we tell you Julieta Venegas is our lost fonogramatica sister it’s for reals, she’s got an awesome taste, or so we think so; just look at our MySpace top friends and Julieta’s top friends and you’ll notice what I’m talking about. If you’re already following her you probably know a bunch of new bands and today she linked her 15,000 followers to Colombia’s Esteman. We don’t get m
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SHE WOLF, SHAKIRASony, ColombiaRating: 55by Andrew CasillasI guess I should start by saying that I’m one of Shakira’s most ardent supporters in the music-crit community. Her faux-poetry is capable of reaching grand, vivid expressions of romantic imagery. Her voice, while understandably grating for some, is one of the most distinctive and well-utilized tools in modern pop music. Her music is as
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UN DISPARO AL CENTRO, COMO ASESINAR FELIPESPotoco Discos, Chile Rating: 79By Carlos Reyes Objective CAF: “Derretir el tempano, porque estamos como tú, destruyendo el templo.” They’re Chile’s coolest coolest urban act and they have the coolest band name, Como Asesinar Felipes are back with yet another schycophrenic set of songs. Santiago’s bleakest quientet is already known fo
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As stated before, DJ Raff released an awesome album last year we're glad he keeps extracting singles from it. Travelling Pants was the outcome of a trip to several big industrial cities, borrowing from the same idea is the formation of his new video, about 50,000 photos were recollected from his last tour and were given a shape and direction to serve as the video for "Soul Streets." It's all fl...
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Juango Dávalos’s “De Verdad” brought us our Fonogramaticos Vol.5 theme: “Te Quiero Ver Bailar.” It was love at first sight; the song is so classy it can barely restrain its dim melancholy. “Yo quiero vivir de verdad, te quiero ver bailar, yo quiero sentir, de verdad, lo lindo que es amar.” Just like Chile’s Pedropiedra or Teleradio Donoso, this young Dominican singer-songwriter be
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Here is the charmingly explicit new video by Piyama Party, who recently released one of the year’s best rock albums (review + download here). “Nosotros Los Rockers” is the opening track from Mas Mejor, and I guess this video would make it the third single from it following the very awesome “Solo te veo en bodas” and bestoftheyear contender “Fan de Carcass.” The two cute cats and the
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I'll eat my words for my upcoming review of King Coya's Cumbias de Villa Donde (out now digitally through Nacional Records), to post ZZK's Mixtape Vol.7. It's an amazing set by King Coya (Gaby Kerpel), I could keep writing but instead, I'll just paste the release text, also, I declare "Un niño que llora en los montes de María" as one of my ultimate favorite tracks from our latest compilation.Ki.
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FUERZA NATURAL,GUSTAVO CERATISony, ArgentinaRating: 74By Carlos Reyes Gustavo Cerati goes from rangy to mellow in Fuerza Natural, the follow up to his terrific and career-best Ahi Vamos (2006). First, I must mention that I’m one of those people out there that admire Cerati as a solo institution far more than with his work with Soda Estereo. His transition as a one-man act polished his .
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Fonogramaticos Vol.5 + BonusesA compilation by Club FonogramaDOWNLOAD!(right click > save as)23 songs, 137 MB, 1 Hour & 23 MinutesTheme: "Te Quiero Ver Bailar"Genre: Del Corazón, Tropical Sensacional, Con Acento y Sin AcentoArtwork by Carlos Reyes FONOGRAMATICOS VOL. 5 + BONUSES TRACKLIST01 Nuuro feat. Nana Cadavieco – “Brawl” (Unreleased, Venezuela)02 Capullo – “Compatibles” (Unrele
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Many have asked why we're not going nuts over Neon Indian, or if we know about it. Of course we're aware of Alan Palomo; we actually met him some time ago while he was singing some Spanish-language songs, the guy and the people around him are very creative people. Honestly, I've had a rough time digesting his songs, but his CD arrived a few days ago and it sounds pretty good as a whole. It will...
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We honestly don’t know much about Superaquello aside from their Puerto Rican origin and their pretty catchy hit “La Emergencia” (plus that great video). They’re about to release their fifth album titled Superaquello Interpreta Latarde, hopefully I find the time to go through their first albums so I don’t get caught by surprise when it's time to review them. They have placed a piece from
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