THE ONE THE TWO THE THREE, LABORATORIESGha-Ngha Records, MexicoRating: 83By Carlos Reyes The One The Two The Three or one of those calculated sequences where art and science meet is a three-piece EP from Laboratories, a revealing electro act from Juarez, Mexico. Earlier this year the Mexican collective/shop Hupop released a compilation titled Recomienda Vol.1 where they included some...
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ES IMPOSIBLE, MIRANDA! EMI Music, ArgentinaRating: 69By Carlos Reyes Miranda! along with Moderatto are the trickiest pop acts to analyze because in addition to their music they’re also selling image. Purists mind the costumes, the high notes and especially the unashamed usage of their influences. Transcendentalists in the other hand completely fail to acknowledge them, but I do wonder .
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This is the first time we write about The Mocks, a ‘shining bright’ pop act from Monterrey whose M is Correct EP brought them nothing but positive feedback from fellow bloggers and general media alike. We ourselves had nothing but good things to say about singer Ely Mock’s collaborations with Los Re# and Mercey Hot Springs. They have announced an upcoming release titled Shock and NO!, which
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1971, ELLE BELGAAcuarela Records, SpainRating: 67By Carlos Reyes If you know your Tarantino movies really well, you know there will be a moment where he will give up some of his adrenaline to embrace a moment of tranquility, usually after a victorious display of bloody exhibitionism or as a parody of tragedy, or vice versa. Spain’s Elle Belga is molded perfectly for those margins of sl.
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What a nice way to round up Labor Day than to find a new song by Bufi available to download. “No Hay Nada Que Perder” is the new single from Bufi’s follow up Poni Republic release to his fantastic debut Homeless Hero. The song is included in 8106’s three-tracked compilation available to download through Reactor’s Zona de Descargas (which you should be checking periodically). It also incl
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It really took me a while to figure out Francisca Valenzuela, her unmeasured melodies are not easy to swallow at all. It might be that Muerdete La Lengua feels like a sophomore album, there’s just too much melodrama around it with no previous induction that it’s almost impossible not to feel disoriented. She’s one of those singers hard to picture on a record, but those live shows display not
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MUSIC VS MUSIC, NSM PSMEMI, Mexico ***Rating: 68By Jean-Stephane Beriot NSM PSM or No Somos Machos Pero Somos Muchos has been making noise for a while in Mexico City’s nights of hipsteria, which they have contributed to build as pronounced DJs with some hits of their own already. The duo that forms NSM PSM is also part of the live band that makes up the Mexican Institute of Sound, mind.
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One of our readers recently asked why we feature the same artists over and over; honestly, it’s not intentionally, some acts deliver stuff we just fall crazy for and we’ll bring them back as we feel they merit the ‘distinction.’ Okay, don’t ever take us too seriously it’s just the songs we feature get around 15,000 downloads on average, pretty good considering they’re mostly emergin
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LONG PLAY,COLLATERAL SOUNDTRACKIndependiente, Mexico ***1/2Rating: 71By Carlos Reyes We declare ourselves unconditional fans of the visual work by Edgar MT, an illustrator who among other projects, crafted a piece for “Universo 2” as part of the group of artists on charge of HS!’s Bestia artwork. He has exposed some notable works under Collateral Soundtrack but none as striking as L
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HELLO SEAHORSE! - CriminalMunBestiaRating: 9.0(7.5) Andrew Casillas. For an album that tries to sound as deliberately paranoid as Bestia, "Criminal" is a breath of pine scented air. Beginning with a fairly typical post-punk instrumental, Lo Blondo's vocals float over the track in an almost prescient fashion, at least until the 2 and a half minute mark, where the vocals actually float. From ther...
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ALMISMOTIEMPO, CAMILA MORENOSello Azul, Chile ****Rating: 80By Carlos Reyes “Porque aquí todos los nudos se desatan con canciones”, Camila Moreno embraces this statement in her bold, flourishing first album Almismotiempo, a showcase of pop and folk in the lines of Gepe and Lisandro Aristimuño, but more earthly in its approach to command multi-dimensional songs that are not necessar
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New video for "Poli", the third single and my favorite piece from Reptilectric the latest album from Zoé. I still don't quite get why a lot of my friends dislike that record, but they seem to mind their road to stardom, the TV commercials and such... One thing is for sure, I'm hoping Reptilectric is their last installment about galactic beings, metalic wings, planets...
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PERDEDORES VS PERDEDORES,THE JOHN BANDIntolerancia-Rock Sessions, Mexico Rating: 58By Carlos Reyes Well, I guess “Maten al Criminal” was some sort of hit in Mexico last year? We like to feel like we’re aware of what radio is playing but this is clearly not the case. The John Band isn’t very interesting to start with, and in terms of how they sound they’re not too far from Motel,
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Pretty much by now you can tell we’re heads over heels for Rita Indiana y Los Misterios; it’s such a huge statement but it’s the best contemporary act to come out of la Republica Dominicana and we’re here to witness it! It’s still pretty hard to put a tag on their music, some say it’s Merengue Alternativo while one of my friends from Slant Magazine says it’s “Latin America’s fun
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BAT 1, MURSEGOIndependiente, SpainRating: 79By Carlos Reyes Mursego is the strange and obscure project from Maite Arroitajauregi; we know very little about her except that her performances found on YouTube are marvelous and her first installment Bat 1 is an impressive perhaps too mysterious revelation from a name w...
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We’re finding trouble to find any time to update this blog during this first week of school, so bare with us. For example, I missed this hot remix by María y José for “Chambacu”, a classic performed by hundreds of groups across Latin America. This is a remix for the version by Aurita Castillo y su Conjunto, brilliantly subtitled El Sagrado Corazón de María y José Refix. It’s some kin
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1999, LOVE OF LESBIANWarner Music, Spain Rating: 51By Jean-Stephane BeriotWe had declared 1999 as one of our most awaited albums of the year; it’s so disappointing that it has been sitting at our pending list for more months than your average transnacional rock album, and you know Love of Lesbian is anything but average. The band is one of Spain’s most beloved and respected institutions of roc
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BIGOTT - "She's My Man"Grabaciones en el MarAlbum: FinRating: 8.2(8.1) Andrew Casillas. What we have here appears to be the long-lost Lou Reed single produced by Tom Waits in a villa outside of Saint-Denis. My personal highlight of Fin, the track is a love song in the most unusual sense. The "shimmy, shimmy" refrain suggests a sort of playfulness, while many of the lyrics ("She is my man, and m...
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EMPACHO DIGITAL, VILLA DIAMANTEZZK Records, ArgentinaRating: 80By Carlos Reyes Villa Diamante, one of the pillars from ZZK Records has compiled a stellar set of dualistic showdowns. Empacho Digital is a filthy, messy, exuberant if not impossible beautiful album of strange musical complication, reconciliation, and above all, discussion. It’s not just another cumbia mashup; it’s a pro
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