Julieta Venegas, the ex-indie darling of Mexico, whom chose to sign to a record label and release a pop album, is at it again. Limón y Sal is the follow up to her greatly successful spanish pop album Sí.Limon y Sal is possibly the best pop album of the year. At first listen some of her lyrical choices and song compositions seem awkward, but the feeling quickly passes, as Julieta's voice and mas.
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By now you know "Bestia" is not only the song of the year (although quietly released last year) but also one of the anthems of the decade, it's doing great on iTunes as Single of the Week (both U.S. and Latino) and Nacional Records is releasing the album digitally in the states. The band provided the material on their website for anyone to make a remix for their single, and we can't wait to hea...
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As promised, we are presenting to you our lists for the best albums of 2008. This time covering our circuit (Iberoamerica), but we are doing it individually, and guess what? I'm first. Again, this is my personal list , the official Club Fonograma's Best list will be posted by Carlos simply because let's face it, Club Fonograma is Carlos Reyes . But he is nice enough to invite us to share with ...
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Expect reviews of the new albums by Monareta, Calle 13, Aterciopelados, Jessy Bulbo, Buena Vista Social Club & Carnegie Hall among others very soon. Mid-term exams are a little crowded right now and they prevent us from taking care of the blog as much as we would like. But today will be an exciting night at Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica. The ceremony is usually entertaining, except for the ap...
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I hear the lovely Julieta Venegas started her solo career as a scrappy "alt-rockera." Then she did Sí:I'm not sure who introduced me to Julieta, but they seemed to prefer her bubblier, sparklier manifestation. I haven't checked out her earlier albums Aquí or Bueninvento yet, but I imagine they might turn me off, now that I've been exposed to Jubilant Julieta.This woman plays the ACCORDION, fo.
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Good artistic criticism is hard to come by yet its difficult to get people to respond to your own music. Such paradox! Fundamentally, reviews are useful because they provide an artist insight to how their music is processed by listeners. Marketing texts exmphasize knowing the audience, often by collecting demographic info on them. Music marketing presents a unique challenge in that listeners can
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