Posts Tagged ‘Alternativo & Rock Latino’
Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Son Jarocho is more than just a syncretic musical genre. It’s a movement and an identity, especially for Hector “Hecdog” Pérez and Greg Landau’s electro-folkloric band/project, Sistema Bomb. “El Convite” exemplifies this blend of indigenous Mexican idioms, African polyrhythms, and Spanish colonial influences, jury-rigged together with synths and voice modulators.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Monica Lionheart has built up a solid group of fans thanks to her, strong-yet-etherial work with bands like Zigmat and Pacha Massive. For her solo outing, she continues to blend the worlds of electro-pop and atmospheric torch ballads. For "Escape Strategy", she leans heavy on the former – finding a direct line between artists like Berlin and the Chromatics.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. You can hear cumbia and dancehall influences in this blazing track from Buenos Aires’ Mati Zundel. The swaying groove, stomping drums, and rumbling bass roll together to form a colorful pastiche we’d expect from a sonic scavenger like Diplo. This high-energy track is featured on Zundel’s debut album, Amazonico Gravitante.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Tecato, Baja California, native Carla Morrison played in bands at home and in Arizona before pursuing a solo loop-driven sound à la KT Tunstall or Joseph Arthur. On her latest album, Déjenme Llorar, one hears an autumnal, mostly acoustic modern folk sound that suits her comforting voice. “Me Encanta” features a dreamy wash of tuned and atonal percussion, a gentle bass line, and haunting accordion.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Produced by the much-respected Quique Rangel of Café Tacvba, Bella Época features the single “Lobo”—a song about change and loneliness. Frontman Juan Manuel Torreblanca describes the life of a werewolf who’s hunted rather than the hunter; it’s accompanied by an emotional percussion-and-piano pairing that evokes sounds of a running animal.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Bengala paid dues playing small gigs in Mexico City until recording its first album in 2004. Though the alt-rock band has been compared to The Killers, Zoe, and Kings of Leon, the frisson between vocalist Diego Suarez’s breathy growl and the psychedelic, whistle-adorned arrangement of “Nuncas Digas Nunca” is clearly Bengala’s own.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Music rehearsal spaces can produce a cacophony of sounds—as you walk down the halls, you’re bound to hear a musical mélange resonating from the various rooms. Banda De Turistas was born from this type of sonic stew, when two bands that shared a rehearsal space teamed to create one entity. After releasing two full-length albums—plus receiving two Latin GRAMMY® nominations and performing at concerts with Kraftwerk, Coldplay, and Depeche Mode—the Argentina-based band unleashes YA this week. A stand-out jam from this album is “Cade Dîa”—we love its melodic mix of stormy, psychedelic-tinged pop rock and whimsical electronic accouterments.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. Quetzal is the most important L.A. band that you haven’t heard of—yet. Formed as a response to the 1992 riots, the multi-ethnic six-piece collective claims the East Side as its home base and its musical inspiration—citing Chicano-related rock influences such as Ritchie Valens, Ozomatli, and The Smiths. “Imaginaries” is a gorgeous electro-folkloric interplay of dissonance and harmony, rhythm and tonality, formed by unplugged electric guitar strums and the high frequency whirring of radio knobs.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Sol Pereyra was once a member of Los Concineros and a part of Julieta Venegas’ touring band, but back in 2009 the versatile multi-instrumentalist with the sunny and sweet voice ventured forth with her debut solo album, Bla Bla Bla. Her latest single is “Comunmixta,” an indie pop/rock number that slathers Latin guitar phrasing over a hip-swinging synth track.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Mexican Institute of Sound was established when Camilo Lara, the president of EMI Mexico, made year-end playlists of his favorite tracks, culled from his massive record collection, for friends. His style evolved into a pastiche of folkloric Latin American idioms and electronica. “El Jefe” is no exception, with its mournful mariachi horn loop juxtaposed against a monotone rap and the hustle and bustle of a high-velocity drum track.
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