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Gustavo Santaolalla Talks Bajofondo, And Why Most Electro-Tango Sucks
The Argentinean-Uruguayan collective turns 10, releases a 3rd album, and dares the competition to catch up
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Chile’s Gepe Unites Andean Folk and Indie Pop
Gepe’s concert at the Vive Latino festival in Mexico last weekend felt like the future.
Gepe (real name Daniel Riveros) mounted the stage with tousled hair and skinny...
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5 Mexican Metalheads Who Want To Crush Stinking Hipsters
Mexicans love their metal. Trends come and go, but Mexico stays true, sticking out its collective tongue and flailing its long hair at a Pantera concert while ripping an...
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Centavrvs Leads a Revolution in Mexico
Mexico is a tremendously exciting place to be young and making music these days. You just kind of feel it bubbling on the streets these days - this energy of things...
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Francois Peglau: A Peruvian Waylaid In Great Britain
Name: Francois Peglau
Where He's From: London, UK (via Lima, Peru)
When He Started: 2008
Genre: Rock 'n' roll music
For Fans Of: Devandra Banhart, Helado...
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Meridian Brothers, Genius Prophets of Colombian Weirdness
Name: Meridian Brothers
Where They’re From: Bogotá, Colombia
When They Started: 1998
Genre: Pyscho-Tropical
Most Similar: ZZK, Bomba Estereo, La MiniTK de...
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Centavrvs Flips Mexican Music On Its Face
Name: Centavrvs (Don’t worry, just pretend every “v” is a “u,” it’ll all be okay)
Where They’re From: Mexico City
When They started: 2011
Genre: Mexican...
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Tego Calderón: Rapper, Revolutionary, and Original Rooster?
In 2005, when reggaeton first came to a car stereo near you following the breakthrough success of Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina,” Tego Calderón was one of the first major...
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Is Gaby Moreno the Amy Winehouse of Latin America?
Make no mistake: Gaby Moreno can sing the blues. In a previous life, the 30-year old Guatemalan no doubt could be found in a low-lit juke joint singing through whiskey...
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DJ Raff and his Emotional Bass
One of the latest, greatest names to appear everywhere in electronic music circles is Barceleona-via-Chile producer DJ Raff. But In truth, there’s nothing new about...
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2012 Latin Grammy Nominations Announced
Today, The Latin Recording Academy announced it's list of nominees for this year's Latin Grammy Awards (the 13th since the event's founding). Unlike the boring-old Anglo...
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CHECKPOINT: Equatorial Guinea
When El Negro Bey raps, the letter “c” and “z” spill out of his mouth with that trademark lisp that warns you that you’re speaking Spanish with a Spaniard. Except Bey...
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ICONS: Café Tacvba
It must be pretty alright to be Café Tacvba. How many bands can claim 20 years of non-stop commercial and critical success, an adoring fan-base across the Western...
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Calle 13′s Pan-Latin Experiment
Just as the midsummer twilight began to fade into night, the flags shot up into the air.
It was one of the closing concerts of the annual Latin Alternative Music...
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Belanova Runs the Streets with Coke
Words by Kristie Bertucci.
The 2012 Summer Olympics are fast approaching and Mexican electro-pop trio Belanova are super excited about their recent partnership with...
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Bonde do Rolê: Older, Wiser, Still Unrepentant Perverts
In the 45 minutes I spent chatting with DJ Gorky of Brazilian band Bonde do Rolê, we managed to talk about murderous transvestites, “Toddlers & Tiaras,” extreme...
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Colombian Hip Hop Gets Jiggy With It
Who would have thought? As it turns out, Colombia’s top rapper is giant, unrepentant nerd.
You won’t see Jiggy Drama rocking shiny chains and big jeans – he favors...