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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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Global Garage: 10 Bands Making Old Rock ‘N’ Roll Sound New
The United States might be the birthplace of rock 'n' roll, but no sooner had the strange beast reared its head than it was everywhere else too. It caught on fast...
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Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas: A Trip Beyond Tropicália
Joel Stones is well known as a music producer and purveyor of Brazilian records through his lower Manhattan storefront Tropicália in Furs. But more poetically, and...
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Patagonian Stoners Icarus Gasoline Will Lead You Astray
Name: Icarus Gasoline
Where they’re from: Santiago, Chile
Genre: stoner rock
Most Like: Boris, Kadavar, Black Angels
Sounds like: Going under
It's fair to...
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Javiera Mena’s “Sufrir” Remixed By Members of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
The 2010 ethereal electronic track "Sufrir" ("to undergo, to endure") has had quite a long journey from home. The single, which belongs to Chile's rising Javiera Mena,...
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Meet Céu, Brazil’s Alt-Pop Sky Goddess
Her name means “sky” or “heaven” in Portuguese, but at the Highline Ballroom in New York City last Sunday, Céu seemed better prepared for some kind of underwater...
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Colombia’s Monsieur Perine Will Cute You To Death
Name: Monsieur Perine
Where They’re From: Bogotá, Colombia
Genre: Colombian Swing
When they started: 2007
Most Similar: Zaz, Natalia Lafourcade
The...
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Brazil’s Lucas Santtana Leads The Way
From behind a guitar and a pair of thick-rimmed, Elvis Costello-worthy glasses, singer and composer Lucas Santtana is quietly leading a revolution in Brazilian music. In...
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A Few Words With Emicida, King of the (Brazilian) Rap Game
Going from a little kid drawing comic books in the graffiti-laden outskirts of São Paulo to a local battle champion and eventually, the young monarch of Brazil’s rising...
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Capsula Shine In the Dark
Capsula's music is a swirl of guitar fuzz with a glam rock center, so it makes sense that for our photo shoot, we went art rock extreme. High contrast and high kicks --...
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Pan-Spanish Garage Rockers Capsula Reinvent Bowie
Capsula are the nicest garage rockers operating in Basque country. The trio, guitarist and singer Martin Guevera, bassist and vocalist Coni Duchess and drummer Ignacio...
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Baile Funk Getting Squashed in Rio Crackdown
Funk carioca, better known in these parts as "baile funk" has been the ruling soundsystem party sound of Rio de Janeiro for decades. But it looks like the music's future...
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“Kilo” by Bonde do Role Out, Celebrate by Getting Something Free: Turbotito Remix
Bonde do Role are preparing to unleash their long-awaited follow up to 2007's With Lasers, and it's like a party at their label, Mad Decent. To celebrate the release of...
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Whoooooooa, Band UÓ Album Incoming
Augggggggggh! To think that I ONLY caught this news because I'm starting to grow up and actually read my Twitter feed. But BANDA UÓ, the tecnobrega trio that brought us...
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Arca Takes Us To The Cold, Dark, Outer Limits of Space
A few weeks back, the mysterious electronic artist Arca managed to briefly seize control the internet’s childlike hive-mind for about five minutes with a disturbing...
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Video Roundup: Latin Flavors
Hip-Hop and alternative music have exploded in Latin America in the last few years. Strikingly original acts from Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and beyond have hit the shelves...
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Ana Tijoux has a Bullet for the Chilean Government, and a Message En Español For the Globe
Without missing a beat, the Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, interrupted our Skype conversation about student revolution to kiss her young son goodbye. Ana, who grew up in...
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PREVIEW the New Beat of Chile! Ruta Panamericana del Sonido: Cielo Roto
Insurrectionist netlabel Latino Resiste is readying their second EP of electronic explorations through South America. This Ruta Panamericana del Sonido trek began in...
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Invented Sounds Applied To The Masses: The Rise of Amon Tobin
The annoying thing about being a visionary is that it takes awhile for the vision to get recognized. Amon Tobin, a Brit of Brazilian descent who now resides in San...
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Ana Tijoux — “Sacar La Voz”
Ana Tijoux's latest album La Bala is a bullet aimed at the heart of the Chilean government, which is currently under siege of a generation of young people demanding...