Remezcla en SXSW: Wednesday March 12
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Remezcla en SXSW: Wednesday March 12

Day one of SXSW is always loaded with choices, from very high-profile events to the underground indie events. Most of the high-profile stuff (such as…

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Ollin: Chicano meets Irish in this punk-folk collective
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Ollin: Chicano meets Irish in this punk-folk collective

Ollin (se pronuncia Olin or Oh-leen) is an 8-piece punk-rock-folk collective that’s been owning East LA for more than 15 years. Amantes del punk-rock since…

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Bullshit in Goliath?
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Bullshit in Goliath?

Okay, so here’s the deal. The Mars Volta’s fourth album, The Bedlam in Goliath, is out TODAY, and we’re kinda obsessed with it. First listen,…

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El Delectrico
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El Delectrico

My friend Florencia went to Argentina and brought me Arrogante rock: Conversaciones con Babasónicos, the newly released book of interviews with the band by journalist…

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Cafe Tacuba and Radiohead: Sino + Rainbows
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Cafe Tacuba and Radiohead: Sino + Rainbows

Within mere days of each other in October of 2007, both Café Tacvba and Radiohead released their first studio albums in four years. We compare the two.…

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The Cure, Soda, and Diego, oh my!
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The Cure, Soda, and Diego, oh my!

I am a product of MTV Latinoamérica.  I grew up with Ruth, Alejandro, Leandro and Edith every day afterschool.  So even though I don’t own…

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Who is Who at LAMC 2007
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Who is Who at LAMC 2007

In no particular order…Who’s Who at the LAMC 2007: Attendees, musicians, organizers, volunteers, meros colaos….these are the familiar faces that will be roaming around the…

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Flamenquillo…Without The Hip Hop
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Flamenquillo…Without The Hip Hop

Ojos de Brujo released a new album, Techarí, earlier this year. Because of inevitable comparisons, sophomore albums are tough for any band. That first time…

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Bonde Do Role
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Bonde Do Role

My first rock n’ roll experience was watching Guns and Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” on MTV at my babysitter’s house when I was in…

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Coachella 2007
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Coachella 2007

The 110-degree hot hot desert heat, the need to go to the bathroom, nor the hunger stopped us at Coachella. To put it simply, it…

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Chikita Violenta es…
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Chikita Violenta es…

La Banda:
Chikita Violenta
Integrantes:
Luis Arce: Voz, Bajo, Guitarra
Armando David: Teclados, Bajo
Eduardo Pacheco: Batería
Esteban Suárez: Guitarra, Bajo
Andrés Velasco: Voz, Guitarra
De:
Ciudad de México
Chikita Violenta…

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Minimalist Frontier Beauty
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Minimalist Frontier Beauty

Few indie labels in Mexico manage to stay afloat for very long, but in the border city of Tijuana, where there is a deep-seeded DIY…

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La Muerte del Gallo de Oro
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La Muerte del Gallo de Oro

On November, 25th 2006, Valentin Elizalde, a handsome and charismatic popular singer from the state of Sonora, Mexico died in the border city of Reynosa,…

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Chetes
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Chetes

Chetes, a young singer with stringy light hair and a round boyish face was once a member of Zurdok—one of Mexico’s most innovative bands from…

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Dixybait
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Dixybait

During a recent stay in Mexico City, we went out to La Sombra de Sartre, a bar located on the second floor of a building…

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