Best New Music of 2007 – Part I

Yes, another “Best of 2007″ list. These 12 cds, are my favorites from artists primarily of Latin American origin and with lyrics in Spanish and Portuguese. Some were released in Brasil, Mexico, or elsewhere in 2006 but found their way to the United States in 2007.
The First Six In Alphabetical Order:
Bebel Gilberto-Momento
Doesn’t break any new ground, really. Just another beautiful bossa nova album with [...]

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Zoé – Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea

The band Zoé has emerged after three albums, as one of Mexico’s most popular and accomplished indie rock bands. However unlike other contemporary Mexican bands, like Kinky or El Gran Silencio, Zoé doesn’t use any traditional styles in their music and sound as if they could almost come from anywhere in the world. The band has more in common with [...]

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Newspapers – Mexico City Indie Rock (and Subcomandante Marco’s latest literary effort)

The May 13th edition of the New York Times publishes a long article on the developing indie rock scene in Mexico City.
Mexico City’s Indie Rock, Now Playing to the World

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Chetes – Blanco Fácil

Performing as Chetes, singer-songwriter Luis Gerardo Garza recently released his first solo album Blanco Fácil. This album is a major change from the edgy modern rock of his first band Zurdok or the 60s mod pop(and English lyrics) of Vaquero his second. Recorded with members and associates of the alt-country band Wilco, he created with Blanco Fácil a perfect summer afternoon soundtrack. 

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Los Tres – Hagelo Usted Mismo

The legendary Chilean band Los Tres, reunited last year and released Hagelo Usted Mismo this year, their first released in the United States. The band, founded in 1982, began recording and realizing success all over Latin America during the 1990s as Chilean society opened up. Although their new wave rock showed their folk and jazz [...]

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