The Pinker Tones – The Million Color Revolution

The Pinker Tones, Barcelona DJs and musicians Professor Manso(Alex Llovet) and Mr. Furia(Salvador Rey), combine house and lounge with chants, raps, and lyrics in Catalan, French, Spanish and English. This disc is a fun dance party similar to the techno and lounge tracks by the Mexican band Plastilina Mosh. The two duos share a similar sense of humor too. The most [...]

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Rodrigo y Gabriela (actualización con crítica en español)

The Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela (Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero) released this short, self-titled collection in late 2006 to much attention from the hipster/indie rock crowd. They are two acoustic guitarists playing a combination of flamenco and heavy metal with no vocals  Formerly members of speed metal bands in Mexico City, the pair moved to Ireland to play in the streets [...]

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Mexican Institute of Sound – Méjico Máxico

Better known as  Instituto Mexicano de Sonido, Camilo Lara (aka DJ Pata Pata) of Mexico City creates a mezcla of milennial deep house beats and 1960s Mexican lounge music. In the collection Méjico Máxico he transports the listener to the playa in Acapulco 1967 or a sidewalk café in Condesa 2007.  Just pure summer party music.

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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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Kinky – Reina and Sassy

Monterrey band Kinky has developed a successful formula of combining modern rock and electronics with Northern Mexican styles, much like Nortec Collective from Tijuana except with instrumentalists instead of DJs. The band relentlessly tours Mexico and the west coast of the US and earned a reputation for one of the most exciting, crowd pleasing shows around.

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