From Y La Bamba to Girl Ultra, and iLe to Monogem, Latinas lead the charge for best new releases this week; but we’d be remiss to omit Puerto Rico’s nerdy king, Guaynaa.
Also: helmed by Discwoman-affiliated DJ Riobamba, indie label Apocalipsis has released Sin Fronteras, an eclectic new compilation featuring new music by Helado Negro, Balún and Nino Augustine. (One-hundred percent of the proceeds from Bandcamp sales will go to immigrant defense organizations, including Raices, Immigrant Defense Project, and Detention Watch Network.)
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Also: helmed by Discwoman-affiliated DJ Riobamba, indie label Apocalipsis has released Sin Fronteras, an eclectic new compilation featuring new music by Helado Negro, Balún and Nino Augustine. (One-hundred percent of the proceeds from Bandcamp sales will go to immigrant defense organizations, including Raices, Immigrant Defense Project, and Detention Watch Network.)
In case you missed it, here...
- 9/22/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Y La Bamba, the Portland-based indie band helmed by singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, have spent the past decade weaving both dynamic guitarwork and regional-Mexican flair into the vivid tapestry of the American folk tradition. And just months after releasing their 2019 LP, Mujeres, the band has returned with a heartrending Ep titled Entre Los Dos.
Released in February, Mujeres found Mendoza reckoning with her family history, drawing from the trauma (and unflinching fortitude) passed down from her foremothers. Mendoza was born in San Francisco to Mexican parents of indigenous Purépecha descent...
Released in February, Mujeres found Mendoza reckoning with her family history, drawing from the trauma (and unflinching fortitude) passed down from her foremothers. Mendoza was born in San Francisco to Mexican parents of indigenous Purépecha descent...
- 9/20/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Y La Bamba have unveiled a dizzying, psychedelic clip for their new track, “Boca Llena.” The song is the third single off the group’s upcoming LP, Mujeres, out February 8th on Tender Loving Empire Records.
Fronted by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, Y La Bamba suffuse their dream-pop soundscapes with beguiling cumbia and mariachi rhythms, reflecting Mendoza’s dual upbringing in Oregon and her ancestral homeland of Michoacán, Mexico. In “Boca Llena,” Mendoza untangles memories of her parents in song. “Why is your love so far away?” she sings as if under a trance,...
Fronted by Mexican-American singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, Y La Bamba suffuse their dream-pop soundscapes with beguiling cumbia and mariachi rhythms, reflecting Mendoza’s dual upbringing in Oregon and her ancestral homeland of Michoacán, Mexico. In “Boca Llena,” Mendoza untangles memories of her parents in song. “Why is your love so far away?” she sings as if under a trance,...
- 1/23/2019
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
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