by Address | January 5, 2024 | New features
By José Gandour @zonagirante «You struggle to hide your tenderness» From the song Where Everyone Dies Making good (and interesting) sad music is very difficult. Of course, the music market is full of mournful tunes that seem inspired by the worst soap operas….
by Address | January 1, 2024 | Bandcamp releases
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante 2024 begins, and we venture to propose a mental journey of dense textures, heavy distortions and hallucinatory atmospheres, made by the best Doom, Stoner, Sludge, Psych and Postmetal Rock bands of last year...
by Address | November 21, 2023 | New features
By José Gandour @zonagirante In general, Bogotá's rock scene these days lacks spontaneity, enjoyment, and fun. Too many bands have bought into the hype of formality, the clumsy attempt at a convenient message, the fear of stepping on toes, or the belief that by talking about...
by Address | November 16, 2023 | Bandcamp releases
By José Gandour @zonagirante I maintain (and will continue to maintain for a long time) that the most interesting music comes from what used to be called the underground (I don't know if it's still the case). Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that every sound an independent artist makes is...
by Address | November 9, 2023 | Females
By José Gandour @zonagirante Some, now of advanced age, will remember when they would turn on the radios at home in the afternoon, at a good volume, and the songs of classic singers, like Olga Guillot, Libertad Lamarque, Alci Acosta, Julio Jaramillo and others, would play, and...
by Address | November 7, 2023 | New features
By José Gandour @zonagirante To begin, I'll paraphrase a well-known Bart Simpson quote: Bands allied with Satan are more fun than those that sing to benevolent deities. Since the time of Elvis, many of the frightened religious people who have taken refuge in...
