10 albums that confirm 2024 was better than you think
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio We're not going to start arguing at this point in the year with other media outlets that have made a huge effort in creating great selections of the best albums from their country, continent, or...
Adiós Cometa: Beautiful hurricanes
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Archive photos Goodbye Comet...it can come from anywhere Good albums come from anywhere. They don't necessarily originate in the most vital and famous places on the planet. Sure, emerging in New York, London,...
2024 in the rearview mirror: The videos that shocked us this year
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio In a world saturated with distractions, music videos continue to resist, like a handful of creative rebels in a digital desert. With smaller budgets, but more ideas, these...
Twenty-four: Our favorite songs of the year
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Yes, as the title says: These are the songs by Latin American artists that we enjoyed the most in 2024. It's that simple. No market research or measurements here...
Sonidos Novedosos #playlist: ¿Qué es el amor en términos de música independiente?
Por equipo de Zonagirante.com @zonagirante Arte portada Zonagirante Estudio Hay algo que confundimos constantemente: creemos que el amor en la música es un sentimiento que entra en una canción. Pero en la música independiente es algo más radical. Es la decisión de...
Mujeres (playlist en movimiento): Marzo no puede ser el único mes para exigir justicia
Por equipo de Zonagirante.com @zonagirante Arte portada Zonagirante Estudio Cada año, cuando llega marzo y se conmemora el Día Internacional de la Mujer trabajadora, los discursos sobre igualdad, derechos y feminismo ocupan titulares, escenarios y redes sociales. Es...
Tonadas Actuales: Busquemos lucha, busquemos paz
Por equipo de Zonagirante.com @zonagirante Apoyenos donando a través de Ko-fi Arte portada Zonagirante Estudio En tiempos de ansiedad colectiva, ruido informativo y un pesimismo que parece instalarse en la conversación cotidiana, la música nueva sigue siendo uno de...
Rubio: Un disco de amor
Por José Gandour @zonagirante Fotos archivo Rubio Y, aunque suene cursi, inadecuado para épocas tan cáusticas como esta, es bueno defender la idea, con toda la seriedad del caso, de que el amor, en sus formas más preciosas y más furiosas, es el último refugio, el...
Zowë y la elegancia de la introspección
Por José Gandour @zonagirante Fotos Mara Parra I Mi relación personal con el hip hop es extraña. Me tardé unos buenos años en meterme en el rollo, entender de qué iba todo, conocer la cultura del sampling, comprender que allí estaba la poesía contemporánea, el relato...
Sean Wheeler and Los Caminos: Blues from the border, punk from the soul
By José Gandour @zonagirante Archive photos Sean Wheeler A man goes in and out of prison. His wife can't take it anymore. A phone call says it all. And then, 30 seconds of screaming to give you a break. Some guys never change. They go to jail. They get out. They promise...
Adiós Cometa: Beautiful hurricanes
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Archive photos Goodbye Comet...it can come from anywhere Good albums come from anywhere. They don't necessarily originate in the most vital and famous places on the planet. Sure, emerging in New York, London,...
Why do we keep coming back to Bandcamp?
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio There comes a moment, sooner or later, when music stops feeling like an infinite flow and starts feeling fragile. Not because it ends, but because we understand that behind it...
2025: Global Independence Playlist
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Listening to new music today is, paradoxically, an act of resistance. Not because there's a lack of songs, but because there are too many shortcuts. Algorithms that decide for us, rankings that repeat themselves endlessly...
2025: Last AI chat of the year
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio (we thank the online community for the memes) Editor's note: Zonagirante.com, in 2025, has lost its fear of using artificial intelligence technology in the development of its...
2025, albums that will define the year
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio There's no single way to listen this year. Nor is there a dominant sound that explains what's happening. The musical map of 2025 shifts, becomes contaminated, contradicts itself, and expands from...
2025: Unforgettable Videos
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Let's be serious: anyone can try to make a music video. Today, any band or artist grabs their phone and starts making something with their songs. In 99.91% of cases...
2025: Notable and unexpected covers
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio What do José Luis Perales, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Chavela Vargas, Juan Luis Guerra, Dean Kay, and a few other names that, at first glance, don't seem to sit at the same table have in common?.