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End of the world: The corrosive, sonorous tenderness
By José Gandour @zonagirante I apologize, and I do so for several reasons. The first is that I frequently use the word "tenderness" in my writing. I use this word on several occasions because I believe it's the quality I most enjoy feeling in music that...
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Jonaz: Dirty, happy and eclectic rock
By José Gandour @zonagirante There was a very intense time when the city of Monterrey, in northern Mexico, was one of the cities with the best musical exposure, with a lot of bands and artists exporting their laid-back style, where, in the best examples,...
24 songs to celebrate the end of the world
By José Gandour @zonagirante How many times in our lives are we promised the end of the world? How many media headlines have announced that it won't be long before the planet explodes, rots in its own waste, or we finally reach the end of the world...
Covers 2023: Reversions made on this side of the planet
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Yes, we've said it several times, and you've probably noticed, it's obvious: We love good covers almost to an obsessive degree. Excuse our obsession. It's just that a cover is quite a challenge for artists, since the idea...
Prehistoric: Sad and splendid pop
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...
Doomed and Stoned Latin America 2023: New compilation on Bandcamp (free download)
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...
Chino Mansutti: Session at the Santa Fe Suspension Bridge (Preview and Documentary)
By José Gandour @zonagirante Let's start by stating something irrefutable: The Argentinian musician Chino Mansutti (a friend of the house) and his entire team are crazy. Completely insane. This is coming from a moderately acrophobic person who can't stand to look over the edge of anything above the tenth floor...
Sara Curruchich + Vivir Quintana: For the elimination of violence against women
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante This is a special session. Here we have the opportunity to see live together the Kaqchikel Maya artist Sara Curruchich and the Mexican artist Vivir Quintana, supported by an all-female band, performing in...
Elvis! Ten Latin Covers
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante. Some still feel his presence, and until recently... Next January 8th, Elvis Presley would have turned 89 years old. If Willie Nelson, having been born nine months earlier, continues to give successful tours throughout the United States,...
Myth and Godmother: Makers of electropical mixtures
By José Gandour @zonagirante Perhaps one of the best lessons we've learned in recent times, contrary to what some of our ancestors claimed, is that folk music is not static, an untouchable statue. Folklore, in its...
Astronova: A good time in Bogota
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...
Minor Satellite: Beautiful songs that come out of the garage.
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...
Julieta Laso: The voice returns
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...
Winona Riders: Good rock still exists
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...