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Happy fi is not just a record label, it's also a supergroup
By José Gandour @zonagirante Photos: Happy Fi archive One of the most interesting alternative scenes in Latin America is found in Monterrey, Mexico. Some attribute its strength to its proximity to the US border; others, to the rich folklore of the...
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Hard Crew: The beat as a barricade
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Photos: Hard Crew archive 🎧Hard Crew and the pulse of Bogota rap Let's be clear: hip hop in Colombia isn't a promise, it's a reality that marches with a firm step through streets, stages, and corners. It's a living force. And although it's not...
Mula: Eterna's electrifying Caribbean.
By José Gandour @zonagirante 🎉 From supervised dancing to liberated rhythm I recall some episodes from teenage parties, where the trick to having a good time—at least somewhat—was knowing how to dance merengue decently (usually performed by artists from...
The image that sounds: Graphics in flames for music that explodes
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio "Everything you see, also sounds."—Laura Botemburgo 🧵 The perfect seam between eye and ear Independent music in Latin America has never stopped reinventing itself. It changes its skin, its rhythm,...
Beatles Latin American style: a tribute from the south of the world
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Those who have listened to rock for years have probably had a fluctuating relationship with the Beatles. Some hated them from the start, because in their group of friends it was fashionable to reject...
She is Marilina Bertoldi. She is the present of Rock (Don't doubt it)
By José Gandour @zonagirante 🎸 Rock is alive, and she proves it. And yes, it's clear from the title. Marilina Bertoldi, an Argentinian woman born in Sunchales, Santa Fe, on September 13, 1988, has confirmed with her new album, Para quién trabajas Vol. 1, that...
Nasty Neighbours: horror, fun and social commentary
By José Gandour @zonagirante Photos: Agustín Dusserre & Nacho Arnedo Friends, classic horror films are back. Or, at least, we now have a new soundtrack for those favorite nightmares featuring ghosts, monsters, and more...
Rubio live at Blondie
By José Gandour @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio This is a great exercise I like to do every now and then: writing about the current state of one of my favorite artists not only brings me joy, but also helps me resolve my doubts...
Nino Bravo, A Kiss and a Flower (original and twelve Latin versions)
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante At this point, he would be barely eighty years old, eagerly awaiting August to celebrate his birthday in the heart of the Spanish summer. He would surely look much younger than Willie Nelson himself, already...
New Bandcamp Releases: Moojeni/Los Amargos/Mi Exnovia es un X-Men/Ene Ese
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio 🎧 A new release from the margins (Bandcamp releases May 2025) Editor's note: We don't work for Bandcamp. They don't pay us, they don't know us, and they don't send us t-shirts. At most, a couple...
Juana Rozas: Between Noise and Madness
By José Gandour @zonagirante Fussy critics, old courtiers of sound and image, owners of unwavering opinions and tireless repeaters of significant labels, defenders of invariable definitions: Yes, I'm speaking to you and...
Hiru, radiant hip hop
By José Gandour @zonagirante ✨ Hiru: a light in Latin rap. Despite our repeated pronouncements on these pages, we never tire of saying it: the novelties, the surprises, and the avant-garde impulses in Latin American music...
5 rare albums to ignore the apocalypse: Balthvs/Frank Jacket/Intergalactic Surfers/Andrés Plat/The Sad Lunatics
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio In that corner of cyberspace called Bandcamp, the true global underground continues to simmer. While other platforms turn music into mere statistics,...
Colombian electronics: ZangerForce/Tom Toms/Cruel Decisions
By the Zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio It's on the Bandcamp platform where you can see what's happening in the global independent underground. There are artists (more and more of them) who have decided that their path is to upload their music directly, without intermediaries...
