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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...
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New rock albums: Paul Higgs / Marina Fages
By José Gandour @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Okay, friends, here are two very recent examples of how encouraging and fun rock music can be these days: Paul Higgs - The Mystery of Paul Higgs Some music critics don't know...
The Fox Zapata: incendiary words and sounds
By José Gandour @zonagirante 🔥 An artist who ignites fire from within. Some time ago I was talking to a Peruvian music promoter who had gone to see the local artist La Zorra Zapata at an alternative music venue in the Barranco neighborhood of Lima. He went to...
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...
The Courettes/Carolina Donati: Latin talent beyond the seas
By José Gandour @zonagirante In our imaginations (and aurally), we flew over the Atlantic Ocean to discover, upon landing, what some of our continental compatriots are doing musically on the other side of the pond. And we have two great examples...
Gaspar Benegas: Exclusive Interview
By José Gandour @zonagirante And yes, one day we had to return to interviewing people who are alive, active, and present on the continent. And taking advantage of his upcoming concert in Bogotá, we interviewed Gaspar Benegas. For those who don't know him...
Juan Gabriel: Ten covers to remember him by
By the zonagirante.com team @zonagirante His real name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, and that's what he was baptized in Paracuaro, a small town in the state of Michoacán. This name only appears officially when registering his works with the Society of Authors and Publishers...
New sounds: Our most global playlist (talking about space travel)
By the zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio Let's continue talking about space music: The Voyager Golden Record is a gold record launched into space in 1977 with the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, with the purpose of communicating diversity...
Rubio / Ela Minus: The comforting electronics
By José Gandour @zonagirante More than just a couple of reviews, I'm determined to make this piece a necessary literary escape, as part of reflecting on the feelings I've experienced in recent years, trying to understand my relationship with music, how...
Vale Acevedo: Simplicity sometimes comes from space
By José Gandour @zonagirante And yes, there are people who know how to make captivating music in a simple way. It must be a gift. There are artists who know how to hold the world with their voice and a few instruments, and manage to draw all ears to them. And incidentally, those lucky ones...
New Bandcamp releases: La Ramona/Folk by Noise/Zapatogaze
By the zonagirante.com team @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio We're back browsing Bandcamp, our favorite digital platform, and after a deep dive, we've found 3 albums worth presenting and discussing....
LATSS: Natural and distorted nostalgia
By José Gandour @zonagirante According to Wikipedia, many animals that appear depressed or grieving begin to exhibit self-destructive behavior that sometimes ends in death. In 2009, 28 cows and bulls mysteriously threw themselves off a...
Charly García, the survivor
By José Gandour @zonagirante Cover art by Zonagirante Studio It was an eagerly awaited album, but not only because of what the genius could do, because of what he has always generated. No. There was a morbid curiosity about what Charly García could do at his "advanced" age and with his constant shortcomings...
Maiguai: Electropical 2024!
By José Gandour @zonagirante Folklore, if it wishes to survive beyond the archaeological or anthropological, must evolve. It must show signs of constant questioning, regardless of whether it only uses traditional instruments or adds a catalog of...