By Sebastián Casafúa @casafua
Editor's note: Some of you may not know who this is. Sebastian Casafua. And if you're unfamiliar with his work, it's time to discover his extraordinary contemporary pop-rock songs, whose lyrics and melodies are deeply moving and flawless in their exquisite craftsmanship. We took the opportunity to contact him, since his latest album, Caudillo, originally released in 2018, is being released on Bandcamp, And for that reason, it is once again being mentioned by specialized critics, while Casafúa will release his next production in the coming weeks. The Uruguayan artist has accepted the challenge of telling us his 10 favorite songs from the continent's songbook, and with his answer, we have built a list worthy of being repeated until our player's battery runs out.
Good boys – Ha Ha He He (Lullaby for Kurt Cobain)
It's an almost baroque, distorted song, with three distinct parts, and a single chorus, soaring and celestial like the effect of heroin on Kurt Cobain's nervous system. When Uruguay sends a spacecraft into space to find extraterrestrial life, it'll take a mate gourd, a video of Suárez's goals, and this song.
Charly García – You can always forget
Or “How to make a beautiful song” with very few things: a drum kit with delay and room effects that does the same thing throughout the song, a keyboard, and the voices of Charly and Fabiana Cantilo harmonizing in key places. It tugs at your heartstrings, on an album (Cheap philosophy and rubber shoes) which is a masterpiece. It is said that one day someone rubbed a lamp and out came Charly García.
Dangerous Sparrows – The jet engine
The alternative underground scene of the early 90s in Argentina is fascinating. Peligrosos Gorriones appeared and disappeared relatively quickly, but along with other bands, they refreshed the scene and brought to those of us who were teenagers at the time the freshness and novelty of what was happening in the rest of the Western rock world. This song has a simple riff that's made for the mosh with acne, in your face.
Café Tacvba – Zero and One
What a great pop song! 0 and 1, It looks so good opening Four roads. I like it because it has a different sound for the band, it's very emotive, and it has some more guitar arrangements. noise That's the usual thing; it's a radio hit, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Massacre – The Eighth Wonder
The evolution of Massacre Palestina to Massacre, and from their skater punk to alternative rock, finds, in my opinion, its Everest in this smash hit. The Mammoth. Wallas cleverly doubled his voice an octave lower. It's a reflection on how rock music has ceased to be dangerous, although hope springs eternal, especially if songs like this keep being made.
All your dead – Mate
This song is all hardcore energy, hip hop, and very groovy. He handles intensity and tension very well, something crucial in great songs. The attitude and message of a band that was relentless live.
Mosh Play-Doh – Mr. P Mosh
It's a killer track, insane. Overall, it's very '90s hip hop with Mexican influences like the ones Beck borrowed, kitschy passages and transitions, electronic elements, super humorous, pretty hard to categorize into a single style. I like MCs who rap with energy, "upbeat," and that's exactly what this track delivers.
Soda Stereo – American Blind
This is a classic. I can't really analyze it much because nothing I say would describe how great it is. One of the perfect songs in Spanish.
Fiskales Ad Hok – Drain
I have a fond connection to Latin American punk rock. I met Fiskales in Santiago and loved them. I played their album "Traga" to death back in the day, and this song, perhaps a bit basic but hyper-punk and direct about alienation, has always stuck with me. "What you call dying is just finishing dying.", no future total.
Grave – Rattamahtatta
Sepultura was a “game changer”"Globally, transcending – due to their songs in English, though not only for that reason – to Latin America. They earned the respect of the global metal scene with classic albums of the genre.". Ratamahatta, Sung in Portuguese, it's a metal bombshell, featuring tribal vocals and sounds, Brazilian pop and popular culture, and has Carlinhos Brown pulling flow and a riff headbanger total.