Ray Barreto - “Indestructible”
Salsa unbowed, unbent, unbroken.
YAST - “Strangelife”
New new romantic stylings from the darkened northern lands.
Nudozurdo - “No me toqueis”
Splitting the difference between the singer-songwriter and acoustic rock stylings. Effective and affecting sounds out of Spain.
Chrome Sparks - “Marijuana”
Rolling brilliance from Ann Arbor. Not quite Dilla, but soul-warming regardless.
Orquesta El Macabeo - “Lluvia con sol”
Commenting on dependency with wit is one thing, effectively demonstrating your love for your homeland by re-appropriating images - at times distorted, at times patronizing and condescending - and making it a breathtaking thing of beauty is all the more remarkable.
In all seriousness, a breathtaking thing of beauty.
Bleached - “Next Stop”
Straight-ahead rock & roll in the old style. Or at least, the older style.
Adri Vainilla - “Te Creo”
Show tonight at Salón Hecho. Wistful electropop with a sensual video that seems to have caused quite a kerfuffle in Peru.
Norwegian Arms - “Run Ran Run Rah”
Sing it out - though it be wide-eyed, manic and bordering on incohesive, it can be joyful still.
Sandra de Sa - “Olhos coloridos”
Classic, classic, classic Brazilian soul.
Kelpe - “Single Stripe”
Decent but unspectacular until the synth pops its little head up at around 1:15. And it just gets better from there.
