Mickelodeon 
Back in 2004, on the television schedule of Spain’s society of prosperity and abundance, a high school drama series appeared, following the adventures of some very handsome Californian students and their trials and tribulations in love, luxury, and other matters. The series in question was The O.C., and one of its protagonists, besides obviously carrying … Read more
Since 2004, with their already famous “Moqueta,” the band from Boiro (A Coruña) has been an relentless steamroller ofindie rock, post-punk, shoegaze, and whatever else comes their way, if it bothers them. The now trio formed by Rodrigo, Isa, and Rafa release a new album, “Mi Catedral,” where they delve into their soundwith their characteristic defiant attitude, and where the influences that have marked their trajectory dilute to sound like nothing less than themselves.
Let’s get this out of the way: in the search for the most hyped album of the moment, WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA is not the brat of 2026 — and it doesn’t need to be. Catherine Slater’s new project has been hailed as the most ambitious and fully realized work of her career, transforming her … Read more
There is a starting point in the history of American Football that in itself puts us in absurd territory. A band with barely two years of life, which released a single album in 1999 with little impact and split up without making much noise, has ended up occupying a capital place in the imagination of several generations, as they have not only made their debut a classic, but have retroactively redefined what we understand by emo, indie, or even nostalgia. In that sense, American Football are more important as a perception than as a musical phenomenon; their relevance is beyond what they did, it is in how it has been listened to afterwards.
Ah, youth! On numerous occasions, the unstoppable pace of our surroundings pushes us to abandon that improvisational and hopeful spirit that gives us youthful momentum, only to surrender to the concept of “maturity.” Friko, the Illinois band, has made their young career a parallel to that dichotomy in which they bet unconditionally on that burst of bravery—at times naive, but always worth the risk.
Back in 1996, Britpop ruled the rock planet, grunge was fading out, and the late-century MTV invasion of pop-punk and nu-metal hadn’t yet arrived. Impassive and solid as a rock, there stood the “old reliable” of alternative rock. Placebo debuted with a canonical album, throwing the genre’s basic principles into a blender alongside introspective themes of drugs, sexuality, androgyny, and plenty of melancholy and infinite sadness.
A Saturday morning, kids playing in the park, a ham and cheese croissant, a new Tigers Jaw record… these are some of the simple things that can brighten your spring and make modern life more bearable. The outfit from Scranton (yes, the one from The Office) returns after a five-year absence as if the gap since their last releases, I Won’t Care How You Remember Me (2021) and Spin (2017), never even happened.
Hot on the heels of their impactful 2025 LP, Rincones de nadie, the group doubles down on a sound that straddles the sheer punch of alt-rock and the melodic flair so characteristic of punk-rock.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… There was a time, back in 2008, when it seemed impossible to escape that catchy hum. You heard it on the radio, in bars, in commercials, on reality shows… “Mercy” was omnipresent, but never exhausting. There was something both genuine and vintage about it that made us wonder: “Are they trying to pass off the umpteenth reincarnation of Billie Holiday on us?” But no, there was something different. And perhaps because of that—precisely because of that—her subsequent story is so uncomfortable to tell.
Roots, the 1996 album by the Brazilian band Sepultura, turns 30. Fusing metal with Brazil’s tribal roots could be an exciting journey in itself; but it becomes far more so if we backbone it through a personal trip that takes us from 1990s Coruña to the Mato Grosso jungle and back again.