In this second installment, we continue to search for those artists who, due to talent, hype, context, or simply bad luck, seemed to have the future in their hands. And, as often happens with the future, it ended up taking another path.
For a brief moment, it seemed they were going to be the next big band. But then, almost always without much fanfare, they stopped being the future.
The Hold Steady emerged in Brooklyn in 2003 amidst the explosion of so-called indie music. Unlike the usual timelines boasted by the rock genre, the guys got together already at 35 years old. They weren’t young, they hadn’t hooked up with the prom queen, but like the Mississippi, they carried enough defeats and highs to tell.
Three years after their debut, the Chilean sextet Inundaremos returns with tanquemante. This second album represents an undeniable leap in quality and is already positioned as one of the year’s most significant releases. Inspired by the poetry of Juan Radrigán, the album emerges as a reaction to complacency, abandoning the comfort of homemade indie folk … Read more