Inundaremos: tanquemante – Album of the Week W26/S26

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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

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Elder: Through Zero – Album of the Week W26/S25

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Approaching a new Elder release always sparks a certain unease. Not due to doubts about its quality, but from the vertigo of not knowing what direction a constantly mutating band will take. Over the last decade, their journey from monolithic doom/stoner to progressive rock, psychedelia, and space rock has been fascinating. Since Reflections of a … Read more

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Lero Lero: Lero Lero – Weekly Album Pick W26/S23

Lero Lero

In recent years, we’ve been witnessing a renewal of folk music in the Iberian Northwest, a movement driven by established projects like Rodrigo Cuevas in Asturias or Baiuca in Galicia. The scene continues to grow, as does the number of exponents of this neofolk, with other notable emergences such as the Galician acts Ortiga or Mondra.

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Nu Genea: People of the Moon – Weekly Album Pick W26/S22

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“Cuando llega el calor, los chicos se enamoran, es Nu Genea y el sol” could perfectly reflect the festive spirit of the Neapolitan band formed by Lucio Aquilina and Massimo Di Lena.

The undeniable summery, coastal vibe, a hallmark of their sound, permeates all their previous discography, as well as their recent album People of the Moon.

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American Football: The House is Still Lit

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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.

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Friko: Something Worth Waiting For- Weekly Album Pick A26/S18

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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.

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