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AJ Dávila - "Post Tenebras Lux"
"Clearer light, darker darkness... It is impossible to properly appreciate the light without knowing darkness" (Jean-Paul Sartre).The transition from darkness to light happens often in one’s life....
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Maria Usbeck - “Moai Y Yo”
Photo credit: Holland BrownMaria Usbeck, former lead singer of the band Selebrities, dropped “Moai Y Yo” via The FADER last night, which then immediately had us wondering: Who Is She. Born in Ecuador...
View ArticleVideo: Josué Josué - "Primus"
I initially discovered Josué Josué through his quiet and eerily spun verses on Matilda Manzana's 2011 deep cut, "Hola holograma." His flow was sharp and focused, yet charmingly timid and self-aware....
View ArticleVideo: Mock the Zuma feat. Jamez Manuel - "Octanaje"
When it comes to NAAFI, we don’t nearly have enough words to introduce them. All we can say is that the label feels like world citizen. Not only virtually, but also very well positioned in many of the...
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Alex Anwandter - Amiga
Amiga, Alex AnwandterNacional Records, ChileRating: 90By Zé GarciaClub Fonograma first began transmitting communiques about the (nominal) pop insurrection sometime in October 2014. The term came...
View ArticleVideo: Ases Falsos - "Mi Ejercito"
As far as poetic contributions are concerned, Cristobal Briceño postures as the leader of the pack in Chilean pop. This is true despite the fact that Ases Falsos are actually the contemporary...
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Javiera Mena x Club Fonograma: Otra Era Tour 2016
Photo cred: Nacho G RiazaJavier Mena has cordially invited Club Fonograma to attend her Otra Era 2016 Tour. We will be spending some intimate moments with the Queen of Chilean Pop on May 4, 2016. Club...
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Nite Jewel - "Kiss the Screen"
It’s been quite the wait since 2012's One Second of Love, but Nite Jewel, aka Ramona Gonzalez, has finally returned. The second taste from the upcoming LP Liquid Cool (we were a bit late to cover “Boo...
View ArticleVideo: Kali Mutsa - "Interstellar"
Kali Mutsa’s first LP Souvenance was like being stabbed with an epipen for your allergies to twee folk strumming. Nearly every song felt like the heroin shooting scenes in Requiem for a Dream. Now...
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De antro con Zemmoa + LA ENTREVISTA
Donna Summer playing at Sofia Moreno's apartment in PilsenIt was late April in Chicago and the entire world was collapsing as islands of opulence exerted their methods of social control across entire...
View ArticleVideo: Babasónicos - “Vampi”
Does Babasónicos still matter? Do we need another melodious ballad in which Andrián Dárgelos displays all his lyricism ability? In the rather desolated mainstream Argentine music scene, they still...
View ArticleVideo: Princess Nokia - "Tomboy"
Small titties, big bellies, the allure of cannabis, gold chains, sweat pants and a Blues Clue's sample in the hood. Destiny AKA Princess Nokia AKA A Stripper Named Equality, AKA Wavy Spice is back. We...
View ArticleIvy Queen - "Que Se Jodan"
A photo posted by @ivyqueendiva on Apr 1, 2016 at 5:43pm PDTIvy Queen's 2016 return is buzz worthy by its own merit, but these are no ordinary times for Ivy Queen to release a single. Javiera Mena's...
View ArticleVideo: Piyama Party - "Paz Mundial"
Piyama Party’s glorious shoegaze waltz “Paz Mundial” opened Álbum De Oro with the kind of serenity and wisdom reserved for album closers. Luis Angel Martínez took us along as he scaled that familiar...
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In mourning, in rage: The Pulse Orlando Nightclub Massacre.
The following is an attempt on behalf of the Club Fonograma family to send our deepest condolences to the communities impacted by the "worst mass shooting in US history." We also wish to be...
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Club Fonograma x Ruido Fest 2016
dënver 😱A photo posted by Dani 👁👁 (@_badgaldani) on Jul 10, 2015 at 5:59pm PDTClub Fonograma has been invited back to Ruido Fest for the 2016 edition of Chicago's premiere "Latin Alternative" Music...
View ArticleVideo: Playa Gótica - "Fuego"
Playa Gótica’s first entry was a seismic breakup song that went unrivaled by anything else out of the pop Iberosphere in 2015. If Ana Gabriel wrote a track with the gothic icon Alaska, then perhaps...
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Helado Negro - "Runaround"
"Leopard garden / walk backwards / like you with me before." Helado Negro's newest track, "Runaround," delivers this syntactical blow engulfed in heat energy and molecular tension. Seconds later, that...
View ArticleMarineros - "Torbellino"
A photo posted by Marineros (@omarineros) on May 20, 2016 at 5:34pm PDT"Torbellino" dropped quietly just days before Club Fonograma's unforgettable encounter with Marineros in Chicago. Our full...
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Felipe Neiva - "Conte Comigo"
For years Carioca netlabel Transfusão Noise Records has been the name behind Brazil’s most unique noise-revivalist, punk, and lo-fi albums. The catalogue is still going strong, pushing forward by...
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Füete Billete - “Trå” / “Una Changa (feat. Yung Beef)"
Last year saw Füete Billete take a victory lap with “Buena Vida,” then later boisterously declare “Somos Hp” as they raged to trap. The two cuts were welcome treats, but the Puerto Rican crew was also...
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MULA - "Nunca Paran"
Dominican trio MULA arrived last year with one of the most fascinating pop projects we had heard in awhile. The self-titled album was a free spirited exercise in genre fusion. Caribbean rhythms...
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Balún - "La Nueva Ciudad"
Balún is a band from Puerto Rico with an acute sense of creating ethereal moments of the sad kind. Could the tropigoth tagline apply? As sunset approaches on the Summer of Love 2016 (a cosmic event...
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Club Fonograma's Best Music Videos of 2015
“Amor Fantasma”((The Plastics Revolution)) 10. Sefárdico"One day, when you sober up, we can be the Coen Brothers or whoever you want..." sighed by worried twin brother as the rest of the family could...
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Shakira (feat. Maluma) - "Chantaje"
Andrew Casillas said it best when he rejected the notion of Shakira as Latin America's Prince and relegated her to the category of Latin America’s Jay-Z cemented by the catastrophic final result that...
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