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Santa Muerte Unleashes Majía, a Reggaeton Rave Microlabel

Caitlin Donohue — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:26:21 +0000

“It might not look like it, but we’re very spiritual,” says Frank Briones (aka Panchitron), one half of the Houston, Texas production duo Santa Muerte. We caught up with him just days before the release of their first original EP, the debut from the pair’s new imprint Majía. “We see the good and the bad in everyone.

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With “Boom Boom,” Texas MC Dro Fe Reps For Latinos While Challenging the Limits of the Latin Music Label

Isabelia Herrera — Wed, 11 May 2016 20:45:49 +0000

As Atlanta producers continue to snag the top spots on the Billboard Hot 100, there’s still a healthy contingent of beatmakers linking up with rappers from the underground. Enter Dro Fe, a Mexican MC repping the Rio Grande Valley via Los Angeles. Dro Fe is heading up Narcowave, a streetwear brand and lifestyle movement that tries to

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Nitty Scott MC on How Her New Album Is Pure “Afro-Latina Girl Magic”

Isabelia Herrera — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:22:30 +0000

Since she started rapping as a teenager, Nitty Scott MC has always had an eye for the social injustices that come with being black or brown. On her Cassette Chronicles mixtape and her EP The Boombox Diaries, Vol. 1, the Afro-Boricua rapper tackled everything from fuckboys to racism to mainstream hip-hop’s plastic veneer, spitting fiercely lyrical

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The Chamanas on Border Myths, Música Fronteriza, and Forming a Band in El Paso-Juárez

Isabelia Herrera — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:48:46 +0000

Born in El Paso-Juárez, The Chamanas aren’t shy about the way the border informs their sound. The quintet describe their soft-spoken but grandiose songs as “música fronteriza,” and it’s a label that aptly captures the tensions of living in-between. The band’s blend of heavenly synth pop and folk rhythms synthesizes that liminal reality, and as our own

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Before Drake Loved Dancehall, Los Rakas Made Dembow and Hip-Hop Fusion Cool

Isabelia Herrera — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:00:40 +0000

For 10 years, Los Rakas have put their hearts into the hustle. Back in 2006, the Panamanian cousins dropped mixtapes left and right, fine-tuning their brand of sunny, reggae-bred hip-hop. They released their debut EP Chancletas Y Camisetas Bordada in 2011, which mashed together bilingual rhymes, Jersey club, boom bap beats, and dembow riddims. It’s an

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We Talked to Cholo Goth Duo Prayers About Knife Play and Their Kat Von D Collab “Black Leather”

Isabelia Herrera — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:49:59 +0000

It only makes sense that an ex-gang member and a Tijuana punk would launch a movement called cholo goth. In 2013, singer Leafar Seyer (Rafael Reyes backwards) and producer Dave Parley joined forces as darkwave duo Prayers, bringing together the gloss of 80s synth pop and the gloom of goth culture and gangbanging. For the

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Downtown Boys Are Putting a Brown Face on America’s White Punk World

Isabelia Herrera — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:08:36 +0000

In 2015, Rolling Stone hailed Downtown Boys as America’s most exciting punk band, and it’s safe to say that’s not just music journalism hyperbole. It’s been some time since a punk band actually acted on the social justice principles they so ardently defend; their music tackles everything from reparations to police violence to immigration reform.

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This Interview Confirms That The Parrots Are Spain’s Garage Rock Stoner Heroes

Isabelia Herrera — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:23:06 +0000

If there’s a band that embodies the IDGAF attitude of Spanish garage rock, it’s The Parrots. Here’s proof: the Madrid-based trio named their 2015 EP Weed for the Parrots, which isn’t about giving the tropical birds weed, but about the band enjoying the pleasures of good herb. They’re major players in the new wave of Spanish

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NAAFI Talk Their Upcoming Fuete Billete Release & What They’ve Learned Partying Across the Globe

Isabelia Herrera — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:56:50 +0000

After a establishing Museo Jumex residency and embarking on a European tour in 2015, NAAFI has already fulfilled the lofty dreams of many independent net labels. The DF-based collective are quietly becoming global ambassadors for Mexico’s underground electronic scene, garnering press in US publications like The FADER and Pitchfork. Coverage from US outlets is certainly not

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Rapper Mike Towers on Making Boricua Flow His Own

Remezcla Estaff — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:07:57 +0000

After appearing in our Trilligan’s Island documentary in 2014, Boricua MC Mike Towers has had a whirlwind two years. Since then, he’s received co-signs from DJ Khaled, recorded in New York, and established close ties to French Montana and his crew. Now his self-proclaimed “rookie season” is over, since he just dropped his first mixtape

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