"08/09" from XL promises stellar year in releases
From M.I.A's "Kala" to Radiohead's "In Rainbows" and every musical tidbit in between, XL Recordings has released a cavalcade of music in the last year…
IG Shrie's Top Ten Plus Plus!
2008 was an interesting musical, and personal, year for me. I listened to a lot of indie rock, electronica and went to a shit-ton of…
El Guincho Unleashes the World on Nectar
I've been praising the inspired calypso-trance work of El Guincho for months now. The transcendent, global feel of his album Alegranza! outshines any other album…
Alegranza!
In college I took a world music class, having only heard a bit of Indian music and some African drumming at the time. Not only…
Super duper Spanish tropicalia band crush
I just got engaged (Yay Me!), and while I'm starry eyed over that, what is really making me swoon is Spanish artist El Guincho, otherwise…