Comments on: La Búsqueda De La Música Mexicana: Part 1

By: KikoJones

KikoJones — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:41:01 +0000

Ah, good old Caifanes/Jaguares...I was in Mexico at the height of Caifanes' popularity; pretty sweet. I've been out of the loop with their last couple of releases, but Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio is still a great record.

Hey, how 'bout looking into La Barranca (who were the original core members of Jaguares) or Jumbo? They are w/o a doubt two of the best Mexican rock bands of the last 15 years.

By: unperson

unperson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:03:38 +0000

I really wanted to like the Amanditita album, but I just couldn’t get into it.

By: La Mareada

La Mareada — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:26:59 +0000

Natalia was recording and popular years before Lily Allen emerged. And their music and lyrics (and clothes) aren’t very similar. For a closer analog to LA check out Amanditita, “Princesa de la Anarcumbia”, her music cumbia but her lyrics are definitely a similar take on relationships and social mores in Mexico City to Allen’s commentary on London.

By: Kate Richardson

Kate Richardson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:39:42 +0000

Good to know. Thanks!

By: unperson

unperson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:19:28 +0000

Thanks for the tip about a new Natalia Lafourcade album. I have her first two and the instrumental four-track EP she did a couple of years ago, and was wondering what had happened to her.

Worth noting that she is far from a tool of her producers: she's a multi-instrumentalist who did a bunch of the arranging for Julieta Venegas's MTV Unplugged show a year or two back.