Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | August 6th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
Better late than never…
NSM PSM- Music Vs Music
Bomba Estereo- Album -”Blow UP”- Video “Fuego”
Recently performed @ SXSW ‘09 NACO Showcase & Sound of Colombia, Roskilde in Denmark, LAMC- NYC and currently touring the U.S.
Amadou & Mariam - Magic Couple
Cass McCombs- Catacombs
Dandy Warhols- Dandy Warhols are Sound
Moby- Wait for Me
Chali 2na- Fish Out of Water [ this tune ft Talib Kweli]
TAGS: Tags: amadou & mariam, Bomba Estereo, Cass McCombs, chali 2na, dandy warhols, moby, nsm psm, sounds from colombia sxsw, sxsw naco showcase
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | June 11th, 2009 | Category: Art, Music, Photography, Youtube
Touring season at it’s peak brings us press feeds after press feed announcing international/domestic festival line-ups, band break-ups, solo projects, re-introduction of VINYL in more ways than one and of course music video releases. In the current industry, less and less are privileged to even gain some kind of distribution deal non the less financial backing for a music video.
Only a couple of days into June and THE FEW & PRIVILEGED shine on a screen and for your viewing pleasure..enjoy!
Depeche Mode- “PEACE”
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58727482
Notice, they’re not in the video– first one in the band’s musical career!
MGMT - “KIDS”
Controversial video, disturbing! Critics claim the little boy underwent traumatic experiences and the tears are REAL!!! Oh and Sir Paul stated in an interview, he’d like to work with them in the near future. I think we should all just look forward to
“The Beatles” Rockband game!
Kings of Leon- “Notion”
TOURING NOW..check them out! for tour dates click here>
Little Boots- “New in Town”
Chairlift - “Bruises”
If you heard the IPOD commercial, yes this is the band..CHAIRLIFT!
Madonna- “Miles Away”
Live footage from her current tour
Basement Jaxxx- “Raindrops”
Look out for the album release next month- GUESTS include Yoko Ono, Santigold, Lightspeed Champion and Yo! Majesty.
TAGS: Tags: basement jaxx, depeche mode, kings of leon, madonna, mgmt
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | May 4th, 2009 | Category: Art, Lifestyle, Music, News, Uncategorized, Youtube
During the midst of booking madness, I received an inter-departmental e-mail stating that Al Jazeera was requesting an interview with Ximena Sariñana. As conference/festival time approaches, juggling between countless pending items and working under deadlines (like the start day of the fest) I was under a continuous adrenaline rush where I experienced many sleepless nights for several weeks. Your brain operates on overdrive and never turns off, as much you’d like it to, I recall going to bed at wee hours of the night and waking up soon after only to grab my laptop and send emails or make some notes. CRAY CRAY!
Today, Alejandro Franco, one of our dearest friends from Mexico twittered the link on Facebook. I click on the link to find SEGMENTS produced by Al Jazeera South by Southwest coverage.
Richard Gizbert presented two segments covering the musical scenes from Colombia & Mexico and extracting the majority of the content from his coverage at SXSW. This brilliant and eloquent production supported by factional verbiage accurately portrays the substance and colorful array of international talent showcased at SXSW. This made my day and I’d like to share it with the world and with everyone who has made this possible.
¡Gracias a todos, vamos por buen camino!
TAGS: Tags: 60 Tigres, Al Jazeera, Alejandro Franco, Bomba Estereo, Bostich & Fusible, choc quib town, Colombia, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Mexican Institute of Sound, Mexico, middle eastern rap, MIS, Music, Music trends from Mexico, Nortec Collective, Playlist with Richard Gizbert, polka madre, Richard Gizbert, Sessiones, South by Southwest Latin Showcases, sxsw music fest, Tijuana Sound Machine, Warp Magazine Mexico
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | May 1st, 2009 | Category: Lifestyle, Music
Twitter you can either jump on the band wagon or miss out, it’s not only a way for you to be in loop of everyone’s business but this social networking messaging system can deliver more than you’d ever thought.
Based in an article published by WIRED, they mention how music is delivered directly to your profile by having members of your social network with the similar music affinities and how musicians are using it to gain fans on a more interactive level than Facebook or Myspace.
Here’s How - (these are excerpts from the article)
Twisten.fm: At first glance, this site is a playable list of the latest tracks to be posted to Twitter through Blip.fm, FoxyTunes, Grooveshark, Hype Machine, imeem, Last.fm, Twisten.fm itself and Twt.fm. If you sign in with your Twitter name, you can search its parent company Grooveshark’s massive library of songs to stream (and potentially embed in your own Twitter feed), and, more importantly, follow people who have posted songs you like.
Musebin.ws: Although the musical-note version of its name is sort of confusing, this site could not be any simpler. Enter an artist or album into the search box, and — bingo — Musebin.ws displays relevant tweets in seconds, so downloads or (more likely) streams are just a click away.
Tweetj-It displays the latest musical tweets — plus the “top 100 songs on Twitter” and Twitter’s fastest-rising artists.)
For Example ( twitter search): Depeche Mode ?#musicmonday OR blipfm OR hypem or imeem or twisten.fm or twiturm or twt.fm
If you want to know what’s hot, producing the next show don’t know how well the artist will do, want to have a more personal interaction with your fans or check out how artist are using this…get on the TWITTER bandwagon and get to TWEETING.
Strongly recommend you to read this article
Twitter’s Musical Potential Unlocked by K’naan,Moonalice
I’ll admit to this guilty pleasure of tweeting, reading people’s tweets and being in the loop..love it!
TAGS: Tags: blipfm, hypem, imeem, music today, twisten.fm, twitter, twiturm, twt.fm
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | April 28th, 2009 | Category: Art, Lifestyle, Music, News, Youtube
After going through all the blogs, release lists, videos and music downloads, this list sums up mis picks del mes of April’s Cd Releases.
Ashter Roth- Asleep in the Bread Aisle
Bat for Lashes- Two Suns
Beck- One Foot In The Grave love him, his work and the album..get it!
Ben Folds- Presents University A Capella- the story behind the making of this album is inspiring the youtube videos take it to the next level. FYI: In stores 4/28 & take a listen here: Ben Folds Presents Univeristy A Capella
Doves- Kingdom of Rust (AMAZING)
The Coathangers- Scramble - Descartes a Kant should tour w/them!
The Grouch & Eligh- Say G&E
Dengue Fever - Sleep Walking Through the Mekon
Depechemode- Sounds of the Universe
Empire of the Sun- Walking on a Dream I can’t take credit for this, Melissa Golding turned me onto them.
I strongly recommend for you to check-out their youtube channel- HILARIOUS!!
The Hold Steady- Positive Rage - don’t digitally download this one! Double Disc- live album & documentary DVD.
Lady Sovereign- Jigsaw - Even with the rip off of “So Close to Me” from the Cure- I liked!
Mexican Institute of Sound- aka IMS/MIS- Soy Sauce
Micachu & The Shapes- Jewellery Innovative
Silversun Pickups- Swoon
Simon & Garfunkle- Live 1969
Zoe- Reptilelectric one of the best acts to come out of Mexico, a must to have in your collection.
TAGS: Tags: asher roth, bats for lashes, beck, ben folds, Dengue Fever, Depechemode, doves, empire of the sun, Lady Sovereign, Mexican Institute of Sound, Micachu & The Shapes, Silversun Pickups, Simon & Garfunkle, the coathangers, The Grouch & Eligh, The Hold Steady, Zoe
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | April 27th, 2009 | Category: News
Temblor 5.7 Grados Ritcher en Mexico 2009
“Es por en frente que estan tumbando el edificio” …ha!
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Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | April 23rd, 2009 | Category: Music
By popular demand my LA friends have nominated me for this job next year. If they were here in Austin, I’d begin training this weekend on them with my water gun but for some odd reason they can’t make the trip.
TAGS: Tags: Coachellla, water mister at Coachella 09
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | April 19th, 2009 | Category: Art, Music
I’m under the influence of some insane miracle, “Milagro Tequila”, in one of the most beautiful deserts I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in. I’m kicking it with the founder of this blog, Edoardo, Carolina (his girlfriend), Justino and Linda…(these folks are the bombest crew ever!)
Needless to say in Texas time, this would be like 3:36 AM but in Cali time it’s 1:36 AM. I think my body is on Texas time and the only thing keeping going is this miraculous liquid recommended to me while at the local supermarket. Not to mention the great company who extended this invite to come out to Coachella and whom has hooked me up with everything. When I say everything I mean it, rides throughout the festival in golf carts, backstage passes, food ( they can cook some deeelishous food), party condo in Palm Springs (I’m staying with them), and the list is endless.
It’s because I’m such a great group of dear friends that I’ll have to continue with this blog later since I want to keep kicking it.
Some folks say pictures or actions speak more than words therefore, I’ll leave this to you.
A glimpse of Thievery’s performance filmed by Justin De Leon
Click Here & Enjoy
Thievery Corporation at Coachella 2009
oh.. and keep checking back because I’ll be posting more vids in the next day..
por lo tanto..otro Milagro con Squirt..hmm!
TAGS: Tags: Coachella, Thievery Corporation
Posted by: Alicia Zertuche | April 2nd, 2009 | Category: News, Politics, Travel
photo by: Me in Mexico DF
As media outlets continue to cover news stories on our current global economic crisis, the vast majority of people continue on their daily routines and seek alternatives to live within their means. Whether it means, using public transit, recycling materials, food gardens, coupon cutting, etc., the end result has lead us to a new way of living.
In today’s breaking news online, the Austin American Statesman published a story covering the approval of Daimler (producer of the SMART car) to partner with Austin as a pilot car-share program. They’ve also purchased bicycles for employees to help with this initiative and reduce carbon emissions.
Now Austinites please, slow your ride when driving downtown, the last thing you need is to hit a city employee with your big ass vehicle. If you’ve had the opportunity to be in TEXAS then I’m sure you can attest that ” Everything in Texas is BIG”. However, reading stories like this, brings a smile and I hope more cities whether big or small begin to create some type of an awakening of consciousness by incorporating innovative ways to reduce the use of natural resources and recycle more.
Read more here: Council approves car-share proposal , Council Buys Bikes for Employees
TAGS: Tags: bicycles, car pooling, City of Austin, gas, reduce the use of natural resources, smart car
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