Favorite New Alternative Mexican Acts: Los Macuanos, Maria y Jose & Los Amparito

Los Macuanos, Maria y Jose and Los Amparito have to be my favorite new alternative acts from Mexico, I'm loving this entrance into a naif fusion, very post Nortec-El Guincho-M.I.S.-Sr. Coconot, these three acts make our latest compilation Fonogramaticos Vol.3 very special. As far as I know, none of the acts have a label yet, nor have they released anything through a netlabel, but they're working on releasing their songs very soon. It's an exciting sound and they're building friendiship among the three and as we have seen before, that's the way to do it. The kind of stuff Mad Decent drools for. We didn't know much about Los Macuanos, so they're virtually new to us, but we're very familiar with the minds behind the other two projects. Maria y Jose is the second project of Unsexxy (Unsexy Nerd Ponies), and Los Amparito is the third project by pepepe, who explores similar grounds in his latest Poni Republic release Roba Orgon de Plantas y Animales. Make sure to download a mixtape Los Macuanos published through Brillo Monthly very recently, it's full of Cumbias!

♫♫♫ "La Burrita" - Los Macuanos
♫♫♫ "Ola de Calor" - Maria y Jose
♫♫♫ "Las Miradas de Magaly" - Los Amparito

Musica bonita para viernes desabrido: Children of the Moon. Unsexxy.

Two great happy songs for you today, the first one comes from Children of the Moon, an electro duo from Guadalajara that I’m digging a lot; is the project of Femmeboy and Iñigo, the former a quirky girl with a great voice, and the latter is a very cool DJ with several projects under his belt, one of them, Mutantek, previously featured on two of Club Fonograma’s Rocolas. They’re recording their first EP, there will be songs in Spanish!, that exclamation mark is necessary since we don’t get too much electro en Español, and just like that this becomes one of our most anticipated albums to hear in the upcoming months.

♫♫♫ "Peter Pan"
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The second song is the Unsexxy caloron forever remix for Major Lazer’s “Hold the Line.” Unsexxy is Unsexy Nerd Ponies; I liked his Family Reunited a lot, and shared his badass track “Cave Cave Cave” in the Voy a Explotar Soundtrack. There are very few people I follow very close in terms of music taste is concern, and seriously his Tumblr Yo Te Amo has to be one of my favorite music corners, I make a daily visit, like it so much I’ve been thinking on inviting him to join the club. He doesn’t need to write anything to say so much, some people just got awesome taste like that.

♫♫♫"Major Lazer Hold The Line" (Unsexxy Caloron Forever Remixx)
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Unsexy Nerd Ponies Presents Family Reunited

FAMILY REUNITED, 
UNSEXY NERD PONIES
The Poni Republic, Mexico ***1/2
Rating: 77
By Carlos Reyes

Not all family reunions are disastrous as the cliché dictates; in fact, this one is a refreshing experience that senses the very best of commune music, this time made in Tijuana. Marco Antonio Jimenez Gallardo tackles on risky territory, but what seemed like a difficult theme to play with becomes an adventure. Family United offers moments inviting the listener to practice discussion, appreciate the opportunity for such a gathering, and especially engaging are the moments to let it all out. “El futuro en 1982” does a great job setting up the mood, overlapping conversations that seem to go nowhere, but follow a rhythm because they flow from the same vein. This guy appears to have a cinematic sensitivity, which allows him to illustrate his music with much audacity. In cinematic terms, this is like a hyper hybrid of Noah Baumbach's and Gerardo Naranjo’s youthful and conflicting takes on family stability, go look for The Squid and the Whale and Voy a Explotar and see it for yourself. By now you should know that we don’t mind artists performing in a second language instead of their first one, that’s for the artist to decide, but in this case it really becomes a challenge to try and make sense of a song like “1986 Valerie”, perhaps I’m missing out on a message. But that’s when his ability to create images comes in handy; it balances out the few plot holes present. “We are Gold” is an urban-rooted track that explodes with much boldness and serves as a great introduction to the album’s best moment. “Cave Cave Cave” is rebellious, a post-puberty common place most of us had been through, a place where we see authoritarian figures (parents, teachers etc.) as serious threats to our new found freedom, and its flourishing conclusion is a beautiful moment of prosperity. Unsexy Nerd Ponies had previously released Salvation is Here which was bizarrely raw, even more than this one. 

♫♫♫ "Cave Cave Cave"
Download EP [The Poni Republic]