Natalia Lafourcade: En Petite Comite & Sesiones

Natalia Lafourcade is En Petite Comite’s latest guest, we’ve enjoyed previous invitees like Juan Manuel Torreblanca and Jovenes y Sexys (that Javiera Mena cover was awesome). She’s only 5 days away from releasing Hu Hu Hu and based on the songs we’ve heard so far, everything is set for a masterwork, all of a sudden she went from an overhyped singer of cute songs with a couple of jaw-droping moments (“Saul” and “En Direccion Contraria”) to a fully defined artist many will try to ignore. “Azul” is so epic; I would lie if I said I expected something as magnificent from her, undeniably the best single of the year so far. Her session with En Petite Comite includes her two first singles, plus another track included her album titled “No Viniste”, which only adds to my excitement. And finally, a cover for The Beatles’s “Black Bird”, which Andrew had told us about in his SXSW coverage.

On the more commercial side, Natalia performs at Sesiones con Alejandro Franco, a popular music show that airs on Telehit. It's a longer set, with a full band supporting her, I would highlight "Tiempo al Viento" which has been around the web for months along with "Running too fast." Here is here entire performance (+ an interview) on this video playlist made up of 3 parts, just click next to go to the next one.

En Petite Comite - MySpace

La Casa Azul - Video Playlist

La Casa Azul is music remedy… what? Ok, never mine, just trying to sound as lame and melodically lousy as their music, thing is, Guille Milkyway finds great virtue in his bubble-gum pop and that’s why he’s got to be one of our favorite individuals in music today. For those who don’t know much about La Casa Azul, here is the catch; it’s actually a one-man show as opposed as the band you see on the videos. For a couple of years, Guille Milkyway kept this project as a “secret author”, using models on his videos and for T.V. performances. Music has changed, now that playback is almost gone he had to come out and to our surprise, the appeal has not dissolved a bit. For once, we must thank him for making one of the few anthems this decade has given us: “La Revolucion Sexual.” When I started listening to this it was a challenge to get my friends to join me, now La Casa Azul is a reason to get together (+ the music surprisingly does work great with Halo).

Video Playlist:
“Como un fan”
“La revolución sexual”
“Superguay” MP3
“El sol no brillara nunca más”
“Esta noche todos cantan para mi”