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Latest Articles - Music
Alternative rock band Sofia has captured our auditory senses with beautiful duet voices and incredible tunes that weave harmoniously throughout ...
Written by Sigal Berezin - 08.02.2010
It was clear from the off that Chico Trujillo’s 10th Anniversary party was going to be big. Enough people squeezed into La Cupula dome that th...
Written by Rich Kemp - 25.01.2010
It was one of Santiago’s first warm summer nights and almost every chair Patio Bellavista was full, in a city-wide sigh of relief that this ye...
Written by Shawn Strange - 04.01.2010
With one of the most incredible voices around today, excitement was evident from the off as the bustling wealth of rich, slightly less rich and ...
Written by Rich Kemp - 04.01.2010
Argentinean powerhouse musician, Gustavo Cerati, proved why he is one of Latin America’s most famous and recognized artists. At Movistar Arena...
Written by Nayive Ananías - 22.12.2009
“The social role of the clown, the mad man of the carnival, manifests itself mainly when it is able to unravel the false powers of society.”...
Written by Elaine Madrigal - 16.12.2009
With brass bands and pounding drums in almost every plaza around the city, it seemed only natural that a band like The Killers would pick up the...
Written by Rich Kemp - 16.12.2009
As people came in all sorts of get-ups, from AC/DC t-shirts to Madonna hats and from khaki army trousers to posh sunglasses, it was clear that t...
Written by Rich Kemp - 15.12.2009
Estadio Nacional was full to the brim on November 27th; from the stage area to the highest bleacher, people were crammed together for Manu Chao...
Written by Analis Downer - 01.12.2009
The chilenism "fomingo" was created to describe the typical Sunday in Santiago, with most shops closed and the streets generally empty...
Written by Susanne Dickel - 30.11.2009
Before the first note was played, sung or strummed, lead singer Cory Glover walked on stage and greeted the crowd at Living Colour’s November ...
Written by Shawn Strange - 23.11.2009
A sign of a good concert is the number of teenage girls you can make cry by the time you leave the stage. Judging by the number of girls who sat...
Written by Derek Lactaoen - 19.11.2009
Pablo Lopez must have been in a hurry to re-string his guitar, because it looked like half of a long-legged wire spider was trying to escape off...
Written by Shawn Strange - 16.11.2009
“Teatro Caupolican. As fast as you can.”
Had they seen it, The Prodigy would have been proud of my entrance. Taking me at my word, the ta...
Written by Natasha Young - 11.11.2009
From a corner trimmed in crushed red velvet, Tito Escribar, in a pin-striped suit and well-polished shoes, crossed the stage and began singing t...
Written by Shawn Strange - 10.11.2009
Santiago was the first to feel the assault of Gogol Bordello’s South American tour when the band struck on Saturday, November 7. Not even Ind...
Written by Timothy Vaughan-Sanders - 09.11.2009
Tessie Woodgate puts the bottle of Royal beer to her lips with one hand as she holds her bass guitar in the other. As the singer for pop-rock ba...
Written by Derek Lactaoen - 09.11.2009
In a world where the phrase "smooth jazz" conjures images of elevators and waiting rooms, the music emitted from the speakers of Teatr...
Written by Katie Gallinger - 02.11.2009
The words to The Commodores’ dance hit are not “She dropped a brick, owwwwwww”, but I didn’t discover that until I was 20. The other wee...
Written by Shawn Strange - 26.10.2009
“I don’t really speak Spanish,” said Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, sporting a plume of black feathers atop his hat, “But you are fa...
Written by Nidhi Prakash - 19.10.2009
Waiting for Dios Salve a la Reina to take the stage, anyone could have thought the crowd was in fact holding their breath for Queen with back-fr...
Written by Elaine Madrigal - 19.10.2009
Imagine the moment when you are just waking up and coming back to reality; when things seem real but nothing is concrete and everything is waver...
Written by Danielle Edelberg - 12.10.2009
The silver fox’s shaky hands might have shown his age, but his passionate dramatics and unwavering voice was enough to make the ladies blush a...
Written by Hannah McNeish - 05.10.2009
Con un potpurri de sonidos latinos, más todo lo que han encontrado a su paso metiéndose al bolsillo a los que se dedican sólo a un estilo en...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 05.10.2009
Mall Plaza Vespucio seems like a strange place to go to hear music. Pods of uniformed teens mingling near food courts, families shopping for not...
Written by Shawn Strange - 05.10.2009
Pioneering jazz in Chile and showing the world that this country has more to offer than just the cueca, the Retaguardia Jazz Band has been a pil...
Written by Jane Kim - 28.09.2009
Sintra is a city in Portugal that has been nominated a UNESCO world heritage site on account of it’s enduring, Romantic architecture surrounde...
Written by Sharlene Newman - 21.09.2009
"We are...peace warriors. We use peace as a weapon," says Camilo Arguita one of the seven members of the West-African-music-influenced...
Written by Jane Kim - 24.08.2009
If Tricky had a party, it would be wild, unpredictable and feature an eager host who makes you the guest of honour but leaves you sitting on you...
Written by Hannah McNeish - 24.08.2009
Una suerte de payaso con zapatos grandes y nariz colorada, por lo general con algún sombrero y sus lentes, más alguna camisa colorida compleme...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 17.08.2009
A wintry school night, a vast, freezing club on Santiago's outskirts, a small crowd stiffly sidestepping to 90's hits and an opening speech that...
Written by Hannah McNeish - 03.08.2009
DIY is a pretty simple concept. Do it yourself. Whether that means household maintenance, publishing, bicycle repair or home recording, you take...
Written by Sharlene Newman - 27.07.2009
(Este articulo fue traducido a español por Nicole Elgueta)
Si alguna vez le preguntas a la gente de Santiago o Valparaíso qué estilo...
Written by Silvia Viñas - 27.07.2009
(The following article is currently only available in Spanish.)
Música, colores y luces llenaron la sala SCD en donde Anita Tijoux, ex vocal...
Written by Marisa Muñoz - 27.07.2009
The legendary rock band Oasis brought a bit of Northern attitude to Santiago in May when they played their first ever Chilean gig.
Photo cour...
Written by Shanna McGoldrick - 26.07.2009
Sad songs sound even better when it rains and the heavens obligingly opened for Cat Power in Santiago the night of July 21.
Photo by Sofia Ca...
Written by Natasha Young - 22.07.2009
The scene at Movistar Arena on July 16 looked a lot like 1992 and the crowds were filing in for a fabulous night of nothing but the best of cont...
Written by Jesus Avina - 20.07.2009
Con dos de sus integrantes vestidos con overoles naranjas y haciendo rimas sobre la lucha de Latinoamérica, “La Legua York” no es para nada...
Written by Celina Carroll - 20.07.2009
With Johnny Cash-like rhythms and a lead singer reminiscent of Bob Dylan, Santiaguino duo “Los Perrosky” is moving up the ranks of Chile’s...
Written by Celina Carroll - 13.07.2009
When you first look at the members of “The Grand,” all you see are four trendy Chilean kids who can play instruments. Why is that? It's beca...
Written by Jane Kim - 29.06.2009
Pop, mixed with soul and the magic touch of disco house music are some of the ingredients to one of Santiago's most popular music groups: "...
Written by Meredith Hama-Brown - 15.06.2009
Chilean men in the crowd at Saturday night’s Kooks gig must have wondered what all the fuss was about. Four unkempt, skinny Brits, paler than ...
Written by Natasha Young - 15.06.2009
Donning a white suit with a red, white and blue ribbon strewn across like Miss Universe, Pedro "Piedra" Subercaseaux, a founding membe...
Written by Meredith Hama-Brown - 08.06.2009
(This article is currently only available in Spanish.)
No es raro que haya cantado "No te vayas mamá" cuando anduvo por aquí, si ...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 08.06.2009
The sounds of Lucybell will ring on in Santiago whether or not they’re in the country. That much was clear in their final Chilean concert befo...
Written by Nidhi Prakash - 01.06.2009
With a startlingly low, sexy voice, petite Santiaguina Magdalena Matthey took the stage on a Friday night in late April. Wearing a vest and wi...
Written by Celina Carroll - 25.05.2009
(The following article is currently only available in Spanish.)
No sé que es lo que más llama la atención de Guachupé. Si uno escuchara ...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 25.05.2009
Imagine the racing clarinets and bold Jewish folk singing of old world Klezmer music. Take it through the Balkans to conjure up the careening vi...
Written by Nidhi Prakash - 18.05.2009
When Inti-Illimani Histórico took the stage on April 30th at Santiago’s Teatro Oriente (see photos), their mellow opening song was a sharp ...
Written by Jason C. Hickerson - 18.05.2009
A tiny corner of Bellavista felt the urban blues when the jazz band Dixon came to town on Wednesday, April 8. The eclectic six-piece group from ...
Written by Shanna McGoldrick - 04.05.2009
Irrational demands, late start times and gaggles of adoring fans fawning over your every move. These are usually just a few perks and quirks ...
Written by Hattie Mills - 17.04.2009
In Chile there’s a common phrase used to describe somebody who you get good vibes from. Whether it’s from a new friend, a stranger who did...
Written by Adam Fuller - 09.04.2009
(The following article is currently only available in Spanish.)
Fernanda siempre se encarga de dos cosas: que magnéticamente todos la amen u...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 08.04.2009
Legendary rock band KISS and its face-painted, platform stomping, ear pounding, flame throwing extravaganza lit up the sold-out Estadio Municipa...
Written by Adam Fuller - 04.04.2009
Months after the official announcement in November 2008, Radiohead's highly-anticipated performance in Chile finally arrived on Thursday, March ...
Written by Rebecca Novell - 03.04.2009
Some gigs are like wild house parties. Others resemble wakes. Manuel García’s concert, on the other hand, was more akin to a politically-char...
Written by Natasha Young - 01.04.2009
The 2009 Pepsi Music Fest locomotive of concerts kept chugging away Sunday night when Sonic Youth tore through Movistar Arena, dousing its sizea...
Written by Adam Fuller - 30.03.2009
If you were alarmed by the number of stragglers spotted the morning of March 15 stumbling around Santiago dressed completely in white, then yo...
Written by Shanna McGoldrick - 29.03.2009
Saturday was '80s night at Pepsi Music Fest, and in a city seemingly still very much in love with the culture, clothing, movies and, above all, ...
Written by Adam Fuller - 29.03.2009
When in a mob in Santiago, there’s always the feeling that things can get out of hand pretty quickly. This doesn't make the position of securi...
Written by Adam Fuller - 28.03.2009
The third episode of the 2009 Pepsi Music Fest revealed yet another side of Santiago’s music-loving populace. Thursday night featured Latin ...
Written by Adam Fuller - 27.03.2009
I knew that Mike Patton had made some strange strides in music making since his Faith No More days and after catching up on what Chris Cornell h...
Written by Adam Fuller - 26.03.2009
Even though I have yet to comprehend what “it” exactly is, those who attended Peter Gabriel’s concert on March 24 got “it” and loved ...
Written by Adam Fuller - 25.03.2009
Judging by the international rock n' roll icon's latest traipse through Santiago, Deep Purple just got deeper--by about six feet.
Photo by...
Written by Elaine Ramirez - 18.03.2009
Below modern apartment buildings that jut into the clouds like a miniature Miami, cars crawled towards the center of Chile’s coastal vacatio...
Written by Matt Dillinger - 07.03.2009
(Editor's note: The following article is currently being featured by our friends at Matador! Check them out for more fantastic travel writing ...
Written by Matt Dillinger - 05.03.2009
Anyone who went to Damien Rice's concert at Teatro Oriente on January 28 expecting the man to be as miserable as his music would've had the sh...
Written by Natasha Young - 26.02.2009
(Este articulo fue traducido a español por Victor Soto.)
Deambulando las calles de Santiago, una nueva banda llamada Andú se encuentra toca...
Written by Caitlin Lanier - 17.02.2009
Descending down the dark slippery steps of Blondie on a Sunday afternoon, we discovered chamber after underground chamber of gyrating teens--tee...
Written by Charlotte Mountford - 12.02.2009
The room was pitch black, full of people and dead silent. Angelo Pierattini y Las Calaveras Errantes ("The Wandering Skulls") quietl...
Written by Adam Fuller - 11.02.2009
It was like Shakin’ at the High School Hop, except the party goers had black leather and very long hair and no one was dancing.
Photo ...
Written by Charlotte Mountford - 27.01.2009
A lush green park on a warm summer evening. Food and drink vendors weaving through twenty thousand people chilling on the grass. Big, bouncy r...
Written by Rebecca Novell - 26.01.2009
Me cuesta concentrarme para escribir de “Conmoción”. Provocación, contusión, ensoñación, fascinación, vibración, canción, explosió...
Written by Maria Paz Castillo - 25.01.2009
Couches lined the walls of the room, surrounding Tea Time's DJ table as if he were putting on a show. His hands moved quickly, skillfully from...
Written by Kelly Peyton - 23.01.2009
Gepe presents the perfect combination of what we love in our sentimental folk singers and something you can only find in Latin America: sex, s...
Written by Julia Thompson - 16.01.2009
A veces para un extranjero el día a día en Santiago se siente como si estuvieras en una reunión del grupo PETA usando un abrigo de visón. Gr...
Written by Adam Fuller - 01.01.2009
The Kumbia Queers is bassist Patricia “Kumbiadaver,” guitarist Pila “Zombie” Jackson, drummer “Inspector,” acoustic punk musician Ju...
Written by Julia Thompson - 26.12.2008
The concert began with a crash; the band rushed on stage at 10:15 P.M. and immediately began playing, the drummer literally falling into his dru...
Written by Matt Dillinger - 16.12.2008
For months before her arrival, Santiago had been buzzing about Madonna’s first visit to Chile. Every week there seemed to be a new announcemen...
Written by Adam Fuller - 10.12.2008
The sun was blazing, the sky was clear and the people were loud, hot and ready to party. Men, women and children packed Santiago's Quinta Normal...
Written by Adam Fuller - 08.12.2008
If you think you might like intricate indie folk fused with Latin American folklore and spiced up with the finest of electronica’s ilk, Bombyx...
Written by Colette Bernasconi - 28.11.2008
From the first massive hit of the bombo (giant marching band bass drum) on Friday, November 7, the crowd at Kubix lost its [expletive].
Photo...
Written by Matt Dillinger - 23.11.2008
There comes a time in every journalist’s career when he has to decide between the story and personal interests. Sometimes we get lucky and the...
Written by Adam Fuller - 21.11.2008
New York-based Animal Collective sweated through a practically sold out two-hour set in Quinta Normal's Espacio Industrial on Thursday, November...
Written by Julia Thompson - 19.11.2008
Have you ever seen those fancy-looking bottles of vodka that are shaped like Tommy guns and sold in gaudy boxes with excessive labeling? They co...
Written by Adam Fuller - 16.11.2008
They're young, they're energetic and they can play that '80s punk groove that certain santiagüinos are known to love.
If they weren't so pis...
Written by Elaine Ramirez - 05.11.2008
Klaxons is derived from the Greek verb klazō, meaning 'to shriek,' and that is exactly what the London-based foursome did at their debut show i...
Written by Rebecca Novell - 02.11.2008
A Balkan gypsy band filled Teatro Caupolicán with belly dancers, swords, tambourines and a sideways, smoky spectacle of klezmer folk music. The...
Written by Adam Fuller - 30.10.2008
21:10. Saturday, October 4. Darkness descended upon Santiago’s Movistar Arena. The pushing crowd, like cows being herded to an abattoir with e...
Written by Rebecca Novell - 12.10.2008
Most people picture watermelons, lemonade, strollers, golden retrievers, grass stains, kite flying and Kool-Aid when they think of picnics.
...
Written by Adam Fuller - 10.10.2008
Cholomandinga is not pretty. Its band members are better fits for outdated editions of High Times photo galleries than for music posters or albu...
Written by Adam Fuller - 27.09.2008
Take a big swig of dirt whiskey rock. Swish it around in your mouth until your eyes start to water. Now swallow. Succumb to the gritty accord...
Written by Adam Fuller - 20.09.2008
Anyone would agree that Chilean musicians have had their fair share of woe. In the late '90s, the barely recovering post-dictatorship industry ...
Written by Colette Bernasconi - 13.09.2008
Although not acknowledged as such by the majority of Chilean critics, Laurie Anderson's performance August 31 at Espacio Reisco was a total succ...
Written by Julia Thompson - 07.09.2008
Q: What do you get when you mix accordions, tubas, trumpets, clarinets, flutes, trombones, drums and cymbals with a bunch of screaming, boozed-u...
Written by Adam Fuller - 05.09.2008
No te Salves screams sexy, mutant punk rock, with mild mosh pits and a plug-‘n-play style that makes your beer taste better and keeps the part...
Written by Adam Fuller - 23.08.2008
Bulto Poeta (Poetic Load) was a name given to the lead singer Daniela Schälchi, when she was uncontrollably drunk, in love and spouting poetr...
Written by Adam Fuller - 23.08.2008
“Leave your Lonely Planet at home.”
La Palabra Que Menos te Guste urges the music-loving community to get to know the real Santiago music...
Written by Adam Fuller - 23.08.2008
Una clase introductoria con el motor del rock Angelo Pierattini
Con una mirada cansada, pero intensa, las rodillas agitadas y sus pies mo...
Written by Adam Fuller - 11.08.2008
Legendary New York-based artist, musician, and performance artist Laurie Anderson will come to Santiago, Chile August 30th, with her new musical...
Written by Julia Thompson - 06.08.2008
