Posts Tagged ‘Latin Alternative Music Conference’
Unofficial LAMC Action Nacotheque Style
3:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
10 Jul 2008
No one does a party quite like Nacotheque does. Stray off the official LAMC path a bit. You won’t regret it.
LAMC/ GoTV Indie Showcase : Last Night at the Mercury Lounge
12:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
10 Jul 2008
I don’t know what was more fun last night. All the amazing music I heard and danced to, or all the amazing people, including indie musicians, I met and spoke with. But why choose? Let’s just say both and be done with it.
Forro in the Dark was the ultimate culo shakers! And if you just think these guys are one trick ponies with Brazilian beats, you’d be very wrong. They had peeps dancing to cumbia and all their music has a little bit of rock in there (plus all the musicians are hot)
Guajiro, a Miami based rock, pero rock duro band, had people moshing. See for yourselves.
For more photos and videos of the LAMC events, check out my Flickr LAMC set. I will be continuously updating as the LAMC continues.
LAMC Tonight : DJ Showcase Latinoamericano at S.O.B’s
10:08 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
10 Jul 2008
It’s not just all live bands at the Latin Alternative Music Conference, it’s also DJ’s, spinning Latin American beats in all their diversity. Check some of them out tonight.
DJs like Oro 11 and Disco Shawn, who recently founded their own Bay Area label, Bersa Discos, mix traditional latin rhythms like cumbia with bass-heavy beats for a completely original and unique sound that has entranced Latino youth on dancefloors across Latin America on the United States . Toy Selectah, the mix-master wizard for Monterrey ’s “Hip Hop en Español” pioneers Control Machete, created a whole new hybrid by mixing Mexican soundscapes with contemporary urban beats. Lately he has been galloping the rural rhythms of Colombian-Mexican Cumbias, hip hop, breakbetas and Reggae creating his own trademark sound, live Soundsystem and Band called Sonidero Nacional. Zizek, which originated as a bi-weekly party in Buenos Aires and toured the U.S. this Spring, including a packed show at SXSW, keeps crowds on their toes with emerging Hip Hop, Dancehall, and Reggaetón records, mixing them with electronic sounds like Grime, Crunk, Bastard Pop and Mashups.
Francisca Valenzuela : Afortunada : Live Tonight at SOB’s
9:30 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Music · Comments Off
10 Jul 2008Later today, I’m gonna interview Chilena musica/songwriter/poeta Francisca Valenzuela. Her bio is pretty impressive as is her musical talent. Some compare her to Julieta Venegas (with whom she’s performed). I would say maybe closer to Tori Amos.
Tonight she is one of the featured artists at the LAMC/Cycloop Acoustic Showcase (204 Varick Street).
Check her out……Afortunada
LAMC Kicks Off Con Verano Alternativo at SOB’s Last Night
5:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music| New York City · Comments Off
9 Jul 2008
Last night, as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference excitement, BMI showcased a diverse range of Latino musical artists at Verano Alternativo, held inside S.O.B’s.
I arrived a little late, so apologies to LapDance, a new-wave indie electronic Rican band, and the Dominican, Marel.
The first band I did get to see was Origen, a rock band that leans towards the fun and jaunty pop sound. Fronted by the energetic and charismatic mujer Mirs, this is the type of music that I could totally see my older daughter getting excited about, as sort of a gateway drug into rock in español.
Follow VivirLatino at the LAMC via Twitter
10:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
9 Jul 2008
Follow la Mala’s adventures at the LAMC, Latin Alternative Music Conference, via Twitter.
Just follow http://twitter.com/mamitamala for real time updates as I try to keep up with all the LAMC has to offer.
LAMC Fun Continues Tonight
10:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Music| New York City · Comments Off
9 Jul 2008The fun has already begun. I’m just waiting to upload some videos of last night’s BMI’s Verano Alternativo showcase at S.O.B’s, so I can share the amazing musical acts I was exposed to.
In the meantime, I plan for today.
At some point in the afternoon, I need to head to the Roosevelt Hotel, to officially register and get mi badge (with two kids- this should be fun).
Then somehow, I have to be at two places at one time!
From 6-10 there is the LAMC Music & Film Night at Central Park Summerstage
featuring Bragging Rights: Stickball Stories, a film by Sonia N. Gonzalez, and Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy a film by Carlos Ortiz, with musical performance by CuCu Diamantes of Yerba Buena and introduction by Andres Levin.
I really want to see this because I know Sonia, the director of Bragging Rights, but I don’t think I’ll have babysitting by then.
I will have babysitting to go to the LAMC/ES Música VS GoTV Indie Showcase @ The Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St), from
Performances by Forro in the Dark (Brazil), Zigmat (New York), Pilar Diaz (Los Angeles), Allá (Chicago), Guajiro (Puerto Rico/Miami), Don Tetto (Colombia), MySpace Latino Sponsored Band Afrobeta (Miami). Hosted by Sandra Sampayo of GoTV.
For more information on these and other LAMC related events, check out the official LAMC page.
The Latin Alternative Music Conference Jumps Off Tonight
11:42 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Movies| Music| New York City · Comments Off
8 Jul 2008
Tonight is the night. The Latin Alternative Music Conference jumps off tonight. I know I’ve been wanting to go for years and finally will be able to. Not only will I be covering many of the events for VivirLatino (so stay tuned for updates cuz i am have some cool interviews set up), but I am honored to be on a panel with other Latino bloggers.
You can get in on the fun too.
Tonight from 8:00pm – 11:00pm
LAMC Underground Film Night at The Delancey (168 Delancey Street)
featuring ¿Habrán Esperanzas? A film by Felipe Monsalve.
Presented by Zune
BMI is also presenting a bunch of alerlatinos tonight at SOB’s, featuring Marel, Origin, LapDance, Taxi Amarillo, and organicArma, with DJ Hostile spinning all night.
That event is by invite only (I guess it’s an industry event?)
But there are plenty of events for you to go to.
VivirLatino Goes to the LAMC
12:14 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
29 May 2008
I am so psyched! I’ve been wanting to attend the Latin Alternative Music Conference since it started and this year VivirLatino will be there. The 9th annual LAMC features concerts with some of my favorite Latino musical acts including Julieta Venegas, Miranda!, Emmanuel Horvilleur from Illya Kuryaki & the Valderramas, Alex*Cuba and Forro in the Dark. There are panels, including a panel on blogging and the Latin alternative scene that I will definitely be at.
You can go too! Log onto http://www.latinalternative.com/ and register to catch what promises to be some of the best music and music talk this verano.
Hola!
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