News
A Sign of Things to Come?
Jan 03, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Quiet since 2010’s Pop Negro, El Guincho has emerged from (relative) hibernation with a 25-minute mix of original club music called Trances. More
Pop Negro out September 14th
Aug 04, 2010
By Hong Le
On September 14, El Guincho will release Pop Negro via Young Turks. Pop Negro is the follow up to EL Guincho’s critically acclaimed album Alegranza. Fans can check out the first single “Bombay” here. More
Interviews
Greatest Stories Ever Told
Jul 30, 2010
By Hays Davis
Musicians reflect on their first concerts. Includes stories from Tegan & Sara, Camera Obscura, Girl Talk, Owen Pallett, Art Brut, The Hold Steady, MGMT, Broken Social Scene, Ariel Pink, !!!, Mew, Real Estate, The Dears, Vivian Girls, Mayer Hawthorne, The Drums, Telekinesis, Fuck Buttons, El Guincho, and more. More
Apr 02, 2008
By Matt Fink
Part musician, part ethnomusicologist, Pablo Díaz-Reixa isn’t your average sample-obsessed laptop artist. Growing up in the Canary Islands, an African archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean where the language is Spanish and the music is joyful, he noticed an apparent contradiction. Why were songs that were often recounting tales of devastation and oppression so happy? More
