Sep 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) is releasing a new album, Far In, on October 22 via 4AD. Now he has shared its third single, “La Naranja,” via a video of Lange making some freshly squeezed orange juice. More

Aug 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was an eclectic week for new tracks and there were lots to choose from (hence we have a slew of honorable mentions). More

Aug 25, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) is releasing a new album, Far In, on October 22 via 4AD. Now he has shared its second single, “Outside the Outside,” via a video consisting of home movie footage of his family’s south Florida house parties in the 1980s. More

Jun 25, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 24th Songs of the Week of 2021. Today was a blockbuster new album release day. It saw the release of new full-lengths by Modest Mouse, Lucy Dacus, The Mountain Goats, John Grant, SPELLLING, Faye Webster, Matthew Dear, Lightning Bug, Pom Pom Squad, Hiss Golden Messenger, Gaspard Augé, Hiatus Kaiyote, Squirrel Flower, and more. But it was also a strong week for new singles. More

Jun 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) has announced a new album, Far In, and shared its first single, “Gemini and Leo,” via a video for it. More

Mar 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Legendary UK label 4AD are celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with Bills & Aches & Blues, a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label. The whole album is due out April 2, but they are also releasing it each vinyl side (or five tracks) at a time and today we get Tune-Yards covering The Breeders’ “Cannonball,” Helado Negro covering Deerhunter’s “Futurism,” Spencer covering Grimes’ “Genesis,” Efterklang covering Piano Magic’s “Postal,” and Bing and Ruth covering Pixies’ “Gigantic.” More

Feb 25, 2021 By Joey Arnone

British label BBE Music has shared a cover of David Bowie’s 1977 song “Sound and Vision” by Helado Negro (aka Roberto Carlos Lange). It will be featured on their upcoming Bowie tribute compilation album, Modern Love: A David Bowie Tribute Album, which is due out May 28 on BBE Music. More

Nov 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This the closest we’ve come in awhile to skipping Songs of the Week due to a lack of truly worthy songs. But we were able to at least come up with a Top 7 (as opposed to our usual Top 10), even if it includes two covers and two album tracks. One thing that saved it was our #1 song, which was released this morning. More

Nov 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) has announced a new album, This Is How You Smile, and shared its first single, “Please Won’t Please.” He’s also announced some tour dates, including some opening for Beirut. More

Apr 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

7-Inches for Planned Parenthood is a new 7-inch box set with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Planned Parenthood. More

Nov 21, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Yesterday was the first day of Le Guess Who? We set Laura Studarus to Holland to cover the action. More

Nov 14, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Le Guess Who? is sneaking up on us. With just a few short days until the Netherlands music fest kicks off, we’ve already featured mixtapes from Ought, SUUNS, and Amen Dunes. Now it’s Helado Negro’s turn to weigh in. More

Nov 28, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Trying to recap/relive Le Guess Who? is a daunting proposition. More