el guincho

Our friends at Funeral Pudding recently put up a rad post detailing Barcelona's thriving, vibrant music scene (and more specifically, the adventurous DC/Luv Luv label). The highlight for me was this colorful, swirling new tropical pop jam from El Guincho's other project, Coconot, taken from the band's forthcoming record, Cosa Astral (due in November)...

In case you somehow missed this the other day, Rough Trade is now "officially" streaming "Keep Me in Mind," one of the Strokes-iest (and best) songs from Little Joy's awesome self-titled debut LP: You can also now pre-order the record on vinyl here for 12 bucks...

Here's the brand new video from our dude Pablo Díaz-Reixa, aka El Guincho. The colorful cut paper collage, which features the Guincho getting down with a giraffe, a toucan, and a rhinoceros, is a pitch-perfect visual accompaniment for Alegranza... Read More ...

alegranza If you were one of the 100 or so lucky enough to catch El Guincho's debut U.S. performance at gorilla vs. booze during SXSW '08, then you know the kid's live show is a one-man technicolor tropical baile beach-party. However, it's been tough to track down an actual copy of his record, complete with that glorious cover art, until now: Mr...