stay in queens.

First and foremost, subscribe to Time Out New York! You'll get everything you'll ever need from it. They list Latin music events.

La Kueva is a good spot, also check out D'Antigua on Queens Blvd, the bartenders are really cool. There's also a place called Terraza Cafe in Elmhurst http://www.terrazacafe.com/ Tiny place, sometimes they have bands playing, very chill spot.
Keep checking for the LAMC in the summer, they do some cool events, last year I saw Los Aterciopelados y Los Amigos Invisibles (you should def check Amigos out if you haven't seen them) in Prospect Park. SOB's sometimes has some good concerts too. www.sobs.com
Gustavo Cerati is on tour now, google him, you might find a date in NYC. BB King's also has some events occasionally, Los Autenticos Decadentes are playing June 4th (you'll prob see me there ) Also Fabulosos Cadillacs are playing April 5th @ Hammerstein Ballroom. I also recommend you to check out Novalima, an afro-peruvian electronic band, their shows are a lot of fun and they come to NYC often.

Some other helpful sites:
http://ny.remezcla.com/
http://www.rockero.com
http://voltajemag.com
http://www.rockenespanol.com
http://www.nochelatina.com
http://www.bowerypresents.com

Last edited by Chaska on Feb-13-2010 at 03:11

i did an extensive search and all i could find on spanish rock was la Kueva and D'Antigua.

i've been wondering where all the spanish rocker kids hang out,
i mean you see them at the shows, but then where do all the cute latinas go? La Kueva was nice but mostly an OLDer crowd...
and when i asked if they could play some Lucybell, Zoé, or Porter
they were looking at me like, who? je je je.

thanks for the info. will check out those bands. hoping for some good spanish rock concerts this year. Casino is in TX for SXSW, hopefully someone books them for NYC sometimes soon.


let's see.
do you know Bajofondo?
they did a show here last year, such a great live show. had so much fun.

Pa' Bailar

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Originally posted by daydreamer i did an extensive search and all i could find on spanish rock was la Kueva and D'Antigua. i've been wondering where all the spanish rocker kids hang out, i mean you see them at the shows, but then where do all the cute latinas go? La Kueva was nice but mostly an OLDer crowd... and when i asked if they could play some Lucybell, Zoé, or Porter they were looking at me like, who? je je je. thanks for the info. will check out those bands. hoping for some good spanish rock concerts this year. Casino is in TX for SXSW, hopefully someone books them for NYC sometimes soon. let's see. do you know Bajofondo? they did a show here last year, such a great live show. had so much fun. Pa' Bailar

I really like Bajofondo, but I LOVE Gotan Project, check them out

How old are you? I've found that for the best music, sometimes you just have to back. Maybe it's just us "older crowd" I grew up listening to Fabulosos Cadillacs, Aterciopelados, Soda Stereo, Charly Garcia, etc. Amigos Invisibles are somewhat new to me, but they do great live shows and their lyrics are hysterical, a very fun band.

A fine example of Amigos Invisibles, lmao:

LINK

Best Venezuelan import, IMO.

i just turned 26, PERO, pero tengo pinta de ser más joven. ja ja ja



yes, i like the classics too, but i don't want to get caught up in the nostalgia of what was. cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor.... i hope not. we have plenty of great artists doing their thing, and who knows, we may still have another Soda Stereo, Gabriel García Marquéz, Neruda, etc., in us.

they just need time, exposure, support, to perfect their art.

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Originally posted by daydreamer i just turned 26, PERO, pero tengo pinta de ser más joven. ja ja ja yes, i like the classics too, but i don't want to get caught up in the nostalgia of what was. cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor.... i hope not. we have plenty of great artists doing their thing, and who knows, we may still have another Soda Stereo, Gabriel García Marquéz, Neruda, etc., in us. they just need time, exposure, support, to perfect their art.

We can only hope! You can't deny though that a lot of today's latin rockers find inspiration in the greats like Cerati, Spinetta and/or Charly and those are the guys that set the bar... It's the same with any style of music: not saying it's not as good, but different and just can't compare.

I'll let you know when Amigos are around, you should def come along

guys check out Senor Loop and Cienfue. amazing bands from Panama!

I also love bands like divididos, los piojos, soda, gustavo c, calamaro, fito paez, bersuit, charly garcia and his son miguel, catupecu, banda de turistas, las pelotas, patricio rey, i could go on but basically i've been in love with argentinian rock since i was a kid and picked up vitaminas by soda one day...

however, i think ure gonna have a hard time finding lots of spots with that kinda crowd, while living in ny i found myself surrounded by the kind of latinos that like mostly reggaeton. if you go down to miami you will find a completely different crowd which is more to my liking, and i guess to our liking in this case.

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Originally posted by Chaska We can only hope! You can't deny though that a lot of today's latin rockers find inspiration in the greats like Cerati, Spinetta and/or Charly and those are the guys that set the bar... It's the same with any style of music: not saying it's not as good, but different and just can't compare. I'll let you know when Amigos are around, you should def come along

i think cerati came after spinetta, however, he did manage to revolutionize the country in a time of dictatorship. that's basically what soda is known for; they brought the american sound into spanish rock. they were trendsetters.

i do think that cerati inspired bands internationally, while bands like piojos, las pelotas and definitely patricio rey inspired local bands in argentina. oh and calamaro as well who is much more popular than cerati in argentina.

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Originally posted by JPlay i think cerati came after spinetta, however, he did manage to revolutionize the country in a time of dictatorship. that's basically what soda is known for; they brought the american sound into spanish rock. they were trendsetters. i do think that cerati inspired bands internationally, while bands like piojos, las pelotas and definitely patricio rey inspired local bands in argentina. oh and calamaro as well who is much more popular than cerati in argentina.

Yes, Spinetta (with Almendra) came several years before Soda, like you said though, Soda Stereo changed argentinean rock as people knew it at the time and to this day, they are considered pioneers of a sound that latin americans were not familiar with, nothing to do with that familiar argentinean blues Spinetta put out.

I once had the chance to meet and hang out with Charly Garcia some years ago, the rock lesson I got from the guy was ridiculous. I remember I was the most surprised when he said he actually admired Calamaro (Charly did Calamaro's wife and then Calamaro found out), and how he thinks Nito Mestre is a moron (same as Fito, lol). I also got to hear Kill Gil (his last album) before it was even mastered I always liked having conversations with geniuses, they see things in a different light.

BTW, any of you two remember Spinetta's son and his band Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas? I came across some old cds from when I was like 14, lol.

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