Features
Friday, December 19 2008
The Best Albums of 2008
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.
Reviews
Monday, October 25 2010
El Guincho: Pop Negro
Pop Negro is one of the best and most fun pop albums of the year, and will likely leave many listeners making mental notes to pack it on the way to the beach next year.
Thursday, August 12 2010
El Guincho: Piratas de Sudamerica, Vol. 1
On the first EP of a planned series, Spanish producer El Guincho filters five vintage South American tunes through a disciplined version of his sampledelic exotic pop sound.
Tuesday, October 14 2008
El Guincho: Alegranza!
Alegranza! is constantly rolling and tumbling, picking up detritus and debris like some kind of pop Katamari ball.
Blogs
Thursday, February 17 2011
El Guincho - "Bombay" (video)
When El Guincho's Pablo Díaz-Reixa invites us on a journey through the cosmos at the beginning of the delirious video for "Bombay" (from the 2010…
Tuesday, September 14 2010
Stream of New El Guincho Album
After a recent diversion with the Piratas de Sudamerica EP El Guincho prepares to follow up his debut Alegranza with Pop Negro, releasing on September 14th but available now as a live stream.
Thursday, July 22 2010
El Guincho - Piratas de Sudamerica
El Guincho released Alegranza in 2007, garnering many comparisons to Panda Bear's Person Pitch, also released that year. Now he returns with an EP of…
