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Leaving Los Angeles Hangin'

The struggling Latin alternative world met at its U.S. heart. Too bad L.A. didn't show up.

By Enrique Lopetegui
Sep 4, 2003

If the fourth annual edition of the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) had taken place in New York as it had before, chances are it would have been destroyed by the blackout that hit the Northeast. Things in sunny Los Angeles, however, proved to be just as much in need...
Cafe Tacuba

Cuatro Caminos (Geffen)

By Enrique Lopetegui
Jul 24, 2003

With 1999's Revés/Yosoy, Cafe Tacuba (by far the finest Mexican rock group) got away with literal murder. The risky double album didn't sell worth a shit, but it deservedly won a Latin Grammy and was at the top of the major Latin rock critics' year-end lists. In that light, Cuatro...
Molotov

Dance and Dense Denso (Surco/Universal)

By Enrique Lopetegui
Feb 20, 2003

Contrary to popular belief, the Spanish word puto doesn't mean "fag." Only a homosexual who also happens to be an asshole is really a puto. Puto, though, is anything that's bad, or wrong. For example, if you accused Molotov of homophobia for its 2000 hit "Puto" (which repeated a "Puuuuuto-Puuuuuto"...
Arjona

Santo Pecado (Sony International)

By Enrique Lopetegui
Dec 19, 2002

I'm into poetry. I wrote a few lines. Don't worry, I offer just a few. This one details the passing of time: "The past is thirsty, and the present is an athlete with no feet." Do you like it? How about this one? "In the branch of hell there are...
Immigration Blues

Latin artists such as Volovan hope to crack the U.S. But they have to crack immigration officials first.

By Enrique Lopetegui
Dec 12, 2002

Volovan, an up-and-coming four-piece band from rocanrol hotbed Monterrey, Mexico, that blends Beach Boy harmonies, melodic pop and punk, finds itself in controversy here in the States as it attempts to reach a growing audience. At issue is the Immigration and Naturalization Service's refined application for U.S. work visas, altered...

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