South American music and culture magazine

Each year Ethical Traveler choose 10 countries from the developing world which it feels have made serious accomplishments in the areas of environmental protection, social welfare and human rights. This year, out of 30 shortlisted finalists, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay were chosen in the 2012 list of The Developing World’s 10 Best Ethical Destinations. Continue Reading

El Hipnotizador Romantico are a five-pieve group from the Mataderos neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. On their self-titled debut album they pitch themselves somewhere between the romantic pop of Rufus Wainwright and the restless musicality of Beirut. The album was released in September this year and is currently awaiting it’s physical release.

You can listen to the album right here:

elhipnotizadorromantico.bandcamp.com
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Sebastian Litmanovich has managed to infiltrate the worldwide indie scene more than most under his moniker of Cineplexx. Currently based in London he has collaborated with such indie rock stalwarts as Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Duglas Stewart (BMX Bandits) and Jad Fair, and appeared on the Television Personalities tribute All Those Times We Spent Together.

In 2009 Cineplexx released Nuevahola on the cult record label Cherry Red Records. In 2012 they will release their next release Perfume, an album that will surely carry on the infectious, dreamy pop that they have been mastering for quite some time now. Here is the first video to be released from the album, “Crawl O Mariposa”:

The great people at Si No Puedo Bailar featured another new track from Cineplexx on their recent pick of the 20 Best Songs of 2011, and here it is:

Listen to more Cineplexx at cineplexx.net

Every once in a while, a film appears which seems to come out of nowhere, but which touches everyone who sees it. The way it happens is that usually the film festival circuit see it first: programmers, critics and those few lucky discerning members of the public who might rave about it to their friends without ever knowing if the film will see the light of day again. Las Acacias is one of these films. Continue Reading

Las Acacias is the story of truck driver Rubén who agrees to give a mother and her daugher a lift from Paraguay to Buenos Aires. Directed by Argentine Pablo Giorgelli it’s a truly unique film that slowly charms it’s way into your heart thanks to the understated performances from it’s stars, astute direction and the universal emotions that are at the film’s core. The film will be in UK cinemas from December 2nd. Here’s a list of some of the cinemas that will be showing the film in 2011 and early 2012. Continue Reading

“There are no statistics of the soul. There is no way to measure the depth of the cultural wound… we cannot know to what point we have been mutilated in our consciousness, our identity and our memory.”

— Eduardo Galeano

Like many of her contemporaries, Silvia Malagrino left Argentina in 1978 to escape the repressive military dictatorship. Three decades later, she filmed her return, reflecting her desire to know and remember her abandoned country, to find a way to be present and absent from the histories that haunt her. Continue Reading

A provisional list of the New Seven Wonders of Nature has been announced, with both Iguazu Falls and the Amazon River included in the choices, meaning that these were two of the the seven most popular natural attractions in the world according to votes collected. Continue Reading

New album Songs For An Imaginary Film from Les Mentettes, previously knows as Les Mentettes Orchestra, a motley bunch of musicians from Argentina. Their sound has echoes of the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev and the bands that they influenced, but has it’s own charm too. With lyrics in English, it’s clear this is definitely a band planning big things. Continue Reading