The Pijama Piyama People and La Phoenikera’s Restless Cumbia Heat
The first time someone invited me to a Pijama Piyama show, I initially rolled my eyes so hard I saw my own Karenness, thinking, ‘Not...

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Bands We’ll be Rocking With At McDowell Mountain Music Festival
The McDowell Music Festival is on this weekend and we’re ready to catch up some of its bands to see wuzzup wit dem live. We’ve...

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Rólate Un Esplif And Enjoy The Show
We’ve never listened to Los Esplifs live and we can’t wait to check them out this Friday at Last Exit Live. However, we do know...

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DJ Nico: The Cumbia Godfather of La Phoenikera
Nico Paredes doesn’t care if people know who he is or what he does for a living; he doesn’t want fame, to be recognized on...

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Phoenikerxs Will Throw It Down At La PHNKRA Music Fest
How did we get so effin’ crazy to think we could pull this ish off you may ask. Well, it started many years ago at...

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Myrlin Hepworth: El Coyotito Of La Phoenikera
Every desert has its poets, coyotes who see things through a different lens and have a compulsion with written words; storytellers that survive under the...

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What Dreams May Come: La Phoenikera’s Trance-like Realities
My dream is set on a Sunday, it’s a warm sunny morning and I can’t sleep in because my cat decides to serenade the whole...

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What We Loved and What We Kinda Not About M3F Fest
Our list of unmissable acts for the McDowell Mountain Music Festival (aka M3F Fest) paid out like a bondsman on Thanksgiving. Most of the sets...

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20 Bands You Can’t Miss At The M3F This Weekend
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival is kicking off and we’re super psyched about all the bands playing over the weekend. We’re also hoping to see...

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A Sassy Valentine’s Playlist For All You Sexy Beasts
It’s Valentine’s Day, and as much as we would like to, we can’t seem to escape the flowers, chocolates, dinner reservations, and buying a whole...

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10 Fuego Songs We Heard @ AfroFusion Friday
Dancing to the same tunes all the time must screw with your brain in some way. Seriously, that Top 40 or 100 loop never allowing...

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3 Things Latinx Radio Stations Need to Start Doing
UNO! Play new music If I hear Suavemente by Elvis Crespo, Maná’s Oye Mi Amor or Soda Stereo’s Música Ligera one more time when I...

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13 Must See Concerts Happening in La Phoenikera in November
November is here and with it a crap ton of events! Everyone wants to have events in La Phoenikera in November, everyone wants to come...

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The Latinxs of the Lost Lake Festival
You may have heard that there’s a huge music festival going down this weekend in La Phoenikera. The Lost Lake Festival is three-day event brought...

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What To Expect From Juan Gabriel’s Tribute This Weekend
Juanga died almost a year ago but Phoenikerxs don’t forget. That’s why, Fernando Hernandez, a photographer and event promoter in this beautiful city of La...

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Metalhead Nostalgia for Young-Hearted Old Folk
I heard Metallica for the first time in 1985 when I got the vinyl of Kill ‘Em All in Mexico City, where I’m from. Its...

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RedMonkey: A Party for the History Books Goes Down This Weekend
For the last few years, the schedule has been set for us on Thanksgiving Day: help mom pick up the last minute things she needs...

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18 Songs Inspired by Yo Mama
In many parts of the world, Mother’s Day falls in May. A lot of us actually celebrate it twice: Mother’s Day in our country and...

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Las Chollas Peligrosas Are Taking La Phoenikera By Storm
La Phoenikera has its own all-chic Latinx fusion band and they exist kind of by destiny. The band is made up of bad ass femmes...

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Local Promoter Talks About El Ritual and La Phoenikera’s “Rocanrol” Scene
This weekend there’s a rock en español event in La Phoenikera that sounds like it’s going to be pretty awesome. We spoke with Osvaldo Franko,...

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Rita Indiana Releases Anti-corruption Anthem That’ll Shake Up Politicians
We’re hella excited that our beloved Rita Indiana returns to the music scene with “El Castigador,” a politically charged jam that’s pure faya. We’d given...

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15 Bands We Demand in La Phoenikera
What’s up with La Phoenikera not having awesome Spanish language bands transmitting new sounds, influences and sensations? The music scene is way too nostalgic and...

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