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PEACE OUT

I will no longer be blogging here, but I will be writing elsewhere. You can keep up with what I’m listening to over at last.fm, and you can follow me on Twitter. 

SXSW WITH THE LADIES

I’m heading to Austin next week for some awesome music nerd times. Right now my schedule is looking insane (as it should), but I will definitely make time to check out all of these amazing ladies.

In order: Alex Winston, Azealia Banks, Carla Morrison, Dominique Young Unique, Dum Dum Girls, Ellie Goulding, Emmylou Harris, Julianna Barwick, Las Robertas, Oh Land, Prince Rama, Puro Instinct, Rainbow Arabia, Sharon Van Etten, Tamaryn, Thao with The Get Down Stay Down, The Suzan, Those Dancing Days, Those Darlins, Xenia Rubinos, Ximena Sariñana

JUST TAKE SOME TIME TO ASK AROUND

Brooklyn-based Xenia Rubinos has a rich, acrobatic voice that she loops and layers in really intriguing ways. Because you can hear such a wide range of stylistic influences in her music, it’s difficult to associate her with any particular genre, which is perhaps why she’s being grouped with the avant-pop artists at SXSW. I had the chance to see her perform tonight, and she was fantastic. Definitely go see her while you’re in Austin.

Ultima by Xenia Rubinos

ALL I WANTED WAS YOU

Ximena Sariñana is a long-time fave, from her Luz Clarita days to Amar te duele to her debut album and collaborations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Xime has been my girl. Now she’s about to release her almost all-English sophomore album, and I am pumped. She’ll be playing quite a few shows at SXSW, so make sure to fit her into your schedule.

Here she is performing “Wrong Miracle” at Mucho Wednesdays.

I’VE BEEN THINKING…

…about making my blog break a permanent one. Now that I have one of those jobs that requires that I be at an office from 9 to 5, I need to organize my time better. I have a few projects I want to work on, mainly my novel(s), learning how to garden, and getting involved in the food justice movement, so I think I’m going to stop writing here after this next week. I’ll give you a little SXSW preview of sorts with the ladies that I intend to check out while I’m in Tejas, then it’s peace out, y’all.

I will continue writing about (Latin American) music at Club Fonograma (the Best Music Blog Ever) and I will write about other things for other publications. You can keep up with my writing here, if you’d like.

Also, new strut song:

21st Century Girl by Willow Smith