"There are some people in tinsel costumes around me... uh... that's what's happening." When Helado Negro is asked to describe his "bandmates" in the studio, that's how he does it, smirking with just enough hesitation to leave a sense of intrigue. On his latest album, Double Youth, the artist sometimes known as Roberto Lange embodies a similar spirit. Inspired by a tattered picture from his youth (that doubles as the album's cover), Lange dove even deeper into his funky and textural sensibilities on Double Youth, creating groove-laden electronic tracks that hit a more expansive scale that his modest home studio would imply. When he played on El Sonido in September, the Miami-born, Brooklyn-based musician took some time to showcase four of the album's tracks and discuss the album's creative process, his career making music under various monikers, and who exactly was in that picture with DJ Chilly. Watch the bilingual singer play four Double Youth songs below.
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She'll haunt your dreams and shreds guitar with the best of them, so its no surprise Courtney Barnett chose Freddy Krueger as her alter ego on Halloween. The whole band, in fact, took to the holiday with gusto, dressing up for their in-studio set at KEXP in some inconvenient but very entertaining c…
Despite the recent years of turmoil that almost resulted in a break-up, the beat goes on for Brooklyn band The Drums. Now stripped down to founding members Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham, it's been a three-year wait for their latest album, Encyclopedia, out now on Minor Records. As Pierce notes hims…
by Gloria Mayne Davó
