Time to put your beer goggles on
Sorrel If only to protect you from the nectar’s spray as revellers get into the Oktoberfest spirit from October 2 in Villa General Belgrano...
September 2009
Drumming up fresh sounds
Matt Ashley decided to set up his own weekly slot in December 2008 because he was fed up of hearing reggaetón and it simply wasn’t floating his boat. By getting…
BA live on Urbana 89.5FM
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Gutter Twins plus one unveil Saturnalia
A chat with one of The Gutter Twins, a bluesy rock band, featuring Greg Dulli from The Afghan Whigs and Backbeat Band while Mark Lanegan fronted Screaming Trees.
Music makes the people come together
In a twist on your bog-standard music reviews, I attended two rather different events in June, first a concert performed by the National Symphony Orchestra downtown and second, a Swedish…
McFly hysteria on a miniature scale
British pop punk band got a sold-out La Trastienda in a whirl, an intimate venue in Buenos Aires neighbourhood San Telmo.
The Expat: Hugh MacDermott
After trying — and failing — to be a stunt double in the UK, Hugh MacDermott worked on two estancias then ended up riding around Argentina with his horse Pancho…
Latin lover Emerson drives Pacha’s decks
Essex-born DJ Darren Emerson isn’t sure whether he’s coming or going. Chatting over a few pints of London Pride conveniently enough in a pub in the British capital, he says:…
A good case of wine flu
Times have been tricky thanks to a national lockdown on socialising and swine flu during winter 2009, and I have been wracking my brain and burning the midnight oil to…
Will they pass with McFlying colours?
Pop-punk boy band McFly played La Trastienda in June 2009. Concerned that these youngsters hadn't finished their secondary education, I set them a quiz about Argentina. How did they fare?