Yes to Cornejo's sadboi indie meets regional Mexican.
This Billboard piece about him spells out his sound --Born and raised in Riverside, Calif., Cornejo didn’t grow up listening to regional Mexican music. “To be honest, I didn’t listen to regional Mexican until like three years ago when my friends introduced me to T3R Elemento and Grupo Los De La O. That’s when I fell in love with the genre. But I grew up listening to whatever my family listened to. Kudos to them for molding my style,” he says. “My brother would listen to alt-rock like Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, and my parents listened to Café Tacvba. Very on the alternative side.”
Which is why, if you listen closely to his songs — all penned by him — there’s a hint of rock in his guitar solos. “I for sure want to keep that same style, very indie,
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/ivan-cornejo-interview-latin-artist-on-the-rise-9658720/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 August 2023 03:54 (nine months ago) link
Peso Pluma is at a huge outdoor venue in Virginia but don't think I can make it out there
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 August 2023 14:12 (nine months ago) link
xp he seems like he approaches his music pretty thoughtfully, will be interested to see how his album turns out
― dyl, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:12 (nine months ago) link
enjoying the junior h album that came out a month ago or so. plenty of corridos tumbados, but also stuff like this, which is basically a 90s adult contempo radio jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGSVtxsnzhg
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 21:02 (six months ago) link
yep
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:18 (six months ago) link
Over in rolling Afro Latin and more thread there are links to articles condemning Grammys for snubbing regional Mexican artists
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 November 2023 16:18 (six months ago) link
do not care about the grammys, but peso pluma not getting a best new artist nom is insane
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 November 2023 16:30 (six months ago) link
Yep. Peso Pluma & Eslabon performance on Latin Grammys last night was good
https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-peso-pluma-and-eslabon-armado-perform-ella-baila-sola-at-2023-latin-grammys/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 November 2023 16:40 (six months ago) link
Peso Pluma summer US tour arena dates on sale I see. But not sure I want to pay $60 for nosebleed seats
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:38 (two months ago) link
Caramanica in NY Times is excited about Eden Munoz and Fuerza Regida effort "Money Edition"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 March 2024 18:27 (two months ago) link