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Gael García Bernal and Mexican Government Agree: Drugs Should be Legal

Gael García Bernal, the loquacious star of Rudo y Cursi and the upcoming Letters to Juliet, actually agrees with the Mexican government on something. In an interview with New York Daily News, he publicly declared that drugs should be legalized in Mexico because "if drugs were legal, there'd be nothing to fight about" and there would be less corruption. Strangely enough, the government seems to agree....  read more

Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible: Tijuana Sound Machine

Sound collagists capably meld electronica with traditional Mexican idiomsFormed in 1999 by Pepe Mogt (a.k.a. Fussible), the Nortec Collective has pioneered a hybrid of electronica and Norteño—the most popular form of Northern Mexican music—from its Tijuana home. The crew’s third album focuses on the songs and soundscapes of Mogt and Ramon Amezcua (the latter often referred to as the godfather of the TJ electronic scene), and it’s a hoot. The 15 primarily instrumental tracks are built from processed beats, with standard Norteño instruments deftly worked into the mix. The title track encapsulates Nortec’s combined focus on momentum and contrast, its...  read more

Celso Duarte: Son of the South

Hometown: Curenavaca, MexicoAlbum: De Sur a SurFor fans of: Gipsy Kings, Adreas Vollenweider, Joanna NewsomFor Paraguayan-born, Mexican-raised harpist and violinist Celso Duarte, music is the family business. And business has never been better....  read more

Conor Oberst's Mexican Adventure

After recording the last Bright Eyes album for over a year in six studios, with well over two-dozen different musicians, Conor Oberst wanted to simplify. So earlier this year he followed the time-honored rock tradition of holing up in an exotic locale to...  read more