Borchi y Su Doble Redoble
Wed. 15, Flamingo Cantina, 8pm; Thu. 16, Russian House, 9pmMexico City producer takes the rhythms of New Orleans’ second line and Mexican street carnivals and mashes them up into irresistible dance-floor anthems on this year’s 9551 EP.
De Osos
Wed. 15, Friends, 8:50pm; Thu. 16, the Hideout, 9pmThe former Arturo Luna employs sweeping sonicscapes to glitchy beats in an experimental take on instrumental electronica.
Lights on Ceres
Wed. 15, Malverde, 9:05pmHailing from Nogales in northern Mexico, this trio puts a danceable spin on alt-pop found on its Space Waves EP.
Virtual Haze
Wed. 15, Hotel Vegas Annex, 12:30amMexico City space rock, if that space was inhabited by creepy denizens from a low-budget Seventies horror flick.
Gustavo Galindo
Thu. 16, the Townsend, 10pmCharismatic Mexico City folk rocker Galindo last hit with 2011’s Grammy-nominated Entre la Ciudad y el Mar. Follow-up in April.
Madame Récamier
Thu. 16, the Townsend, 8pm; Sat. 18, Palm Door on Sixth Patio, 9pmBorn Gina Récamier, the native Mexico City singer-songwriter is unabashed in the pop hooks and sing-along choruses of upcoming third album Mi Corazón.
Cardiel
Thu. 16, Hotel Vegas at Volstead, 12mid; Fri. 17, Speakeasy, 11:05pmOn last year’s En Vivo en Canal Once, Mexico City duo Cardiel filters loud and noisy stoner punk through dub and psychedelia.
Troker
Thu. 16, Flamingo Cantina, 1am; Fri. 17, Blackheart, 12midJazz, funk, psychedelia, electronica, and mariachi crash into dynamic musical imagination on this Guadalajara’s outfit’s fourth album, 1919 Música Para Cine.
Agrupación Cariño
Fri. 17, Half Step, 1amGuitar-and-voice driven cumbia from Mexico City, high energy and danceable to the last, as heard on 2015’s El Lado Oscuro del Amor.
This article appears in March 17 • 2017.
