And finally: Jorge y Carlos AKA The Santana Brothers with their respective bands: Malo (https://youtu.be/vyhp9gU79Ac?si=pnt7SrLHDGQmsQ4t) and Santana (https://youtu.be/VO1MkxDTlhU?si=mb0YDs4ypFHnWT2I)
#RetroView #JorgeSantana #CarlosSantana #Santana #classicrock

CDMX based Sour Soul is a more recent psychedelic rock band. “Viddy Well” (https://youtu.be/vyWAzZ3yEes?si=UyfUmWEgSGZYad_f) is from their 2008 album “Liquid Sky Divers” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0R_w9BohTSJ5IbFmX2uqOyTrgUtL7uBA&si=xrO2WYS3kR7C_-Jx)
#RetroView #SourSoul

@MatthewTitus88 no basic stoner hoodies for these dudes
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@analgesicsleep Excellent variety of hats. #retroview

Durango, Mexico’s Los Dug Dugs were one of the wildest Mexican rock bands of the early 70s. “Perdido en mi Mundo” (https://youtu.be/2jKEMjdfnGE?si=iy4PVvxGrVVdTPvD) is from their 1971 self titled album. Apparently some form of the band is still working sporadically to this day
#RetroView #LosDugDugs

@MatthewTitus88 idk how they can do that b/c every time I’ve done it, it hurts like hell
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CDMX based guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela with “Diablo Rojo” (https://youtu.be/_UJUaULy-m8?si=WdvXOs0uaHIZLsKc) from their 2006 self titled album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nu0HuhR5U_7xT00y-lpL22_-ZX7MIYKF4&si=JwLIlQ-N20lsJgWB) They most recent album is 2023’s “In Between Thoughts.. A New World” (https://tinyurl.com/57694v59)
#RetroView #RodrigoYGabriela #guitar

Lupita Infante, ethnomusicologist and granddaughter legend Pedro Infante has been forging her own path the last few yrs. “Mi Carrito” (https://youtu.be/C4al3MwClKA?si=-SR1WyrakEfYbSDP) is from her 2023 album “Amor Como en las Películas de Antes” (https://tinyurl.com/mttj5pu5)
#RetroView #LupitaInfante

I shouldn’t have to explain who Linda Ronstadt is to you. Here’s “La Charreada” (https://youtu.be/R-k4eEStQa0?si=rcKQ9Lo05aPFv7JB) from 1987’s “Canciones de Mi Padre” (https://tinyurl.com/y7kjjnne) We’ll have more Linda in October to close out Hispanic Heritage Month, as is #RetroView tradition
#LindaRonstadt

Legendary Mexican-American folk singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez with the patriotic Cuban standard “Guantanamera” AKA “The woman from Guantánamo” (https://youtu.be/Irft3ABhFkk?si=huMW843O8YaB8vyu) She recently came out of retirement to release her 2023 documentary “Joan Baez: I Am a Noise) which is available on Hulu and Disney+. Also, apparently she was on John Mulaney’s talk show thing a few weeks ago
#RetroView #JoanBaez

#RetroView mariachi mainstay Flor de Toloache with “Florecita Rockera” (https://tinyurl.com/yt9hn3x2) Their most recent album is 2024’s May’s “Motherflower en Nueva York” (https://tinyurl.com/mrx3cmb9) which was one of my favorite albums of last year
#FlorDeLaTolache

East L.A.’s Los Lobos with “Luz de mi Vida” (https://tinyurl.com/szapfm9u) from their 2002 album “Good Morning Aztlán” (https://tinyurl.com/mp7wwpar) Their most recent album is the 2017 covers album “Native Sons” (https://tinyurl.com/mrky6nsp) dedicated to the city of Los Angeles
#RetroView #LosLobos #losangeles

More Chicanx Punk? More Chicanx Punk! Here’s early Chicanx punk rockers Teresa Covarrubias and The Brat with “Starry Night” (https://youtu.be/hlEiSzfcrE4?si=CqlY_Ef_kNHidARf) from their 2017 retrospective compilation “Straight Outta East L.A.” (https://tinyurl.com/59xb5cc5)
#RetroView #TheBrat #TeresaCovarrubias #punk

Next we have the legendary punk goddess Alice Bag with “Sister Dynamite”
(https://youtu.be/yj_gRIRwAGo?si=jrSeoCPBNDPxPeiG) from her 2020 album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mqILK_FPOqizqElpTbW41dOTSNc8rOD-c&si=fwdWHmBsZcO_zZav) She’s still rocking at 66 yrs young!
#RetroView #AliceBag #punk

Also from CDMX is the all female, alternative pop band Ruido Rosa. They formed in 2005 and touring and self-releasing their music “Alerta” (https://youtu.be/0bus7PDyRXk?si=1453my3YiDCXkINJ) is their single from 2023. I found out about them b/c a friend from my music journalism days texted me to ask if I had started making music again due to seeing that their guitarist and I have the same name
#RetroView #RuidoRosa

@MatthewTitus88 YES! With a bit of 80s era New Order
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