Anti-Emo Riots in Mexico: ¡Pánico en el Disco!
A torrent of anti-emo violence has swept through Mexico, leaving battered bodies and hateful rhetoric in its brutal wake. But why there? Why now? And when will it end?
By Joseph Contreras 05.26.08 12:27 AM
In our June issue, we chronicle the escalating violence inside Mexico against emo fans, there commonly referred to as "emos." The wave of thuggery made national headlines after hundreds of youths pummeled a handful of emos on March 7 in the central Mexican city of Querétaro's main plaza, resulting in three injuries and 28 arrests.
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Windsor for the Derby, 'How We Lost' (Secretly Canadian)
Mineties nostalgists raid record collections, familiarity ensues.
By Shannon Zimmerman 05.15.08 2:29 PM
If Activision ever issues an indie-rock edition of Guitar Hero, Windsor for the Derby should be the house band.
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We Are Scientists, 'Brain Thrust Mastery' (Astralwerks)
Heedless party-crashers get the inevitable pop hangover.
By Julia Simon 05.15.08 2:25 PM
The title of the second LP by this Brooklyn synth-rock duo (formerly a trio) loosely alludes to singer Keith Murray’s newly discreet, mind-over- body m.o. On 2006’s flashy major-label debut With Love and Squalor -- a surprise gold-seller in England -- Murray boozed until he blacked out and invited ladies to use and abuse his body.
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The Wedding Present, 'El Rey' (Manifesto)
Terminally forlorn bard is back with a wink and leer.
By Josh Modell 05.15.08 2:22 PM
The Wedding Present’s greatest days are in the rear view: Reenlisting Steve Albini -- who recorded the band’s pinnacle of dark Britishness, 1991’s Seamonsters -- tacitly admits that fact but flips it into a plus.
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Shy Child, 'Noise Won’t Stop' (Kill Rock Stars)
Apparently, electroclash is still a feasible career move.
By Mikael Wood 05.15.08 2:19 PM
Before they formed New York’s Shy Child, Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith helped funk up the Washington, D.C. punk scene as members of Dischord band El Guapo (which splintered into the even more groove-oriented Supersystem), an experience that convinced them that beats designed for the dance floor should hit just as hard as those intended for moshing.
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Orchestra Baobab, 'Made in Dakar' (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
African sophisticates rev up their groove machine once more.
By Andy Beta 05.15.08 2:15 PM
Since re-forming for the 2002 comeback Specialist in All Styles, this ’70s/’80s Senegalese band, like elder rockers Mission of Burma and Wire, remain incan-descent and relevant a second time around. Revisiting tunes from nights spent in steamy
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