What are some essential Mexican music?

[Evan Garcia]

What are some essential Mexican music?

[Adam Cox]

if you want some "classic" mexican music
>Vicente Fernandez
>Juan Gabriel

something more modern/pop/rock, at the top of my head
>Cafe Tacuva
>Maldita Vecindad
>Enanitos Verdes (not mexican but good)
>El Tri (classic mexican rock)
>Julieta Venegas (female pop artist)
>Gloria Trevi (female rock artist from the 90s)
>Plastilina Mosh (pop)

theres way more out there, im very out of the loop

Stay away from Moemia, only 1 good song from them and that's it.Hope this helps.

[Andrew Cox]

Mexico is a remarkably lacklustre country musically speaking if one takes into account its size, population and proximity to US.

[Lucas Mitchell]

I can't believe I forgot to mention the all time band that is a mexican national treasure!
Go check out Mana. They're the best.

youtube.com/watch?v=DcnNeGQHwDc

I swear you will hear this song at every mexican celebration.

>source: I'm a white bean. (white on the outside, bean on the inside)

[Julian Ramirez]

Disagree

There is great music and musicians, fuck, even Mariachi is considered intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.

There was a huge shitstorm when Juan Gabriel died.

There's also a growing indie scene.

You seem quite ignorant user.

[William Wood]

youtube.com/watch?v=z7vANMggH9I

[Ian Lewis]

Enjambre, Porter, Siddhartha, Zoe are the most popular indie bands

[Dylan Butler]

t. trump supporter

[Connor Walker]

naafi

[Jose Stewart]

A Love Electric is pretty good (especially live, goddamn, live they sound like the love child of jazz and The Jesus Lizard)

they do have an american singer and writer, but they are a mexican band

[Luis White]

youtube.com/watch?v=U1SiveWVIIo

[Nathan Campbell]

Any recs on their indie scene? There's a paucity of latin-influenced indie out there.

[Thomas Evans]

Fonoteca INAH has tons of Mexican Folk music field recordings, some of them pretty good.

youtube.com/watch?v=R5B6Xv9Ahr0

youtube.com/watch?v=sL3NVu-1eKg

[Dylan King]

For classic stuff
>Oscar Chavez
>El Viejo Paulino
>Pedro Infante
>Tania Libertad

The hip hop scene is also pretty good
>Cartel de Santa
>El Pinche Brujo
>Gamberroz
>SkillaMen
>Alto Consumo
>Psycho Realm

Also, Los Razos mix some mariachi with hip-hop, they co-worked with Psycho Realm

[Gabriel Morgan]

I really like this one:

youtube.com/watch?v=y2aDBke5mH0

[Dominic Barnes]

youtube.com/watch?v=Qhc-Md5Zfs8

[Asher Hill]

Porter, Los Plastics Revolution, Simona.
Our folk music is amazing, if you can get a good recording mariachi music I recommend it a lot.
For more contemporary classical look at Silvestre Revueltas, Julian Carrillo, carlos chavez.

[Sebastian Edwards]

For classical music, Huapango de Moncayo is one of the greatest mexicans songs i've ever heard. It makes me a happy man.

[Easton Jenkins]

I am Mexican and Mana is complete and utter shit. I fucking hate them.

[Gavin Morales]

essential y-tu-mama-tambien-core

youtube.com/watch?v=PN0u3mzAwj8

[Gavin Gonzalez]

t. chairo

[Chase Lee]

he's right tho mana is really bad

[Juan Brooks]

Well, i don't really like them much too but they're quite popular and successful.

[Hudson Howard]

Im mexican and really there isnt a very good indie scenery, all the indie bands are either concentrated in posthardcore or surf rock in here. If I had to rec something I would say early Zoe,Siddharta or The Plastics Revolution.
Fun fact:Neon Indian is from Monterrey

[Lucas Phillips]

Macross is Mexican and he is God tier Vaporwave kino

youtube.com/watch?v=4BSJAAo1uNY

[Owen Wright]

Chairos love mana though you dummie

[Nathaniel Green]

they used to be ok, but now they're a joke of themselves

[Jayden Sanchez]

Does The Mars Volta count?

[Matthew Martin]

>People recommending Maná and Zoe

Stay away from those bands. One is a goofy pop-rock bands that takes themselves too seriously and the other is watered-down electro indie pop for teenage girls.

[Luis Price]

I think Wet Baes and CLUBZ are pretty good, too bad either only have a few songs.

youtu.be/7sPGR5Et2Ko
youtu.be/TxhTrirKpGs

[Mason Davis]

Cenotaph and Mortuary

[John Powell]

How come no one has mentioned Molotov? Caifanes? El Haragán Y Compañía?

[Josiah Peterson]

no one is as smart as all of us.

[Jace Brown]

I think the most iconic band of Mexico is Molotov.

Sure you walk across the street and listen to some mexican rap or banda (basically mexican polka), but nothing, in my mind, represents mexican music in the 21st century more than molotov

[David Wood]

not to mention just how relevant their music is that speaks to today's politics.

youtube.com/watch?v=hfmY9Wlxx0o
youtube.com/watch?v=8iJMOBcPQyg
youtube.com/watch?v=G2Do-aLB74g

[Chase Cooper]

Nortec collective
>electronic norteño music, actually not bad
youtube.com/watch?v=mTOKhSpe9Cs

Hello seahorse
>alternative pop
youtube.com/watch?v=LL-2slEtzHQ

Clorofila
>founding member of nortec collective
youtube.com/watch?v=xm7sF-7L4bo

Ruido rosa
>chick rock
youtube.com/watch?v=fKuHzSAzJtY

Omar rodriguez lopez trio
>Guitarrist of the mars volta made a soft, melancholic acoustic album with his then gf
youtube.com/watch?v=C3--OW7Vi3E

[Hudson Reyes]

youtube.com/watch?v=793tuPzHyio

[Andrew Garcia]

mana's vocalist seriosly sucks shit, you cares about their popularity?. I mena, Arjona is a pretty popular guy too

[Hunter Clark]

If you want some folk. I recommend a Trío band called Los Tres Reyes. Their guitar work is phenomenal.

[Camden Hall]

ebin

[Connor Martin]

Juan and the border jumpers.

[Julian Rivera]

Mexican Jazz is fuckin awesome

youtube.com/watch?v=JxvNlqCfoZg

[Brandon Lopez]

...

[Connor Cox]

this is great thanks user

[Cooper Lee]

>no Luis Miguel

pff

youtu.be/05BwAFCueg8

[James Reyes]

Mariachi el Bronx

Chicano Batman

[Samuel Fisher]

molotov

[Daniel Nguyen]

NO.

[Carson Reed]

>Jenny & the Mexicats
youtube.com/watch?v=8Sn_YumSORI

>Hello! Seahorse
youtube.com/watch?v=9qhKt-i9oy4

>Little Jesus
youtube.com/watch?v=OCJ3GkyQmFE

>Natalia LaFourcade (somewhat)
youtube.com/watch?v=BBym435839M

>Le Baron
youtube.com/watch?v=IEBa8lu-hSs

>Disco Ruido
youtube.com/watch?v=dZTUS_2Po3A

this is what I have at the moment, but I am also looking for good indie music from Mexico. What this user lists is just generic pop rock music . Mana used to be good but is now generic rock. In Mexico, it's typical to always hear the same songs covered by younger artists and have it be a guaranteed hit. Many artists stay popular for decades with few new artists coming out.

[Cameron Peterson]

Mana are similar to the red hot chili peppers in that they were good in the late 90s early 00s but are now hot garbage.

[Alexander Morris]

>similar to the red hot chilli peppers
An apt comparison, i'd say
>I know I know for sure
Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang
I know I know its you
Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang

[Levi Hughes]

Austin TV is nice

[Evan Ross]

it's all shit. believe me.

[Christopher Price]

everyone please step the fuck aside

Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemaya
youtube.com/watch?v=aJxd0nIY1oA

Manuel Maria Ponce - Sonatas (played by Segovia)
youtube.com/watch?v=dK3Jt44-6UI

Carlos Chavez - Symphony No. 2
youtube.com/watch?v=TKoq4KOHUEU

Blas Galindo - Sones de Mariachi
youtube.com/watch?v=DdKAlGlNZd0

Daniel Catan - Florencia en el Amazonas
youtube.com/watch?v=0z_W8nF8P7M

Eduardo Hernández Moncada - Costeña
youtube.com/watch?v=qreAZ0Q2C-w

Cenobio Hernandez - Decepciones del Alma
youtube.com/watch?v=0aX4iqovUj8

Quirino Mendoza y Cortés - Cielito Lindo (original composition where every other version is derived from)
youtube.com/watch?v=natwdmuakZA

Arturo Marquez - Danzon No. 2
youtube.com/watch?v=PA7vEIj6Lzk

Macedonio Alcalá Prieto - Dioz Nunca Muere
youtube.com/watch?v=ztRuj3FfyI4

Candelario Huízar García de la Cadena - Symphony No. 4
youtube.com/watch?v=H98ojSip4nE

Salvador Contreras Sanchez - Danza Negra
youtube.com/watch?v=VDudkE9Dr7U

Julián Carrillo Trujillo (microtonal composer, very interesting) - Cromometrofonía
youtube.com/watch?v=wF50so3nWJk

Carlos Jiménez Mabarak - Symphony No. 1
youtube.com/watch?v=SuSIKIRP0a4

Luis Herrera de la Fuente - Fronteras
youtube.com/watch?v=latesJ1XDak

Mario Lavista - Quotations
youtube.com/watch?v=HbnYRvik-nk

Héctor Quintanar Prieto - Small Overture
youtube.com/watch?v=K-vA9fiOj1Y

Manuel Enrique Salazar - Movil I
youtube.com/watch?v=_VoriySAyc4

[Easton Price]

José Pablo Moncayo García - Huapango
youtube.com/watch?v=07-kvAU85wM

Jose Rolon - Danzas Indigenas
youtube.com/watch?v=rf8SPktJrBE

Joaquin Gutiérrez Heras - Postludio
youtube.com/watch?v=SLyCjIXOx2E

Felipe de Jesús Villanueva Gutiérrez - Vals Poetico
youtube.com/watch?v=UkOL0lBavL8

José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas - Sobre Las Olas (Over The Waves, which everyone and their fucking grandmum knows)
youtube.com/watch?v=090zNqcqZF4

Federico Ibarra Groth - Sonata No. 1
youtube.com/watch?v=KxUtg05GQtY

Enrico Chapela - Magnetar
youtube.com/watch?v=0rtBUM9eOAQ

Ricardo Castro - Cello Concerto in C minor
youtube.com/watch?v=hfZQG6EW94s

Gustavo Ernesto Campa - Melody for Violin & Orchestra
youtube.com/watch?v=t7rMpTEdbfs

Julio Ituarte - Ecos de Mexico
youtube.com/watch?v=WHMo9RTkV60

Melesio Morales - Nezahuacoyotl
youtube.com/watch?v=DdHnbnyuebY

Guadalupe Olmedo - Segunda Rêverie
youtube.com/watch?v=CjBB2BCGuU8

Tomas Leon - Laura (Only piece I've found of his)
youtube.com/watch?v=9YNQIGAoeEs

José Damián Mariano Elízaga - Ultimas Variaciones
youtube.com/watch?v=az24pQQQaLk

Juan García Esquivel - Dark Eyes
youtube.com/watch?v=iMr7oAACyqw

Gonzalo Curiel Barba - Llevame
youtube.com/watch?v=EkT1x-IUfhU

(getting colonial here)
Juan de Lienas - Lamentatio
youtube.com/watch?v=g9BfO4g1F3A

Manuel Arenzana - Te Deum
youtube.com/watch?v=o-LueIRsP7M

Manuel de Zumaya - Celebren, publiquen
youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7VAwQtKM