Nacional Records is looking for summer interns to work at our North Hollywood offices.  Home to Grammy-winning and iconic artists like Manu Chao, Ana Tijoux, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Aterciopelados and Nortec Collective, the company is a division of Cookman International, which also also organizes the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), an annual event in NYC that brings together the biggest names in rock, hip-hop and electronic music from across the Americas.

Nacional is looking for motivated and ambitious interns interested in working hard and learning about the entertainment industry.  This is a great opportunity to gain practical, hands-on experience in music publicity, artist management, event production, tour marketing and radio promotion.  Although a lot of our artists are from Latin America, most of their fanbases are English-speaking, and the media we deal with include Rolling Stone, LA Times, KCRW, and MTV.

Interns are expected to be available in our North Hollywood office at least 10 hrs/week and can receive academic credit.  Spanish-language skills are a plus, though not required.
Some of the exciting intern responsibilities include:

• Assisting with publicity and production for the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC).
• Contributing suggestions and ideas for projects or improvements.
• Represent Nacional at events and distribute materials such as iTunes cards, posters and flyers.
• Develop Street Teams by recruiting members, creating and maintaining relationships and communication with members.

If interested, please submit your resume and cover letter explaining why you think would be a good fit to be an intern at Nacional Records to canyon.cody@cookman.com

To kick things off, Barcelona’s indie-electro pop band The Pinker Tones will be headlining at the El Rey on May 16th.  Then the next night,  Chilean hip-hop star Ana Tijoux will be at The Echo on May 17th.  She’s bringing her full band and performing tracks from her new album ‘La Bala‘ in the US for the first time,  so it’s sure to be a great show.

Currently in the midst of a European tour, NYC songstress Monica Lionheart (vocalist of Pacha Massive and Zigmat) will be back stateside an appearance at the Bootleg Bar on May 20th.  And then it’s recently-signed indie band Loquat  at the Satellite May 26th in support of their new album, released 4/24/12.  Check out Loquat’s new video for the lead single “Time Bending” to get an idea of what to expect from the Bay Area quintet.

On Memorial Day Weekend, Kinky — the newest member of the Nacional family — will be one of the headlining bands at this year’s Jubilee Festival in Silverlake.  Hailing from Monterrey and always coming through with amazing evergy on-stage, Kinky is definitely one of those must-see bands. And then finally, on the last day of the month, Diego Garcia will come to LA for a very special performance at the First Unitarian Church in conjunction with Levitt Pavilion on May 31st.
  

So if you live in LA or you’ve been looking for an excuse to visit, get your tickets now because these shows will sell out!

May 16: The Pinker Tones @ El Rey

May 17: Ana Tijoux @ The Echo

May 20: The Pinker Tones @ Dodgers Stadium

May 20: Monica Lionheart @ The Bootleg Bar

May 26: Loquat @ The Satellite

May 26: Kinky @ Jubilee Silverlake Festival

May 31: Diego Garcia @ First Unitarian Church

Also, on Wednesday July 11, Ximena Sariñana will be performing at NYC’s Central Park as part of LAMC, along with Mala Rodríguez and Profetas.  Check here for more info.

Don’t forget that LAMC registration is still open for only $99, but for a limited time only. Make your way to the LAMC site and take advantage of the early bird special before it’s too late.

Check out the latest updates for this year’s LAMC on Facebook and Twitter, and watch this video for some amazing highlights from last year’s LAMC.

Are you as excited as we are for Ana Tijoux‘s upcoming tour in the US?  These will be her first appearances in the states in support of her new album ‘La Bala’, which the  Los Angeles Times praised as the “most sumptuous album that rap en español has known.”

Ana — and her full band — will visit in Austin, San Antonio, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Utah and Miami, performing her new single “Shock” and the rest of the new album, which is now available on iTunes.

Get your tickets early because these shows will sell-out, as seen in the photo below from her recent sold-out show in Santiago, Chile.

• May 4 – Las Cruces, NM – New Mexico State University
• May 11 – San Antonio, TX – Echale at Pearl Ampitheatre
• May 12 – Austin, TX – Pachanga Festival
• May 15 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
• May 17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
• May 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Living Traditions Festival
• May 19 – Miami, FL – PAX

Make sure to follow Ana Tijoux and get the latest updates on tickets, news and tour dates on her Facebook and Twitter.

It’s here!

The solo debut from electro-acoustic singer Monica Lionheart, the live voice of Pacha Massive and Zigmat, hits stores today.

To celebrate the new album ‘Indian Summer‘, Monica Lionheart is being featured as the iTunes ‘Song of the Week‘, along with a free download of her song “Escape Strategy”.  Get the full album for a special limited time price of $7.99 @ iTunes.

Watch the video for “Escape Strategy” here below.

There will also be a CD Release Concert this Saturday April 14th at Joe’s Pub In New York.

Get your tickets HERE.

  “In the album, which will be released on April 10 through Nacional Records, Lionheart shows her unique style in a track listing that is reminiscent of the yearning in Carla Morrison’s indie-pop songs and the life-experience of a soulfully-mature Gaby Moreno” - Al Borde

 

Monica Lionheart is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist known for creating unique, atmospheric songs with a global twist.

Lionheart’s music is often described as both mystifying and haunting and Indian Summer is no exception. Filled with lush arrangements, mesmerizing vocals and vivid imagery, the album is a chronicle of love and heartbreak. In describing her vision for the album Lionheart says, “I named it Indian Summer because it is one of nature’s many art forms. When an Indian Summer happens, there’s a collective sigh in the enjoyment. My aim was to capture that feeling in the songs.”

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Los Amigos Invisibles are celebrating 20 years of critical commercial success as a band and a 2012 GRAMMY-nomination for ‘Not So Commercial’ with an electrifying set of upcoming live shows in Florida and Texas.Last summer, the group played high-profile shows from their hometown venue Central Park SummerStage to major festival stages like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. Also, last year’s tour hit a variety of stops across the U.S. including San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium, a Grammy eve performance at L.A. Live’s Conga Room.
 
The upcoming tour dates are here!
 
April 5 – South Padre Island @ Chaos Nightclub    Tix here
April 13 – Miami @ Bayfront Park Amphitheatre    FREE Concert
April 14 – Orlando @ The Social                                 Tix here
April 18 – San Antonio @ Sam’s Burger Joint          Tix here
April 19 – McAllen @ Old Ice House                          On Sale Soon
April 20 – Dallas @ House of Blues                            Tix Here
April 21-22 – Houston @ Houston International Festival  Tix here

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On Thursday, La Vida Boheme was featured in the official showcase of NPR, who had selected their debut record ‘Nuestra’ as one of NPR’s top 100 albums of 2011.

After the performance, lead singer Henry DArthenay was interviewed by Bob Boilen of  NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’ (pictured below).  Esquire named LVB one of the 12 Best New Bands at SXSW 2012:

When I saw this band at NPR’s day party at the Parish, I flashed to seeing The Clash in 1979. It was the fierceness, the original sound, the hodgepodge of styles — it was the clash of cultures and sound. La Vida Boheme are from Caracas, Venezuela. Their music doesn’t mimic The Clash, but it does have that fresh vision. Live, the four men dressed in white, splattered from head-to-toe in blue and green paint, which made for a stunning visual, sure, but their segue from song-to-song and style-to-style was the real surprise. It was also cohesive and commanding.

Watch to the full video of La Vida Boheme’s concert at NPR.

NPR’s  Steven Thompson reviewed the show, check out his words below:

“Backs to the stage, shirts drenched and spattered with blue paint, La Vida Boheme opened NPR Music’s SXSW day party in kinetically jumpy style Thursday, setting the tone for an afternoon of genre-jumping surprises. By the time the Venezuelan dance-rock band hit the “gabba gabba hey” bit in the chorus of the set-opening “Radio Capital,” it was clear that nuance would curl up and take a backseat to chant-along charm and stage-shaking energy.

 

A boundlessly gleeful young band, La Vida Boheme invigorates Latin rock with the grit and viscera of punk and the churning drive of dance music. The result synthesizes entire cultures and genres to form a hard-driving, paint-splattered party. What could be better?”

La Vida Boheme also performed at the Billboard showcase (pictured above), which was reviewed at Univision, Austin 360, and Billboard.   They also played a very rare acoustic (and unpainted) performance for La Banda Elastica, seen below.

After SXSW it was off to San Antonio for the Echale Music Festival, which the San Antonio Current reviewed:

“I don’t recall a locally unknown rock en español band being greeted with such enthusiasm before. The following video was taken during Venezuela’s La Vida Bohème’s second song. I hope these guys come back soon.”

Next stop was VIVE LATINO in Mexico City on Sunday March 25.

 
Nacional Records is proud to announce its first-ever official showcase at this year’s SXSW. The label’s showcase will take place March 16 at Maggie’s Mae on Sixth and will feature three of Nacional’s buzzworthy artists – 2012 Grammy nominated La Vida Boheme, newly signed San Francisco indie darlings Loquat and the critically acclaimed collab that is Ritmo Machine – Beastie Boys/Cypress Hill percussionist Eric Bobo and renowned turntablist Latin Bitman.
 
On top of these three exciting artists, the showcase will also present three special guests – 3BallMTY, Monsieur Perine and Astro. Being #1 on Billbloard, 3BallMTY are a tribal guarachero – indigenous Mexican and African sounds mixed with cumbia basslines – and are sure to make quite an impression on the crowd. Hailing from Colombia, indie rock band Monsieur Perine emanate some eclectic sounds on top of their unique fashions. And making their SXSW debut performance all the way from Chile, Astro will showcase a blend of synthesizer and alternative rock.
Eric Bobo + Latin Bitman are Ritmo Machine.

If LVB showed up to the Grammy red carpet in Pollock-attire, there’s bound to be some paint splatter action in Austin.

The show will be open to anyone with a festival badge or wristband.

WHAT: Nacional Records Showcase

TIME: 8 p.m. – 2 a.m.

WHERE: Maggie Mae’s on Sixth

323 East 6th StreetAustin, TX 78701
 

SET TIMES

8 p.m. – Monsieur Periné

9 p.m. – Astro

10 p.m. – Loquat

11 p.m. – Ritmo Machine

12 a.m. – La Vida Bohème

1 a.m. – 3BallMTY

RSVP to the Nacional Records Showcase on Facebook

Nortec Collective presents: Bostich y Fussible are coming to California next week for 4 shows in Oakland on 3/13 at The New Parish, Fresno on 3/14 at Fulton 55, Los Angeles on 3/15 at the Troubadour, and San Diego on 3/16 at 4th and B.
 
Get your tickets before they sell out! Watch the video for “Radio Borderland” for taste of what to expect.
 
Oakland

Tue, March 13, 2012 9:00 PM (Doors: 8:00 PM)

Buy Tickets Here

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Fresno

Wed, March 14, 2012 9:30 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM)

Buy Tickets Here

RSVP on Facebook

Los Angeles

Thu, March 15, 2012 8:00 PM

Buy Tickets Here

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San Diego

Fri, Mar 16, 2012 08:00 PM

Buy Tickets Here

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Ritmo Machine, the collaboration between Latin Bitman + Eric Bobo, will bring their signature blend of  Latin hip-hop and electronic dance music to festival, which also features  Cafe Tacuva, Sublime with Rome, Thievery Corporation and more.

This massive festival will be this  Saturday, March 3rd! Ritmo Machine will be playing live at the “Smokeout Stage” from 12:30pm to 1:00pm. 
Tickets Available Now - http://www.smokeoutfestival.com/tickets

Ritmo Machine will also be performing at the Nacional Records & Friends SXSW Showcase in Austin on March 16th, in San Antonio at the SATX Music Festival on March 17th, and at in Los Angeles at Subsuelo on March 21st.

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