Los Dynamite

First post. I'll start with a very important band for the mexican indie scene: Los Dynamite.

Los Dynamite started playing together in 2003, after other projects broke up. Diego Solorzano, the band's singer, stopped performing as DJ to play in the band with his old schoolates.

They started playing at small bars and pubs, and started gaining critical success. They sing in english -their only song in spanish is called No Me Sueltes- and this fact helped them to develop in the correct way: their music is influenced by New Order, Interpol and Joy Division.

The 1st single was called T.V., and, after that, everything meant success. They started opening many important gigs in Mexico City: The Strokes, Elephant, Dirty Pretty Things, Interpol, Stellastarr, Bloc Party, etcetera.

Months before the release of their album, the 2nd single was released, it was called Katatonic. Then, the album went out for sales, being charted in number 1 for 3 weeks. The album, titled Greatest Hits (because their first 2 singles were absolutely succesful), is considered one of the best albums in the indie rock's mexican history. The next 2 singles of the band were Ready, Ready and Pleasure.

So, highly reccomended if you want to hear some of the best indie mexican rock. Sometimes funny, sometimes catchy, very similar to She Wants Revenge, Editors and all that bands influenced by Interpol, and, mainly, by Joy Division.

Los Dynamite - Katatonic
Los Dynamite - Pleasure

Los Dynamite myspace
Los Dynamite official