A Kiss Across the Ocean

August 15, 2023 1:06 AM

Richard T. Rodriguez in the LA Times on why British post-punk matters to US Latinidad. For the Latinx community, British post-punk music (sometimes called new wave or alternative) has become, as Welsh writer Raymond Williams defined culture, a whole way of life. From Facebook fan pages offering insights about the music to the two Cruel World music festivals held in Pasadena where brown bodies swayed to their favorite bands and singers from across the pond, it’s impossible not to recognize this deep connection.
posted by LemmySays (3 comments total)

This is great, thank you for posting.
posted by Dip Flash at 6:52 AM on August 15, 2023 [2 favorites]

Relevant, this "cholo goth" cover of West End Girls by PRAYERS
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 9:30 AM on August 15, 2023 [5 favorites]

Relevant, Under the big black sun: a personal history of LA Punk has many interviews with Mexican-American punks like Alice Bag, El Vez, and others. The primordial LA punk scene had heavy latino involvement from the very start, and a fondness for British punk and post-punk is no more alien a transplant than for the anglos across the LA river.
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 9:40 AM on August 15, 2023 [5 favorites]