Friday, April 18, 2008

Countdown to the LAMC


The 9th annual Latin American Music Conference (LAMC) is less than 2 months away and LA fans across the globe are tense with anticipation over who's coming, who's playing, and where (or maybe that's just me...), but as July 8th gets closer and closer more and more clues are being released as to what we can expect from the cutting-edge music conference.

The purpose of the five-day conference is to provide networking opportunities for Latin Alternative artists, label executives, journalists, marketers, managers, retailers and programmers. However, the LAMC is also a great opportunity to acclimate LA fans with their favorite artists and those new to the scene.

The conference will be headquarter-ed at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from July 8th - July 12th. Past conferences have avereaged over 1,250 antendees from the music industry, and approximately 25,000 fans who have frequented LAMC events each year.

The conference is great for fans of all budgets as there will be free concerts at Central Park SummerStage and Celebrate Brooklyn Festivals, and paid events including a variety of showcases, industry panels, film screenings, and art exhibits for those registered for the LAMC.

Though the list of 2008 artists isn't avaible, here is a list of the artists who appeared past LAMC's:

Manu Chao
Aterciopelados
Bebe
Cafe Tacvuba
Calle 13
Austin TV
Plastilina Mosh
Enrique Bunbury
Gustavo Cerati
Los Bunkers
Pacha Massive
The Pinker Tones
Kinky
Mexican Institute of Sound
Julieta Venegas
Nortec Collective
Pitbull
Chetes
Tres Coronas
La Ley
Allison
Mala Rodriguez
Yerba Buena
Zoe
Ivy Queen
Autenticos Decadentes
Coheed and Cambria
Los Amigos Invisibles
Tony Touch
Si*Se
El Gran Silencio
Babasonicos
Pericos
Maria Epumer
Kevin Johansen
Erica Garcia
Lucybell
Skank
Leo Garcia
Sidestepper
Motel
Natalia Lafourcade
Titan
Jumbo
Monareta
Ely Guerra
Jorge Drexler
Pistolera
Belanova
Orixa
Pecker
Fermin IV
Sergio Lagos
Nicole
Panda
Liquits
Ultrasonicas
Los de Abajo
Rabanes
Circo
Panteon Rococo
Superaquello
Spigga
Go Betty Go
Volumen Cero
Tatiana Klauss
Estopa
Kronos Quartet
Amaral
SFDK
Mastretta
Vallejo
Delinquent Habits
Frederico Aubele
David Garza
Kelvis
Cielo Ceniza
Candela Soul
Los Pinguinos
Contramano
Hip Hop Hoodios
Cuarto Poder
Acida
Los Rumbers
Los Abandoned
Bengala
B Side Players
Ceci Bastida
The Dey
Pambo
Upground
La Sista
Santos De Los Angeles
Jorge Moreno

2 comments:

Carlos Reyes said...

I absolutely adore your blog! a latin alternative music fan right here...

What's your ethnicity, well latino probably, but what country.

Check out our blog, I think you might enjoy it.

Carlos Reyes

www.clubfonograma.blogspot.com

Carlos Reyes said...

Hey! thanks for the visit, the look of the blog is just a template, but I've added a few things like the playlist and stuff like that. I hope we continue to visit each others blogs, I'll tell u a little more about Club Fonograma.

A friend from Colombia (he lives in Argentina now) and I just love the latino music, and we've been sharing ideas and we decided to form the blog. I am a film critic actually, but music is a passion of mine. I've done some things with the LAMC and Latin Grammy. I am currently a Journalism student also. If you ever want to send us a review we would love that, in fact I'm inviting you. We need a New YOrker haha, and a girl. Right now we are 3 enthusiastic young guys.
- Paulo (Colombian film student, lives in Argentina)
- Jean-Stephane (French musician, raised in Chile, lives in Los Angeles)
- Carlos (Mexican journalism student, I live in Phoenix)

Think about it, we don't post that much 'cause we are busy, we try to post album reviews, sometimes music news, but only if they are like truly important.

Abrazos!