Introducing

It seems like Mexican indie rock band Hello Seahorse! has been poised for a breakthrough to the mainstream forever. The Mexico City-based foursome created three critically acclaimed albums, collected a handful of awards (their 2009 album Bestia snagged them an iTunes “Best New Artist” nod, an MTV VMA Latinoamerica and two Latin Grammy nominations)...

When was the last time you listened to some exciting, new merengue? Well, Rita Indiana Hernandez is about to change all that. The 6-foot-tall Dominican singer and her group Rita Indiana y Los Misterios have created their very own experimental version of the genre using electrifying techno beats, 80’s pop ensembles and Afro-...

Girls, meet your new crush: Vicente Garcia is the face of a new genre we are playfully dubbing “bacha-roots”—an exquisite fusion of tropical rhythms such as bachata, boogaloo and salsa with blues, jazz, folk, soul and pop.

The Dominican’s 10-song debut, Melodrama, now out, was recorded in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Santo Domingo...