Singles and previews that should already be on your radar.
Like every fortnight, we put together a selection of recent releases that are worth listening to carefully. In this edition of Good News You will find Latin American psychedelia, neighborhood cumbia, Mexican shoegaze, hip-hop with identity and alternative proposals that anticipate highly anticipated albums. From emerging projects to established names, these songs are an invitation to update your playlist and discover what is playing right now in different scenes around the world.
BALTHVS
Place of origin: Colombia
Related genres: psychedelia
The Colombian band BALTHVS continues to expand its sound universe with “Shakedown Street”a sample of how his songs evolve over time, especially from his live experience. For the group, the stage has become a laboratory where the energy of the audience transforms the original compositions.
For years, the band imagined their albums as pieces to listen to at home, with an introspective approach that responded to the uncertain climate of the early years of the decade. However, as they returned to the stage, the songs began to take on a different intensity. The interaction with the public, the growth of the stages and the accumulated energy of each concert ended up completely transforming the way in which these songs breathe and expand.
“Shakedown Street” It captures precisely that meeting point between the studio and the live performance: a psychedelia in motion that shows how music transforms when it passes through the filter of the live experience.
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Blindness
Place of origin: Colombia
Related genres: hardcore, metal
From Bogotá, Blindness They present themselves as a blackened metallic hardcore band that channels the intensity of metal and the rawness of hardcore into a direct and abrasive sound. “Jacob's Ladder” It is a discharge of energy that reflects the power of the Latin American heavy scene.
The topic progresses between riffs aggressive sounds and a dark atmosphere that underlines the visceral nature of the project. With a sound aesthetic marked by distortion and speed, Blindness builds a proposal that points directly to the emotional chaos and combative spirit of the genre.
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Cypress Hill
Place of origin: United States / Mexico
Related genres: hip hop
The legendary hip hop group Cypress Hill come back with “Wacha Trout”, a single that features the participation of the Mexican rapper German. The song functions as a cultural bridge between the group's Chicano roots and the new generation of Latin rap.
The single honors the group's Latin identity and is presented as an anthem of resistance and unity in complex times. Produced by DJ Flict, he track mixes the classic essence of West Coast hip hop with the contemporary sound that dominates current Mexican rap, a scene that he himself German has helped drive.
The song is also accompanied by a video clip directed by Sergio de Avilawhere B-Real, Sen Dog, Eric Bobo and German They appear together reinforcing a message of community and solidarity within Latin culture.
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Rotten Daisies
Place of origin: Mexico
Related genres: noise rock, shoegaze
“Burn the Memories” appears as the focus track of Heavy Metalsthe third album by Rotten Daisiesa material that explores intense emotions such as betrayal, rage and the healing process. Distorted and sharp guitars set the pulse of an album that seeks to purify emotional darkness through noise and sound catharsis.
The album was recorded in the studio Sound Wave from Hermosillo with the producer Felipe Garciaafter the band originally contemplated working with the legendary Steve Albiniwho died shortly before the planned sessions. Faced with this circumstance, the group decided to return home and complete the album in their city, opting for a production close to their local scene.
The result is material that the band describes as a rush of adrenaline in the face of everyday hopelessness, an emotional journey that oscillates between fury and liberation.
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We are not sailors
Place of origin: Mexico
Related genres: math rock, shoegaze
With “Zooburbia”, We are not sailors presents the third single from his next album Devotion. The band continues to explore a sound that combines complex structures with dense and emotional atmospheres.
The song mixes melodic passages with enveloping guitars that build an introspective soundscape, reinforcing the group's characteristic seal within the Mexican alternative scene. This new preview reveals a project in constant evolution that keeps its emotional sensitivity intact.
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Shandri
Place of origin: Mexico
Related genres: psychedelia, world music
From the Valley of Mexico to Baja California Sur and San Francisco, Shandri emerges as a contemporary psychedelia project that dialogues with the roots of psych-rock while exploring territories of neo psychedelia.
Now he presents “Emancipate”, the second preview of his debut LP Overflowscheduled to premiere in May. With hazy guitars and hypnotic grooves, the song addresses that moment of clarity when you decide to prioritize your own truth and let go of a relationship that no longer represents you.
The single was produced by Ian Pascal and recorded between Hotel El Ganzo and studios in Mexico City, consolidating an organic and expansive sound that marks the beginning of the path towards their first album.
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Black Rooster Sound
Place of origin: Mexico
Related genres: cumbia, psychedelia
After years crossing paths on stages and dance floors, Black Rooster Sound join forces with La Changa Sound to present “The Cumbia of the Black Rooster.”
The song brings together two institutions of cumbia chilanga: on the one hand, the hypnotic and minimalist sound architecture of Black Rooster Sound; on the other, the unmistakable style and living history of the sonidero represented by Ramon Rojo Villa. More than a collaboration, the song functions as a bridge between generations, neighborhoods and sound systems.
The result is a piece that celebrates cumbia as an urban ritual: street, dance and tropical resistance.
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Bizarre Love Triangle
Place of origin: Spain
Related genres: alternative, post-punk
The Galician band Bizarre Love Triangle marks the beginning of a new stage with “Sacrifice”, the first preview of his next album My Cathedral. The single maintains the essence of the group: distortion, emotional intensity and pop flashes that have defined their career within indie rock.
For the band, this song represents a sonic search that they had been trying to capture for years. The result is a bright piece that coexists with its usual aesthetic, approaching a dark pop with echoes of the eighties.
The launch comes accompanied by a video clip directed by Neelam Khan Velawhose narrative is connected with the mystical tradition of Galicia and the imagination of the meigas, figures associated with rituals and popular knowledge.
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Valsian
Place of origin: Mexico
Related genres: dream pop, indie pop
The Mexican duo Valsianmade up of Eunice Guerrero and Oscar Dominguezbegins a new stage with “Everything Repeats”the first preview of his next album The Shine That Remains.
After the release of his debut Show Loverthe project consolidated its place within the Mexican alternative scene and toured different cities in the country during 2025. With this new single, the band does not seek to repeat formulas, but rather reinterpret its sonic identity.
The song progresses like an introspective story where the voice of Eunice navigates between melancholy and a more urban sensibility, while the atmospheres created by Oscar They build an emotional landscape that revolves around nostalgia, the repetition of cycles and the vertigo of contemporary life.
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