Nayeli Portillo

2 weeks ago | remezcla.com | Nayeli Portillo

Los Angeles, CA-based soul rockers The Altons vibrate on a whole other frequency. After years of cutting their teeth playing house shows and dive bars across their hometown, signing with Daptone Records, and landing a spot at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival alongside Thee Sinseers as one of the handful of Latine-led acts on the bill, the band is still pretty geeked out about being at the festival in any capacity. “I’m a seasoned festival goer,” says lead vocalist Adriana Flores.

Apr 12, 2024 | remezcla.com | Nayeli Portillo

While many use the term indie rock to refer to a broader, unpolished sound versus its independent-focused way of life, El Monte, CA, band The Red Pears are the result of what comes with standing by the subculture’s original uncommodified, ‘anyone-can-do-it’ attitude towards their music.

Mar 11, 2024 | remezcla.com | Nayeli Portillo

“I am first a fan of hip hop. It’s what really brought me here,” says Laura Stylez, media personality and one of the hosts of Hot 97’s long-running morning radio show Ebro in the Morning. Born in Los Angeles and raised by Guatemalan parents, Stylez says the closest thing to finding community growing up was through the kids in her neighborhood who introduced her to the music of Snoop Dogg, NWA, and Dr. Dre.

Feb 23, 2024 | remezcla.com | Nayeli Portillo

“I always kind of felt like I could go back in time and that something would continue to happen forever, but I think that’s just youth,” folk singer-songwriter and guitarist Alynda Mariposa Segarra, who records under the name Hurray for the Riff Raff, tells Remezcla. It was a harsh but necessary realization — the difference between staying in the past versus honoring it — and it’s one of the main themes on their latest album, The Past is Still Alive. However, it’s all easier said than done.

Oct 12, 2023 | austinchronicle.com | Nayeli Portillo |Kriss Conklin |Kevin Curtin

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park Kendrick Lamar performed an abbreviated but still potent set on Friday After a few early switcheroos – namely, the last-minute dropout of Kali Uchis from both weekends and major delays to Kendrick Lamar's set – the first weekend of ACL Fest rolled on. Biggest takeaway? The rare instance of pleasant fall weather.