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HOT HALF DOZEN  8.19.25 – IndiePulse Music Journal


From the vicious to the elegant. Madison Cunningham kills you softly, The Zac Schulze Gang grabs your throat with fast-paced rock, and Monsieur Periné makes you smile and dance.

80 songs, albums, movies submitted for assessment

Malaventurados No Lloran by La Nueva Ola de Cumbia.   Los Malaventurados No Llora is simply plain completely happy.  It’s cumbia – what can I say?  You dance to it. The tune is a basic by the band Pxndx, however La Nueva Ola de Cumbia infuses it with emo feelings and straight-up happiness. Spanish. Stream on Spotify and all main platforms.  

Un Amor de Calle, single by iLe. iLe is the stage identify of  Mercedes Cabra Joglar, a Grammy-winning Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who first gained fame as the feminine vocalist for the famend band Calle 13, performing below the identify PG-13 alongside her brothers Residente and Visitante.  Recognized for her skill to infuse deep emotion and private communication into her songs, this tune is not going to solely make you swing and sway, and perhaps even shed a tear.  Spanish.  Stream on all main platforms.

Nuestra Cancion, single/video by Monsieur Periné . Discuss enjoyable!. The Colombian ensemble, fronted by Catalina García and Santiago Prieto, data music that blends poppy, widespread, experimental, and even people.  That combo drove this tune to #1 on the TikTok U.S chart and Spotify international viral chart, with  2 billion views and over  2 million shares on social networks. Spanish with some English.  And smiles, smiles, smiles.  Stream in all places.

Danza de Acolita, single by Twanguero (Diego Garcia). Twanguero, the stage identify of Diego García, is a Grammy-winning  Spanish guitarist and composer with a particular “twang” tone. Based mostly in Los Angeles, Twanguero is a well-liked virtuoso fingerpicking and genre-fusing composer and musician. “Danza de Acolita”, from his new album Panamerica, strikes alongside at a gtwany, relaxed tempo, good for kicking again with a beer on the veranda.  Stream on Spotify and main platforms.

Excessive Curler, single by The Zac Schulze Gang.  Buckle your seatbelt and hold your legs and arms contained in the automotive as a result of this can be a wild journey of blues-infused rock’n’roll that grabs your throat and doesn’t let go. Hailing from Gillingham, England, the band has launched this as a prelude to their upcoming album, Straight To It, and it’s an impossibly fast-paced, guitar-shredding assault in your ears.  And you’ll adore it.  Stream on Spotify and main platforms.

My Full Title, single by Madison Cunningham.  So candy, so gentle, so vicious. You float alongside for the primary few bars, having fun with her mild piano and her pretty voice till you get to the road, “ When the needle lastly finds the vein. And all of your little sayings turn out to be mine,” and it goes downhill from there – however sweetly.  A exceptional piece of songwriting and composition. Stream on Spotify, YouTube, and main platforms.

Banner: La Nueva Ola de Cumbia posing at a pageant

Patrick O’Heffernan



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