Tuesday, November 28, 2006


LET'S CELEBRATE NEXT WEDNESDAY @ THE NYREMEZCLA.COM LAUNCH PARTY!!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

So light and fluffy like a fluffernutter samich with a cold glass of 1 percent milk, Pop Music United EP by Paul Avion is so lovely it has you on a cloud of happiness! Full of indie pop sweetness and light hearted lyrics, Paul Avion makes you smile while singing of pop music, walking dogs on Sunset, and just the plain wonders that we all day dream about when we should be thinking about other things...

I can't remember if Paul found me or I found him on myspace about a year ago or so but we've kept in touch ever since. I first became a fan after hearing his song Pop Music United #1 and couldn't wait for the rest of the album to come out. Well ladies and gents...The EP is finally here and ready for purchase, download, and song selection to your myspace profiles! My favorite song is still Pop Music United #1 (the electronic version), but Yes, I Wonder and Stand-In, are equally as nice.

Paul has been super nice allowing you to get a taste of his songs with four free mp3 samples to downloads of his songs Pop Music United #2, Yes, I Wonder, Story of Life, and Stand-In --> download here! You can also preview full tracks on his myspace page here.

A music video for Pop Music United II is in progress by Brash Music Videos and I can't wait to see the final results!

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

FRIDAY-NOV 17! LE ONE NIGHT STAND IS AT IT AGAIN!!!




Friday November 17, 2006 * 10 pm

Bar 13 * 35 East 13th Street (@ University Place) * NYC
$1 to party all night long!

Special Guest DJ: Tim V (Producer of Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited)
Melody Nelson (Melody Nelson.com + Calling All Kids)
Sheila B. (Cha Cha Charming)
Josh Styles (Smashed! Blocked!)
Amylulita (Shaw Promotion + Nacotheque)

Guest DJ sets also by: DJ Lexcellent + Jordan Silver

Complimentary cocktails courtesy of Fernet Branca from 10 pm - 11 pm
Plus go-go gals + Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited giveaways!

Hosted By Andy Shaw * Amylu * Sheila B. * Melody Nelson

For more info, please visit Le One Night Stand

Friday, November 03, 2006



WOOHOOO!!!! XOXO

Sunday, October 22, 2006

So, it seems that Nacotheque has been doing one-offs for almost a year now. All very successful, all so much fun, but honestly, we'd love to find a bi-weekly weekend club that we could call home...We're still searching and we're sure something will fit soon. Until then come party with us once again this coming Friday night @ Delancey (downstairs)! We've got a great show, featuring Latina drag queens, Zemmoa, from Mexico Shitty and La Prohibida, from Madrid, Spain!



Flashion Victims
Friday, Oct. 27th!!!!
The Delancey (downstairs)
168 Delancey Street
11pm-4am
$10 at the door
Open bar 11pm-12am
Directions:
F to Delancey Street station
J to Essex Street station


Zemmoa

La Prohibida

Thursday, October 19, 2006



Special one-off showcase/dance party presented by...
NACOTHEQUE + NYREMEZCLA.COM (formerly NYMosaico.com)
Friday, October 20th

Club Mundial
505 East 12th (btn ave a & b)
10pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

LIVE PERFORMANCE by ALEX LUG, a staple within the new Mexican electro movement!

DJS: Marcelo Cunning, Clauruxx, Amylulita

PLUS!! The official Atercipoelados cd release party!

LINKS:
Nacotheque.com
myspace.com/alexlug

DIRECTIONS:
F - to 14th Street/6th Ave. Walk to Ave A and 12th Street. Or
transfer to the L train and get off at 1st Ave stop.
L - to 1st Ave stop and exit near intersection of East 14th Street and
1st Ave. Turn right onto Stuyvesant Loop S, turn right onto Ave A,
turn left on 12th St.

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SUPER SPECIAL FIESTA OCTOBER 27TH!
FLASHION VICTIMS

w/ live performances by Zemmoa (Mexico) y La Prohibida (Madrid)!!!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006



THE REAL STORY OF THE SUPERHEROES
by Dulce Pinzon
Curated by Cecilia Jurado

October 20th to November 12th
Opening reception: October 19th 6 to 9 pm
Location: 32-70 85 Street (corner w/ North Boulevard)
Jackson Heights, New York
Directions: 7 Train to 82nd St. - Roosevelt Ave.

Y Gallery and Augusto Yayiko are pleased to present the work of Mexican artist Dulce Pinzon, "The real story of the superheroes", a group of 15 photographs of Mexican immigrants dressed in the costumes of popular American and Mexican superheroes.

Dulce Pinzon reflects: After September 11, the notion of the Superhero began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of national and global crisis to acknowledge those who showed extraordinary courage or determination in the face of danger, sometimes even sacrificing their lives in an attempt to save others. However, in the whirlwind of journalism surrounding these deservedly front-page disasters and emergencies, it is easy to take for granted the heroes who sacrifice immeasurable life and labor in their day to day lives for the good of others, but do so in a somewhat less spectacular setting.

The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed. It?s a common for a Mexican worker in New York to work extraordinary hours in extreme for very low wages which are saved at great cost and sacrifice and sent to families and communities in Mexico who rely on them to survive.

In "The Real Story of the Super Heroes" series the artist makes a homage to all these people who work very hard every day for many others, including us. As well as she opens a question: who is the protagonist of our stories?.

Dulce Pinzón was born in Mexico City in 1974. She studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de Las Americas in Puebla Mexico and Photography at Indiana University in Pennsylvania. In 1995 she moved to New York where she studied at The International Center of Photography. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, the US, Australia, Argentina and Europe. Articles about her work have been published in different media such The New York Times, The Washington Post, Daily News, The Texas Observer, The Village Voice, Art News, American Photo.

In 2002 Dulce won the prestigious Jovenes Creadores grant for her work. She won an Honorific Mention in the Santa Fe project competition 2006 with "The Real Story of the Superheroes" series. Dulce is a 2006 fellow in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts. She currently resides in Brooklyn. *Fomenting the dialogue among other areas of the city Y Gallery stimulates the process of decentralization of the art galleries and institutions in New York.

For further information please contact:
Cecilia Jurado at 718 565 6285 or ygallery.newyork@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 15, 2006

A VERY BUSY MONTH...:)



Thursday, October 12, 2006

I loved the heading that the writers for thetripwire.com gave me for my live review of Maria Daniela's show in NYC. Let me know what you think of it;) xo

Live - Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser @ East River Bar | NYC
Our resident foreign language hipster hottie Amylu has a new must-hear band for you.





Somewhere on a rooftop in Mexico City, a cute girl poses for a photo dressed in a black jumpsuit dress, pink and black stripped leg warmers and an old school pair of Adidas roller sneakers. Fast forward to May of 2006: this picture was my very first introduction to an electropop group called Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser, from Mexico City. Little did I know that five months later I'd get to witness a live performance in New York City.



After being in other projects such as the famous Mexican electronic group, Titán, Emilio Acevedo created Sonido Lasser Drakar in 2001. While exploring new music and in search of new talent he came upon the lovely Maria Daniela and he asked her to join. Starting in 2003, with a cover of Aerolineas Federales "No Me Beses en los Labios" (Don't Kiss Me on the Lips), and then created the song "Super Vacaciones" (Super Vacations).


The duo then recorded the song "Miedo" (Fear), which originally came from a electrocumbia sampler from Sonido Lasser Drakar. Like many bands, including Cansei de ser Sexy (CSS), the group gained much success due to blogs and Myspace. Now working together under the full name Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (Mari Dani for short), they toured on the "World Domination Tour" of the Mexican record label, Nuevos Ricos (New Rich), throughout Europe and the United States. Since then, they have continued to create an eclectic slew of Electronica songs and in 2005, they released their first, self titled, LP.



What's so special about this group compared to the rest of the electropop that comes out of the U.S.? Well for one thing, all the songs are sung in Spanish. For another, there's a slight twist on what you might expect electropop to sound like coming from a couple of Latinos from Mexico City. There's no crazy sparkle makeup or lavish costumes with go go dancers. And it's not just the two of them on stage standing motionless in front of a laptop pushing buttons. Emilio has an intricate set of electronic drums and a bunch of other stuff I can't pronounce, while Maria stands in front of him singing and dancing with her own sort of dance moves. Nothing over the top, no crowd surfing or break dancing, but she's got something about her dance moves that are subtle but effective. Just a few swirling wrist movements with her arms up high over her head while marching in place and a childlike smile on her face. Also, unlike most stereotypical electropop, Mari Dani have created music for people who like to dance like punk rawkers. You know, jumping around in pogo-like excitement and shaking your fists in the air while flashing your middle fingers. To try and define their music to an American reader, I'd say Mari Dani have created an electropop with a sound that invigorates the current high energy scene music in Mexico as well as a mix of Latin/Cumbia drum beats with fun and sometimes crude lyrics. The song "Fiesta de Cumpleanos", lyrics translation: "My life, is worth nothing. Without the barbie look, I'm just a secretary. With my friends and other clowns I will celebrate my birthday with cookies and coffee and cake." Another song "Miedo" (Fear), lyrics translation: "I am very drunk and that aspirin I think it was an acid tab. With colored lights and smoke in my eyes." Depending on the listener, the lyrics may or may not be understood, but nonetheless, the music is very energetic and playful for everyone to enjoy.

The show in NYC was put on by Fresa Salvaje Productions, a Latin alternative party created by Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo, at East River Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The party started at 9pm and by 11pm the club was packed wall to wall with a crowd of scenesters, both Latinos and Anglos, breaking the language barriers. Just like DeeLite once said in an interview with MTV News, "Music is an international language". Two people told me they found out about the show that very night around 9pm through a Myspace post and automatically changed their plans. They said they had found out about Mari Dani through Myspace about a year ago and had been listening to the group since. By 1am Mari Dani finally made their highly anticipated appearance and opened by thanking Fresa Salvaje for bringing them to NYC. They started with the song, "El Tuviera no Existe" (It Had Not Existed), to be followed by "Chicle de Menta" (Mint gum), "Fiesta de Cumpleaños" (Birthday Party), "Miedo" (Fear), and "Mentiras" (Lies-a cover of Mexican pop icon, Daniela Romo).

Throughout the show, Maria and Emilio were so in synch and performed without a pause in between songs, one song faster than the last. With an accelerating pace, the crowd got really into it with fists flying in the air, jumping up and down and twirling around in circles while drunkenly falling on top of each other and laughing. By the end of show everyone was covered in sweat like they had just come from a heavy rain fall outside.

Mari Dani recently performed at the Vive Latino Music Festival in Mexico and with Los Angeles Kitchpop band, Los Super Elegantes, who recently played the Starbucks Salon in NYC.

You can see mas party fotos at metro212.com and here

Maria Daniela y Su Sonido Lasser

By Amylu Meneses

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Gritos en el Pasillo

Nuts from everywhere! My friend from Madrid, Gonzalo Navas, was the voice for a movie called “Gritos en el pasillo” (English workingtittle “Going Nut”). I´m happy and proud to announce the end of the three long years of production of a lot of effort, a lot of heart and a little money the finished product of this animation film! The film is a story about a painter who was hired to create some light and color to the walls of a creepy sanitarium while trying to keep his own sanity as the task goes on!
More news coming soon.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS FRESA SALVAJE'S SPECIAL SHOW W/ MARIA DANIELA!!!! You gotta go see her before she's gone, seriously. This will blow you away!!! Maria is going on at midnight!! Details below...

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER
Hosts: Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan
DJ: PAPICHULO
October 7th
10 pm
$10
East River Bar
Williamsburg Brooklyn


Wednesday, October 04, 2006


Ok, ok so the new job is taking some time to get used to but I WILL be back in full force when I get used to the system. But for now, I wanna tell you about this fucking awesome show this Saturday night put on my lovely friends at Fresa Salvaje, Dulce Pinzon and DJ Papichulo. The show will be for the famous underground performer from Mexico Shitty, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser!!!! If you didn't read my blog entry back in May '06 about her, she's an electro/cumbia artist on Mexican indie record label, Nuevos Ricos. This will be her very first time to perform live in NYC so get your stinkin' culo over to East River Bar and shake it!!!!

Links:
Fresa Salvaje on myspace
Maria Daniela on myspace
Nuevos Ricos website

FRESA SALVAJE: MARIA DANIELA y su SONIDO LASSER. con Sector Monobichi, La Tirana del Amor, Sonido Discoyoacan and the one and only DJ PAPICHULO!! October 7th @ 10 pm. East River Bar in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

I've been away from my friends, my blog, and myspace...but for a good reason. I got a new job!! Coordinating events for a pretty cool publishing company, powerHouse Books. I miss my friends at Cornerstone and I miss having a laptop to dj with, haha. Ultimately, when I get myself situated at the new job I won't be staying at work til 10pm every night:/ Ya, I've been going into work at 9:30am and getting home around 10:25pm...
Anyway, come out and party with me this Saturday night at Nacotheque and help me remember what it's like to have fun!
xo Amylu

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

EL ESPÍRITU DE LA PROHIBIDA

This is such a funny promotion-like video for La Prohibida's album...


NACOTHEQUE
Thursday, Sept 14th

Route 85A
85 Avenue A, Mahattan
10pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

LINKS:
Nacotheque.com
route85a.com

DIRECTIONS:
F - Take the F train to Second Avenue, use 1st Avenue/Houston exit. Walk North on 1st Avenue for four blocks. Take a right onto 4th Street. Walk East for one block. This should put you on Avenue A. Take a left on A, go two more blocks. We are on the West side of Avenue A, between 5th and 6th Street.

Monday, September 11, 2006

MY ARTICLE IN THE TRIPEWIRE NEWS (LINK HERE)

Live - Los Super Elegantes @ Starbucks Salon | NYC

On Sunday, September 10th a unique punk-mariachi-hip-pop group from Los Angeles (via Tijuana and Buenos Aires), Los Super Elegantes, performed in NYC. They were the exclusive act for the evening at the Starbucks Salon (other performers include Jose Gonzalez & Lansing Dreiden). The Salon was set in Soho on Greene Street in a rented out store front with Starbucks colors painted in swirl designs all over the walls. A coffee kiosk sold cups of hot coffee in ceramic mugs while Starbucks baristas passed out shots of new coffee samples.

I had never seen Los Super Elegantes live and I was excited to see a full house from the beginning to end of their set. Milena Muzquiz was wearing a short, black, baby doll dress and a black crop sweater. Martiniano Lopez-Crozet dressed in all black with a Torero-like look (bullfighter) from the waist down with knee high socks and tight black pants.

Their live performance was amusing and expectedly, very kitch... perfect for a Sunday evening show with comfy benches and coffee. But don't think they didn't pop the roof off just because people were sitting down! The band bopped along gleefully with Kenny on bass, Dave on drums, Ben on guitar and Mike on trumpet. People bounced up and down in their seats and others were dancing in the isles while singing along to every song. They performed all my favorites, "Je Suis Bien," "Por Que Te Vas," "Dance" (ESG cover), and "Sixteen."

Favorites of David Byrne and featured in Index and The FADER, Los Super Elegantes have played with Beck and recently performed in Mexico with underground electropop/cumbia artist, Maria Daniela y su Sonido Lasser (performing in NYC Oct. 7th), are working on a new album to be released in 2007. Their album, Channelizing Paradise, is available to purchase at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, Sea Level Records in Echo Park and online through iTunes, Napster, and Aquarius Records.

Los Super Elegantes (official site)
MySpace
Starbucks Salon

Friday, September 08, 2006

Online radio programs rule!
OMG! I found the best website that will help me educate my readers on the music I write about!!! It's called Radio.Blog.Club.com (check it out here). From now on I will be able to blog songs of the artists I write about;) woohoo!

Click my jukebox to listen to amyluinluv radio!

Thursday, September 07, 2006

DOLLS IN DEUTSCHLAND - Sixties girl-pop in Germany

My darling friend, Sheila B. from Cha Cha Charming recently sent me an email with the latest scoop on girl-pop. She included an article about dozens of girls who made it big in '60s Germany and I thought it was only fitting to share it with you all.

xo Amylu
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Dolls In Deutschland

Sixties girl-pop in Germany

In the early '60s, Germany was still trying to come to terms with its past. The division of the country into capitalist West and communist East cut deep into the national psyche, and musically, Germany was no less torn. The almighty European beat boom turned German teens off their country's pop fluff, thus setting the battleground for foreign versus domestic. But German record companies refused to hear the call for something more hip, and continued to force-feed schmaltzy, high camp fare to their artists. Girl singers, traditionally consigned to a diet of stolen kisses, salty tears, and song contests, found it particularly difficult to pass through the German music industry's Checkpoint Charlie. Very few were granted access to the catalogue of cool. For the majority, Schlager (hits)—the kind of low-grade pop lite that gave German music a bad name—was their domain, whether they liked it or not.

But Deutschmark-filled pockets eventually changed hard German minds. When a post-war economic miracle gave Germans greater spending power over their neighbors, international travel became de rigueur for the country's newly wealthy residents, and international influence on Germany's pop culture was inevitable. Themes of love and adventure in foreign climes dominated German lyrics, demonstrating the strength of Germans' musical wanderlust. For a country low on national pride, foreign was fab. Click here to read more


Wednesday, September 06, 2006



NACOTHEQUE goes to Williamsburg!
Record release party for Kinky's new album "Reina"
Saturday, Sept 9th

The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street (between Driggs & Roebling)
11pm-4am
FREE
21+ w/ ID

GUEST DJ: Papichulo (Fresa Salvaje)
RESIDENT DJS: Marcelo Cunning & Amylulita

LIVE PERFORMANCE BY: Psychedelic rockers Psiconautas from Puerto Rico!

FREE KINKY giveaways to celebrate their new album release, REINA!

LINKS:
Nacotheque
The Lucky Cat
KINKY
Psiconautas

DIRECTIONS:
L - Bedford Ave. Turn left on Bedford Ave. and walk south until you
hit Grand St. Turn left on Grand and it's one and a half blocks on
your left.

G - Lorimer / Metropolitan Turn left on Metropolitan Ave. and walk 4
blocks until Roebling. Turn left on Roebling and then right on Grand
St.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

I'M HOSTING RATED X TONIGHT!! CONTACT ME FOR GUESTLIST @ amylunyc@gmail.com






Lets celebrate tonight!
xoxo

Rated X Link here
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Rated X @ Luke and Leroy's
21 7th Ave South and Leroy St.
DOORS @10PM
21 to Booze/ID A Must!
Mention Shaw Promotion for $5 reduced admission ALL NIGHT!
RSVP@ShawPromotion.com for your comp admission!

theo and michael t present:
RATED X - THE PANTY PARTY
Complimentary drinks provided by X Rated Vodka FROM 10-11
2 4 1 Mixed Drinks & Domestic beer
all nite...only for pant checkers!
2 4 1 mixed drinks & domestic beer
plus, $3 kamikazie shots for everyone btwn 3-4!

MC Peppermint Gummybear and the infamous
HOT BODY CONTEST

2am $100 Grand Prize

Guest DJ's are On the mainfloor:
dj alex malfunction
(trash) ground floor:DJ'S Cobra and Kim Ann!