Enrique Lopetegui

Crónicas de un Laberinto (Chronicles of a Labyrinth) is a glorious mess. Saul Hernandez (a veteran of Caifanes with Jaguares drummer Alfonso André), Cesar "Vampiro" Lopez, and coproducer Adrian Belew form a three-guitar attack, but they're more interested in moods than in solos. The first single, "Hay Amores Que Matan"...

After the commercial and creative peaks of its "La Bamba" cover and 1992's Kiko, respectively, Los Lobos owed themselves -- and us -- another great record. The Ride, a mix of rearranged band classics and sublime originals, is such an album, not just as strong as the last few outings,...

Robi Draco Rosa is best known among Anglos as the co-writer of Ricky Martin's breakthrough hit, "Livin' la Vida Loca." But even though he's spent most of his adult life trying to bury the Menudo curse, we Latinos know the truth: He once belonged to the most insufferable "band" in...

Instead of Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida (What I Told You While You Were Pretending to Be Asleep), this album should be titled What We Played While You Were Ignoring Us. With only three albums, La Oreja de Van Gogh (which translates to, you guessed it,...

With Uno, Dos: Bandera (One, Two: Flag, continuing their addiction to horrible album names), Monterrey's hip-hop kings of Control Machete honor their name: the machete attitude (direct but subtler than Molotov's) coupled with self-control. That's why the songs never explode and, in another unusual twist, don't settle into a groove...