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Last Update: 03/05/2023
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Essays, Articles, and Reviews
I've been a staff member at Tiny Mix Tapes, one of the world's leading music webzines, since May 2014. Almost all the pieces I've published with them can be found here. There's roughly a new article every week.
I have a substack blog/newsletter, it's called Visiones Incomunicadas and you can check it out here.
By no means this is to be considered a complete or comprehensive collection of my critical work. Most of my publications are scattered through print and online outlets starting in 2004. I'll compile them here in chronological order, as they become available. Check back periodically for updates. A thematic index will be implemented as well.
2023
Review: Sassyggirl - "Gotikeo" (Sapphir22 Remix) (Pitchfork - February 2023)
Review: Ultimos Glaciares - Ceremonias (La Ramona - April 2023)
2022
I spent most of the year editing my new book. I do not remember any worthwile piece published in the period
2021
Las edades del mito: Bob Dylan at 80 (La Ramona - May 2021)
En la memoria fue perfecto: Una historia del indie cruceño en los 2010s (May 2021)
Review: Gustavo Santaolalla - "Santaolalla" (La Ramona - January 2021)
2020
Review: Bruce Springsteen - "Letter to you" (October 2020)
Review: Bob Dylan - "Rough and Rowdy Ways" (July 2020)
Desarrollo y cultura: desafíos y aprendizajes en torno al fom(ento de las industrias creativas y culturales (Revista Faro, Observatorio Cultura y Economía 2019)
The decade in Bolivian cinema (2010 - 2019) (ImagenDocs - January 2020)
2019
Sobre la economía creativa en Colombia (Revista Arcadia - September 2019)
"Es el puto sueño: El año maravilloso del indie bogotano" una crónica de la escena indie en Bogotá en 2018 (El Enemigo - April 2019) Parte 1 & Parte 2 and A playlist
Review: Tamaryn - "Dreaming the dark" (TMT - March 2019)
Review: Helado Negro - "This is how you smile" (TMT - March 2019)
2018
Review: Sandro Perri - "In another life" (TMT - September 2018)
Review: Pram - "Across the Meridian" (TMT - July 2018)
on Ingmar Bergman's "The Silence" - Bergman's Centennial Celebration Special (La Ramona - July 2018)
Some memories of the Korea Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup
Review: Eleanor Friedberger - "Rebound" (TMT - May 2018)
Review: MIEN - "MIEN" (TMT - April 2018)
Review: The Men - "Drift" (TMT - March 2018)
2017
Listening to "Ok Computer" 20 years on (La Ramona - June 2017)
"De Native Son a Viejo Calavera: El cine boliviano que pude ver viviendo fuera" (Aullidos de la Calle - March 2017, with Pablo Barriga Dávalos)
Favorite Mixtapes of March 2017 (TMT - March 2017)
2016
Review: Rob Hatch-Miller - "Syl Johnson: Any way the wind blows" (TMT - November 2016)
Review: André Téchiné - "Quand on a 17 ans/Being 17" (TMT - October 2016)
Favorite Mixtapes of September 2016 (TMT - September 2016)
Review: Bernardo Rojas - "Nunca tendremos mar" (Festival Radical 2016 catalog - September 2016)
Festival Sónar 2016 (TMT - July 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami obituary - "Shirin", "Copie conforme", "Like someone in love" reviews (La Ramona - July 2016)
Review: Bryan Singer - "X-Men: Apocalypse" (TMT - May 2016)
Review: Randall Wright - "Hockney" (TMT - April 2016)
Review: Pedro Costa - "Cavalo Dinheiro" (TMT - February 2016)
David Bowie obituary - "Lodger" review (La Ramona - January 2016)
2015
Festival Primavera Sound 2015 (TMT - July 2015, with Sean Brady)
Favorite Mixtapes of June 2015 (TMT - July 2015)
Festival de Cinema D'Autor de Barcelona (TMT - May 2015)
on Orson Welles' Othello (La Ramona - May 2015)
Favorite Mixtapes of February 2015 (TMT - March 2015)
2014
Review: Ian Crause "The Vertical Axis" (Rockdelux magazine - July 2014)
Apuntes sobre Heavy Metal boliviano (for Página|12 - May 2014)
Review: Varios "Killed by deathrock vol. 1" (La Razón - February 2014)
2013
Lou Reed Obituary (Hay Vida en Marte - October 2013)
Review: Subvertor - "Transgreso-Evolución" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013) reprinted in a fanzine
Review: Grupo Aymara - "Concierto en los Andes de Bolivia" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013)
Review: Los Ovnis - "Los Ovnis" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013)
Review: Raúl Shaw Moreno - "Boleros/Música del altiplano" (El Desacuerdo - August 2013)
Review: Savia Andina - "Jacha Uru" (August 2013)
Postales de la caída: A diez años del fin de la industria musical como la conocíamos (April 2013)
Live Review Yo la tengo in Barcelona (March 2013)
Review: My Bloody Valentine - "m b v" (February 2013)
2012
Festival Primavera Sound 2012 (La Ramona - June 2012) full version here
on Jeff Mangum's return to spotlight (La Ramona -June 2012)
on getting old with indie rock (La Ramona - June 2012)
Derviches del ruido duro (La Ramona - April 2012)
Live review Daniel Johnston in Barcelona (April 2012) full version here
on "Bolivia a toda costa" (La Ramona - January 2012)
2011
Festival Faraday 2011 (La Ramona - July 2011, with Luis Rodríguez) preview here
Clarence Clemons Obituary (June 2011)
Festival Primavera Sound 2011 (La Ramona - June 2011, with Andrés Laguna Tapia and Luis Rodríguez) Part 1 - Part 2
Bob Dylan's 70th birthday (La Ramona - May 2011)
Review: Radiohead "The King of Limbs" (La Ramona - February 2011)
2010
Festival Primavera Club 2010 (La Ramona - December 2010)
on Teenage Fanclub's role in pop history (La Ramona - November 2010)
on Pulp's reunion (La Ramona - November 2010)
Canciones de la primera década después del futuro (La Ramona - September 2010)
Despedida al desierto de lo real (La Ramona - August 2010)
Review: Deerhunter - "Rainwater cassette exchange" (July 2010)
Review: Harry Nilsson - "Aerial ballet" (July 2010)
Review: Tom Petty - "Mojo"(July 2010)
Festival Faraday 2010 (La Ramona - July 2010, with Luis Rodríguez)
Festival Primavera Sound 2010 (La Ramona - June 2010, with Andrés Laguna Tapia)
The last days of disco (May 2010)
Review: "The men who stared at goats" (April 2010)
Dick Giordano Obituary (April 2010)
on Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" (March 2010)
Alex Chilton obituary (La Ramona - March 2010)
Live review Nacho Vegas in Barcelona (La Ramona - February 2010)
J.D. Salinger obituary (La Ramona - January 2010)
2009
Poetic forms in contemporary music (Boletín Literario - December 2009)
Festival Primavera Club 2009 (La Ramona - December 2009)
on Beck's "Record club" (La Ramona - December 2009)
Live review Nick Cave in Barcelona (La Ramona - October 2009)
Live review Wire in Barcelona (La Ramona - October 2009)
Live review Leonard Cohen in Barcelona (La Ramona - September 2009)
Review: Maximiliano Barrientos - "Diario" (Brújula - August 2009)
on William S. Burroughs (El Cuervo - July 2009) Part 1 - Part 2
on The Velvet Underground - "The Velvet Underground" (La Ramona - July 2009)
Review: Watchmen (La Ramona - July 2009)
Review: Sonic Youth - "The Eternal" (June 2009)
J.G. Ballard obituary (La Ramona - April 2009)
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Buenos Aires BAFICI 2009 (March 2009)
Live review Radiohead in Buenos Aires (La Ramona - March 2009)
John Updike obituary (La Ramona - February 2009)
Ron Asheton obituary (La Ramona - January 2009)
Review: Richard Lloyd- "Alchemy" (Crawdaddy! - January 2009)
2008
on Warren Zevon's discography (La Ramona - October 2008)
Live review Babasónicos in Cochabamba (La Ramona - April 2008)
on David Lean's filmography (La Ramona - March 2008)
Live review Bob Dylan in Buenos Aires (La Ramona - March 2008)
on New Journalism (La Ramona - January 2008)
2007
Norman Mailer obituary (La Ramona - November 2007)
on Woody Guthrie's centennial (La Ramona - October 2007)
on Maurice Blanchot's centennial (La Ramona - October 2007)
on thirty years of Punk rock (La Ramona - September 2007, with Luis Rodríguez)
2004 - 2006
Coming soon.
Books
I've published one or more essays/chapters in the following books:
De Native Son a Viejo Calavera: El cine boliviano que pude ver viviendo fuera, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho and Pablo Barriga Dávalos, in Socavones: textos sobre la obra de Socavón Cine (2008-2016), Molina M. C., Zapata, S. (eds.), Cinemas Cine and Festival Radical, La Paz, 2017. Download the book here.
B-movies and Biracial creatures, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, in “Seismographic Sounds: Visions of a New World", T. Beyer, T. Burkhalter and H. Liechti (eds.), Norient Books, Bern, 2015.
Kosmische cumbia, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, in "Bolivia a toda costa: Crónicas de un país de ficción". F. Barrientos (ed.), Editorial El Cuervo, La Paz, 2011
(second edition in 2013, reprinted by Ediciones La Tal in 2014) Praise for the essay can be found here, here, and also here or here.
De Soledad a Las Conquistadoras: Hacia una arqueología del huayño zapateado and Bailando para olvidar el sufrimiento incluso cuando aparece: Apuntes sobre sensualidad, política y representación en el huayño zapateado, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho in "De Bolivia con amor: el huayño zapateado", Ramona Editores, Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de Cochabamba, Cochabamba, 2013.
Fonoteca Nacional Vol. 1 by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, self-published anthology of a series of articles published in El Desacuerdo weekly magazine, in the second half of 2013.
Crónica de una Crisis by Juan Urrutia Elejalde with prologues and edition of Nicolás Hernández and Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, Las Indias Electrónicas, Madrid, 2013.
Tierra en trance: Historia crítica del rock latino (1985 - 2010)
Interviews
with art-pop singer-songwriter Julia Holter (September 2015) Picked as one of the highlights of the year by Complex's Milly McMahon.
with electronic music producer Elysia Crampton (August 2015)
with Bolivian President and Historian Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert (May 2012)
with Bolivian musician and visual artist Xavier Pino of Los Tuberculosos (April 2012)
with Argentine writer Juan Terranova (March 2009 - published May 2009, with Luis Rodríguez)
with Omar León of Bolivian folk fusion band Wara (March 2009, with Santiago Espinoza)
with Argentine rock founding father Litto Nebbia (March 2008 - published March 2010, with Luis Rodríguez and Santiago Espinoza)
with Santiago Barrionuevo of Argentine band El mató a un policía motorizado (November 2008, with Luis Rodríguez)
with Diego "Panza" Castellano of Argentine band Babasónicos (May 2008, with Santiago Espinoza)
with Ariel Minimal of Argentine band Pez (March 2008 - unpublished, with Luis Rodríguez)
with María Ezquiana of Argentine band Rosal (March 2008 - unpublished, with Luis Rodríguez)
with legendary Bolivian filmmaker and noted documentarian Jorge Ruiz (July 2007, with Luis Rodríguez) excerpt here
with legendary Bolivian filmmaker and Indigenist cinema icon Jorge Sanjinés (April 2007)
me at Songmess New Music Episode with Richard Villegas (November 2022)
me at Bitácora in Javeriana Estéreo on the Creative and Cultural Industries (November 2021)
me at Facultad de Conocimientos Clandestinos on Symbolic Value in the Arts (February 2021, with Vanessa Ortiz Severino)
me at Universidad del País Vasco presenting a work on the effect of Covid-19 on Bogotá's punk scene (December 2020)
me on Perspectiva Global radio show in La Tadeo radio (December 2020)
me at Universidad de Manizales on the Innovation in the Creative Industries (October 2020)
me at Universidad EAN on Symbolic Value (October 2020)
me moderating a panel in the Encuentro Javeriano de Arte y Creatividad on Investigación + Creación (September 2020)
me at Bitácora in Javeriana Estéreo on the Creative Industries (September 2020)
me at Centro Javeriano de Emprendimiento on Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries (August 2020)
me at Centro Javeriano de Emprendimiento on the Creative and Cultural Industries Value Chain (May 2020)
me at La Silla Vacía on Covid-19 and Carnavales (October 2020)
me at Laboratorio de Comunicación Transmedia - UPB on the Creatuve and Cultural Industries (August 2020)
me at La Silla Académica on "Economía Naranja" (March 2020)
me at Fuera de Sector radio show in Cochabamba radio Kanchaparlaspa (December 2019)
me at Observatorio de Cultura y Economía on cultural policy in Colombia (December 2019)
me at TV program Caja Menor on cultural economics for Canal 13 Colombia (November 2019)
me at UNICOLMAYOR university for the program Frecuencia Bogotana (June 2019)
me wih Luis Daniel Vega for Conversando los géneros in Radio Nacional de Colombia (April 2019) Part1 & Part 2
me with journalism students of Universidad INPAHU on cultural journalism and new technologies (April 2016, audio)
me with fellow critic Giovanni Bello (UCincinnati) on Bolivian music (June 2014, full version available here)
me with Nicolás G. Recoaro (Página|12) on Bolivian heavy metal (May 2014)
me on the first year of my podcast Radioactividad (August 2013)
Podcasting
I have directed and hosted two podcasts.
La Música que escuchan todos (AUDIA FM, 2006 - 2008)
The first was a joint work with my brother Luis Rodríguez. Based in Bolivia and running from 2006 to 2008, it arguably was the first Bolivian podcast. Originally an hour-long radio show broadcast by Audia FM, it was built around a weekly theme, and a surprising number of shows remain online.
Radioactividad (2012 - 2014)
A looser, 90-minute podcast where I indulged myself some genre-swapping, era-mixing weekly space for music criticism. It ran for 120 shows, all of them still available online. The project is currently on hiatus.
Mix10 (Barcelona, 12/08/2016)
A nearly 4 hour-long mix celebrating my first decade of podcasting/radio work. It includes music by Hype Williams, D/P/I, Mediafired, Bungalovv, iLoveMakonnen, Claustrofobia, Tim Hecker, Meme Vivaldi and many others.
End-of-year lists
One of the favorite activities of critics and journalists is list-making. Unsurprisingly, I've been ranking and quantifying stuff for almost every year since I started writing about art and culture; most of the times assembling music-related lists. You'll find a good number of these, chronologically ordered, here.
2022
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2021
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2020
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2019
Favorite films of the decade for La Ramona
Favorite releases of the decade for TMT (E+E - The light that you gave me to see you)
Favorite releases of the decade for TMT (Dean Blunt - The Redeemer)
Writer's Picks: Overlooked albums of the decade for TMT (Viper - You'll cowards don't even smoke crack)
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (iLoveMakonnen - "The Totaled Angelica")
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (E+E - "The Totaled Angelica")
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (Destroyer - "Kaputt")
Favorite labels of the decade for TMT (Hausu Mountain and Orange Milk Records)
2018
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Alice Rohrwacher - "Lazzaro Felice")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (Sheck Wes - MUDBOY)
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Julia Holter - "I Shall Love 2")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Mid-Air Thief - "Ahhhh, These Chains!")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Delroy Edwards - "Rio Grande")
2017
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Bertrand Bonello - "Nocturama")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Richard Dawson - "Ogre")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (Giant Claw - "Soft Channel)
2016
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Ben Wheatley - "High-Rise")
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Adam Curtis - "HyperNormalisation")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (DJ Coquelin & MC Cloarec - "Je M'en Tape" and DJWWW - "Arigato")
Favorite videos of the year for TMT (Gaika - "Buta")
Favorite labels of the year for TMT (T R R U E N O)
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Young Thug - "RiRi")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (LSDXOXO - "ANGEL DUST")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Lolina - "Live in Paris")
2015
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson - "The Forbidden Room")
Favorite videos of the year for TMT (OMGv6.0 - "Self Doubt")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Beach House - "One Thing" and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - "Love after love")
First quarter favorites for TMT (DJ Javier Estrada - "Tribal Prehispánico")
Third quarter favorites for TMT (Titus Andronicus - "The most lamentable tragedy")
A review of the decade (2006-2015) for La Ramona (with Luis Rodríguez)
2014
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Nmesh - "Keep this" and EMA - "3jane")
Favorite music releases of the year for TMT (White Suns - "Totem")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Fire! Orchestra - "Enter!")
A review of 2010-2014 for Radioactividad podcast
2013
Noteworthy Latin American releases of the year for Ciberandes
2012
Best Latin American albums of the year for Fondo Negro
Best albums of the year for Fondo Negro
2011
Best Latin American albums of the year for La Ramona
Best albums of the year for La Ramona
2006 - 2010
Coming soon!
Social Media
Last.fm profile
Filmaffinity profile
I've been a staff member at Tiny Mix Tapes, one of the world's leading music webzines, since May 2014. Almost all the pieces I've published with them can be found here. There's roughly a new article every week.
I have a substack blog/newsletter, it's called Visiones Incomunicadas and you can check it out here.
By no means this is to be considered a complete or comprehensive collection of my critical work. Most of my publications are scattered through print and online outlets starting in 2004. I'll compile them here in chronological order, as they become available. Check back periodically for updates. A thematic index will be implemented as well.
2023
Review: Sassyggirl - "Gotikeo" (Sapphir22 Remix) (Pitchfork - February 2023)
Review: Ultimos Glaciares - Ceremonias (La Ramona - April 2023)
2022
I spent most of the year editing my new book. I do not remember any worthwile piece published in the period
2021
Las edades del mito: Bob Dylan at 80 (La Ramona - May 2021)
En la memoria fue perfecto: Una historia del indie cruceño en los 2010s (May 2021)
Review: Gustavo Santaolalla - "Santaolalla" (La Ramona - January 2021)
2020
Review: Bruce Springsteen - "Letter to you" (October 2020)
Review: Bob Dylan - "Rough and Rowdy Ways" (July 2020)
Desarrollo y cultura: desafíos y aprendizajes en torno al fom(ento de las industrias creativas y culturales (Revista Faro, Observatorio Cultura y Economía 2019)
The decade in Bolivian cinema (2010 - 2019) (ImagenDocs - January 2020)
2019
Sobre la economía creativa en Colombia (Revista Arcadia - September 2019)
"Es el puto sueño: El año maravilloso del indie bogotano" una crónica de la escena indie en Bogotá en 2018 (El Enemigo - April 2019) Parte 1 & Parte 2 and A playlist
Review: Tamaryn - "Dreaming the dark" (TMT - March 2019)
Review: Helado Negro - "This is how you smile" (TMT - March 2019)
2018
Review: Sandro Perri - "In another life" (TMT - September 2018)
Review: Pram - "Across the Meridian" (TMT - July 2018)
on Ingmar Bergman's "The Silence" - Bergman's Centennial Celebration Special (La Ramona - July 2018)
Some memories of the Korea Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup
Review: Eleanor Friedberger - "Rebound" (TMT - May 2018)
Review: MIEN - "MIEN" (TMT - April 2018)
Review: The Men - "Drift" (TMT - March 2018)
2017
Listening to "Ok Computer" 20 years on (La Ramona - June 2017)
"De Native Son a Viejo Calavera: El cine boliviano que pude ver viviendo fuera" (Aullidos de la Calle - March 2017, with Pablo Barriga Dávalos)
Favorite Mixtapes of March 2017 (TMT - March 2017)
2016
Review: Rob Hatch-Miller - "Syl Johnson: Any way the wind blows" (TMT - November 2016)
Review: André Téchiné - "Quand on a 17 ans/Being 17" (TMT - October 2016)
Favorite Mixtapes of September 2016 (TMT - September 2016)
Review: Bernardo Rojas - "Nunca tendremos mar" (Festival Radical 2016 catalog - September 2016)
Festival Sónar 2016 (TMT - July 2016)
Abbas Kiarostami obituary - "Shirin", "Copie conforme", "Like someone in love" reviews (La Ramona - July 2016)
Review: Bryan Singer - "X-Men: Apocalypse" (TMT - May 2016)
Review: Randall Wright - "Hockney" (TMT - April 2016)
Review: Pedro Costa - "Cavalo Dinheiro" (TMT - February 2016)
David Bowie obituary - "Lodger" review (La Ramona - January 2016)
2015
Festival Primavera Sound 2015 (TMT - July 2015, with Sean Brady)
Favorite Mixtapes of June 2015 (TMT - July 2015)
Festival de Cinema D'Autor de Barcelona (TMT - May 2015)
on Orson Welles' Othello (La Ramona - May 2015)
Favorite Mixtapes of February 2015 (TMT - March 2015)
2014
Review: Ian Crause "The Vertical Axis" (Rockdelux magazine - July 2014)
Apuntes sobre Heavy Metal boliviano (for Página|12 - May 2014)
Review: Varios "Killed by deathrock vol. 1" (La Razón - February 2014)
2013
Lou Reed Obituary (Hay Vida en Marte - October 2013)
Review: Subvertor - "Transgreso-Evolución" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013) reprinted in a fanzine
Review: Grupo Aymara - "Concierto en los Andes de Bolivia" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013)
Review: Los Ovnis - "Los Ovnis" (El Desacuerdo - September 2013)
Review: Raúl Shaw Moreno - "Boleros/Música del altiplano" (El Desacuerdo - August 2013)
Review: Savia Andina - "Jacha Uru" (August 2013)
Postales de la caída: A diez años del fin de la industria musical como la conocíamos (April 2013)
Live Review Yo la tengo in Barcelona (March 2013)
Review: My Bloody Valentine - "m b v" (February 2013)
2012
Festival Primavera Sound 2012 (La Ramona - June 2012) full version here
on Jeff Mangum's return to spotlight (La Ramona -June 2012)
on getting old with indie rock (La Ramona - June 2012)
Derviches del ruido duro (La Ramona - April 2012)
Live review Daniel Johnston in Barcelona (April 2012) full version here
on "Bolivia a toda costa" (La Ramona - January 2012)
2011
Festival Faraday 2011 (La Ramona - July 2011, with Luis Rodríguez) preview here
Clarence Clemons Obituary (June 2011)
Festival Primavera Sound 2011 (La Ramona - June 2011, with Andrés Laguna Tapia and Luis Rodríguez) Part 1 - Part 2
Bob Dylan's 70th birthday (La Ramona - May 2011)
Review: Radiohead "The King of Limbs" (La Ramona - February 2011)
2010
Festival Primavera Club 2010 (La Ramona - December 2010)
on Teenage Fanclub's role in pop history (La Ramona - November 2010)
on Pulp's reunion (La Ramona - November 2010)
Canciones de la primera década después del futuro (La Ramona - September 2010)
Despedida al desierto de lo real (La Ramona - August 2010)
Review: Deerhunter - "Rainwater cassette exchange" (July 2010)
Review: Harry Nilsson - "Aerial ballet" (July 2010)
Review: Tom Petty - "Mojo"(July 2010)
Festival Faraday 2010 (La Ramona - July 2010, with Luis Rodríguez)
Festival Primavera Sound 2010 (La Ramona - June 2010, with Andrés Laguna Tapia)
The last days of disco (May 2010)
Review: "The men who stared at goats" (April 2010)
Dick Giordano Obituary (April 2010)
on Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" (March 2010)
Alex Chilton obituary (La Ramona - March 2010)
Live review Nacho Vegas in Barcelona (La Ramona - February 2010)
J.D. Salinger obituary (La Ramona - January 2010)
2009
Poetic forms in contemporary music (Boletín Literario - December 2009)
Festival Primavera Club 2009 (La Ramona - December 2009)
on Beck's "Record club" (La Ramona - December 2009)
Live review Nick Cave in Barcelona (La Ramona - October 2009)
Live review Wire in Barcelona (La Ramona - October 2009)
Live review Leonard Cohen in Barcelona (La Ramona - September 2009)
Review: Maximiliano Barrientos - "Diario" (Brújula - August 2009)
on William S. Burroughs (El Cuervo - July 2009) Part 1 - Part 2
on The Velvet Underground - "The Velvet Underground" (La Ramona - July 2009)
Review: Watchmen (La Ramona - July 2009)
Review: Sonic Youth - "The Eternal" (June 2009)
J.G. Ballard obituary (La Ramona - April 2009)
Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Buenos Aires BAFICI 2009 (March 2009)
Live review Radiohead in Buenos Aires (La Ramona - March 2009)
John Updike obituary (La Ramona - February 2009)
Ron Asheton obituary (La Ramona - January 2009)
Review: Richard Lloyd- "Alchemy" (Crawdaddy! - January 2009)
2008
on Warren Zevon's discography (La Ramona - October 2008)
Live review Babasónicos in Cochabamba (La Ramona - April 2008)
on David Lean's filmography (La Ramona - March 2008)
Live review Bob Dylan in Buenos Aires (La Ramona - March 2008)
on New Journalism (La Ramona - January 2008)
2007
Norman Mailer obituary (La Ramona - November 2007)
on Woody Guthrie's centennial (La Ramona - October 2007)
on Maurice Blanchot's centennial (La Ramona - October 2007)
on thirty years of Punk rock (La Ramona - September 2007, with Luis Rodríguez)
2004 - 2006
Coming soon.
Books
I've published one or more essays/chapters in the following books:
De Native Son a Viejo Calavera: El cine boliviano que pude ver viviendo fuera, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho and Pablo Barriga Dávalos, in Socavones: textos sobre la obra de Socavón Cine (2008-2016), Molina M. C., Zapata, S. (eds.), Cinemas Cine and Festival Radical, La Paz, 2017. Download the book here.
B-movies and Biracial creatures, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, in “Seismographic Sounds: Visions of a New World", T. Beyer, T. Burkhalter and H. Liechti (eds.), Norient Books, Bern, 2015.
Kosmische cumbia, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, in "Bolivia a toda costa: Crónicas de un país de ficción". F. Barrientos (ed.), Editorial El Cuervo, La Paz, 2011
(second edition in 2013, reprinted by Ediciones La Tal in 2014) Praise for the essay can be found here, here, and also here or here.
De Soledad a Las Conquistadoras: Hacia una arqueología del huayño zapateado and Bailando para olvidar el sufrimiento incluso cuando aparece: Apuntes sobre sensualidad, política y representación en el huayño zapateado, by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho in "De Bolivia con amor: el huayño zapateado", Ramona Editores, Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de Cochabamba, Cochabamba, 2013.
Fonoteca Nacional Vol. 1 by Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, self-published anthology of a series of articles published in El Desacuerdo weekly magazine, in the second half of 2013.
Crónica de una Crisis by Juan Urrutia Elejalde with prologues and edition of Nicolás Hernández and Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho, Las Indias Electrónicas, Madrid, 2013.
Tierra en trance: Historia crítica del rock latino (1985 - 2010)
Interviews
with art-pop singer-songwriter Julia Holter (September 2015) Picked as one of the highlights of the year by Complex's Milly McMahon.
with electronic music producer Elysia Crampton (August 2015)
with Bolivian President and Historian Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert (May 2012)
with Bolivian musician and visual artist Xavier Pino of Los Tuberculosos (April 2012)
with Argentine writer Juan Terranova (March 2009 - published May 2009, with Luis Rodríguez)
with Omar León of Bolivian folk fusion band Wara (March 2009, with Santiago Espinoza)
with Argentine rock founding father Litto Nebbia (March 2008 - published March 2010, with Luis Rodríguez and Santiago Espinoza)
with Santiago Barrionuevo of Argentine band El mató a un policía motorizado (November 2008, with Luis Rodríguez)
with Diego "Panza" Castellano of Argentine band Babasónicos (May 2008, with Santiago Espinoza)
with Ariel Minimal of Argentine band Pez (March 2008 - unpublished, with Luis Rodríguez)
with María Ezquiana of Argentine band Rosal (March 2008 - unpublished, with Luis Rodríguez)
with legendary Bolivian filmmaker and noted documentarian Jorge Ruiz (July 2007, with Luis Rodríguez) excerpt here
with legendary Bolivian filmmaker and Indigenist cinema icon Jorge Sanjinés (April 2007)
me at Songmess New Music Episode with Richard Villegas (November 2022)
me at Bitácora in Javeriana Estéreo on the Creative and Cultural Industries (November 2021)
me at Facultad de Conocimientos Clandestinos on Symbolic Value in the Arts (February 2021, with Vanessa Ortiz Severino)
me at Universidad del País Vasco presenting a work on the effect of Covid-19 on Bogotá's punk scene (December 2020)
me on Perspectiva Global radio show in La Tadeo radio (December 2020)
me at Universidad de Manizales on the Innovation in the Creative Industries (October 2020)
me at Universidad EAN on Symbolic Value (October 2020)
me moderating a panel in the Encuentro Javeriano de Arte y Creatividad on Investigación + Creación (September 2020)
me at Bitácora in Javeriana Estéreo on the Creative Industries (September 2020)
me at Centro Javeriano de Emprendimiento on Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries (August 2020)
me at Centro Javeriano de Emprendimiento on the Creative and Cultural Industries Value Chain (May 2020)
me at La Silla Vacía on Covid-19 and Carnavales (October 2020)
me at Laboratorio de Comunicación Transmedia - UPB on the Creatuve and Cultural Industries (August 2020)
me at La Silla Académica on "Economía Naranja" (March 2020)
me at Fuera de Sector radio show in Cochabamba radio Kanchaparlaspa (December 2019)
me at Observatorio de Cultura y Economía on cultural policy in Colombia (December 2019)
me at TV program Caja Menor on cultural economics for Canal 13 Colombia (November 2019)
me at UNICOLMAYOR university for the program Frecuencia Bogotana (June 2019)
me wih Luis Daniel Vega for Conversando los géneros in Radio Nacional de Colombia (April 2019) Part1 & Part 2
me with journalism students of Universidad INPAHU on cultural journalism and new technologies (April 2016, audio)
me with fellow critic Giovanni Bello (UCincinnati) on Bolivian music (June 2014, full version available here)
me with Nicolás G. Recoaro (Página|12) on Bolivian heavy metal (May 2014)
me on the first year of my podcast Radioactividad (August 2013)
Podcasting
I have directed and hosted two podcasts.
La Música que escuchan todos (AUDIA FM, 2006 - 2008)
The first was a joint work with my brother Luis Rodríguez. Based in Bolivia and running from 2006 to 2008, it arguably was the first Bolivian podcast. Originally an hour-long radio show broadcast by Audia FM, it was built around a weekly theme, and a surprising number of shows remain online.
Radioactividad (2012 - 2014)
A looser, 90-minute podcast where I indulged myself some genre-swapping, era-mixing weekly space for music criticism. It ran for 120 shows, all of them still available online. The project is currently on hiatus.
Mix10 (Barcelona, 12/08/2016)
A nearly 4 hour-long mix celebrating my first decade of podcasting/radio work. It includes music by Hype Williams, D/P/I, Mediafired, Bungalovv, iLoveMakonnen, Claustrofobia, Tim Hecker, Meme Vivaldi and many others.
End-of-year lists
One of the favorite activities of critics and journalists is list-making. Unsurprisingly, I've been ranking and quantifying stuff for almost every year since I started writing about art and culture; most of the times assembling music-related lists. You'll find a good number of these, chronologically ordered, here.
2022
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2021
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2020
Favorite music releases of the year (Global)
Favorite music releases of the year (Iberoamérica)
Favorite songs of the year
2019
Favorite films of the decade for La Ramona
Favorite releases of the decade for TMT (E+E - The light that you gave me to see you)
Favorite releases of the decade for TMT (Dean Blunt - The Redeemer)
Writer's Picks: Overlooked albums of the decade for TMT (Viper - You'll cowards don't even smoke crack)
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (iLoveMakonnen - "The Totaled Angelica")
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (E+E - "The Totaled Angelica")
Favorite songs of the decade for TMT (Destroyer - "Kaputt")
Favorite labels of the decade for TMT (Hausu Mountain and Orange Milk Records)
2018
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Alice Rohrwacher - "Lazzaro Felice")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (Sheck Wes - MUDBOY)
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Julia Holter - "I Shall Love 2")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Mid-Air Thief - "Ahhhh, These Chains!")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Delroy Edwards - "Rio Grande")
2017
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Bertrand Bonello - "Nocturama")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Richard Dawson - "Ogre")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (Giant Claw - "Soft Channel)
2016
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Ben Wheatley - "High-Rise")
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Adam Curtis - "HyperNormalisation")
Favorite releases of the year for TMT (DJ Coquelin & MC Cloarec - "Je M'en Tape" and DJWWW - "Arigato")
Favorite videos of the year for TMT (Gaika - "Buta")
Favorite labels of the year for TMT (T R R U E N O)
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Young Thug - "RiRi")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (LSDXOXO - "ANGEL DUST")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Lolina - "Live in Paris")
2015
Favorite films of the year for TMT (Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson - "The Forbidden Room")
Favorite videos of the year for TMT (OMGv6.0 - "Self Doubt")
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Beach House - "One Thing" and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - "Love after love")
First quarter favorites for TMT (DJ Javier Estrada - "Tribal Prehispánico")
Third quarter favorites for TMT (Titus Andronicus - "The most lamentable tragedy")
A review of the decade (2006-2015) for La Ramona (with Luis Rodríguez)
2014
Favorite songs of the year for TMT (Nmesh - "Keep this" and EMA - "3jane")
Favorite music releases of the year for TMT (White Suns - "Totem")
Second quarter favorites for TMT (Fire! Orchestra - "Enter!")
A review of 2010-2014 for Radioactividad podcast
2013
Noteworthy Latin American releases of the year for Ciberandes
2012
Best Latin American albums of the year for Fondo Negro
Best albums of the year for Fondo Negro
2011
Best Latin American albums of the year for La Ramona
Best albums of the year for La Ramona
2006 - 2010
Coming soon!
Social Media
Last.fm profile
Filmaffinity profile