Music Y La Bamba’s video for “Ponce Pilato,” released earlier this week, has been a long time in the making—pretty much since the conception of Portland’s newest synchronized swimming group, the Olivia Darlings, actually. Formed in collaboration between the band, Olivia Darlings creative director Kristin Wallace  and video director Madison Rowley, the concept for the video developed three ...   More

Album Reviews [CULTURES CLASHING] The idea of mashing together the disparate worlds of conjuntos from south of the border and modern, rain-soaked pop is a great one. But Y La Bamba has never really been able to   More

Music Well, this is easily the second most adorable video I've seen on the Internet all day (the first being this clip of a baby who finds the sound of ripping paper highly amusing). Precociously intrepid reporter Camille recently sat down with singer Luz Elena of Y La Bamba for an installment of her Tumblr interview series Coffee with Camille. Topics in their brief chat include sparkly dresses, reggae ...   More