Butchers & Sons

Because We Love Burgers.

The mexican restaurant has a promotion for you this Burger Day, and because we love burgers and we're gonna have a good time, we will share you this great information to ya!!!

Butchers & Sons are celebration this day with a brand new burger on its menu, The Smash Burger, a special with two smashed loafs of meat and cheese between them. 

Look at this precious bad boy.

But wait, there's more, the same day this burger is gonna be launched, Btuchers & Sons are gonna have a huge promotion for you, yes.

In every order you have the possibility to win free burgers for a whole year, look at the flag on your burger, there are tons of presents and promotions waiting for you this Burger Day.

Just like this!

I don't know, but i'm waiting to have a burger just in front of me with a tiny flag and be the lucky one to have burgers for a whole year.

If you're in Mexico City this May 28th, don't hasitate and get into a Butchers & Sons, i bet you will be a winner.

Follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ButcherandSons/?epa=SEARCH_BOX

Butchers & Sons is a company opened in 2012 delivering the best experipence in burgers and many other curiosities from the american cuisine, their vast and wide menu is so versatil and it gives a small sample of flavour and joy. 

Perfect for those who look something challenging, they have many restaurants around Mexico City. 

Coyoacan: Av Miguel Ángel de Quevedo 353, Romero de Terreros, 04310 Ciudad de México, CDMX

Pedregal: Av. de Las Fuentes 569, Jardines del Pedregal, 01900 Ciudad de México, CDMX

Roma: Orizaba 87, Roma Nte., 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX

Polanco: Virgilio 8, Polanco, Polanco III Secc, 11560 Ciudad de México, CDMX

Alameda (Near Centro Historico): Calle Dr Mora 9, Colonia Centro, Centro, 06000 Ciudad de México, CDMX

And Mercado Roma: Calle Querétaro 225, Roma Nte., 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX

So get ready for a whole new experience and Happy Burger Day! 

V Devil

The Blast from Yucatan. 

V Devil is a band from Yucatan, Mexico. With three sigles available on Spotify, these lads are ready for any kind of battle.

A great mix between Hard Rock, Metal and Alternative Rock, guitars and heavy voices.

This band is not a nostalgic band, they come to set a new way to make metal in Mexico even if that way has to summon the devil itself.

Their singles are "Otras Vez Dije Adios", "Constelacion" and "Inmortal".

If you are in Mexico City and want to get some live shows from V Devil, they're gonna have two live dates, May 24th and 25th in Santa Leyenda, Condesa (24th) and Comandacia, Insurgentes Sur (25th).

Be there on time to get your ass kicked by the sound of V Devil.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7b8VMsMl3EaoortWCrWpdv

https://www.facebook.com/V-Devil-122305507854264/?epa=SEARCH_BOX

Love, Death + Robots 

A Brutal Anthology For Post-Modern Times.

On March 15th, Netflix released this spectacular anthology created by Tim Miller (Deadpool), with the use of different animation studies and subjects, Love, Death + Robots, shows us a complete different way of entertainment via streaming. 

Without sketches or long and boring chapters, the series airs short episodes where the characters love, they embrace their destiny and subsequently, die. You will see on its eighteen episodes everything you need to know about a dis-topic society, the Isaac Asimov's robotic laws being re-imagined. 

Yes, eighteen episodes with a huge cast giving their voices to fun and amazing characters, Iced Age is the only one being a live-action clip with Mary-Elizabeth Winstead and Thoper Grace starring. 

Most of this animation clips set different subjects such as Human behaviour, war, evolution, technology use and its over use and philosophy. 

Making fun of cliches and retrieving complete pop culture references and adult humour, this anthology gives us the chills. Monsters, vampires, robots, a Lovecraftian feeling among fear and mystery, space travels and more, Love Death + Robots has everything to became the perfect science fiction show of the decade... Maybe the new science fiction master piece of our times. 

On the other hand it may loose its main timeline, being a lil' bit messy on the first seconds from some episodes, but with the time this disappears, leading to an explanation of the plot. It has a great soundtrack and score too, bringing some magic to the animation and delivering a great atmosphere. 

We ensure you, you will have a great time with these robots. 

To keep the excitement we decided to create a playlist reflecting some feelings we got from watching the series. 

So, don't waste anytime! get on Netflix and enjoy this astonishing series, remember to Love, Die and become a robot with us.  

Here's Our Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4fW8GcRriayISCnfTzjdcN

Astro Santo

A piece from the old Mexican neighbourhoods

Being opened last week (Thursday, February 28th) Astro Santo in a few words from its Chef Alejandro De La Piedra Lazcano, is "A back to the old Mexican neighbourhoods from La Roma" 

This place is a product from the Roma Effect (yes, the multi awarded Cuaron movie), bringing a unique experience with flavour, good taste and of course a strong and firm sense of identity.

From the menu, we can appreciate the traditional household food, if you grew up in Mexico you can remember the old "Fideo Seco" (Dry noodle soup) from our grannies, other dishes are "Ensalada de Nopal" (Nopal salad), "Tostadas de Salpicon" (Crispy tortillas with shredded beef salad), "Tostadas de Ceviche" (Crispy tortillas with lemon cooked fish), "Tacos de Cochinita" among many others, all of these with the most careful selection of ingredients. 

The Chef also says about this meticulous selection of dishes:  

"We try to make a menu showing the best from every region, since the South East with the Cochinita to the Centre with the Fideo Seco and the North with a Burrito, using meat from Sonora". 

Also the quality of its ingredients that makes every dish important and the best experience for every diner. 

"Our mission is to give diners comfort, like being at home with a traditional household food and the service from a good restaurant. Of course our products are a hundred percent Mexican, because Lo hecho en Mexico siempre es mejor (Made in Mexico is always the best)". 

In the drink area we can have a huge selection of classic drinks, Martinis, Whisky, etc, but the main course are Mezcal, Tequila and Handcraft Beer, obviously with the special Mexican touch, directly from the bar to the tables. 

  

"We offer a special handcraft beer for our diners, a Dunkel beer with good taste and a Ale to get a fresh air" 

Undoubtedly a place to relax and enjoy, with amusing paraphernalia and sense of design and space.  

But what makes this place unique is its location, surrounded by a perfect architectonic view, showing the Roma old houses, the french-like street with the trees and the feeling to be in one of the most recognised neighbourhoods in Mexico City (I remember to have read William S. Burroughs' "Queer" where he writes a lot about Orizaba street). 

Also this Cantina makes a contrast with the variety of places in La Roma, bringing its original aesthetic and life style, a Cantina de Barrio for El Barrio. Out of modern cliches and with no pretentious, a pet friendly and familiar place for all with a little modern touch (music and people making it cool), Astro Santo is the place to go. 

For me this Experience is what makes Mexico and its corners unique and attractive, Astro Santo is another proof to be proud and shout out loud "I'M MEXICAN!". 

We'd like to give it a 10/10 score.

Soon i'll be back in Astro Santo, and ye shall go too.

Remember our words. Je Suis Le Mexicain!

Location: Orizaba 87
06700 Ciudad de México

Colonia Roma. 
You can find Astro Santo on Facebook and Instagram:
https://www.facebook.com/astrosanto/
@Astro_Santo

"Artists to my mind are the real architects of change" -William S. Burroughs 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3SumaSpAj8yEUaxvhyvKhP


  

Honey Rockets

Yuck On Stage (Asco en el Escenario) 

Los Honey Rockets are a prolific band from Mexico City, they have an homonimous Extended Play released in 2016 and it escalated very quick into the local scene, mixing punk, garage and a huge attitude of vibrant and explosive joy, Los Honey Rockets are a mere band from Mexico you have to listen to. 

This year they are releasing Asco en el Escenario (Yuck On Stage), coming on to another discharge of punk and energy mixed with tons of electricity and a dark atmosphere. 

With just six tracks we get into the mood to go out and party but also to stay at home and play with lots of feelings from excitement ("Mujer Violenta") and lust ("Ajolote") to just nodding off and try to be reflexive (Kraut). But also the album bring a fresh kind of twist, a garage feeling inside that makes party a whole new thing ("Borracha Entre Semana") and a new anthem of destruction ("Destruir"), "Perdidas Totales" is maybe a messy and noisy track for those who believe noise can bring a new statement of music, kinda like a master piece for the live shows. 

In general Asco en el Escenario is a pack full of great tracks, maybe it tends to be repetitive, but it's the main soul of an Extended Play, we have to be patience. 

Now, i have a small anecdote about Los Honey Rockets. It was back in May 2018 when i saw them at Marvin Festival, it was almost time for them to end their show at Cinespacio (a venue that was taken to present live shows from bands at the festival), Buzzcocks had their live show at El Plaza and so we couldn't attend it, as much as many of us we went to see Los Honey Rockets.

 They had just one track to finish their act and i was excited, i didn't know what was about to happen and they said they were gonna play a cover, so i shouted "Play a Luis Miguel cover!!!!" people started to ask for a cover, and shout at them to play, so they said it was gonna be a Buzzcocks cover, and then it happened, they played "Ever Fallen In Love?" making the venue to crumble into a chaotic punk ecstasy. 

We started to jump and to push each other while they were playing, fists were on the air and we sang along, pure punk energy among us, then a couple of lads and i were jumping together and shouting the lyrics, then again we pushed us, against ourselves, the music created the perfect atmosphere to be punk.

I hope they promote this record the same way, at a festival or at some live shows, Los Honey Rockets are a supreme label of quality and joy. 

I'm gonna place the link for you to purchase this and their previous EP, because Los Honey Rockets are the band you should be listening right now.  

https://loshoneyrockets.bandcamp.com/album/asco-en-el-escenario

If you want to know more about Mexican bands or from any other place, don't doubt i will bring you something next time ;) See you later lads! 

Derry Girls

The Northern Irish Series of the Moment. 

I've seen many series this days but no one like Derry Girls, i can tell that i enjoyed every single episode and i acknowledged most of the plot that is developed during the show.

First i'd like to say this series is developed and produced by Channel 4 and distributed by Netflix around the globe (Thanks Netflix, you have spread one of the greatest shows of the year for the rest of the world), Channel 4 has a vast and wide catalogue of series similar to Derry Girls, from The InBetweeners to The end Of The F***** World, Shameless, IT Crowd and many others, full of acid humour and explosive plots.

Derry Girls is written and developed by Lisa McGee, the story is set during the 90's in Derry (Londonderry, Northern Ireland) where a group of young ladies and a lad (Erin, Orla, Michelle, Clare and James) try to survive their teenage life among The Troubles (The Northern Ireland conflict).

With a good set of music to make the story more real and the fun situations among the girls, the Irish culture, and of course trying to make the IRA situation more vivid, the screenplay shows a complete set of emotions and nostalgia. Maybe that's why "Dreams" by The Cranberries is the ideal song to begin and finish this story.

With short and concrete episodes we can get deep into the lives of the Quinn family and their peers, know a lil bit of the Irish conflict and the culture around this individuals, very similar to some situation we can find in other countries. Religion, family crisis and of course the reckless teenage angst.

I praise the work on this series and its context, making the final episode of the first series such a great end, also i praise the work of their performers, from Saoirse-Monica Jackson to David Ireland.

It has been compared with Gossip Girl but i believe is more intelligent and well-done than any american show, maybe is more related and close to its elder brother The InBetweeners, without hesitate on its language, control and exposing a reality that many people lived in the Northern Ireland of the 90's. I heard the american audience is struggling with the accent and their adding subtitles, c'mon fellas, i though ye had a good and wide Irish heritage!

Because of this and many more Derry Girls is the series ye shall be watching right now!

IDLES

Making Punk Rock Great Again.

So, 2018 feels like a while ago, but we still have some refreshing tunes from last year and of course a new post. 

IDLES is a band from Bristol, UK, known for their energetic and explosive live shows and their chaotic style, close to post-punk  and hardcore. They have released two albums and a ton of singles and Extended Plays since their creation in 2011, being BRUTALISM their debut album, released in March 10th, 2017, exposing a complete new idea of punk, a protest. In 2018 they gave us Joy As An Act Of Resistance, with a little bit of darkness inside and a powerful message with humanitarian ideas.

But also, IDLES is beginning the year with a tour around the Commonwealth, Europe and the USA, promoting their most recent album.

What i got from IDLES is that dark perspective of the world situation mixed with their sound, it feels like some kind of mixture between The Jesus Lizard and Joy Division (i'm such a big fan of those bands too). I feel their debut album is the best one, plus having a concrete style and showing a mature group of lads going straight. their second album seems to repeat a lil' bit but still has that scent, but with more violence on it, adding some violence can make the difference between a slow-dark album and a bright punch in the face.

That's why i love what they do, a complete set of  angst, pain and power.

If you like to purchase their music, i'll leave the link below, trust us, IDLES is the band that you should be listening right now! Not because they are on tour with an album, because they're Making Punk Rock Great Again!
https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/