New Argentine music 2025: the albums of the first half of the year

Argentine music has an incredibly high rate of new album releases, so high that it's extremely difficult to survey the number of albums, EPs, splits, maxi-singles, live albums, live sessions and compilations that come out every year. Still, over time -- and after nearly two decades working as a music journalist -- I've been able to refine certain personal processes for managing my selection (both professional and for pleasure) and for keeping an eye on emerging scenes and artists on the verge of making "the leap" (whatever that means).

At the beginning of the year, here at 421 we published a thorough report on the Argentine albums released in 2024, where, using technical/statistical analysis, we identified certain shared traits: half-hour albums, 8 to 10 tracks on average, with a very high concentration of music coming from the Buenos Aires metro area (AMBA). That time I managed to tally 276 albums by emerging artists, defined as those meeting two conditions: having fewer than 100,000 listeners and having been releasing music for less than 10 years.

This year I abandoned that Statistical Project -- let's call it that, for now -- but I kept tracking the albums I listen to. At mid-year I put out this article with 137 Argentine albums from 2025 released between January 1st (literally, the one by Satana Satana) and June 30th (or the 27th, like the one by Delfines Entrenados Para Matar). And throughout the rest of the year I updated it with albums that came my way, adding another 35 albums for a running total of 172 Argentine albums released in the first half of the year.

But what I was most eager to share is the first part: a selection of 20 albums by way-way-way-under-the-radar artists, in this case with fewer than 10,000 monthly listeners (on the Spotify scale) and also with the cap of less than 10 years of releasing music. They're not the best albums of the semester, nor the most representative, but they're good albums, some excellent, like the one by Alkoy -- what a beast you are, Alkoy, I love you so much. Varied albums, with soul or with humor, delicate or irreverent. Albums I can't stop listening to, like the one by Fletes Rakel, or that blow my mind, like the one by Gato 107 or by Vicente y los Curiosos. Albums, in short, that I felt like sharing.

Alkoy - Valle Chakal Ki (Salta)

• High-combat rap

• Valle Chacal Ki, his debut album, came out on March 10

• Has been releasing music since 2020

• Also has an EP and some singles

• Currently at 3,642 monthly listeners

• From the 20 de Febrero neighborhood, Salta

Altea - Cuando te aburran los versos (Buenos Aires)

• Neoclassical Argentine rock

• Cuando te aburran los versos, their debut album, came out on February 27

• Have been releasing music since 2024

• Only had some singles

• Currently at 63 monthly listeners

• From the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires

Atila de la Pampa - Nuestra pampa, nuestro mar (Pergamino)

• Slice-of-life melodic punk

• Nuestra pampa, nuestro mar, their fourth album, came out on May 31

• Have been releasing music since 2018

• Also have three other albums and some singles

• Currently at 130 monthly listeners

• From Pergamino, Buenos Aires

Basket - Para sorpresa de nadie (Buenos Aires)

• Sample-heavy industrial electro

• Para sorpresa de nadie, his second album, came out on May 14

• Has been releasing music since 2019

• Also has another album and an EP

• Currently at 172 monthly listeners

• From Buenos Aires

Bullz - Playroom (Mar del Plata)

• Feature-heavy urban electronic

• Playroom, his debut album, came out on February 20

• Has been releasing music since 2017

• Also has four EPs and some singles

• Currently at 3,274 monthly listeners

• From Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires

Eterno Instante - Austral (Lanus)

• Frenetic art rock

• Austral, their third EP, came out on June 5

• Have been releasing music since 2021

• Also have two EPs and some singles

• Currently at 437 monthly listeners

• From Lanus, in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires

Fletes Rakel - NO (CABA)

• Punk-tinged alternative rock

• NO, their second album, came out on June 19

• Have been releasing music since 2022

• Also have one album and some singles

• Currently at 825 monthly listeners

• From CABA

Gato 107 - Aburrimiento suicida (La Plata)

• Solo psychedelic exploration

• Aburrimiento suicida, his debut album, came out on June 20

• Has been releasing music since 2023 (and with 107 Faunos for ages)

• Only had some previous singles

• Currently at 482 monthly listeners

• From La Plata, Buenos Aires

Hannie Schaft - Este es el lugar (CABA)

• History-loving post rock

• Este es el lugar, their debut album, came out on April 11

• Started releasing music this year

• Only had one previous single

• Currently at 1,456 monthly listeners

• From CABA

Halfaya - Kryptoniter (Rosario)

Kryptoniter, by Halfaya

7 track album

Halfayalloydd

• Fantastical stoner doom

• Kryptoniter, their third album, came out on June 9

• Have been releasing music since 2019

• Also have two albums, a live EP, and another EP

• Currently at 87 monthly listeners

• From Rosario, Santa Fe

Las Densas - Un disco re lindo (Neuquen)

• Patagonian melodic indie

• Un disco re lindo, their second album, came out on May 8

• Have been releasing music since 2019

• Also have two other albums and two EPs

• Currently at 225 monthly listeners

• From Neuquen

Manuel de las Puas - Manuel de las Puas Vol. 5 (Buenos Aires)

• "Music for pretentious intellectuals," he says

• Manuel de las Puas Vol. 5, his fifth EP, came out on March 1

• Has been releasing music since 2019

• Also has four other EPs and a single

• Currently at 100 monthly listeners

• From Buenos Aires

Perro Fantasma - Cuando llega la noche (Rosario)

• Bilingual space indie

• Cuando llega la noche, their third album, came out on March 14

• Have been releasing music since 2017

• Also have two other albums and some singles

• Currently at 1,405 monthly listeners

• From Rosario, Santa Fe (with a French singer)

Polen - Vivarium (Buenos Aires)

• Melancholic garage prog

• Vivarium, their second EP, came out on January 19

• Have been releasing music since 2023

• Also have another EP and some singles

• Currently at 376 monthly listeners

• From the western suburbs of Buenos Aires

Radical - Una semana cualquiera (Florencio Varela)

• Suburban rock 'n' roll indie

• Una semana cualquiera, their debut album, came out on April 24

• Have been releasing music since 2024

• Also have an EP and some singles

• Currently at 3,550 monthly listeners

• From Florencio Varela, in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires

Rara - Melodrama (La Plata)

• Intimate dream pop

• Melodrama, their debut album, came out on May 1

• Have been releasing music since 2020

• Also have an EP and some singles

• Currently at 4,094 monthly listeners

• From La Plata, Buenos Aires

Satana Satana - Sasa (CABA)

• Buenos Aires experimentalcore

• Sasa, their debut album, came out on January 1

• Have been releasing music since 2023

• Only had some previous singles

• Currently at 251 monthly listeners

• From CABA

Shoosh - Suena raro (Rafaela)

• Dreamy litoral garage

• Suena raro, their debut EP, came out on April 25

• Started releasing music this year

• Only had one previous single

• Currently at 1,403 monthly listeners

• From Rafaela, Santa Fe

Turbocoopers - Rock N' Roll Dealers (CABA)

• Bilingual punk rock

• Rock N' Roll Dealers, their second album, came out on June 3

• Have been releasing music since 2018

• Also have another album, two EPs, and a live album

• Currently at 538 monthly listeners

• From Villa Ortuzar, CABA

Vicente y los Curiosos - Necesidad & Urgencia (Avellaneda)

• Psychedelic neighborhood rock

• Necesidad & Urgencia, their debut album, came out on March 20

• Have been releasing music since 2022

• Also have two EPs

• Currently at 824 monthly listeners

• From Avellaneda, in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires

172 Argentine albums released in the first half of 2025:

1915 - La promesa (Buenos Aires) 27/2

A.N.I.M.A.L. - Legado (Buenos Aires) 3/4

Acru - Yamael, la ambicion (Buenos Aires) 12/6

Agrupacion Juvenil Los Rayos - Los rayos (Santa Fe) 21/2

Agus Perez - Swing moderno (Santa Fe) 20/4

Ainda - Fuimos los dos (Buenos Aires) 13/3

Alan Sutton y las criaturitas de la ansiedad - Berrinche (Buenos Aires) 10/4

Alkoy - Valle Chakal Ki (Salta) 10/3

Altea - Cuando te aburran los versos (Buenos Aires) 27/2

Amor Elefante - Amigas (Buenos Aires) 21/2

Andres Ravioli - El gusto del secreto (Buenos Aires) 14/3

Ani Pe - Mis amigos me dicen Ani (Buenos Aires) 5/6

Antonella Restucci - Sentido al tiempo (Buenos Aires) 21/2

Ariel Mirabal Nigrelli - Ariel Mirabal Nigrelli (Buenos Aires) 28/3

Ariel Mirabal Nigrelli - Comprando tiempo (Buenos Aires) 7/5

Atila de la Pampa - Nuestra pampa, nuestro mar (Buenos Aires) 31/5

Ayermaniana - No quedan dias para gastar (Buenos Aires) 4/4

Bandalos Chinos - Vandalos (Buenos Aires) 1/4

Basket - Para sorpresa de nadie (Buenos Aires) 14/5

Blair - Bar Scorpios (Buenos Aires) 23/4

Bop Contra la Cortina - Morbo (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Brychtta - Patada voladora (Buenos Aires) 3/4

Bullz - Playroom (Buenos Aires) 20/2

Ca7riel y Paco Amoroso - Papota (Buenos Aires) 6/3

Caro Tapia - Mamifera (Buenos Aires) 18/4

Cazzu - Latinaje (Jujuy) 24/4

Chechi de Marcos - El angel que soy (Entre Rios) 26/6

Chocolate Remix - After Minga (Tucuman) 9/5

Cintia Belen - Puente (Buenos Aires) 23/5

Companero Asma - Desclasificadas invocaciones (Buenos Aires) 14/3

Connie Isla - Inefable (Buenos Aires) 22/5

Dease - La flor azul (Buenos Aires) 14/3

Delfines Entrenados Para Matar - Asuntos internos (Buenos Aires) 27/6

Detonantes - Bola rapida (Buenos Aires) 12/3

Diego Torrente - Sin razones evidentes (Buenos Aires) 19/6

Dino y Navidad - La casa (Buenos Aires) 30/6

Divina Argentina - La cocina de Dios (Lado A) (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Dos Mas Uno - Las canciones mas lindas del mundo, Vol. 2 (Chaco / Chubut) 25/4

Dread Mar I - A tempo (Buenos Aires) 16/5

E Mill - Latinostalgia (Buenos Aires) 22/5

Edu Morote - Ubicacion actual (Buenos Aires) 30/3

El Ejercito Negro - El huevo de la serpiente (Buenos Aires) 7/5

El Negro Tecla - VOL. 1 (Mendoza) 6/2

El Visto - VulgarIA (Buenos Aires) 15/5

El Zar - Paradiso (Buenos Aires) 24/4

Emiliano Brancciari - La sombra en luz (Buenos Aires / Montevideo) 21/3

Entropistas - Metamorfosis (Buenos Aires) 10/6

Eruca Sativa - A tres dias de la Tierra (Cordoba) 15/5

Esos Sherpas - Vol. 1 (Buenos Aires) 28/3

Esquel - Mirame con ternura (Buenos Aires) 20/1

Estacion Sur - Las hojas suenan ser arbol (Neuquen / Buenos Aires) 13/6

Eterno Instante - Austral (Buenos Aires) 5/6

Evelyn Garrido - La direccion de mi corazon (Buenos Aires) 21/2

Facu Radu - Dale (Neuquen) 16/1

Facundo Tenor - III (Buenos Aires) 13/6

Fernando Ruiz Diaz - Continuara... Vol. 1 (Buenos Aires) 26/6

Fiah - Pussy in Boots (Buenos Aires) 27/3

Fidel Nadal - Raices muy fuertes (Buenos Aires) 5/6

Fiore Leone - Damelo (Buenos Aires) 28/5

Fito Paez - Novela (Santa Fe) 28/3

Fletes Rakel - NO (Buenos Aires) 19/6

Fonso y las Paritarias - Fonso y las Paritarias (Buenos Aires) 28/3

Francis Amante - Filosa (Buenos Aires) 4/6

Franco Leoz - Palermitano (Buenos Aires) 4/4

Fulanno - Nosotros somos el fin del mundo (Santa Fe) 7/2

Gato 107 - Aburrimiento suicida (Buenos Aires) 20/6

German Garro - Adonde los ojos no estan (Rio Negro) 3/4

Halfaya - Kryptoniter (Santa Fe) 9/6

Hannie Schaft - Este es el lugar (Buenos Aires) 11/4

Hefe - Las profecias (Buenos Aires) 24/4

I Griega - VHS (Cordoba) 4/4

Indios - Artificio (Santa Fe) 15/5

Inaki Aldao - Elastico (Mendoza) 6/5

Isla de Caras - Lineas generales (Buenos Aires) 29/4

Jero Jones - Circuito (Buenos Aires) 2/5

Juana Aguirre - Anonimo (Buenos Aires) 3/4

Juana Rozas - Tanya (Buenos Aires) 18/4

Juanito el Cantor - El afan de darle vueltas (Buenos Aires) 28/2

Julian Desbats + Dani Umpi - Bromance (Buenos Aires / Tacuarembo) 17/3

Juliana Gallipoliti - El duelo (Corrientes) 9/4

Junior Junior - Junior Junior (Buenos Aires) 8/2

Junkie Ranks - La generacion problema y el derecho a la declaracion de culpabilidad (Buenos Aires) 18/2

Kjjjjjjjjj - Bi Won (Buenos Aires) 4/4

La Bomba del Ghetto - Musica reggae (Buenos Aires) 3/4

La Delio Valdez - El desvelo (Buenos Aires) 29/4

La Forasteria - Epica sagrada (Cordoba) 30/5

La Notorious - Fonky & barras (Buenos Aires) 22/5

La Vida Secular - Va a haber que hacer un pozo (Buenos Aires) 23/5

Lali - No vayas a atender cuando el demonio llama (Buenos Aires) 30/4

Larga Sombra - Vol. II (Buenos Aires) 24/2

Las Curtis - Microplastico (Buenos Aires) 22/5

Las Densas - Un disco re lindo (Neuquen) 8/5

Las Especies - Las cosas por la mitad (Buenos Aires) 7/3

Le Blu - French Fries (Buenos Aires) 25/4

Ledmi - El engano (Buenos Aires) 29/3

Lobel - El momento perfecto (Buenos Aires / Lima) 15/5

Los Descalzados - Con toda la fe (Cordoba) 26/5

Los Espacios - Balcones (Buenos Aires) 21/2

Los Pendulos - Anima crisalida II (Buenos Aires) 28/2

Los Pijos - Amor fati (Buenos Aires) 23/4

Los Satelites del Sur - Realismo tropical Vol. 1 (Buenos Aires) 25/4

Los Totales - La real hermandad (Buenos Aires) 9/5

Louta - Un instante (Buenos Aires) 27/5

Manu Altamirano - Mutantes (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Manuel de las Puas - Manuel de las Puas Vol. 5 (Buenos Aires) 1/3

Marcelo Nisinman - The Still Unknown (& Unfinished) Album Recording Name (Buenos Aires / Basilea) 27/6

Maria Wolff - Rapido Mama (Buenos Aires) 27/2

Mariano Moledous - El disco rayado (Buenos Aires) 15/3

Mariano Politis - Somos huesos (Buenos Aires) 23/5

Marilina Bertoldi - Para quien trabajas Vol. 1 (Santa Fe) 21/5

Marton Marton - Ruta del desierto (Buenos Aires / Barcelona) 6/6

Mas Sola Que Carola - Indios del espacio (Buenos Aires) 8/5

Matias Pico - Dios torcido (Buenos Aires) 17/4

Mi Primer Ano Sabatico - Verde (Santa Fe) 15/5

Mia Folino - Fuga (Buenos Aires) 28/3

Miranda! - Nuevo Hotel Miranda! (Buenos Aires) 9/5

MissLupe - Reset (Buenos Aires) 8/5

Mosaico - Implosion (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Munecas - Melancolia y otros vicios modernos (Santa Fe) 4/4

Nadar de Noche - Extranamente (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Nadia Larcher - Trinar(La flor) (Catamarca) 25/4

Nadir - El sueno de Munir (Buenos Aires) 24/4

Naima - Con amor, para mi amigo (Buenos Aires) 18/4

Nicolas Muller - Moreiradas (Buenos Aires) 30/4

Nocto - Futuro incierto (Buenos Aires) 30/4

Nonoise79 - ILOOSER (Cordoba) 17/6

Olivia Wald - Cuerpo (Buenos Aires) 14/3

Pablo De Caro - Todo sobre fantasmas (Buenos Aires) 10/6

Palta & the Mood - Love Business (Buenos Aires) 11/4

Perro Fantasma - Cuando llega la noche (Santa Fe) 14/3

Pilotos del Tiempo - Ecos de un ambiente devastado (Neuquen) 25/6

Polen - Vivarium (Buenos Aires) 19/1

Ponte Perro - Jogo bonito (Buenos Aires) 6/3

Qenqo - Espiritu infinito (Buenos Aires) 19/6

Radical - Una semana cualquiera (Buenos Aires) 24/4

Rara - Melodrama (Buenos Aires) 1/5

Rayos Laser - Ya no estoy aqui (Cordoba) 16/4

Richard Coleman - El (in)correcto uso de la metafora (Buenos Aires) 15/5

Richter - La trampa del individualismo (Buenos Aires) 11/4

Rocco Posca - Amor valiente (Buenos Aires) 3/4

Rocio Sirri - Los mil perdones (Buenos Aires) 27/6

Rocko - Suenos - Parte uno (Buenos Aires) 24/3

Rudy - Popurri (Cordoba) 20/6

Rusher - Casa 11 (Santiago del Estero) 14/5

Santiago Alonso - El salto (Buenos Aires) 4/4

Santiago Motorizado - El retorno (Buenos Aires) 26/6

Satana Satana - Sasa (Buenos Aires) 1/1

Sebastian Bereciartuua - Por la ventana (Buenos Aires) 20/5

Shaman Herrera - Destruxion (Chubut) 24/1

Shoosh - Suena raro (Santa Fe) 25/4

Silvestre y la Naranja - Alter ego (Buenos Aires) 8/5

Six Sex - X-sex (Buenos Aires) 6/3

Socios de Tijuana - Pueblo chico (Buenos Aires) 10/6

Sol Sanfelice - Otros mundos (Buenos Aires) 7/1

Suenos de Pescado - Ladrones del silencio (Buenos Aires) 6/3

Suriz - HyperSensible (Buenos Aires) 13/2

T.A.Y.A.R.A. - Cora <3 (Buenos Aires) 13/6

Tension - Nuevo movimiento (Santa Fe) 13/6

Tid Kicio - Laberintos sin fin (Jujuy) 18/4

Trueno - El ultimo baile deluxe (Buenos Aires) 22/5

Turbocoopers - Rock N' Roll Dealers (Buenos Aires) 3/6

Uma German - Dependencia emocional (Buenos Aires) 20/2

Veeyam - Gauchos (Buenos Aires) 15/5

Vicente y los Curiosos - Necesidad & Urgencia (Buenos Aires) 20/3

Victoria Real - Alkimistia (Buenos Aires) 6/6

Videotape - Proyecciones (Santa Fe) 23/5

Vinocio - Tostados (Buenos Aires) 28/4

Viva Elastico - Instantaneo (Buenos Aires) 11/6

Vulka - Vulka (Buenos Aires) 28/3

Wen - Fruto (Neuquen) 7/3

William Campbell - Amuleto (Buenos Aires) 4/4

YE - La sopa primordial (Buenos Aires) 26/6