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A few years ago, Amor Elefante seemed ready to cross over into the mainstream. After releasing the album Oriente in 2017 — a sumptuous collage of dream pop melodies and art-rock moods — the Buenos Aires quartet played SXSW in 2019, recorded a 2021 live session for Kexp, and even placed a song in an Oreo commercial. Seeped in longing and lush keyboard lines, Amor Elefante’s music was simply too beautiful to ignore.

But the band formed in 2009 by vocalist/guitarist Rocío Bernardiner, keyboardist Inés Copertino, and drummer Rocío Fernández, went quiet around 2022. There...

Olivia Rodrigo, Tool, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Mendes, and Alanis Morissette are among the acts set to play Lollapalooza’s South American festivals in 2025.

Lollapalooza Chile, taking place March 21st-23rd at Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos in Santiago, promises a lineup featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Tool, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Mendes, Alanis Morissette, Rüfüs Du Sol, Benson Boone, Fontaines D.C., Sepultura, Foster the People, Tate McRae, Zedd, Nathy Peluso, Inhaler, Caribou, Michael Kiwanuka, The Marías, Jpegmafia, Los Tres, Charlotte de Witte, Girl in Red, Barry Can’t Swim, Parcels, Babasónicos, and more. Tickets can be purchased here.

Lollapalooza Argentina, set for March 21st-23rd at Hippodromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires, boasts a lineup featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Tool, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Mendes, Alanis Morissette, Rüfüs Du Sol, Benson Boone, Fontaines D.C., Sepultura, Foster the People, Tate McRae, Los Ángeles Azules, Zedd, Nathy Peluso, Tan Bionica, Inhaler, Caribou, Michael Kiwanuka, The Marías,...

Even though Usted Señalemelo have been breaking through in a big way over the past few years, the trio from Argentina started out small — with a bunch of 12-year-old kids fiddling around in a studio, to be exact.

Band members Juan Saieg, Lucca Beguerie Petrich, and Gabriel Orozco met as preteens in Mendoza, a small city near the western border of Argentina. They’d all grown up playing instruments: Saieg’s mother enrolled him in singing and guitar lessons when he was in elementary school. Orozco’s father is the musician Tilín Orozco,...