Santiago Motorizado

Santiago Motorizado is the name Santiago Barrionuevo uses for his work outside Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, the La Plata band in which he sings and plays bass. That band became one of the defining acts of Argentine independent rock, built on repetitive, driving guitars and his flat, melancholy delivery, and it is closely tied to Laptra, the La Plata independent label.

On his own he keeps the same plainspoken voice and preoccupations, with songs about loss, youth and getting through ordinary days, set against arrangements that leave more room for the vocal.