Las Nubes | |
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Origin | Miami, Florida, US. |
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Years active | 2014–present |
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Members | Ale Campos Emile Milgrim |
Website | www |
Las Nubes (formerly Smut/Smvt) is a multilingual Garage Rock band from Miami, Florida. The group is composed of Ale Campos (Vocals/Guitars) and Emile Milgrim (Drums/Percussion). [1] [2] [3] They have recorded for labels such as BUFU Records and Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace Library. [4] [5] [6]
Las Nubes debuted in 2014 with Matter That Soils Blackens which was self-released under the Smut name (sometimes stylized as Smvt) as a solo project from Ale Campos. [7] [8] [9] Her follow up, the Conveniently Broken EP was ranked 15th in the "Best Bandcamp releases of 2015" list from Fact . [10]
The project then expanded with the addition of Emile Milgrim in 2017. [11] [12] [13] After adopting the Las Nubes name, they released their debut album SMVT via Sweat Records Records in 2019. [14] [15] [16] That same year, Las Nubes were named "band of the year" by Miami New Times . [17]
At the 2019 Miami Art Week, Las Nubes backed Iggy Pop for a set of songs by The Stooges. [3] [18] [19] After this, Iggy would play Las Nubes on his BBC 6 Music show, [20] [21] and Campos would feature in his "Loves Missing" music video [22] before joining his band as guitarist. [23] [24] [25]
In March 2020, Las Nubes released a split EP with Palomino Blond on BUFU Records, [26] which saw their music featured by BrooklynVegan , Talkhouse , NPR Music, and Filter . [27] [28] [29]
They followed this with LIVE NUBES: Live & Session Tracks 2019-2021 in May 2022. The compilation featured Iggy Pop on a performance of "I Wanna Be Your Dog." [30] [31]
Las Nubes have toured the US [32] [33] and Mexico, [34] [35] performing on bills with acts including Sheer Mag, [36] Shannon and The Clams, [37] The Coathangers, [18] Jens Lekman, [38] Alice Bag, and others. [39] [27] [40]
Las Nubes issued the Enredados / Drop In single via Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace Library label in December 2023 [41] [42] [6] before returning with their second full-length album, Tormentas Malsanas in June 2024. [38] The album was released through the Sweat Records Records, Spinda Records, and Godless America labels, [43] [44] [45] and premiered on Under the Radar magazine. [46] Radio support for the album included KCRW, [47] WKDU, [48] KDHX, [49] WMBR, [50] KRUI-FM, [51] and FM4. [52] Press support included Mondo Sonoro , [53] Remezcla, [54] [55] Musos' Guide , [56] [57] [58] , Atwood Magazine, [59] God Is In The TV , [60] and The Post , [16] among others. [61] [62] [44]
In promotion of Tormentas Malsanas, Las Nubes guested on Damian Abraham's Turned Out A Punk podcast, [63] and recorded a live session for KEXP, [64] [65] a station which had been supportive of the release. [66] [67] They also toured the East and West coasts in the Summer and Fall, respectively. [33] [68] [69]
After the release of Tormentas Malsanas, Las Nubes placed on a number of end-of-year lists for KEXP, [70] Grimy Goods, [71] Merge Records, [72] Monterrey 360, [73] and others. [74] [75] [76] "Pesada" reached no.1 in the Hype Machine "Popular Now" chart in January 2025. [77]
Ale Campos is a film photographer, [78] [79] and the guitarist in Iggy Pop's live band. [23] [24] [25] She was also a founding member of the groups Testökra [80] [81] [82] and Wastelands. [83] [27] [84] Campos is also a volunteer music instructor at the Miami Girls Rock Camp. [6] [79]
Emile Milgrim is the founder of the Other Electricities record label, [85] [86] and a co-founder of Miami Girls Rock Camp. [87] [88] [89] She is also a sound-designer, [90] [91] and one-half of the Archival Feedback project. [92] [93] Milgrim is also the drummer for Mr. Entertainment & The Pookiesmackers, [94] [95] and previously drummed for Quarter Horses [96] [97] [98] and Parker Posey Posse. [80] [99]
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