Los Bitchos

A pan-continental party

Los Bitchos formed in London in 2017 and gave their first show on May 10, 2017, supporting The Parrots at Oslo Hackney. Clash says the band started at the beginning of 2017 and that Jonsson and Crawshaw joined at the end of 2018; the members grew up in Australia, Sweden, Uruguay and England. Serra Petale, from Western Australia, plays guitar and writes most of the songs, and Agustina Ruiz, from Uruguay, plays keytar. The music is largely instrumental, 1970s and 80s style cumbia with Anatolian rock, surf and post-punk touches, and Petale said she wanted to sound like Van Halen and Cocteau Twins, but from Turkey. Wikipedia lists Ruiz both as a past member and as the keyboardist, while Clash treats her as current.

Early singles included "Trapdoor" and "Tripping Party" in 2018 and "Bugs Bunny", and the 2019 7-inch "Pista (Fresh Start)", produced by Alex Kapranos and sold out; MusicBrainz and KEXP call it "Pista (Great Start)". They toured Europe with Mac DeMarco in late 2019, and recorded a KEXP session on December 6, 2019 in Rennes at Trans Musicales. They appeared on Altin Gun's "Erkilet Güzeli" in 2021 and signed a publishing deal with Reservoir that year. Let the Festivities Begin! (February 4, 2022, City Slang) was produced by Kapranos at Gallery Studios, and DIY's Joe Goggins gave it four stars, writing that few debuts that year would feel like such glorious exercises in musical technicolour. A Christmas rework with the single "Los Chrismos" followed in October 2022.

They toured the US with Belle and Sebastian in 2022, supported Pavement, Franz Ferdinand and Parquet Courts, played Glastonbury's Park Stage in 2023 and toured Europe with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Talkie Talkie came out on August 30, 2024, also on City Slang; Clash says "Los Chrismos" began when Ruiz popped by with an hour spare and the band recorded it on the spot.