Angélica Garcia

Originating from Los Angeles, singer and songwriter Angelica Garcia constructs vividly eclectic indie rock shaped by her Mexican and Salvadoran heritage while weaving in blues, Americana, pop, and electronic influences. Initial acclaim arrived with her 2016 debut album Medicine for Birds, after which she expanded her approach on 2020's Cha Cha Palace and 2024's Gemelo, the latter produced by Chicano Batman's Carlos Arévalo.

Raised in the San Gabriel Valley just east of Los Angeles, Garcia experienced a creative multigenerational household rooted in Mexican and Salvadoran lineage. From childhood she absorbed banda, ranchera, and further traditional Mexican styles, while her mother, aunt, and uncle—professional mariachi and Latin pop performers—encouraged her own musical development. As a teenager she attended LACHSA (Los Angeles County High School for the Arts), studying jazz and classical music, and simultaneously broadened her listening to indie rock acts including the White Stripes, School of Seven Bells, Bat for Lashes, and M.I.A. Her stepfather, a veteran manager and A&R representative for Los Lobos and Dwight Yoakam, reinforced these interests by introducing country figures such as Willie Nelson and Neil Young.

Following high school, Garcia moved with her family to Accomac, Virginia, and later settled in Richmond, where she connected with the city's diverse arts community. In 2016 she issued her debut album Medicine for Birds, recorded in Nashville with Charlie Peacock. After extensive touring she joined the Richmond-based Spacebomb Records and delivered Cha Cha Palace in 2020. Working with Mikrowaves leader Eddie Prendergast, she explored her cultural and familial origins more deeply, fusing Mexican musical traditions with hooky psych and indie rock textures. The album contained the tracks "Karma the Knife," "Jicama," and "It Don't Hinder Me."

After the release she returned to Los Angeles, signed with Partisan Records, and issued her third full-length Gemelo in June 2024. Produced by Chicano Batman guitarist Carlos Arévalo, the album—whose title translates as "twin"—represented Garcia's first project sung almost entirely in Spanish.