Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
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Our first taste of Haih Or Amortecedor, Os Mutantes' first album in 35 years, was "Teclar," a pastoral excursion that reminded me of the Incredible String Band, among other things, with its flowery group harmonies. This time around, after a... CONTINUE READING NEW OS MUTANTES - "ANAGRAMA" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 18, 2009 in (6 comments)
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The classic Brazilian crew Os Mutantes are gearing up to release Haih, their first album in 35 years. If they're feeling any pressure about it, the laid-back lead track "Teclar" doesn't give any such indication. The sunny nugget opens with... CONTINUE READING NEW OS MUTANTES - "TECLAR"»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in (10 comments)
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The classic Brazilian Tropicália crew started popping up at festivals and Flaming Lips shows and Webster Hall in 2006. Now they've signed to Anti- to release Haih, their first proper collection in more than three decades. It's out 9/8. Get... CONTINUE READING OS MUTANTES ANNOUNCE FIRST ALBUM IN 35 YEARS»
Posted on June 18, 2009 (6 comments)
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The 2008 Summer Olympics are coming to Beijing and McDonald's has a new commercial to remind you that Happy Meals taste even better than victory. The spot features "A Minha Menina," a 40-year-old tune from Tropicália heroes Os Mutantes, who... CONTINUE READING OS MUTANTES HELP MCDONALD'S CELEBRATE THE OLYMPICS»
Posted on June 16, 2008 in , (12 comments)
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That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to the awesome lineup or the show-going... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 PHOTOS»
Posted on August 3, 2006 (42 comments)
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Much like a few of you out there, we spent Friday lamenting our poor password choice and getting carpal tunnel, clicking the refresh button in ill-fated attempts for a fix of 'gum. Our only solace was a night of dear,... CONTINUE READING OS MUTANTES @ WEBSTER HALL, NYC 7/24/06»
Posted on July 24, 2006 in , (4 comments)
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