Legendary Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes’ concert at the Space Ballroom Tuesday night was a show that almost didn’t happen. At 11 the night before, on a turnpike in New Hampshire, a piece ...

The myth and magic surrounding the Brazilian ensemble Os Mutantes is just about as potent as the band’s early period recordings. The group was part of the Tropicália movement, which included Gilberto ...

Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com Tickets $20 advance purchase, $25 door There is no direct American analogue to the Tropicalistas, the loose collective of artists, actors, ...

Forty years after they first formed, one of Brazil’s most influential music groups reunited to plenty of international fanfare in 2006. At first, however, that reunion came as a surprise to the ...

Marco Benevento has confirmed the lineup for his annual Follow The Arrow festival. The third-annual event will return to Accord, NY’s Arrowood Farms on Saturday, June 29. Benevento and Mike Gordon ...

“2000 e Agar,” a key track on Haih or Amortecedor, the first new Os Mutantes album in 35 years, begins with a couple of goofy guitar- and accordion-driven forro verses before giving way to an even ...

Os Mutantes was one of Brazil’s most scandalous rock-’n’-roll bands in the late ‘60s, infuriating the country’s military dictatorship with screeching feedback, sound collages, dissident lyrics, and an ...

Grant Lee Phillips, who fronted the band Grant Lee Buffalo, will perform Sunday at San Antonio’s Echo Bridge. Credit: Creative Commons / Choinowski The summer sun may be blazing, but San Antonio music ...

Ironists, ethnomusicologists and mere stoners with impeccable taste, clear your calendars for Monday. The cyclical and cannibalistic nature of pop culture is apotheosized in this Golden Gate of ...

Although today, Brazil's proclivity for exporting hot beauty trends, Victoria's Secret models and good music has made it commonplace for Americans to treat their tresses with formaldehyde and their ...

After bucketloads of reissues, championing from Byrne and Beck, triumphant reunion tours, and the unanimous approval of anyone with ears, Brazilian tropicàlia godsends Os Mutantes have finally emerged ...