May 12, 2009

Indiepop in Brazil

Woaah! This thursday I'll be playing some records at Splashdown, an indiepop night in Sao Paulo (Brazil) that started about a month ago.

It seems that new bands, new nights, new festivals and new labels have been popping up all over the place in the past couple of years. It feels great to be a little part of this, and it's even nicer to travel and get to meet people who share the same ideas and are doing similar things, miles and miles away.

Ah, and once on the "like-minded people" subject, I'd like to point out a couple of ace new little labels based in Brazil that are well worth checking out:

Bolinhas records is a brand new pop label, releasing music they love in beatiful, handmade packging. Their first release, out now, is by the Swedish band Stars in coma and they already have three more lined up.

Si no puedo bailar (no es mi revolucion) is a collective focused on new, independent music in Latin america. Their first two releases are compiles bands from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela that range from indie-rock to folktronic tunes.
xx