Austin Music Minute

Os Mutantes Performs Tuesday Night at The Mohawk

November 26, 2012 3:05 pm by: Laurie Gallardo

Psych de Brazil. Os Mutantes.
I, your humble Austin Music Minute maven, am eternally grateful for KUT shows like Horizontes. Show host Michael Crockett graciously instructed me on the correct pronunciation of today's featured artist, Brazilian band Os Mutantes...which I did not pronounce the way it should be pronounced (which is more like Ooos Mutahnchees). But there's one thing I do get: This incredible group has taken psychedelic rock to places you'd never even imagine it could go. The band was formed in 1966 in Sao Paulo by brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sergio Dias Baptista, and vocalist Rita Lee. While they were fans of English-speaking music artists like Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, they also felt a close connection to the traditional styles they grew up with, like bossa nova,...
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