SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...Caetano Veloso, Air, the Mosquitos, and Os Mutantes: melodic, bossa-nova indie pop. A 7-inch holdover, Haunted Castle (Indierect), preps..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

In Space

Listening closely to Last.fm and Pandora

"...of suggestions for Os Mutantes fans, and takes French bossa nova into account, as well...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Jess Sauer

Jason Mraz

"...uninspired voice-mail subject matter. "Bella Luna" is a splendid bossa nova journey, sparkling with guitar from Raul Midón. Mraz..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Sleeping Beauty

The Vortex Repertory Company's 'Sleeping Beauty' shows the company in a playful mood, delivering a musical adaptation that is fanciful, lighthearted, and disarmingly sweet

"...Avalía, proclaimed as perfect by its people to a bossa nova beat (or is it reggae?); where its newborn..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Francophonic

Vive la France

"...Drawing from early-Eighties art pop and bossa nova, the Euro-pop duo Nouvelle Vague have young female..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Pixies

"..."Here Comes Your Man") only touching on later LPs Bossa Nova ("Velouria") and Trompe le Monde ("U-Mass," "Planet of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Los Amigos Invisibles

Record review

"...Masters at Work, the boisterous sextet saturates fistfuls of bossa nova, funk, and samba into a house roux of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Short Cuts

South Austin hip video store Pedazo Chunk celebrates its third anniversary with a new store, and it's time to get soused again with the Drunk Film Festival version 3.0

"...so sore. (Hey, don't blame me – blame the bossa nova.) All the particulars can be found at www.drunkfilmfestival.com...."

June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Autumn Rhythm

Musical Gift Guide Part I: Rock & Roll Books

Dec. 5, 2003 Music Feature

The Mavericks

"...ambition occasionally make the songs just plain difficult. The bossa nova groove of "Shine Your Light" doesn't quite fit..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...another about how artists ranging from Duke Ellington to bossa nova great João Gilberto went out of their way..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Opposite Day

Texas Platters

"...of head-scratching interludes, the 311-ish "Adam Smith" and breezy bossa nova "Candyland Bomb Squad" suggest that underneath all the..."

May 16, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Picks 2 Click

SXSW 2003

"...slow-burners, patient and infused with elements of jazz and bossa nova and occasional pockets of soft fuzz and reverb..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Pixies

Record Review

"...rather hear "Down to the Well" off the murky Bossa Nova, or the same song recorded back during the..."

July 12, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Stanley Smith

Record Review

"...mind. It's a journey through several musical styles, from bossa nova to blues, performed with a feeling that's simultaneously..."

April 26, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Vinicius Cantuária, Azucar, Thursday, March 15

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...composed by string bass, trumpet, drums, and Cantuária's classic bossa nova vox coupled with his warmly toned electric jazz..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by David Lynch

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...it was cut for jazz major Verve: The Brazilian bossa nova man's last LP was. A similiar affair, the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Wild Ride

Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt made "405" with a digital camera, off-the-desktop software, and a desktop computer. The action / comedy has now become the most popular short film on the Web.

"...do about it. Don't blame me -- blame the bossa nova...."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Kitten With a Whip

John Waters must have loved this movie.

"...Waters must have loved this movie. Listen for the bossa nova score hoisted directly from Welles' Touch of Evil...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Video Reviews

"...put together the film's excellent score, along with Sixties-period bossa nova...."

July 21, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Suba São Paulo Confessions (Six Degrees)
Caipiríssima: Batucada ElectRonica (Caipirinha Music)

"...in its home state the same seminal relevance of bossa nova or Tropicália -- "Batucada Electronica." Opener "Central do..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...a-tapping for too long to count. Bosses of the bossa nova, teachers of the tango, headmasters of the Hokey..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

Brave Combo The Process (Rounder)

SXSW Records

"...long been their forte, and the album's absolutely majestic bossa nova-fied take on Foreigner's hit "Double Vision" is guaranteed..."

March 3, 2000 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...BOSSA NOVA..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jean-Luc's French Bistro

Wes Marshall visits Jean-Luc's French Bistro on a weeknight to check out the food-wine pairings.

"...and flowers. Quiet music which leans toward jazz and bossa nova plays in the background. The warm, comfortable interior..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Beastie Boys Anthology The Sounds of Science (Grand Royal/Capitol)

Reissues

"...talk over crushed-velvet Bacharach keyboards; "Twenty Questions," a gentle bossa nova featuring Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori; and a live..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray

The Next Wave

A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States

"...years back. With Los Amigos cranking out their whacked-out bossa nova lounge, singer Julio Briceno greeted the crowd with,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

The Composer's Roots

A look at the career of a premier jazz pianist, Dallas-born Cedar Walton

"...infer from its title, "Theme for Jobim" is a bossa nova. "Groove Passage" has an infectious, funky Latin quality..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Riding With Bob

"...everybody did: I played rock & roll, I played bossa nova, I played jazz, I played in the marching..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Still Pissed

"...Brazilian music and Caetano Veloso ["Blame It on the Bossa Nova" and "Vamos Caetanear," Vol. 18, No. 44]. It..."

July 9, 1999 Column

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