On their third album, the ever eclectic Brazilian Girls return to the joyful bohemian groove magic of their debut. Most importantly, they once again make it sound effortless and play their downtown worldbeat loose rather than lazy, making their loft music more welcoming than it was on Talk to La Bomb, the too clever sophomore effort that suffered from a slight case of entitlement. Here, the meticulously arranged opener, "St. Petersburg," announces that the Girls are out to earn their accolades this time as soundtrack music, tribal beats, and shuffling jazz all pass under Sabina Sciubba's intoxicating vocals. When she offers "Here is your anthem/Now go to hell," it's plain to see that the playfulness and cool flippancy are back, too, something that makes the singalong highlight "Ricardo" such a good-time single, perfect for chic summery weekends. "Internacional" is "Peter Gunn Theme" versus any given Serge Gainsbourg song, and when tubas meet Sciubba's tongue-rolling pronouncement of "Berlin," the track of the same name becomes something like a new wave revival of the musical Cabaret. Rounding out this unclassifiable effort are peaceful moments like "L'Interprete" and electronica-aware pop songs like "I Want Out," plus plenty of Astrud Gilberto-inspired numbers that explain why this group of non-Brazilian musicians gets to use the "B" word. With Brazilian Girls' sense of wonder and love of musical globe-trotting as strong as ever, New York City is a welcome return to form for this very special group.
Brazilian Girls New York City 7.5 out of 10 By Roxy Satarzadeh Remember the time you discovered Pop Rocks as a kid - the first time you tore open the package, emptied out all those colorful sugar crystals into your hand, threw your head back and opened your mouth not knowing what to expect? Remember how wide your eyes got as the tiny crystals bounced around the inside of your mouth, and the ti...
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--- - |- Photos by Kirstie Shanley and Joseph Mohan; Above: The National by Kirstie ShanleyBrazilian Girls [2:15 p.m.]Photo by Kirstie ShanleyAs Sabina Sciubba strutted on stage in a lacy white getup heavy on the fabric, parasol in hand, hair and makeup done up like Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin, the dusty fields on the south end of Grant Park suddenly felt infused with all sorts of alien and s...
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The good news is, we're into July coverage. The bad news is, the month is half over. Things have developed into a sort of pattern: the week begins slowly, but then come weekend, I'm going to shows back-to-back-to-back. Unfortunately, that hurts prompt coverage, but thankfully I'm neurotic enough to revisit everything that's happened. Everything I went to over this span was free, and it's unbel...
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Cool new club/party track from the Brazilian Girls. With all the that's going down right now in the world, it's nice to occasionally get a break from it with a song like this. Of course for me, hearing them sing about wanting to just have a "good time" just reminds me of all the stuff that I wish I didn't have to think about like the Iraq war, economy in freefall, etc., etc.
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Brazilian Girls New York City 7.5 out of 10 By Roxy Satarzadeh Remember the time you discovered Pop Rocks as a kid - the first time you tore open the package, emptied out all those colorful sugar crystals into your hand, threw your head back and opened your mouth not knowing what to expect? Remember how wide your eyes got as the tiny crystals bounced around the inside of your mouth, and the ti...
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--- - |- Photos by Kirstie Shanley and Joseph Mohan; Above: The National by Kirstie ShanleyBrazilian Girls [2:15 p.m.]Photo by Kirstie ShanleyAs Sabina Sciubba strutted on stage in a lacy white getup heavy on the fabric, parasol in hand, hair and makeup done up like Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin, the dusty fields on the south end of Grant Park suddenly felt infused with all sorts of alien and s...
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The good news is, we're into July coverage. The bad news is, the month is half over. Things have developed into a sort of pattern: the week begins slowly, but then come weekend, I'm going to shows back-to-back-to-back. Unfortunately, that hurts prompt coverage, but thankfully I'm neurotic enough to revisit everything that's happened. Everything I went to over this span was free, and it's unbel...
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Brazilian Girls' chic dance single "Good Time" from their most recent album New York City is distilled and then developed by Diplo as an extended house track emphasizing its already uptempo bass, keys and idea of having a good time. Diverging from the band's often multilingual though not Brazilian... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the MCMB website for full links, free music, great v...
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OK. I don't want to blather on about the election because I've done that. America, you make me proud to be a part of your country. WE DID IT TOGETHER. Now, let's keep on doing it. Speaking of DIPLOmacy, everybody's homeboy Diplo got himself a grip on the Brazilian Girls' latest [...]
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| 1 St. Petersburg |
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| 2 Losing Myself |
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| 3 Berlin |
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| 4 Strangeboy |
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| 5 Good Time |
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| 6 Nouveau Americain |
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| 7 L 'Interprete |
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| 8 Internacional |
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| 9 Ricardo |
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| 10 I Want Out |
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| 11 Mano de Dios |
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