FILHO DA MAE
2019. Here's the vinyl-edition of a very tasteful Portuguese easy folk album.
CAVE STORY
2019. Here's a splendid post-punk album, deliverded by a Portuguese four-piece with a deep love for DIY attitude, punk rock, indie pop and unpolished garage rumblings.
MEDEIROS/LUCAS
2018. Azorean duo Medeiros/Lucas close their trilogy with 'Sol De Março', their last record, where they show once more the Portuguese soul in their music.
FILHO DA MAE
2018. 'Agua-Má' is a Portuguese synonym for medusa. It's impossible not to think of the tentacles of the sea creature and imagine it as an analogy of the way Rui plays his guitar; or about the transparency of..
MEDEIROS/LUCAS
2018. Azorean duo Medeiros/Lucas close their trilogy with 'Sol De Março', their last record, where they show once more the Portuguese soul in their music.
MR. GALLINI
2018. Mr. Gallini is the solo project of Stone Dead's drummer were he explores the more pop psych part of his personality. This is the first of 3 volumes.
DUQUESA
2017. Duquesa, largely influenced by '80s pop, presents a newfound take on the world, which is more pacific and still disquieted. The minimal use of lyrics leave space for each instrument to take its toll on brea..
STONE DEAD
2017. Hailing from Alcobaça, Portugal, Stone Dead is a great rock band merging impressive stoner riffs (rooted in the glory days of psych rock and early hard rock) with mad bass grooves, solid drumming and ap..
DUQUESA
2017. Duquesa, largely influenced by '80s pop, presents a newfound take on the world, which is more pacific and still disquieted. The minimal use of lyrics leave space for each instrument to take its toll on breatht..
CAVE STORY
2016. Elevating the trio's indie sound to post-punk grooves and buffed bass lines, Cave Story sounds youthful and urgent, with a rebellious attitude still playing a strong part. In 12 songs, the three-piece plays th..
BLACK BOMBAIM & PETER BRO
2016. Portuguese stoner rockers Black Bombaim team up with German free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann for a meeting that was written in the psychedelic skies! The trio used to add a saxophone to its music (u..
KILLIMANJARO
2016. After intensive research on how to perform a 'hook', Killimanjaro perfected the technique of adding line and sinker to the chop. The result, heard here on the band's debut LP, features heavy metal vibes combin..
FILHO DA MAE
2016. 'Mergulho' presents a new take on guitar, one in which sound changes space and melts rock into water. Through various guitar techniques, Rui Carvalho explores his acoustic approach of the instrument, taking it..
JIBOIA
2016. Featuring senses being mixed with hot spices, exotic sounds and intense scents, 'Masala' perfectly reflects a diaspora. In his music the Lisbon-based artist travels through a world of rhythms and flavours, fly..
MEDEIROS/LUCAS
2016. Because pop music crosses folk time after time, just as seas feed each other, experimental folk duo Medeiros/Lucas returns with its second release of catchy tunes in which melancholy finds epicism in a soothin..
DREAMWEAPON
2015. Liberate, don't expect anything, in order to find a higher enlightment. Dreamweapon's self-titled LP can be summed up in this one quote; but don't be fooled, as each live performance is a transition to a whole..
GLOCKENWISE
2015. On their third full-length effort the Portuguese garage rockers deliver catchy melodies, resulting in the best chapter of their still growing songbook. Shredding guitar riffs combine with full bodied bass line..
JIBOIA
2015. The work of Oscar Silva, prolific musician based in Lisbon, Portugal (also a member of Papaya and I Had Plans) is the direct result of foreplay with his Casio, his pedals and his experimental trips. 'Badlav' w..
EQUATIONS
2015. On their 2015 full-length this Portuguese outfit has switched from math-rock to synth- and electro rock. Remarkable!
COELHO JORGE
2014. Jorge Coelho doesn't come across as the average guitar prodigy, but he's without a doubt one of the best around. Throughout his career he explored the guitar from bridge to neck, defining his sound in a harmon..
TORTO
2014. Virtuous three-piece Torto is comprised of guitarist Jorge Coelho, drummer Jorge Queijo and bassist Miguel Ramos. These guys have a special interest in numerology: they are THREE and they recorded the self-tit..
SEQUIN
2014. Sequin is the alter-ego of Portuguese wondergirl Ana Miró. Her way to intertwine electro with the sexiness of pop comes out a real breeze of fresh air that you can really use on the dancefloors.
MEMORIA DE PEIXE
2014. Memória De Peixe literally translates to "fish memory", the perfect name to sum a project based on creating songs with 8 second guitar loops and a drum kit. The sole guitar works rather as a e..
GONCALO
2014. Gonçalo Alvarez goes solo on 'Quim', parting ways with his close buddies from Long Way To Alaska, just this once. Combining devotional finger picked guitar melodies and post-rock drones, the five cuts o..
LOOSERS
2014. Loosers is a Lisbon-based group that includes Jerry The Cat, who's previously spent time with Funkadelic. 'Hot Jesus', released as a limited vinyl edition, runs through the paths of electronics with a tribal r..
GLOCKENWISE
2014. Here's a really appealing album by a Portuguese ROCK band whose music is firmly rooted in MELODIC '60s POP. These four kids write truly infective songs, with catchy hooks and tunes that stick to your brain lik..
FILHO DE MAE
2014. Filho Da Mae is an unusual name for a one-man-act, as it literally means "son of a bitch". 'Cabea', the follow-up to his jaw-dropping debut full-length, elevates Filho Da Mae to the levels of John F..
OUTRAVEZ
2014. During their live-shows Israeli-Portuguese duo OUTRAVEZ perform not on stage, but in the audience. Their gigs are intense and wild, and no two shows are the same. Relying on pure instinct and the energy of th..