Day two of SWU Festival could not compare with the day before after Rage Against the Machine’s performance, but some highlights included Sublime with Rome (which unfortunately we missed the photo slot), Dave Matthews Band (perhaps the crowd favourite) and the 8th best DJ in the world (top 100 poll), Markus Schulz. Life is a [...]

The atmosphere was electric on the first day, reinforced by the great performances all round. From Black Drawing Chalks stoner rock and old-school guitar gesturing, to the protest lyrics of Rage Against the Machine ringing home with an audience that has experienced an extremely rocky political past – from a dictatorship in Brazil only ending [...]

John Paul Jones on the bass, Dave Grohl on the drums and Josh Homme on the vocals.

Mix together a spoonful of 60’s psychedelic rock, a generous splash of Brazilian charm and a sprinkling of melodic Wizardry and you have a night with electric Tropicalia pioneers Os Mutantes on your hands. Webster Hall welcomed Os Mutantes back onto it’s ballroom stage on Thursday night 43 years after forming to fill New Yorkers [...]

The Brazilian photographer Luiz Silveira recently caught up with some old friends in New York. Those friends were Os Mutantes the legendary rockers from Brasil. He followed them from the dressing room, to the music shop, and back to the show. These candid pictures show that their on-stage charm naturally exuberates from the magical performers. [...]