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April 14, 2006 8:47 AM

Os Mutantes have reunited and will be playing the Pitchfork Media Festival this summer. Archival footage of the band discussed here.
posted by hydrophonic (12 comments total)

This is quite exciting. I don't think I've entirely wrapped my mind around it, yet. Wow.
posted by penchant at 8:54 AM on April 14, 2006

Ooh! Ooh! I get it! Let me try one!

The Asylum Street Spankers are having a re-assembly tour and will be playing the Tractor Tavern at the end of the month. The band discussed here.

Did I do it right?
posted by gurple at 9:11 AM on April 14, 2006

Maybe something like that.
posted by penchant at 9:29 AM on April 14, 2006

A Gilberto Gil video and a Shell commercial featuring the band. And, what the hell, here are two more.
posted by stemlot at 9:35 AM on April 14, 2006

Shit, that is awesome. I was born far too late to have seen Os Mutantes back in the day. I hope they still have it together, as I am going to try to make a trip to Chicago for this one.
posted by Falconetti at 9:36 AM on April 14, 2006

I read in Mojo that Rita Lee is not participating in this reunion, so my level of enthusiasm is a bit on the low side. It's as if Television reunited without Richard Lloyd. Good, but missing a crucial piece.
posted by joseph_elmhurst at 9:56 AM on April 14, 2006

I read in Mojo that Rita Lee is not participating in this reunion

technically, i suppose it's still a reunion, as they did carry on without her for awhile, but ...

no rita lee pretty much spoils it for me
posted by pyramid termite at 10:22 AM on April 14, 2006

No Rita Lee? Dang, my enthusiasm has just slightly waned.

Also on their schedule:
London - May 22. As as part of the tropicalia festival at the Barbican--which I hope is better than the tropicália exhibit at the MCA in Chicago from last fall. Tropicália visual art is about one-tenth as interesting as the music. But the music for this one, wow! Tom Zé, Nação Zumbi, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben Jor--I wish I could go to London.

New York - July 21
Los Angeles - July 23 with the Flaming Lips and Thievery Corporation
posted by hydrophonic at 10:26 AM on April 14, 2006

Yeah. It'd be even more awesome with Rita Lee, but still... Also, I wish Nacao Zumbi would be there like in London. Whatever. I'm still not missing it for anything.
posted by gauchodaspampas at 11:14 AM on April 14, 2006

hydrophonic writes "Los Angeles - July 23 with the Flaming Lips and Thievery Corporation"

Now that's an interesting show....
posted by mr_roboto at 11:16 AM on April 14, 2006

hydrophonic writes "Los Angeles - July 23 with the Flaming Lips and Thievery Corporation"

I am totally finding a recording of that afterwards. That's gonna be amazing!
posted by blasdelf at 1:33 AM on April 15, 2006

let's hope they decide to revisit the material on the first 3 or 4 albums as some of the mid-late '70s stuff tends to fall on the cheezier side of bombastic synth/glam/disco hell...

other than that i fucking loooove this band with all my heart.
posted by visit beautiful mount weather! at 2:01 PM on April 15, 2006