British blog Film and TV Now reviewed the documentary "Guitar Days - An Unlikely Story of Brazilian Music". Here's what they said: The documentary chronicles the attempts by a core group of local bands like The Cigarettes, Mickey Junkies and The Pin-Ups to play their songs in English as opposed

Latin American Twee is a page on Facebook publishing news about DIY indie-pop bands. They recently published a list of Best LPs and EPs from 2010 to 2019. In the albums list, 4 out of 30 were released by midsummer madness: "The Waste Land" by The Cigarettes, "End of Decade"

Sai hoje o 2º single do álbum “Ilha de Pathos”, estreia d’Os Gambitos que deve ficar pronto ainda no 1º semestre de 2020. "Praça" é explicada por um texto do jornalista carioca Márvio do Anjos, ex-vocalista da banda Cabaret. Praça dos Gambitos cristaliza possibilidades de Carnaval É com um riff

When we started publishing midsummer madness as a fanzine back in the early 90s, Big Takeover was a dream to pursue. This Nort-American fanzine turned into one of the best and most comprehensive music magazines still being published. So, it's with great joy that we share the

Estreia hoje na BBC News Brasil, o podcast "Que História!", narrado por Thomas Pappon (Fellini, The Gilbertos, Smack). Thomas trabalha como jornalista no serviço internacional da BBC há mais de 20 anos. O primeiro episódio de "Que História!" traz um dos casos mais fantásticos de sequestro e fuga que aconteceu

It's hard to explain to someone who is not from Brazil the importance of Pin Ups. Especially if you weren't into what now would be called "indie music" in the 90s, in Brazil. Pin Ups was one of the first Brazilian bands to turn up the volume of the guitars,