Last weekend, Lady Gaga set the world record for the largest-ever concert by a female artist when she attracted 2.5 million people to a free gig on Rio’s Copacabana Beach.
Read MoreDon’t mess with Maynard James Keenan. The man has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But then came this challenge.
Read MoreMadonna has played some big shows in her four decades–there was that crowd of 130.000 in Paris back in 1987–but nothing like this. Imagine 1.6 million people on Copacabana Beach
Read MoreIf you know anything about Brazil, you’ll know that those people LOVE their metal. Nothing comes between those people and their heroes. This includes Joice Figueiró, a tattoo artist, who
Read MoreYes, rock causes abortions–or at least according to Dante Mantovani, the new head of the National Arts Council (or Funarte in Portuguese). How? “Rock music leads to drugs, which leads
Read MoreArtist: The Silhouette Era Song: “Waste Me” Album/EP: The Silhouette Era Energetic garage-surf with a melodic guitar determined to wander along its own path, “Waste Me” is the lead track off
Read MoreAbout 5,000 people were enjoying DJ Kaleb Freitas’ set at the Atmosphere Festival in Esteio, Brazil, Sunday afternoon when something went terribly wrong. As you can see by the video,
Read MoreThis dude seems to believe that he has a great sense of pitch and a fantastic vocal range. The reality is…well, you’ll see. Fortunately, the Internet was on hand to
Read MoreIf you’re into mental metal parodies–Spinal Tap, Steel Panther–you should meet Massacration who perform a similar service for the good people of Brazil. Their new release, “Metal MILF,” is of
Read MoreIn a case dating all the way back to 2003–further, if you want to talk about what happened in Brazil with the PopMart tour–Bono and Larry Mullen have been ordered
Read MoreIn an upcoming two-part Ongoing History of New Music, I’m going to look at the most fascinating all female bands in the history of alt-rock. On part one, we look
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