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Cavalheiro, “Ritmo Cruzeiro”

Cavalheiro, one of the best songwriters Santo Tirso, Portugal (hometown of three Bolachas writers) ever spawned has just put out his 4th EP, Ritmo Cruzeiro on the solid Barcelos label Honeysound. The atmosphere here (as well as the guitarplay) kinda evokes Destroyer’s Trouble in Dreams – if we forget about Dan Bejar’s vocal eccentricity, of course. As (almost) always, Ritmo Cruzeiro is available for free download and streamable on the BC widget below.

<a href=“http://cavalheiro1.bandcamp.com/album/ritmo-cruzeiro” data-mce-href=“http://cavalheiro1.bandcamp.com/album/ritmo-cruzeiro”>Ritmo Cruzeiro by Cavalheiro</a>

Oh, and for those unable to beat the language barrier, here’s a Deerhunter cover for you.

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It’s been a while since Seattle’s Yuni in Taxco released their selftitled debut EP on Cakes and Tapes. Since that day in September 2010, they’ve self-released two LPs (Sanpaku and Slow Charade, both last year) and will be back next June 23rd with their third album in less than a year and a half, Prizes, on their own imprint Havaii Records. The streamable track above, “Echoes”, is a stupendous display of their signature sound, the whirling guitar line and the wailing vocals intertwining mid-air by some tropical coastline. Almost as good as watching your team win the national championship for the 999th time. Can’t wait to listen to the whole thing.

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Tropical Tobacco, “Aboriginal”

Tropical Tobacco is not a reference to Cuban cigars. After all, no one likes anything made by commies. Damn commies. But it could be a description of this one-man band’s sound: “tropical” as in surf-pop guitar and African-style keyboards and “tobacco” because it goes well with a mojito and a nice Cuban cigar. Oh, fuck, I’ve just contradicted myself… but nevermind: head on to TT’s Bandcamp below and listen to both “Pineapple Express” and “Ambiguous”, the only tracks the guy’s put out so far – but expect more in the future. Relaxation is guaranteed.

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<a href=“http://tropicaltobacco.bandcamp.com/album/aboriginal” data-mce-href=“http://tropicaltobacco.bandcamp.com/album/aboriginal”>aboriginal by Tropical Tobacco</a>

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Olive Trips SOS

Olive Troops SOS is a trio consisting of Bruno Silva (a.k.a. the guy who writes the best reviews at Bodyspace.net, ex-aequo with Rafael Santos), Carlos Nascimento and Vítor Lopes (who I haven’t the pleasure of knowing personally, but I’m sure they’re equally awesome people). Their new record, Atol, is the kind of droney electronica you’d expect from a kösmiche band in the 21st century (instead of a kösmiche band in the 20th century who dreams about the 21st) and you can buy it for whatever price you think is reasonable at their Bandcamp, below. They’re also selling K7s (and you should now how much we love those things), of which they have a WHOLE AMAZING AMOUNT OF… thirty copies. Damn, if you like K7s as much as we do, hurry up.

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<a href=“http://olivetroopsos.bandcamp.com/album/atol” data-mce-href=“http://olivetroopsos.bandcamp.com/album/atol”>Atol by Olive Troops SOS</a>

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Something for Someone by And the Giraffe

Meet And the Giraffe, an american dream-folk duo with ambient elements, composed by Gainesville, Florida born and raised friends Josh Morris and Nick Roberts. I’ve found out about this band thanks to a little spam by these guys on Twitter (I guess it was worth it, so feel free to bother us), and I did like what I heard. Really got into the simple but out of the blue electric guitar, and I think I also enjoyed the singer, although it kinda reminds me of John Mayer (well, a “now we’re serious” John Mayer at least). Go listen you “choninhas” fans.

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(Source: http://bandcamp.com/)