MP3: “Codinome Dinamite” http://www.aampromo.com/mp3/Garotas_Suecas-Codinome_Dinamite.mp3
“Garotas Suecas shouldn’t merely be listened to or witnessed; they should be absorbed.” -Carrie Brownstein, NPR’s Monitor Mix / Sleater-Kinney
“When temperatures rise, we itch for some steamy tropicilia. Brazil’s Garotas Suecas fits our needs like a pair of pink Havaianas. With scorching guitar solos, horns and ass shaking rhythms, the São Pauloans give us the closest thing to a fantasy ’60s jam between Them and Os Mutantes” -Time Out Chicago
One of Spin Magazine’s 20 Must-Hear Artists from SXSW 2009
Garotas Suecas come raging from Sao Paolo, Brazil – five boys and a girl playing fuzzed-out, psychedelic garage rock nu-Tropicalia. Influences range from Otis Redding to Os Mutantes. Imagine ? and the Mysterians jamming it out with Gilberto Gil, and you might have an idea how fun this band can be. Better yet, listen to the music. Better better yet, see them tear it up live.
Garotas Suecas (Swedish Girls in Portuguese) comprises Guilherme Saldanha (vocals and harmonica), Irina Bertolucci Chermont (organ), Perdido (bass), Sesa (guitar) and the Paoliello brothers, Nico (drums) and Tomaz (guitar). With six members, the band’s sound is fiery, funky and full-bodied: an infectious and danceable organ-drenched brew. Their live show burns dance floors wherever they take it. Already MTV Video Award winners in their native Brazil have just completed a brand new music video for fiery “Bugalu”. Garotas Suecas are now primed to take the States on at full gallop.
American Dust is releasing the crackling “Codinome Dinamite” b/w “Ghostwriter” 7″ single March 16, to coincide with two weeks of US dates the band is playing that month, including their second annual expectations-smashing appearance at SXSW in Austin. (Full list of dates below.)
The new 7″ precedes an album of all-new material to be released this fall, in conjunction with another Stateside tour.
The Brazilian Invasion begins! US Tour Dates
Mar 23 Palm Springs, CA @ Space 120
Mar 24 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland w/ Think About Life, Thee Makeout Party
Mar 25 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop w/ Lumerians, Greg Ashley
Mar 26 Portland, OR @ East End w/ The Nice Boys, Coconut Coolouts
Mar 27 Seattle, WA @ Comet Tavern w/ Hornet Leg, Fucking Eagles
Mar 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
Mar 30 Grantham, PA @ Messiah College
Mar 31 Middletown, CT @ Wesleyan University
Apr 01 Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory w/ Rev Vince Anderson, Golden Triangle, Jonathan Toubin
Apr 02 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
Apr 03 Princeton, NJ @ Princeton University – Terrace Club w/ So Cow
Garotas Suecas
Codinome Dinamite b/w Ghostwriter 7″ single
American Dust Records DAD 110
Street date: March 16, 2010
Track Listing
1. Codinome Dinamite
2. Ghostwriter
Links:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/garotassuecas
Label page: http://www.americandust.net/
Contact:
For US Press Inquiries Please Contact:
Tom Martin – 212.924.3005, tom@aaminc.com
For US Booking Inquiries Please Contact:
Michelle Cable – michelle@panacherock.com
American Dust Records:
Michael Saltzman – mjs320@gmail.com
Tom Martin
Advanced Alternative Media
7 West 22nd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
P: 212.924.3005
F: 212.929.6305
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