On a sweltering Friday night at the Echoplex, Sergio Dias led his band mates, Os Mutantes, on multiple musical excursions through rock & roll, samba, and bossa nova, with a bit of Kurt Weill thrown in ...

The hipster and indie aud for the Os Mutantes show at the El Rey was much younger then you'd expect to see for a band that broke up in 1978. Although the songs played were older than most of the aud, ...

Rita Lee, a founding vocalist of Brazilian psych-rock legends Os Mutantes, has died. Lee – who earned the title of Brazil’s “Queen of Rock” for her work both in Os Mutantes and as a solo artist – was ...

"It caught me by surprise, in a level I was not prepared, like a punch to the solar plexus.” Sérgio Dias’ ebullient voice admits he was late to understand the recent impact Os Mutantes had on ...

The new incarnation of the group has garnered rave reviews, both for its post-2000 reunion albums and its electrifying concerts. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Os Mutantes Sixties-era Brazilian group Os ...

At a time when Brazilian music tended to look inward, Os Mutantes kicked the door open to new international currents, embracing the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix in the face of left-wing parochialism and ...

One of the most influential Brazilian psychedelic rock bands of the Tropicália movement, Os Mutantes released its first album in 35 years, Haih or Amortecedor, in 2009. Formed by brothers Sergio and ...

Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com Tickets $20 advance purchase, $25 door There is no direct American analogue to the Tropicalistas, the loose collective of artists, actors, ...