Os Mutantes were formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1966 by brothers Arnaldo Baptista (bass, keyboards and vocals) and Sergio Dias (guitars and vocals) and lead singer Rita Lee. They released two albums heavily influenced by the Brazilian Tropicalia movement, which blended Psychedelic Rock with other fo

Political, Pop, Rhythmic, Sensual, Smart, Social revolution, Sophisticated, Traditional folk

Veloso was born in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, the fifth of the seven children born to José Teles Veloso ("Seu Zeca")(1901-1983) and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso ("Dona Canô")(1907-). He chose the name for his baby sister (Veloso's parents's sixth child), named after a famous song

Atmospheric, Baroque, Bright, Charming, Citational, Clever, Collage, Composed, Conceptual, Contemplative, Cool, Dreamy, Eclectic, Elegant, Funny, Hypnotic, Intimate, Joyful, Pioneering, Playful, Political, Pop, Psychedelic, Quiet, Quirky, Rebel, Rhythmic, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Sexy, Smart, Social revolution, Sophisticated, Subtle, Traditional folk, Witty

Thione Ballago Seck (born March 12, 1955) is one of Senegal's greatest singers and musicians in the mbalax genre, on par with Baaba Maal and Youssou N'dour although he hasn't achieved the same level of fame outside his country. Seck comes from a family of "griot" singers from the Wolof people of Sene

Bright, Charming, Hypnotic, Intense, Joyful, Mbalax, Pop, Power, Religious, Repetition, Repetitive, Rhythmic, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Sophisticated

Sonic Youth was one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the '80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Husker Du were fairly conventional in terms of song structure and melody, Sonic Youth began their career by abandoning any pretense of traditional rock & roll conventions

Atmospheric, Composed, Contemplative, Cool, Deconstructive, Dissonant, Distorted, Dreamy, Eclectic, Elegant, Expansive, Experimental, Fuzzy, Hallucinatory, Intense, Layered, Lyrical, Pioneering, Political, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Quirky, Rhythmic, Rough, Sensual, Slangy, Smart, Sophisticated, Sprawling, Subtle, Tense, Trippy, Urban