Supercordas

Rio de Janeiro’s Supercordas has been getting lots of buzz here in Brazil, and the hype is for good reason, as I can’t stop listening to this awesome five-member band. They call themselves a rock and roll group, but add a late-’60s psychedelia slant and you’ve got their unique brand of nostalgic rock, one that takes you to a time when having long hair and strumming a guitar next to a fire wouldn’t cause you to be the center of ridicule as it sometimes does now. It’s unabashedly country, but done a la-Beatles and a touch of Wilco, and also with plenty of jangly segments that do their darndest to push the good-time vibes. The group released its second album, Seres Verdes ao Redor, last year to critical claim in the country, but I’m rooting that they’ll break the big-in-Brazil barrier and catch on in other places, like CSS and Bonde do Role have done.