Sao Paolo, Brazil garage rockers Garotas Suecas weren’t bad Saturday night at Comet Ping Pong—I liked their organ-enhanced covers of “Respect,” Os Mutantes “A Minha Menina” (the one in the McDonald’s commercial) and Sly Stone “I Want to Take You Higher”—but the best music of the night came from the turntables of dj Neville [...]

This town usually only gets a handful of Brazilian acts per year, but Thursday night is a doubleheader. Rio's Marcio Local will be doing a dinnertime gig at the Kennedy Center while Sao Paolo's Garotas Suecas will be appearing later, along with local DJ Neville Chamberlain, at Comet Ping Pong.
Local's new “Marcio [...]