Neal Becton runs Som Records on U Street, but he also goes by DJ Neville Chamberlain for his "Brazilian Rhythms" dance night at St. Ex every third Thursday. He's celebrating the party's third anniversary tonight at the usual venue, and he'll be joined by DJ Provoke and a bar menu of Brazilian food and drink specials. [...]

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 [...]