"1960s. Os Mutantes finaly fizzled . Recallii Michael Becker News Editor michacl@nsnews.com Bi kkk Everything Is Possibie! — Os Mutantes The Best of Os Mutantes, World Psychedelic Classics 1: Brazil (1999 Luaka Bop/Waxner Bros. Records CDW 47251) Brazilian brothers Sergio and Arnaldo Baptista and Rita Lee Jones first appeared in 1966 on a teen TV show. A year later they found them- selves competing ina Brazilian song contest — TV ~ Records’ Second Festival of Brazilian Popular Music — along with Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. Absurd costuming was an integral part of the Os Murantes schtick. The back cover of the CD booklet " accompanying this compila- tion of remastered recordings shows the trio in alien head “gear reminiscent of Kids In*’ ¢ Hail’s Bruce -McCulloch’s Cabboge Head. ° character.: Tres avant-garde. - The group quickly found -~ itself thick with fellow inno- " vators - poets, musicians and artists of the status-quo- challenging Tropicalia move-° ment in Brazil faring the in '1978 after the band lost Rita and’ det -* This disc gives us a taste of them at their experimental. best. Influences —John . Brazilian rhythms for. avery - weird yet engaging ‘set of tracks, praises to Ex-Talking ieads’ David Byrne for introducing the group’s work - to'a new generation. : Le Vancouver's finest & Tell die Yours — Manic Street Preachers (1998 Virgin /EMI 7243 8 47579 22 The Manics have yet to conquer America, but else- where they are quite large _and revered. This disc went number 1 triple platinum in the jolly old U.K The laddies, who hail . from the. Weish mining com- * munity of Blackwood, Gwent, took Best British Album and Best British Group for the second time at the Brit Awards in three years. They are the first band to win the awards for back- to-back albums. Although they headlined Glastonbury, a major festival in the U.K. last month, their North American tour secs _ then appearing in the rela- tively intimate confines of ‘Richard’s on Richards on Wednesday, July 28. ° This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is pop full of heart, smarts, hooks and grand. anthems. Look: for the band’s con- tribution on the Epic Records release No Boundaries, a com-.. ~.pilation to benefit the * refugees of Kosovo. Among ~ the 18 tracks i is “She Is Suffering” (U.S. remix). Bkxkk Headmusic — Suede (1999 Columbia/Sony CK 69986) The Brit glam-pop revi- sionisis come with ali the gender-bending trappings and thus are appealing to shining girls and boys alike. If Suede activity on the Net is any indication of dedi- cated interest, the fans seem eager te devour all manner of trifles, At onc Web site we even Jearn that Rickard is 5°8”, Mat is 6°5”, Brett is an even 6”, while Simon and Neil measure 5°10”. Their U.K. shoe sizes are posted as well. For the record: Brett — 8, Simon — 9.5, Mat — 10, Richard — 8, and Neil — 9.5... And what of Headmusic? Suede rocks largely much in the way Bowie blazed on’a good day in the 1970s. It’s a heady electric blast, all swirling and sexually super- charged. Glamour-thingies unite, . . you have nothing to lose but your mascara. ‘ B xkkwekek Buena Vista Social Ciuh Presents Ibrahim Ferrer — Buena Vista Managed by ieria formerly Manager Ceilase ni eo" in Capilano Mall 549" 20 tabs a macosamine Saijste 500mg S460 tors "many more in-store specials Christmas in July "4520 Lonsdale Ave. G@B-2817 (ext ts Anderson's Post Otiice) oy Cobiabos 7 best on premise wine & beer making “ Free « Parking fa parkacie af the side of store STOCK UP FOR WINTER $ Noetciner . Daman De Limited quzatitics crane Social Club (Nonesuch/Warner 199979532-2) World Music trends come and go like the seasons. Right now the rhythms of Cuba provides the ultra-hip giobal- Ist a repertoire from which to assemble a sensual sound- track. This disc is 72-year-old Ibrahim Ferrer’s debut solo album. Ferrer was born in Santiago, Cuba. As a singer in Havana he worked as a back- ing vocalist with Benny More and Banda Gigante. Guitarist Ry Cooder released the origina! Buena Vista Social Club in 1997. It topped the world music scene in terms of sales and earned a Grammy in the process. Ferrer surfaced in a more limited way on the 1997 disc. Or this disc he fronts 4 21- piece band. The music was mixed and recorded in Havana by the same team that produced Buena Vista Social Club. Ky Cooder produces and the key Buena Vista players return to dazzle with ballads, emotion- al boleros and big-band flair. Look for the companica film, Wim Wender’s Bucna Vista Social Club, 2. 110- minute documentary cover- ing the making of both Buena Vista Social Club recordings. Santana winners The following people win copics of Santana’s new CD Sspernatural, courtesy of BMG Music Canada: Desmonce. 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