Boogarins, Coma Serfs, Dan Dan
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Goiânia's Boogarins don't make what American listeners might lazily pigeonhole as Brazilian music—no bossa nova or samba rhythms, no overt references to Tropicalismo—but there's an equatorial element of warmth and vibrancy on their second album, Manual. Its guitar-driven easy-psych vibe has much in common with fellow Southern Hemispherers Tame Impala (or, more accurately, their chief influencers in Dungen, for whom Boogarins opened at Mississippi Studios in May). But Boogarins prefer to pull away from the heavy-handed approach of mind-expanding rock music, letting their sounds wash over the listener like a bank of benign clouds passing overhead. NED LANNAMANN