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Lisbon's Maria Reis shares a beautiful and vibrant new EP, produced by Noah Lennox of Animal Collective, aka Panda Bear...

Canadian electronic pop artist Jamison Isaak aka Teen Daze gently and effectively nudges us out of this winter malaise that's just starting to set in, allowing us to escape for about 5 minutes on a balmy, late-night topdown drive through the Balearics with his dreamy new single...

i gather that people stop being open to new sounds after the age of 33? but i haven’t found that to be the case so much and I’m an old man. this is off one of my favorite records from last year and the video reminds me of home. — Panda Bear of Animal Collective

Pega Monstro are a band of two sisters (guitar and drums and they both sing) from around here in Lisbon. I saw them once opening for Ariel Pink here and liked them a lot. My friend Afonso let me hear their new record before its out and its great...

"Recorded pretty simply, with a portable 4-track, Sony stereo mic and an upright piano. When I wasnʼt recording songs I was hiking several miles to the beach. The path wound through the ruins of several old estates and a small village...

"The album is a document. A nod to that daily walk. Failed structures. Living in the remains of love. I left the songs the way they came (microwave beep from when power went out after a storm); I hope that the album bears some resemblance to the place that I was in...

Panda Bear put together this short mix comprised of music from some of the artists playing this week's Friday the 13th Green Ray party at Lisbon’s Lux Frágil, which he curated. Featuring Niagara, Gala Drop, Actress, Eric Copeland, bEEdEEgEE and more. Poster by Bjorn Copeland.

Feeling the hypnotic, vaguely dubby underground psych-house vibes from Portugal's Niagara: "Urmeiras" is taken from the group's adventurous + very dope new Ouro Oeste 12", out now on Principe. Sounds like something the purveyors of warped bliss-disco over at 100% Silk would flip out over (see also: "Kraftor" + "Caracas")...

We mentioned yesterday that Portugal's Gala Drop were invited by Panda Bear to open his show at Governors Island on September 11. The band has a new 12" EP due later this month, and they recently sent over two gorgeous, spawling new tracks from the release...