In 2023, the show Vitral Submerso premiered. His work blends electronic and acoustic sounds, and Maria Trindade is regarded as a pioneering figure in the production and experimentation of electronic music.

In 2025, Carlos Maria Trindade’s lost album, recorded in 1982 around the time of “Amor” (Heróis do Mar), was finally released. Described by the artist himself as cold wave, Tédio is in fact lighter than the average within the genre, as represented, for example, by John Foxx, Gary Numan, and the early Human League.

An artist for as long as she can remember, De Llor’s journey has taken her from the solitude of her bedroom to international stages, where singing became her truest form of expression. Her inspiration emerges from the clash between Portuguese folk traditions and her lived experience as a queer woman navigating the world — drawing from deeply personal yet universal encounters shaped by how society perceives her.

A true visionary directing her entire visual universe, De Llor is now preparing to release her most ambitious work to date — a bilingual album, set for release in 2026, that honors her community while reaching far beyond it, cementing her position as a bold new voice in European avant-pop.

In 2022, they released their debut studio album Love Is Dead! Long Live Love! with the support of Fundação GDA, drawing attention from the Portuguese alternative scene.

In 2026, Blood & Honey was released, a double album exploring two contrasting sides — Blood, more experimental and rooted in shoegaze textures and ecumenical rhythms; and Honey, which expands their pop/psychedelic side with touches of britpop and slowcore — consolidating their reputation as one of the most original projects in the Portuguese psychedelic scene.

What begins as pure intensity quickly reveals something deeper: an obsession with pushing boundaries, breaking expectations, and chasing the next sonic mutation. No show is ever the same. No record stays frozen in time. Their live performances are legendary: primal screams, a devotion to distortion, and a relentless energy that refuses to slow down. Chaos isn’t a side effect—it’s the goal.

At their core, Sunflowers are about total immersion. This isn’t music meant to sit in the background—it demands your body, your ears, your surrender. Loud, relentless, and strange, in exactly the right amounts.

The Maccaia, Gaia Banfi’s new album, refers to a particular meteorological condition that occurs exclusively in the Gulf of Genoa, when the sirocco wind blows, the sky becomes overcast, and humidity reaches very high levels, creating a kind of fog that hovers over the sea and merges with it. Paolo Conte already described it in his famous Genova per noi — says Gaia. My passion for imagery and observation always drives me to get as close as possible, on a sensory level, to sounds and visions. That’s why I tried to visualize what it would be like to listen to my album while the fog stratifies over the sea.

The Scúru Fitchádu project was born in mid-2016, debuting the first self-titled EP Scúru Fitchádu the following year, a work strongly rooted in experimentation and the breaking of sonic barriers. In January 2020, the first full-length album, Un Kuza Runhu [“A Bad Thing”], was released, further confirming the distinct exploration and blending of sounds, earning it a place on the best albums of the year lists by specialized media, which still regard it as one of the freshest and most vital projects in recent times of national music.

The new album, "Griots i Riots", was released in the first half of 2025.

Their groundbreaking sound and fierce stage presence have earned them a reputation as one of Denmark’s most compelling live acts – culminating in a Danish Music Award for “New Live Act of the Year” in 2024. In April 2024 the band released their debut album 'SPDS' to critical acclaim. SPDS played to an audience of over 11,000 at Roskilde Festival in 2024, their concert at Store Vega sold out five months before the show and the trio is now ready to take the world by storm. In 2025 alone the trio has played SXSW, ESN, The Great Escape, SummerStage NYC, Athens Jazz Festival and many more shows around the world. In March 2026 SPDS is releasing their second album on the Danish record label Stunt.

Their debut album, Sudden Light (Discotexas, September 26, 2025), is an 11-track journey that is both contemplative and communal, balancing light and shadow, raw emotion and electronic precision, vulnerability and power — captivating audiences and earning support from global tastemakers.

Sudden Light is more than an album: it’s a revelation, a luminous interruption that invites presence, connection, and transformation. Live Over Lisbon is its live manifestation — a suspended concert over the Tagus River, where music meets light and Lisbon itself becomes part of the experience.

Pedro Sousa (b. 1984, Arcos de Valdevez), a multidisciplinary artist based in Braga, develops his work under the alter ego Cody XV, exploring the relationship between human and machine through sound composition using analog and modular synthesizers, audio software, and techniques such as field recording and sound collage.

Tiago Castro Sampaio is a musician, composer, performer, and producer, whose career has been marked by the creation of musical projects such as Grandfather’s House, St. James Park, and X It, as well as by composing for film, theatre, dance, and fashion.

A duo that persistently and almost deliberately evades any convenient label. And perhaps it is in this happy unclassifiability that one of the project’s most original traits resides.

In their fertile wandering through seemingly distant sound worlds, one can nonetheless glimpse the shadow of Italian and Brazilian singer-songwriters from the 1960s and 70s, with their ability to blend personal and social commentary, unexpectedly merging with the lysergic visions of the rave and trip-hop scenes.

There are also abrasive remnants of a certain industrial sound, and, closing an ideal circle, one can sense a subterranean dialogue with that fringe of the contemporary Italian alternative scene that in recent years has reinvented tradition.

Over the following two years, the Lisbon-based band performed across Europe and the United States, sharing stages with bands such as Dehd (USA), Cola (CA), Ducks Ltd. (CA), Quivers (AUS), and The Lounge Society (UK), and appearing at festivals including South by Southwest, Eurosonic Noorderslag, FOCUS Wales, among many others.

In 2025, Guilherme returned to the studio alone, determined to reconnect with the band’s identity and rediscover himself as a musician, moving increasingly closer to dance music. Once the first demos were ready, these new songs were brought into the rehearsal room, where Hause Plants — now with Hugo Luzio on drums — spent time transforming electronic sketches into dance-punk tracks played with real instruments.

The result is Shake The Empty Feeling, the band’s debut album, recorded and produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor, Hinds, The Cribs) at Eiger Studios in Leeds, where the four musicians recorded live while playing together in the same room at the same time. Scheduled for release in 2026, Shake The Empty Feeling is an album about friendship, fun, and growing up in a healthy way — and proof that Hause Plants are one of the most fun, exciting, and creatively restless bands around today.

For fans of: going out at night until a reasonable hour; introducing friends to friends; Brooklyn Lagers; spending time in bars; niche personal blogs.

Initially conceived as a laid-back EP featuring recordings from the Brazilian formation of the band (MONCHMONCH has different members in Portugal), the project underwent successive transformations until it emerged as a conceptual album, built between two continents and across multiple languages. The central concept is the backdrop of the work: billionaires colonize Mars and, from there, watch—and contribute to—the collapse of Earth. The absurdities of the postmodern world are laid bare with humor, irony, and a symbolic fondness for pão de queijo (a traditional Brazilian cheese bread), turned here into an allegory of desire, power, and banality. This narrative setting is synthesized in the track JEFF BEZOS PAGA UM PÃO DE QUEIJO. The creation process was marked by collaborations and movement across borders. The album’s sonic landscape—ranging from Viagra Boys to Tom Zé—began with tracks like BOLINHA DE FERRO and CITY BUNDA (which takes a scatological look at São Paulo), with contributions from producers such as cleozinhu and Sammy Shirts. It later expanded to Portugal, where the artist formed a new band lineup featuring members from projects like Baleia Baleia Baleia, Marquise, and Conferência Inferno. There, he created new songs, such as VELHOS BRANCOS VELHOS CAREQUINHAS, which reflects the precarious experiences of being an immigrant.

In 2020 he began consolidating his current artistic identity. Through the label Oso Polita he released his first mixtape, ‘AMODIOA’ (together with producers 4:40), followed by a series of singles and collaborations that reinforced his personal signature, such as Dinero Que Vuela with Ben Yart, Vampireando with La Élite, Cada Vez Ke Te Pienso with BRAVA, and Nadie Cuando Lloro with Merina Gris.

Closing out 2023, he released the EP ‘AMORRUA’, a continuation of the previous project. 2024 emerged as a decisive year. With more than 35 concerts confirmed nationwide, HOFE brings his powerful live performance to stages across the country, presenting the tracks from his latest EP.

In 2025, he began producing his upcoming and highly anticipated album.

XEXA remains undefined, hovering over her origins, influences and points of reference. Her music is shaped by echoes of all these elements, processing heritage and future in an equally democratic way, confident in its (her!) path. However synthetic it may sound, Kissom contains a deeply human element of XEXA’s presence — not only through her instantly recognisable ethereal vocals, but also in the web of grooves that stop short of the dancefloor. Kizomba 003 is where she comes closest to it: a pared-down take on the popular style of kizomba, a low-key interpretation with vocals placed atypically high in the mix. A brief breath of nostalgia. Kissom (the title track) extends the slow tempo, almost like an extended version of Kizomba 003, stretching its sensual bounce for nearly four more delightful minutes.

Their sonic saga escalated with the unleashing of their sophomore album, "Sinking Creation," in February 2022. This release catapulted TRAVO to the forefront of both national and international stages, setting the scene for a rollercoaster of sonic exploration that would define their path. "Sinking Creation" not only defined their signature blend of blistering heavy psych and gritty garage rock, but it birthed a revolution of raw, unadulterated sound that they've since wielded like a sonic weapon.

TRAVO's unmistakable essence is forged at their live spectacles, where the boundaries between reality and auditory ecstasy blur. Their live performances transcend mere shows; they're volcanic eruptions of rock and roll energy, captivating audiences with the intensity of a rock and roll freakout. From the guttural cries to the electrifying guitar solos, TRAVO possesses an uncanny ability to make every performance a visceral experience, a testament to their rock and roll ethos.

DISCOGRAPHY

2025 - Cringe Is The New Sexy - EP

2024 - Me, Money & Politics - EP

2023 - Vibrato bz bz blop - Single

2023 - Do Things Right - Single

2023 - Follow No One - Single

Live, that transformation takes on a whole new intensity. The trio turn the stage into a space of connection, where physical energy meets emotional honesty. Hypnotic rhythms, moments of release and a magnetic presence make their shows more than just concerts — they are full-body experiences that stay with you long after the final note.

There’s also a story of growth, community and creative freedom running through everything they do. Built from the ground up, their journey has shaped a band that thrives on authenticity and shared energy. Seeing PVA live means catching them at their most powerful — immersive, visceral and absolutely unmissable.

Good for the Soul was released in September via Peter Doherty’s Strap Originals label. Produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl & The Sniffers, The Fall, Working Men’s Club), it’s a rollercoaster of surprises, with the band traversing intense post-punk and fast-paced electronics, inhabiting a world of dark, late-night reflections. They have become regulars on the BBC 6 Music playlist, receiving further support from publications such as Clash, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Louder Than War, Rolling Stone UK, So Young and many more.