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At home away from home

“We all heard American and British rock through our young years, and we could identify with it much more than with Brazilian pop. I don’t think after the ’60s and ’70s that anything great happened in Brazil, music-wise. There was a military takeover, and it brought out a lot of lazy music. From year to year there’s always something interesting coming out of Bahia or Pernambuco, but Brazil’s so huge and so diverse that if I’m talking about the music scene in Bahia, it’s one thing, if I say São Paulo, that could be the opposite. But you know, I don’t know any bands I could even tell you about. I mean, I was born there, and I miss it, but the last time I was there, I was like ‘Okay, I feel like I’m on vacation and I need to go back to work.’ ”

This explains lyrics like “Baby you’ve got me thinking about the place I left behind/A suitcase in Helsinki full of things I want to set on fire,” from Donkey’s “Left Behind.” Like CSS’s debut, Donkey is a party record — but this time the party is worldwide, and they’ve bent (somewhat) to the demands of their popularity. Sá: “The most Brazilian thing about us is that we are partying all the time, celebrating. We just try to make the best show all the time. We get all the energy for that moment. I think it comes across, people know they’re going to have fun when they come to see us.”

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CSS + THE GO! TEAM + MATT & KIM + NATALIE PORTMAN’S SHAVED HEAD | Roxy, 279 Tremont St, Boston | August 9 @ 7 pm | $22–$25 |www.ticketmaster.com or 617.931.2000

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