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Who, between Thursday and Saturday, addressing Oeiras to be present at the festival that takes place there without interruption since 2007 is likely to do so moved by concerts heavyweight of the music industry – Prodigy, Muse, Alt-J, Metronomy, Sam Smith and dozens of other bands and artists that make up the offer this year – but with a minimum dose of adventurism, there is much to discover in the US Alive 2015. And without prejudice and no condescension, beyond the big heads-of-poster some of the best music is made by the Portuguese.

The Blasted Mechanism, for example, were at the festival in 2007, the first edition, and now come back with ” Egotronic, “the first original album since 2012. The band Lisbon, celebrating 20 years of activity, was a popularity phenomenon at the beginning of the century and has always excelled for theatrical presentation, innovative instruments and a mix of rock and ethnic elements. The ship lands on 10 July on the Stage NOS (18.00).

Also on the main stage IN Alive, but the next day (18.00), the HMB bring all flesh to spit the veranil funk with the songs that everyone will want to sing – the lack of a pool to cool, is undressing. Also on 11 Tó Trips and Pedro Gonçalves, that is to say the Dead Combo (Heineken Stage, 19:40), take the fado “spaghetti” of “A Bunch of Boys” strolling along the river.

On the Stage Clubbing act on 10, Capicua (20.50), Beat (23.25) and Moullinex (1:55 a.m.). Ie Ana Matos, Pedro Luis Clara Gomes and Coquenão, from Porto to Huambo, through Viseu. The producer of Discotexas launched this year “Elsewhere”, the successor to no less virtuous “Flora”. In turn, the Luso-Angolan, also with two albums, the last of which 2014 makes a reference work and reinterpretation of the Angolan music of the last half century – Damon Albarn and Gilles Peterson are fans. The rapper Port, once “writer” and has studied sociology, down Oeiras with “Medusa”, after “Crazy Mermaid” have definitely catapulted to the forefront of the national hip-hop.

On the Stage Raw Bandstand, to smaller but no less valuable projects, Basset Hounds are, Les Crazy Coconuts, Nice Weather For Ducks (to July 9), Tape Junk, Los Waves, Prana (10) or Track and Cave Story (11). By the comic stage, Cash Garden, will Herman José, Francisco Menezes, Manuel João Vieira, Rui Unas, Diogo Faro among many others.

It should be noted that the 9th is exhausted, and the entrance to the three days, and that the organization released a pass to the 10th and 11-89 euros. The daily ticket costs 55.