Mosquitos

If that mythical "tall and tan and young and lovely" girl from Ipanema fronted an indie pop band, it would sound something -- or maybe exactly -- like New York City's Mosquitos. Lead singer Juju Stulbach actually is from Brazil and spent time on the beaches of Ipanema, but the rest of the Mosquitos -- keyboardist Jon Marshall Smith and singer/guitarist Chris Root -- are from the lower east side of Manhattan. Root claims he was an early adopter of the relaxed Brazilian way, coming to love it before he was even born. With Root still in the womb, his mother put the belly to the s...