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Winter in Barcelona with British Sensation The XX

Yet another band hyped beyond recognition by the machine we are a part of. But that's okay because The XX, as anyone who has heard their debut album will know, are actually really good. Their self titled album is beyond all else brooding, there's n...

Winter in Barcelona with British Sensation The XX

Delorean's Breaking Through and Out of Spain's Electro Pop Scene

Yay! A Spanish band getting loads of attention internationally and who are actually pretty brilliant. Delorean have been around for a while, making quality electro-rock, but only in the last year—since the release of their Ayrton Senna EP—have they rea...

Delorean's Breaking Through and Out of Spain's Electro Pop Scene

Marissa Nadler Tells Her Tale at Primavera Club

Marissa Nadler describes herself as an incredibly shy performer but behind her insecurities lie two incredible talents in her voice and distinctive guitar playing. Although typically branded as a folk singer, her songs are injected with so much origina...

Marissa Nadler Tells Her Tale at Primavera Club

Girls Live Up to the Hype at Barcelona's Apolo

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Oct 27, 2009 by benedictbrown

Girls Live Up to the Hype at Barcelona's Apolo

It's great when a band really lives up to the backing they've been given in the music press universe. Part of the problem with these "on demand" days of...

La Merce 09: Free Music, Fire-running, Firework...

BARCELONA, CULTURAL/HERITAGE, Oct 07, 2009 by benedictbrown

La Merce 09: Free Music, Fire-running, Fireworks and City Wide Fun...

The La Merce festival is one of the biggest highlights in an extremely crowded Barcelona calendar. Not only does it include whole hosts of great music f...

Faraday Festival 2009 - The Divine Comedy Finds...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Oct 06, 2009 by benedictbrown

Faraday Festival 2009 - The Divine Comedy Finds a Place in the Sun.

The Faraday Festival is a small, intimate music festival with a really great mix of domestic and international talent. Hosted in the grounds of a rather...

Video Guide to the Ultimate Spanish Festival: B...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jul 31, 2009 by benedictbrown

Video Guide to the Ultimate Spanish Festival: Benicassim

Spain's most intense all-out festival, complete with 9 days of camping, including four whole nights of first class international pop, rock and electro m...

I love Sonar More Than Jesus Christ

BARCELONA, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Jul 02, 2009 by musicala

I love Sonar More Than Jesus Christ

I always felt that there was a lost energy in electro music. The repetition, the cheesy overtones, how manufactured it is -- cut and paste -- there was ...

Sonar Festival: Day Three - Animal Collective, ...

BARCELONA, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Jun 29, 2009 by benedictbrown

Sonar Festival: Day Three - Animal Collective, Crystal Castles, Orbital, DSL, Ebony Bones...

Sonar is a festival of amazing contrasts. The chilled out sun-fest of the daytime events compared to the all out hedonism of being shut up in a giant wa...

Sonar Kids - The Worlds Biggest Electro Festiva...

BARCELONA, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Jun 29, 2009 by benedictbrown

Sonar Kids - The Worlds Biggest Electro Festival (for kids!)

Ok so there's this really hardcore electronic music festival in Barcelona called Sonar which has been going for about 10 years and is well known for the...

Spanish Festivals Preview 2009 - Benicassim, So...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jun 13, 2009 by benedictbrown

Spanish Festivals Preview 2009 - Benicassim, Sonar and Faraday

Spain over the last few years has become a major destination for music fans worldwide as they seek out, not only great weather, but some of the best liv...

Primavera Sound 2009: Day Three : "The Festival...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jun 09, 2009 by benedictbrown

Primavera Sound 2009: Day Three : "The Festival of Music Lovers..."

I’ve been blathering on so much about the music I forgot to mention exactly what it is that makes Primavera Sound such a special festival. For me the bi...

Primavera Sound 2009: Day Two - Bat For Lashes,...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jun 04, 2009 by benedictbrown

Primavera Sound 2009: Day Two - Bat For Lashes, Art Brut, Bloc Party...

For all the joys of discovering new bands and the vicarious buzz of having your ears blown half way across a field by an endless selection of new, avant...

Primavera Sound 2009: The First Day Of One Of T...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Jun 02, 2009 by benedictbrown

Primavera Sound 2009: The First Day Of One Of The World's Most Influential Rock Festivals

Primavera Sound In Spain at least, the endless talk of economic crisis has even taken its toll on the music world. Barcelona’s biggest and richest fe...

Those Dancing Days - A Lesson in Movement

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, May 18, 2009 by benedictbrown

Those Dancing Days - A Lesson in Movement

There are some concerts which you wait a lifetime to see. Bands that you spend forever listening to, only to find out that they really don't impress you...

Concierto Por La Paz With Ojos de Brujo, Chamb...

BARCELONA, HIPHOP/RAP/R&B, May 11, 2009 by benedictbrown

Concierto Por La Paz With Ojos de Brujo, Chambao...

After pretty much anyone with any power totally ignored the majority of public opinion despite millions of people all over the world marching and protes...

Birdy Nam Nam - Rock La Nitsa

BARCELONA, ELECTRONICA/DANCE, Apr 02, 2009 by benedictbrown

Birdy Nam Nam - Rock La Nitsa

French DJ team Birdy Nam Nam brought their 4 deck routine to the theatrical splendour of the Sala Apolo for a late night session of pure electro. Tho...

Modernos de Mierda

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Mar 25, 2009 by musicala

Modernos de Mierda

Liverpool had The Beatles. Seattle had Nirvana. New York bred The Ramones, and Barcelona gave birth to.........flamenco? Perhaps, I'm confusing southern...

The Spinto Band @ Sala Razzmatazz

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Mar 16, 2009 by benedictbrown

The Spinto Band @ Sala Razzmatazz

Beach Boys channelled harmonies, mad dance moves and some of the catchiest indie pop around, The Spinto Band were back in Barcelona after a three year a...

Anti Karaoke at Sala Apolo - Karaoke for Life

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Mar 16, 2009 by benedictbrown

Anti Karaoke at Sala Apolo - Karaoke for Life

Three times a month in Barcelona, with a monthly visitation to the Spanish capital, Anti Karaoke is doing something truly unique in Spain. Bored of ...

Primavera Club - The Dodos, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed...

BARCELONA, ROCK/INDIE/ALT, Mar 04, 2009 by benedictbrown

Primavera Club - The Dodos, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed...

2008-12-12 The mighty Primavera Sound festival’s colder little sister event has had a unique branding for each of its three years in existence. The f...

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