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MIDWEEK MIXTAPE // 28th September 2011
ANBAD has returned from a break in Barcelona, Europe’s Most Hash-Scented City™, where the supposed relaxation was punctured with the realisation that Barcelona’s pop music is a truly soul-shaking blend of Depeche Mode and happy-clappy moron-o-dance. Note that this mixture of music is not in the same song – yet. Surely the creation of such a bowel-loosening ...
I'm From Barcelona / Soko at Scala 25 Nov 2009
I’m From Barcelona sing - Soko plays pic by Crazybobbles at Flickr There are two girls on stage having a hysterical fit of the giggles. This is tiny but exuberant singer Soko and her accompanist. The first song ‘I Think I’m Pregnant’ is thus a hoot, interrupted by constant corpsing. “I’m not drunk…I’ve eaten too much food!” yelps the...
Primavera Sound - Parc Del Forum, Barcelona 28-30/5/09
Barcelona is so lovely and the line up for Primavera Sound looked pretty amazing so I thought I’d go along and miss quite a lot of it, due to having free beer on tap all weekend thanks to my friend sorting me out with a magic ticket. Here’s some stuff I remember. The first thing I saw was Lightning Bolt, which was surprising because usually most people can’t actually see them...
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