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Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco The original Righteous Babe was in town for a magical, one-off performance at BCN's Auditori--read all about it.

Primavera Sound

Primavera Sound Read all about Barcelona's top indie festival as it happened, with out day-by-day guide.

 

 

Monegros Desert Festival Monegros Desert Festival Spain's biggest desert techno festival comes through with big names and a big turnout, despite gloomy skies...

 

Primavera Sound preview Primavera Sound Barcelona's most indie fest promises for its 08´edition a consistent underground line-up for the conaisseurs, a new focus on hip-hop, rock for kids and a 24/7 radio broadcast. 

 

Einstuerzende Neubauten Einstürzende Neubauten miniguide* spoke exclusively with the German experimental music legends…

 

Barcelona Jazz Festival DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Review Two of the world’s most innovative DJ talents combine on one stage for a night of utter sickness in the turntable trickery stakes…

 

Radiohead

Digital Direction The prospect of free access to music has kept record-industry chiefs awake, but 2007 finally saw artists take the lead in the latest chapter of what is becoming a global digital musical revolution…

 

 

Primavera club 2007

Primavera Club While flavoured with US bands such as Bishop Allen, The Ponys and Earth, the second edition of Primavera Club also features a couple of European groups such as UK's The New Pornographers.

 

Space Ibiza Closing Party Saying farewell to the summer at the all-night pulsating techno/dance music festa featuring a superb DJ line up, 6 stages and a sunrise ending.

 

 

Barcelona Jazz Festival

Barcelona Jazz Festival A month long the city belongs to the international jazz scene from Bebo Valdés to Chick Corea. miniguide* is covering the ongoing festival with live reviews.

 

 

Weekend Dance (review) So we danced. We danced hard and we danced long into the night, but the whole thing, despite of (or in spite of) the drugs, just felt like a party-thon that had pushed just one festival too many...

arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Weekend Dance

 

Festival non-stop: What's coming up And the festival season goes on… After the traditional quiet summer, a tremendous amount of festivals mark the agenda, with music, film and more for every taste and budget.

 

 

Summercase Barcelona 2007 B-Estival: smooth moonlight tunes 27.000 visitors and some of the best acts of contemporrary jazz &world music: B-Estival, Barcelona's 'Festival de Ritmes' is becoming a jour fixe for those who like music to sound perfect..

arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from B-Estival 2007

 

Summercase Barcelona 2007 Summercase 2007: Time will tell

Smoothly done, easily accessible and full of great bands with lots of happy people to watch them – Summercase staked another claim on a regular place in the summer calendar. Read Summercase review

 

arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Summercase '07 Day 1
arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Summercase '07 Day 2

arrowSummercase 2006 review: the aerial pop bridge

 

 

Grandmaster Flash  Urban Funke Barcelona Flash's hip-hop masterclass

Grandmaster Flash, a living legend catered a DJ masterclass at Barcelona's street art, music and urban sport's festival Urban Funke. All the festival's highlights in our photo gallery.

 

 

Beastie Boys live  at Sónar festival Barcelona Sónar '07: Lost in the trend jungle

Another successful year for Barcelona's most international festival which showcased new music tendencies, if the clear trend was difficult to spot. (review)

arrowSomewhere in between: Andy Heslop about Sonar 2007
arrowThe Beastie Boys about their latest release
arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Sónar 07 Day 1
arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Sónar 07 Day 2
arrowPicture gallery: Highlights from Sónar 07 Day 3
arrowNettle: one of the hidden gems of the Sónar festival
arrowInterviews with DJ Nu-Mark and other festival stars
arrowChic, sexy, stylish: all Sónar 2006 hightlights

 

 

Arcade Fire at Barcelona Summercase Festival 2007 Primavera Sound 2007 (live review)

Primaverasound festival ended with a stage marathon of indie legends such as Wilco and Patti Smith, who proclaimed: "The future is now". (Day 3 and final review)

arrowEchoes from the past... Primaverasound 2007 Day 1 review

arrowThe Hidden Pearls... Primaverasound 2007 Day 2 review

 

 

 

Arcade Fire at Barcelona Summercase Festival 2007 Open Air Warriors

War has been declared between Spain’s festival organisers, translating into big paychecks for bands and prime entertainment for concertgoers.

 

 

!!! live at Summercase festival Barcelona  2007 Telling Grooves

Tired of pretentious music, pseudo-intellectuals and designer coffees, !!! formed with the intention of putting raw emotion and good music first.

 

Barcelona Primavera Club festival review Famous for only 15 people?

Barcelona has a new jour fixe for those anxious to experience the finest of the alternative music scene: Primavera Club.

 

 

Leonard Cohen I'm your man Famous fans and music legends

What passion have Bono and Nick Cave in common? What is the sex appeal of an air guitar? In-Edit, a music film festival, had the answer to these and many more questions.

 

 

Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys

For the opening party of its new club venue at Barcelona's Fòrum festival area, mobile phone provider movistar invited the Pet Shop Boys for a special gig. Check out the highlights in our picture gallery.

 

Beatmaster G The human beatbox

“Boom chick, boom boom chick” is the pervasive backdrop of beatbox, a completely unplugged genre involving no machines, keyboards or computers. The only instrument is the human body.

 

Fatboy Slim at Summcase Barcelona Summercase I: the aerial pop bridge

Summercase, a new pop festival connecting Madrid and Barcelona, has celebrated its premiere in mid July, with a lineup focusing on mainstream pop and some stage surprises.

 

Happy Mondays at Summcase Barcelona Summercase II: humble rockin' boys

Keane, three humble boys with some chart hits, did their duty as the Summercase's main gig. The evening's real stars, however, were two still rocking bands from the past.

 

Chic at Sonar Festival Barcelona Sonar 2006: chic, sexy, stylish

Sonar's 13th edition reviewed: Nippon's sound and vision, beatbox, ragga, a surprise act by the Scissor Sisters and a smashing funk performance by Le Chic..

See exclusive Sónar pics in our gallery.

 

Flaming Lips at Primavera Sound Festival Primavera Sound 2006 highlights

Cheerful aliens, shamans, Tai-Chi masters and rock gods spoiling their fans during three days with enjoyable noise, gigantic balloons and confetti.

Read our main story. with exclusive shots and news
Read our review about the Baby Shambles concert
Read miniguide* reporter Dave Ware's festival diary
See exclusive Primavera Sound pics in our gallery.

 

 

Tool: Maynard James Keenan Tool reviewed

Five years have passed by since ‘Lateralus’, the last Tool-masterpiece. Now they have released their new album '10,000 days’ and presented it live on stage.

 

Chino Moreno and his band Deftones live in Barcelona Deftones reviewed

Breathless is not enough: Deftones, co-founders of Nu-Metal, came to Barcelona with a gig of superlatives.

 

Urban Funke 2006 Urban Funke reviewed

Music, urban sports and arts in the inner city streets - This year's festival edition had to manage problems with the local authorities.

 

 

 

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