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Ani
DiFranco The original Righteous
Babe was in town for a magical, one-off performance at BCN's Auditori--read
all about it.
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Primavera Sound Read all about Barcelona's top indie festival as it happened, with out day-by-day guide.
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Desert Festival Spain's
biggest desert techno festival comes through with big names and a big
turnout, despite gloomy skies... |
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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. |
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Einstürzende
Neubauten miniguide*
spoke exclusively with the German experimental music legends… |
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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… |
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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... |
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gallery: Highlights from Weekend Dance
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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. |
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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.. |
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gallery: Highlights from B-Estival 2007
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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 |
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gallery: Highlights from Summercase '07 Day 1
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gallery: Highlights from Summercase '07 Day 2
Summercase
2006 review: the aerial pop bridge
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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. |
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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) |
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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) |
Echoes
from the past... Primaverasound 2007
Day 1 review
The
Hidden Pearls... Primaverasound 2007
Day 2 review
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Open
Air Warriors War has been declared between Spain’s festival organisers, translating into big paychecks for bands and prime entertainment for concertgoers. |
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Telling
Grooves
Tired of pretentious music, pseudo-intellectuals and designer coffees, !!! formed with the intention of putting raw emotion and good music first. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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.
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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.
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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. |
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Deftones
reviewed
Breathless is not enough: Deftones, co-founders of Nu-Metal, came to Barcelona with a gig of superlatives. |
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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. |