20 November 2017By Esther
Since more than 20 years, Texans Spoon have been giving us albums able of mixing the best of rock and pop with the styles they fancy. In this 2017 their particular gift has been the wonderful and praised LP Hot Thoughts, which on Tuesday night presented at Sala Apolo in Barcelona that surprisingly was not
6 November 2017By Esther
Portuguese band The Gift returned to Barcelona last October 31 four years after their last visit to the catalan city to present their new album Altar (2017), in which they had the collaboration of Brian Eno and about which we talked few days ago with the bassist of the band John Gonçalves in an interview.
28 October 2017By Esther
There are times when you plan your attendance at a musical event in advance. Sometimes we are even forced to do it due to the haste with which tickets go on sale for 100% sure sold-out concerts that will be held next year. And there are times when at the last minute everything goes to
21 June 2017By Esther
One of the mythical bands in the history of music visited Barcelona yesterday night. It is true that only one of the original members of The Beach Boys, Mike Love, was present (in addition to the so-called sixth "Beach Boy" Bruce Johnston) and that on stage there were up to nine musicians to match the
20 June 2017By Esther
There must be not so much people who have not saw the Scots Belle & Sebastian live in a concert Spain, as accustomed as they have us to visit Spanish festivals in the summer. However, the chance to enjoy them in petit committee (less than 2500 people) like the one of this Sunday night in Barcelona,
18 June 2017By Esther
In the midst of a heatwave that turned Barcelona into a grill for a few days, the 24th edition of Sónar was held, with Moderat, Justice or Masters of Work as claims of its nocturnal side and Arca, Joe Goddard and Fat Freddy's Drop as big names of Sónar by day. Princess Nokia, Sónar 2017
7 June 2017By Esther
Festival Jardins de Pedralbes 2017 gave yesterday the kick off to more than a month of renowned shows with the concert of Rufus Wainwright, who offered in the Catalan city a broad tour through all his discography. The well-known American singer had visited last October the nearby Sant Cugat del Valles as part of the
30 March 2017By Esther
Just a year after his last visit to Barcelona, Irishman Glen Hansard returned to Barcelona as part of the lineup of Festival Mil.leni. In front an incomparable venue such as the Casino l'Aliança in Barcelona and with the promise of a solo concert, the sold out was clear some days ago, even though the room
27 January 2017By Esther
Barely two weeks after attending to Izal concert, we returned to the Sant Jordi Club with a very different outside situation from the one we that we live through with the Spanish band. The endless queues to enter to the cold local on the mountain of Montjuic had disappeared this time and most of the
2 November 2016By Esther
Last weekend took place in Barcelona Primavera Club 2016, where we could enjoy some of the new names that are hitting hard in the independent international scene, together with already established names such as Minor Victories or Whitney. Our first contact at the day on Friday was the American Lucy Dacus, whose show was less rocker