Best New Bands » Primavera https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 New Bands at Primavera – Manel, Sycamore Age and DJ Coco https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-manel-sycamore-age-dj-coco/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-manel-sycamore-age-dj-coco/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2016 20:48:42 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31279 Barcelona – All week myself and the dashingly handsome Corey Bell have been skirting around this issue of whether or not Primavera can actually claim to be the best festival in the world. It’s time you got some definitive answers. Nobody could deny that the festival is deserving of its place at the top table

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  3. New Bands at Primavera – Shura and NAO Barcelona—Once again, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound offered up the best and the brightest of the industry on the second day of its 16th edition.  Aside from powerhouse acts like Radiohead, The Last Shadow Puppets, and The Avalanches, a few newer bands...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-manel-sycamore-age-dj-coco/feed/ 0 New Bands at Primavera – Shura and NAO https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-shura-nao/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-shura-nao/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:50:41 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31266 Barcelona—Once again, Barcelona’s Primavera Sound offered up the best and the brightest of the industry on the second day of its 16th edition.  Aside from powerhouse acts like Radiohead, The Last Shadow Puppets, and The Avalanches, a few newer bands came through to showcase their material to the throngs of hungry music lovers. Shura UK

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  1. Shura Live At The Independent San Francisco – “I’m kind of obsessed with Kurt Cobain,” laughed Aleksandra Denton, the gentle, cooing presence behind Shura, the newest Manchester export that virtually takes the physical form of the future of music.  Shura graced the stage of San...
  2. 2 More New Bands At Primavera Barcelona – Perfection is not something one comes across…ever.  Obviously the notion of true flawlessness is subjective and differs from person to person, but as a seasoned veteran of festival culture (going on twelve years), the Primavera Sound festival in...
  3. New Bands at Primavera – Savages, Kiasmos and Jack Carty Barcelona – All this week we’re testing the claims of several media organisations that the music festival Primavera Sound is the best in the world. We promise to come to a hard conclusion on this whole business tomorrow, but if...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-shura-nao/feed/ 3 New Bands at Primavera – Savages, Kiasmos and Jack Carty https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-savages-kiasmos-jack-carty/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/new-bands-primavera-savages-kiasmos-jack-carty/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:11:26 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31250 Barcelona – All this week we’re testing the claims of several media organisations that the music festival Primavera Sound is the best in the world. We promise to come to a hard conclusion on this whole business tomorrow, but if you were looking to present evidence at the court of festival rankings, Friday 3rd June

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  2. 2 More New Bands At Primavera Barcelona – Perfection is not something one comes across…ever.  Obviously the notion of true flawlessness is subjective and differs from person to person, but as a seasoned veteran of festival culture (going on twelve years), the Primavera Sound festival in...
  3. Jack + Eliza at New York’s Mercury Lounge New York – Jack + Eliza, comprised of childhood friends Jack Staffen and Eliza Callahan played a homecoming show at Mercury Lounge.  The band had just returned from a short UK tour that saw them play Dot to Dot festival, showcasing...
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