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Munk / Round Table Knights / Cryptonites, kaserne, basel
The Robocop Kraus, sommercasino, basel
Trio from hell, solheure, solothurn
Team Plastique, hirscheneck basel
Selfish Cunt, hirscheneck, basel
Jersey, hirscheneck, basel
and me / volta vital, cargo bar basel
Sissikontest / Larytta, treibhaus, luzern
Oasis / Glasvegas, hallenstadion, zürich
Peter Kernel, das schiff, basel
and me / volta vital, mein wohnzimmer, basel
a band called valero / marcel cranc / Extraperlo / Joe Crepúsculo, maremagnum, barcelona
Sara Lov, Audrey, John & Jehn, Le Corps Mince de Françoise, Micachu & The Shapes, sala apolo, barcelona
Cuchillo / Klaus & Kinski / Piano Magic, maremagnum, barcelona
Cof Cof / The Sound of Arrows, la [2], barcelona
Ultraplayback / Mendetz / DJ Sany Pitbull, sala apolo, barcelona
The Wooden Birds / Grand Archives, la [2], barcelona
Ghostcat / Ultraplayback, sidecar, barcelona
Retribution Gospel Choir, la [2], barcelona
The Wave Pictures, la [2], barcelona
primavera sound festival barcelona mit Gentle Music Men, briant hunt, PAL, Tachenko, Half Foot Outside, wio leokadio, Girls, The Vaselines, Yo La Tengo, Phoenix, Ponytail, Aphex Twin, Jay Reatard, The Horrors, Ebony Bones, Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Spiritualized, Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne, Bloc Party, Magik Markers, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Herman Dune, Deerhunter, Lemonade, Ghostface Killah, Sonic Youth, Simian Mobile Disco, EL P, Black Lips, Dj CoCo
sonár festival barcelona mit Konono N° 1, michna with raw paw, The Wizard, Micachu & The Shapes, La Roux, Young Fathers, Omar Souleyman, XXXchange, EBONY BONES!, Dorian Concept, James Pants, Grace Jones, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Little Boots, Buraka Som Sistema, Fever Ray, Animal Collective, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Rob Da Bank
faraday festival Vilanova i la Geltrú mit Ipso Facto, The Leisure Society, The Lucksmiths, Half Foot Outside, Shugo Tokumaru, The Mummers, Manel, 1990s, the ruling class
I'm From Barcelona, razzmatazz, barcelona
Bishop Allen, becool, barcelona
The Strange Boys, la [2], barcelona
Passion Pit, razzmatazz, barcelona
My Little Pony, sidecar, barcelona
Patrick Wolf, The Duke and The King, The Go! Team, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Billie the Vision & The Dancers, Danielson, Akron/Family, Terry Lynn, BAM festival, barcelona
Swanton Bombs / Times New Viking, Girls, la [2], barcelona
Wire, la [2], barcelona
YACHT, apolo, barcelona
The Mary Onettes, la [2], barcelona
Niño Y Pistola, la [2], barcelona
Lacrosse, la [2], barcelona
Knackeboul / Delinquent Habits, becool, barcelona
Magic Arm / Camera Obscura, apolo, barcelona
Stanley Brinks, heliogabàbal, barcelona
Munch Munch / Early Day Miners / Black Lips, apolo, barcelona
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, bikini, barcelona
Micachu & The Shapes, razzmatazz, barcelona
Dolorean / Pony Pony Run Run / Aeroplane, razzmatazz, barcelona
primaveraclub barcelona mit The Pastels, HEALTH, The Black Heart Procession, Furguson, Beach House, Kurt Vile & the Violators, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Cass McCombs, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, Little Joy, The Ladybug Transistor, Jeffrey Lewis, School of Seven Bells, Sr. Chinarro, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Neon Indian, Wave Machines
Salvaje Montoya / Wavves, sidecar, barcelona
Television Personalities / San Leon, becool, barcelona
The Dodos / Disasteradio, becool, barcelona

i know lists are very personal and may change in a daily basis but i decided to create my list of - what i think - the greatest albums of the year... there's no rational order which means that the first album listed isn't necessarily the best album of the year...
here we go then...

- Klaus & Kinski - tu hoguera está ardiendo
(klaus & kinski is, probably, the best thing i discovered this year... the album is flawless)
- Moscow Olympics - cut the world
- Sad Day For Puppets - unknown colors
- The Monolators - don't dance
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - lp
- Moto Boy - moto boy
- Headless Heroes - the silence of love
- Hari and Aino - hari and aino
- The Honest Johns - songwriters of the north
- A Big Yes And A Small No - jesus, that looks terrible on you
- Carrie- 1981
- Celestial - crystal heights
- The Electric Pop Group - sunrise ep
- Entre Rios - entre rios
- Gentle Touch - in memory of savannah
- Ida Maria - fortress round my heart
- Joel Alme - a master of ceremonies
- Kite - kite ep
- Melpo Mene - bring the lions out
- Cof Cof - who said party?
- Mates of State - mates of state
- Northern Portrait - the fallen aristocracy ep
- Oppressed By The Line - soft focus
- Parker Lewis - parker lewis
- The School - let it slip ep
- Stars In Coma - you're still frozen in time
- This Is Ivy League - this is ivy league
- This Car Up - smile when you're alone
- Twig - life after ridge
- v.a. - rewind: the 80's cover project by buffetlibre.net
- Speedmarket Avenue - way better now
- The Sound of Arrows - danger!
- Almedal - från och med nu och 20 dagar framåt
- Days - downhill
- Russian Red - i love your glasses
- Slow Runner - mermaids

SI ALGUIEN DICE ‘TODO ESTÁ BIEN, ¿TÚ DICES?
Wakal - Qué?

QUE DESCRIBE MEJOR TU PERSONALIDAD?

Her Space Holiday - Japanese Gum

¿QUÉ TE GUSTA EN UN CHICO/CHICA?
The Killers - Losing Touch

¿CÓMO TE SIENTES HOY?
Yo La Tengo - Return of the Pharoah

¿CUÁL ES TU PROPÓSITO EN LA VIDA?
Sixpence none the richer - Angels we have heard on high

¿CUÁL ES TU LEMA?
Yo La Tengo - Tears are in your eyes

¿QUÉ PIENSAN TUS AMIGOS DE TI?
Retard - o - bot - Devoid of Science

¿EN QUÉ PIENSAS MUY A MENUDO?
Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy

¿CUÁNTO ES 2+2?
Lightning Bolt - Fleeing the Valley of Whirling Knives

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE TUS MEJORES AMIGOS?
Justice - Let There be Light

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE LA PERSONA QUE TE GUSTA?
Vivian Girls - Tell the world

¿CUÁL ES LA HISTORIA DE TU VIDA?
Augustana - Mayfield

¿QUÉ QUIERES SER CUANDO CREZCAS?
Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow

¿EN QUÉ PIENSAS CUANDO VES A LA PERSONA QUE TE GUSTA?
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

¿QUÉ PIENSAN TUS PADRES DE TI?
Creedence Clearwater Rivival - Molina

¿QUÉ BAILARÁS EN TU BODA?
The Autumns - Apple

¿QUÉ MÚSICA SONARÁ EN TU FUNERAL?
Sebastien Grainger - (I am like a) River

¿CUÁL ES TU PASATIEMPO?
The Coral - Dreaming of You

¿CUÁL ES TU MÁS GRANDE SECRETO?
Glasvegas - S.A.D. Light

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE TUS AMIGOS?
The Strokes - 12:51

¿CUÁL ES LA PEOR COSA QUE PODRÍA PASAR?
Vincent Gallo - I wrote this song for the Girl Paris Hilton

¿CÓMO MORIRÁS?
Her Space Holiday - No more good ideas

¿DE QUÉ ÚNICA COSA TE ARREPIENTES?
Thirteen Senses - Into the fire

¿QUÉ TE HACE REIR?
Titan - Space Chemo

¿QUÉ TE HACE LLORAR?
Wolfmother - Woman

¿TE CASARÁS ALGÚN DÍA?
Minitel Rose - Continue

¿QUÉ ES LO QUE MÁS TE GUSTA?
Bufi - Homeless Hero

¿LE GUSTAS A ALGUIEN?
No and the Maybes - Can I sleep with your friends?

SI PUDIERAS RETROCEDER EL TIEMPO ¿QUÉ CAMBIARÍAS?
Mickey Avalon vs CSS - Dick Move

¿QUÉ TE HIERE AHORA?
Native Korean Rock - Indian Summer

¿CÓMO TITULARÁS ESTE POST?
Daft Punk - Human after all

¿CUÁNDO COGES PIENSAS EN...?
The Dandy Warhols - The Last High (esta si me dio miedo)

¿TU OBSESIÓN?
Vicent Gallo - Apple Girl (esta me dio mas)

¿TU BESO PERFECTO?
Thieves like us - Drugs in my body

¿NO ENCUENTRAS ALGO?
Liars - It fit when I was a kid

¿QUE ES LO PEOR QUE TE PUEDEN HACER?
Cof Cof - My HDD is broken

¿QUÉ TE CAGA?
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah

¿TE CONSIDERAS?
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches

¿SOUNDTRACK DE TU VIDA?
Live - I Alone

¿QUÉ TE DEPARA EL FUTURO?
The Vines - Outtathaway!

¿ALGUN MENSAJE PARA EL MUNDO O ALGUIEN EN ESPECIAL?
The Arcade Fire - In the Back Seat

¿PERFECTA CANCIÓN PARA TERMINAR?
Taking back sunday - You're so last summer (puta que emo)

¿....SEGUNDO CHANCE PARA TERMINAR BIEN?
The Chemical Brothers - Golden Path


Artistas en este post:

WakalHer Space HolidayTaking Back SundayCSSThe Chemical BrothersThe Arcade FireGlasvegasYo La TengoThe VinesLiveThe StrokesThe Presidents of the United States of AmericaJens LekmanThe Dandy WarholsCof CofLiarsWolfmotherVincent GalloThieves Like UsDaft PunkNative Korean RockNo And The MaybesbufiThirteen SensesThe CoralSebastien GraingerThe AutumnsCreedence Clearwater RivivalAu Revoir SimoneAugustanaVivian GirlsJusticeLightning BoltMidnight JuggernautsRetard-O-BotSixpence None the RicherThe Killers

SI ALGUIEN DICE ‘TODO ESTÁ BIEN, ¿TÚ DICES?
Wakal - Qué?

QUE DESCRIBE MEJOR TU PERSONALIDAD?

Her Space Holiday - Japanese Gum

¿QUÉ TE GUSTA EN UN CHICO/CHICA?
The Killers - Losing Touch

¿CÓMO TE SIENTES HOY?
Yo La Tengo - Return of the Pharoah

¿CUÁL ES TU PROPÓSITO EN LA VIDA?
Sixpence none the richer - Angels we have heard on high

¿CUÁL ES TU LEMA?
Yo La Tengo - Tears are in your eyes

¿QUÉ PIENSAN TUS AMIGOS DE TI?
Retard - o - bot - Devoid of Science

¿EN QUÉ PIENSAS MUY A MENUDO?
Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy

¿CUÁNTO ES 2+2?
Lightning Bolt - Fleeing the Valley of Whirling Knives

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE TUS MEJORES AMIGOS?
Justice - Let There be Light

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE LA PERSONA QUE TE GUSTA?
Vivian Girls - Tell the world

¿CUÁL ES LA HISTORIA DE TU VIDA?
Augustana - Mayfield

¿QUÉ QUIERES SER CUANDO CREZCAS?
Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow

¿EN QUÉ PIENSAS CUANDO VES A LA PERSONA QUE TE GUSTA?
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube

¿QUÉ PIENSAN TUS PADRES DE TI?
Creedence Clearwater Rivival - Molina

¿QUÉ BAILARÁS EN TU BODA?
The Autumns - Apple

¿QUÉ MÚSICA SONARÁ EN TU FUNERAL?
Sebastien Grainger - (I am like a) River

¿CUÁL ES TU PASATIEMPO?
The Coral - Dreaming of You

¿CUÁL ES TU MÁS GRANDE SECRETO?
Glasvegas - S.A.D. Light

¿QUÉ PIENSAS DE TUS AMIGOS?
The Strokes - 12:51

¿CUÁL ES LA PEOR COSA QUE PODRÍA PASAR?
Vincent Gallo - I wrote this song for the Girl Paris Hilton

¿CÓMO MORIRÁS?
Her Space Holiday - No more good ideas

¿DE QUÉ ÚNICA COSA TE ARREPIENTES?
Thirteen Senses - Into the fire

¿QUÉ TE HACE REIR?
Titan - Space Chemo

¿QUÉ TE HACE LLORAR?
Wolfmother - Woman

¿TE CASARÁS ALGÚN DÍA?
Minitel Rose - Continue

¿QUÉ ES LO QUE MÁS TE GUSTA?
Bufi - Homeless Hero

¿LE GUSTAS A ALGUIEN?
No and the Maybes - Can I sleep with your friends?

SI PUDIERAS RETROCEDER EL TIEMPO ¿QUÉ CAMBIARÍAS?
Mickey Avalon vs CSS - Dick Move

¿QUÉ TE HIERE AHORA?
Native Korean Rock - Indian Summer

¿CÓMO TITULARÁS ESTE POST?
Daft Punk - Human after all

¿CUÁNDO COGES PIENSAS EN...?
The Dandy Warhols - The Last High (esta si me dio miedo)

¿TU OBSESIÓN?
Vicent Gallo - Apple Girl (esta me dio mas)

¿TU BESO PERFECTO?
Thieves like us - Drugs in my body

¿NO ENCUENTRAS ALGO?
Liars - It fit when I was a kid

¿QUE ES LO PEOR QUE TE PUEDEN HACER?
Cof Cof - My HDD is broken

¿QUÉ TE CAGA?
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah

¿TE CONSIDERAS?
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches

¿SOUNDTRACK DE TU VIDA?
Live - I Alone

¿QUÉ TE DEPARA EL FUTURO?
The Vines - Outtathaway!

¿ALGUN MENSAJE PARA EL MUNDO O ALGUIEN EN ESPECIAL?
The Arcade Fire - In the Back Seat

¿PERFECTA CANCIÓN PARA TERMINAR?
Taking back sunday - You're so last summer (puta que emo)

¿....SEGUNDO CHANCE PARA TERMINAR BIEN?
The Chemical Brothers - Golden Path


Artistas en este post:

WakalHer Space HolidayTaking Back SundayCSSThe Chemical BrothersThe Arcade FireGlasvegasYo La TengoThe VinesLiveThe StrokesThe Presidents of the United States of AmericaJens LekmanThe Dandy WarholsCof CofLiarsWolfmotherVincent GalloThieves Like UsDaft PunkNative Korean RockNo And The MaybesbufiThirteen SensesThe CoralSebastien GraingerThe AutumnsCreedence Clearwater RivivalAu Revoir SimoneAugustanaVivian GirlsJusticeLightning BoltMidnight JuggernautsRetard-O-BotSixpence None the RicherThe Killers

B2 MAGAZINE Introducing Vol. III

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ...



B2 MAGAZINE Introducing Vol. III:

The third baby of our nu talents collection. Bands like Cof Cof, Superpose, La Suite Bizarre, Zzzzzz, Lützenkirchen, Maora Planet Orfea, We Are Not Brothers, A-lix, Age Of Jets, Max Sharam, Molokow, Kenny Black, Sofus Forsberg and Cubop offer great electronics ...

pic & artwork by: eduardo méndez

Get your free CD with your B2 MAG copy...

+ info on:

Mindwaves-Music Myspace
B2 Magazine Introducing Myspace

Mindwaves-Music

Cof Cof
Superpose
La Suite Bizarre
ZZZZZZ
Lützenkirchen
Maora planet orfea
We are not brothers
A-lix
Age of Jets
Max Sharam
Molokow
Kenny Black
Sofus Forsberg
CuBop
ChillInBerlin

B2 MAGAZINE Introducing Vol. III

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ...




B2 MAGAZINE Introducing Vol. III:

The third baby of our nu talents collection. Bands like Cof Cof, Superpose, La Suite Bizarre, Zzzzzz, Lützenkirchen, Maora Planet Orfea, We Are Not Brothers, A-lix, Age Of Jets, Max Sharam, Molokow, Kenny Black, Sofus Forsberg and Cubop offer great electronics ...

pic & artwork by: eduardo méndez

Get your free CD with your B2 MAG copy...


+ info on:


Mindwaves-Music Myspace
Ubersoundz Myspace

Mindwaves-Music

Cof Cof
Superpose
La Suite Bizarre
ZZZZZZ
Lützenkirchen
Maora planet orfea
We are not brothers
A-lix
Age of Jets
Max Sharam
Molokow
Kenny Black
Sofus Forsberg
CuBop

May 13, 2008
p. a. r t y. - luther

What time is it? It's time to start picking out some sweet summer jamz. So far, I haven't been just real bowled over with the latest pack of tracks vying for position, but there is one group who is consistently impressing me with hook laden, chorus humming songs, and they don't even have a label. Yet.

Cof Cof have been quickly and surely establishing themselves at the top of my list of bands to watch, if I were so presumptuous as to make such a list, which I pray I never will be. Their lovable brand of Spanish, synthy dance pop is evolving like the aliens in that underrated David Duchovney movie (which one, right?). Their latest release is actually in the form of several new songs at once, compiled with a couple of their older tracks into a pretty damn solid full length debut album entitled Who Said Party?. Leaning more on lead singer Ana Analogica's cute and off kilter voice, the new tracks (almost exclusively in English now) add up to big fun in the same thematic vein as their earlier releases, namely parties and drinking on the surface, thinly vialing analogies of relationships and other typical pop ilk. A lot of the solidity here is also lent by stellar production from instrumentalist and backup vocalist Alex Cuadrado, in which he borrows from everyone from the Teenagers to Michael Jackson with a healthy dose of 8-bit magic. Tracks like Dirty Tricks, a guitar riffing psudo-techno romp, and the titular Who Said Party? are instant classics daring you not to sing along; while Caribbean Boy and Forbidden Cocktail try to stretch the duo successfully, however slightly, stylistically.

The album's playfulness, charm, and infectious dancability helps to negate it's only drawback, which is it's lack of diversity. While every track is distinct, there is a noticeable similarity in some of the sounds, and the general pace of every tune is pretty much the same, with no 'slow number' or any time signature outside of four / fours that I can think of. This however, is all part and partial to making a great dance record, and is in line with other somewhat similar groups like the now (basically) defunct Bonde do Role, where you really aren't expecting any sort of arch or storied experience in lieu of shaking your drunken ass off.

One of the best parts about this record is the fact that it's straight up free at the moment through download. Great album art (by the immensely talented Pi) and all, there's really no way to not use the link below and get yourself some quality muzak. So far as I've been informed there are no plans for a US tour of any kind, though if I could I'd fly them here myself out of sheer curiosity as to what their live show is like, but if you're lucky enough to live in their home town of Valencia, Spain, you can check them out on June 27th at Nasti Valencia. Sounds like a cool place.

My pick for Summer Jam? The track Who Said Party?, which could quite possibly be the Party Ends theme song as well. I didn't want to deny the band the traffic of our myriad readers, so the link below will take you to Cof Cof's Myspace, then click the 'download who said party? here' link to pick up the album. Also, if you happen to speak / read Spanish (unlike myself), you can check out their blog here.

HTTP://PARTYENDS.COM