The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 174

Keep the engines roaring! It's been a week of full musical activity at the Blog, and the plan is to continue with this pace, so now it's the turn of our weekly TOP TEN Jukebox. This time, we bring a varied an eclectic playlist, with some exciting findings like Family Video or Red Red Eyes, but also with some 'usual suspects' like the latest tune of Frankie Cosmos, the stunning comeback of "surefires" Burrito Panza or the new song of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. Plenty to enjoy, listen and discover! Have fun, have a nice weekend and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)

Direct links to 2018 Jukebox playlists

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Happy Birthday El Genio Equivocado!

Today, we have a very special Anniversary party. El Genio Equivocado (one of the best Spanish independent labels, featured a dozen times at the Blog, and run by my Indienauta bosses) makes five years of existence. Many of you know what does it means. The enormous merit of surviving with a small music label in this perennial crisis context, in a country where people doesn't buy records. The huge achievement of having promoted/promoting several exciting and diverse bands each year despite the regrettable lack of support to culture from institutions (outside the mainstream). And, foremost, the genuine, unique way in which Rafa & Joan have done it: building a (disfunctional, but hey! we are talking about music) a family. Happy birthday El Genio Equivocado! Here's our little tribute in the form of a playlist with all the bands that have been or are part of its roster. Raise your glasses for many many more years to come!

1. Quan tornis demà - Aias 
2. No Bailes - Algora
3. If you were my captain - Big Summer 
4. El Abrigo - Blacanova
5. Tu Lado Salvaje - Burrito Panza
6. Perdido - Cómo Vivir en el Campo
7. Piel de Naranja - Grushenka
8. Salgamos de Aquí - Hans Laguna
9. La Unión y la Fuerza - Joaquín Pascual
10. Los Líderes Africanos - El Lado Oscuro de la Broca
11. Secundarios del Mundo Uníos! - Las Ruinas
12.  Ramon - Les Sueques
13. Orange - Mequetrefe
14. Días de Radio - Montevideo
15. Mcfly - Muñeco
16. El Espejo - Murciano Total
17. Uno de Noviembre - Odio París
18. Tout Cette Lumière - The Birkins
19. La Guerra Mundial - Wiggum
20. El Parque - Cosmen Adelaida

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox 2!

It's Friday, so time for our second TOP TEN playlist with the tunes I'm enjoying the most this week. Many promising bands (some already featured at the blog, others that you will see pretty soon) and a couple of undeniable classics. As the previous one, set is available at the blog's soundcloud (that you can gently join too) Hope you like it.

Direct link to the Week 1

Welcome to the Jukebox!

Spanish Indie 18: suggesting the best national acts

And another blog section we recover. Some of the best Spanish bands, for your ears only!

Burrito Panza. El Genio Equivocado's has started 2014 just as they ended 2013. On a roll. Hailing from Albacete, behind this peculiar name there’s Carlos Cuevas, Jose Manuel Mora and Carlos Flan from seminal bands like Surfin ‘Bichos, Mercromina, Travolta and Alienistas of Fernando Alfaro. After signing with El Genio first materialized in 2011 with digital single “Tu Lado Salvaje“, followed that same year by highly praised debut LP “Solo y Mal Acompañado“. Expanded to a quartet with the addition of Rafa Caballero, the group has just released their sophomore album, “Una Familia Desestructurada” this February. Classic pop in capital, kaleidoscopic letters (like LP's artwork), on a giant leap forward in what regards to sound, shiny and round despite a slight of darkness on the lyrics. Join the family! 

Matrimonio. Based in Barcelona, Juan Carlos Fernández (Dos Gajos, Penélope Trip) and visual artist Gloria Vilches met in Gijón on the summer of 2011. After a collaboration, love blossomed and as a consequence, also the music. First tunes appeared late 2012, with S/T 7" EP following in November 2013, courtesy of Snap! Clap! Recs. Intimate, irresistible lo-fi pop (self-defined as a devotional blues combo, aren't they lovely?) with intertwined vocals, charming melodies & bittersweet lyrics. With debut LP expected very soon, write down Matrimonio on your agendas! You'll thank me.  

Casa Celia. Discovered at Basia Bulat's latest visit to Barcelona, this restaurant named duo is formed by Rafa de los Arcos, who is the drummer at our dear Manos de Topo, and Elena González Colominas, from Portrait. Active since 2013 they don't have proper releases yet, but the songs you can hear below are so promising this spot is well deserved. Defined by themselves as "little songs", this is confessional indiepop that endures, in the vein of the The New Raemon, with a sense of humour (try to watch them live, Rafa knows how to deal with an audience) and a genuine, melodic charm. Keep an eye on them!