Primavera Sound 2017: my draft schedule

Time to honour another Blog tradition! As the timetables of the Primavera Sound Festival 2017 have been unveiled, here's our personal schedule on a first, draft, impression (we are still working on it, and some additional bands could/should be added. Being honest, this isn't the best edition for us, on the contrary. Plus, some overlaps (as usual), are also eroding the choices on a year with some gaps with 'really nothing mandatory to listen'. Time to do some 'research' to complete the routes... but hey, discovering interesting bands is one of the most attractive things of Festivals. Anyway, this is what our PS 2017 looks like right now (we are open to suggestions)!

Tuesday, May 30th, Sala Apolo
20:00 Les Sueques (Sala Apolo)
21:00 Let's Eat Grandma (Sala Apolo)
22:00 Cigarettes After Sex (Sala Apolo)
As we are pretty unsure about Wednesday, why not starting the Festival on Tuesday?

Wednesday,  May 31st, Parc del Fòrum
20:30 Local Natives*
22:00 Saint Etienne*

Still under serious consideration, worth going to the Fòrum for just two gigs that are not exactly our 'cup of tea'?

Thursday, June 1st, Parc del Fòrum
17:00 Kokoshca (Adidas)
18:00 Kevin Morby (Heineken) or Jens Lenkman (Hidden Stage)
19:15 Alexandra Savoir (Pitchfork)
20:05 Julia Jacklin (Adidas)
21:45 The Molochs (Adidas)
22:40 The Afghan Whigs (Ray-Ban)
Pretty comfortable and reasonable day with only two choices to make. We have doubts between see Kevin Morby or Jens Lekman (not an enthusiast of Lekman's last record, but never seen him live, going to be a close call). And maybe The Zombies for The Molochs as last minute change. Also, if we have the day off at work the next day or we really want more music we would stay for Kate Tempest and The Damned.

Friday, June 2nd, Parc del Fòrum
17:00 Lawrence Arabia (Hidden Stage)
19:15 Mitski (Pitchfork)
20:15 The Magnetic Fields* (Auditori)
20:50 Mac Demarco (Heineken)
22:35 Grandaddy (Ray-Ban)
22:50 Swans (Pitchfork)
00:40 Sleaford Mods (Ray-Ban)
Just plain 'meh' day for us. It's a pity we have to decide between Mitski and Whitney on a day with not a lot to see (for our tastes, of course). We have to choose which day are we going to see The Magnetic Fields, as our main concert of Friday or as the earliest gig of the day on Saturday.

Saturday, June 3rd, Parc del Fòrum
16:00 The Magnetic Fields* (Auditori)
17:40 Weyes Blood (Primavera)
19:45 Van Morrison (Heineken)*
21:30 Teenage Fanclub (Primavera Sound)
22:35 Hamilton Leithauser (Pitchfork)
23:30 LVL UP (Adidas)
02:30 Preoccupations (Pitchfork)
Probably our 'biggest' day, but painfully affected with the cruel clash between our beloved Angel Olsen and Van Morrison (really? same time? makes no sense at all). The rest of choices should combine well... Teeenage Fanclub, finally!!!

Sunday, June 4th, 
Huge questions marks also for the closing day. Need to listen!

Primavera Sound 2017: first impressions

No gala, no previous show, no videogame... not even a supposedly cool video on Youtube to mock people while they obsessively await for a rocket to be launched. Nothing. Just a not very remarkable imagery and a countdown at their Facebook page... And here it is! The Primavera Sound Festival 2017's line-up unveiled! Kaboom! Or wait... kaboom?

Because, at first glance, this is sort of a letdown. By far the less impressive line-up of the editions I've been lucky to attend. I never had such a limited number of artists/bands that are a MUST to watch. And there's also an inescapable feeling of deja vu (history repeating) mixed with very few surprises (Teenage Fanclub & Angel Olsen were mandatory, and having seen the latest in a small venue the excitement gets notoriously reduced...). Too much hip-hop, indietronic and electronic acts (don't we have Sonar Festival for that?) for my taste. Where are The Bats? The Julie Ruin/Le Tigre? Filthy Friends? The Decemberists playing 'The Crane Wife'? Rose Elinor Dougall? Novella? I could go on forever...

Needless to say, this is just my opinion... Besides, as it always happens with PS, there's always many names among the "small print" of the line-up worth watching and/or checking, something this year becomes even more obvious and necessary. So, honouring the Blog’s tradition, here’s our traditional rough (we don't have the timetables yet) “paint & colour” version of the line-up with our first impressions on the bands we are willing to see. Looks pretty yellow, right? Sure it will change (suggestions are welcomed)... A lot to listen ahead!!

CONFIRMED ARTISTS FOR PRIMAVERA SOUND 2017

31 May -4 June

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) •  7 Notas 7 Colores •  Abdullah Rashim •  About Leaving •  The Afghan Whigs •  Against Me! •  Agorazein •  Alex Cameron •  Alexandra Savior •  Alien Tango •  Âme live •  Angel Olsen •  Anímic •  Annette Peacock •  Aphex Twin •  Arcade Fire •  Aries •  Aurora Halal •  Autarkic •  Avalon Emerson •  BADBADNOTGOOD •  Barbott •  Belako •  Ben UFO •  Berri Txarrak •  Bicep •  The Black Angels •  Bon Iver •  Broken Social Scene •  Cigarettes After Sex •  CLUBZ •  Dj Coco •  Conttra •  Converge •  Cymbal Eat Guitars •  The Damned •  Dave P. •  Death Grips •  Descendents •  Discos Paradiso Crew •  Dixon •  Don't DJ •  Dj Dustin •  El Petit de Cal Eril •  Elmini •  Elza Soares •  Fatima Yamaha •  Ferenc •  Flying Lotus •  Formation •  Frank Ocean •  Front 242 •  Gas •  Glass Animals •  Gojira •  Gordi •  Grace Jones •  Grandaddy •  The Growlers •  Hamilton Leithauser •  Henrik Schwarz •  Her Little Donkey •  Huerco S. •  HVOB •  InnerCut •  Iosonouncane •  It's Not Not •  Japandroids •  Jardín de la Croix •  Jeremy Jay •  JMII •  Joey Purp •  John Talabot Disco Set •  Joy Orbison •  Julia Jacklin •  Julie Doiron •  Junun featuring Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajasthan Express •  Kelly Lee Owens •  Kepa Junkera & Los Hermanos Cubero •  Kevin Morby •  Khidja •  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard •  King Krule •  King Sunny Adé •  KiNK •  Kokoshca •  Kornél Kovács •  Lady Wray •  Lauer •  Les Cruet •  Les Sueques •  Let's Eat Grandma •  Local Natives •  Lord Of The Isles •  Lvl Up •  Mac DeMarco •  The Magnetic Fields •  The Make-Up •  Mannequin Pussy •  Màquina Total •  Maresme •  Marie Davidson •  Marta Delmont •  Matrixxman •  Medalla •  Melange •  Metronomy •  Michael Mayer •  Miguel •  Mishima •  Mitski •  The Molochs •  Moscoman •  Muñeco •  Murdoc •  Museless •  The Mystery Lights •  Nikki Lane •  No Zu •  Noga Erez •  Nots •  Odina •  Operators •  PAVVLA •  Pearson Sound •  Pedro Vian •  Pender Street Steppers •  Phurpa •  Pinegrove •  Playback Maracas •  Polar Inertia •  Pond •  Preoccupations •  Priests •  Rebuig •  Recondite •  Retirada! •  Romare •  Rosalía & Raül Refree •  Royal Trux •  Run The Jewels •  S U R V I V E •  Saint Etienne •  Salfumán •  Sampha •  Sau Poler •  Seu Jorge plays The Life Aquatic a tribute to David Bowie •  Shelby Grey •  Shellac •  Sinkane •  Skepta •  Skinny Puppy •  Slayer •  Sleaford Mods •  Sleep •  Slim Cessna's Auto Club •  Solange •  Soledad Vélez •  Sorry Kate •  Swans •  Swet Shop Boys •  Talaboman •  Teenage Fanclub •  Dj Tennis •  This Is Not This Heat •  Triángulo de Amor Bizarro •  Tuff City Kids •  Tycho •  Vaadat Charigim •  Van Morrison •  Vladimir Ivkovic •  Vox Low •  Wand •  The Waterparties •  The Wave Pictures •  The Wedding Present •  Weval •  Weyes Blood •  The Wheels •  Whitney •  Wild Beasts •  William Tyler •  The XX •  Youandewan •  The Zombies perform “Odessey & Oracle” 50th Anniversary

Green- Definetely seeing them. Absolute must
Orange- If there are no overlaps (in particular with the green ones), I'll be there for sure
Yellow- Curious about it/on "research mode"/nice option if there's no overlap