Primavera Sound 2013: Timetables, 2nd attempt

After the previous days unveiled last week, Saturday timetables for the Primavera Sound 2013 just announced..., so after a quick check, this is how my  PS 2013 looks like on that day:

Saturday, May 25th, Parc del Fòrum
18:35 Adam Green & Binki Shapiro (Heineken stage)
19:45 Rodríguez (Primavera stage)
20:55 Band of Horses (Heineken)
23.30 Camera Obscura (Ray-Ban)
01:05 Los Planetas (Primavera)

Not very lucky with the schedule. Nothing really interests me between Band of Horses and Camera Obscura. Same after Los Planetas...(maybe Crystal Castles?). And again the feeling/worry about moving from Heineken to Primavera stages. We'll see...

Sunday's timetable is still missing, and I assume more changes and few more announcements to be made, so this won't be the final schedule for sure!

Primavera Sound 2013 is getting closer...

Just a little more than a month before the Primavera Sound 2013 arrives. Interesting names like Fiona Apple or Foxygen have cancelled their gigs, being replaced by some other (not so interesting to me) names. After many days of research, here's what our agenda looks like, right now. Looking forward for the timetables, the real reference to know what are we going to see this year at the Festival. Plus many names that I'm sure we will add (Primavera als Bars, previous showcases...) Counting down the days!

CONFIRMED ARTISTS FOR PRIMAVERA SOUND 2013

22nd-26th May

ADAM GREEN & BINKI SHAPIRO • ALIMENT • ANIMAL COLLECTIVE• ANTONIA FONT

APPARAT plays Krieg and Frieden • THE BABIES • BAND OF HORSES • BARRY HOGAN DJ

BETUNIZER • BLUE WILLA • BLUR • BOB MOULD • BORED SPIES • THE BOTS

THE BREEDERS performing Last Splash • CAMERA OBSCURA • CAYUCAS • CHRIS COHEN

CHRISTOPHER OWENS • DJ COCO • CRYSTAL CASTLES• DAN DEACON • DANIEL JOHNSTON • DAPHNI • DAUGHN GIBSON • DAUGHTER

DEAD CAN DANCE • DEAD SKELETONS • DEATH GRIPS • DEERHUNTER • DEGREASER

DELOREAN • DEXYS • DIIV • DINOSAUR JR. • DISCLOSURE • DJANGO DJANGO• DO MAKE SAY THINK• DOPE BODY • THE DRONES• EL INQUILINO COMUNISTA • ETHAN JOHNS • EXTRAPERLO • FOUR TET • FRED I SON • THE FREE FALL BAND

FUCK BUTTONS • FUCKED UP • GHOSTIGITAL • GLASS CANDY • GOAT • GRIZZLY BEAR

GUADALUPE PLATA • GUARDIAN ALIEN • GUARDS • HAL FLAVIN • HEADBIRDS• HIDROGENESSE• HONEYBIRD & THE BIRDIES • HOT CHIP • HOT SNAKES • HOW TO DRESS WELL• JACKMASTER presents Tweak-A-Holic • JAMES BLAKE• JESSIE WARE

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN • JOHN TALABOT • JOZEF VAN WISSEM & JIM JARMUSCH• KIEV CUANDO NIEVA• KILLER MIKE • KING TUFF • THE KNIFE • DJ KOZE• KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS • L'HEREU ESCAMPA• LA BIEN QUERIDA • LA BRIGADA • LIARS • LOCAL NATIVES• LOS PLANETAS tocan Una semana en el motor de un autobus 

MAC DEMARCO • THE MAGICIAN

MANEL • MATTHEW E. WHITE • MEAT PUPPETS • MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER

MENOMENA • MERCHANDISE • METZ • MOUNT EERIE • MULATU ASTATKE

MY BLOODY VALENTINE • NEKO CASE • NEUROSIS • NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

NICK WATERHOUSE• NILS FRAHM• NURSE WITH WOUND• OM• OMAR SOULEYMAN

ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO DE COTONOU • PANTHA DU PRINCE & THE BELL• PAUS • PEACE • PHOENIX • PONY BRAVO• POOLSIDE • THE POSTAL SERVICE • RODRIGUEZ • ROLL THE DICE • SAVAGES• SCUBA

THE SEA AND CAKE • SEAN NICHOLAS SAVAGE • SHELLAC • SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO

SOLANGE • THE SUICIDE OF WESTERN CULTURE • SWANS • TAME IMPALA • TARANTULA•THEE OH SEES • TINARIWEN • TITUS ANDRONICUS • TOUNDRA • THE VACCINES• WHITE FENCE • WILD NOTHING • WOODS • WU-TANG CLAN 

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"

"Searching for Sugar Man", mystery, magic, music

Searching for Sugar Man
Beefeater In-Edit Festival 2012, chapter I

First of the five films of our selection at the Beefeater In-Edit 2012, and what a movie to start the Festival! Finally a film where what matters is the story that is trying to tell the spectators. And what a story! Incredible, shocking, mysterious, touching, musically very attractive... In a word, fascinating.

This is a documentary on a completely forgotten artist. Not even a side note on the page of the 70s' music history. Sixto Rodriguez, an unknown folk-rock singer/songwriter from Detroit (Mexican familiar origins) who released two albums in the early 1970s, "Cold Fact", and "Coming From Reality". Despite the quality of his music and lyrics, somewhere in between Bob Dylan and Nick Drake, he could not achieve any popularity, so he quickly vanished, retiring, unnoticed from music. We get opinions from his producers and critics, praising the artist and blaming his lack of success and being dropped by his record label.

To this point, "Searching for Sugar Man", would have been a nice music discovery, because the songs of Rodríguez deserve to be listened (so the research will be done) but not a very memorable film. But we quickly discover this is not the end of the story... On the contrary, is an unexpected beginning... Because while completely unknown in America, the guy was a phenomenon in South Africa, a massive success and a referential artist for many people in that country, the soundtrack of the fight against Apartheid by Afrikaners. For them, Rodríguez was a hero with little or zero information about. A mysterious legend who rumours said had a dramatic end.

How could that be? Why Rodríguez was never aware of his success? What about the terrible suicide? I won't spoil you the movie, so I will stop revealing the development of the film here. Just let me add that starting from these questions a search of information, an attempt to solve the mystery begins, carried by hardcore fans, who become music detectives. It will unfold a story that you will qualify as surreal, impossible, one that Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul bring to us in the most touching way, as explained by the people who did themselves, meeting and connecting with others. It's an amazing quest, that will grab you and touch you deeply. Because they will reach an unexpected goal, a goal that will reveal itself as an example, a celebration of human condition and how powerful music can be.

"Searching for Sugar Man" is not only a great and deeply absorbing entertainment. It is also an inspiring film on mankind. There's mystery, magic and wonderful music. What more can you ask for? Thanks In-Edit for such a discovery.

SCORE: 8,5/10