Ready for the third round? Here's the last of our
Primavera Sound's
quick chronicles, devoted to cover Saturday 4th, another day full of music attractions and must-sees.
Come on!
The Good
Primavera a la Ciutat (part III): Yep, again the day began quite early at CCCB, but there were plenty of reasons to do so. The first one,
Invisible Harvey with a short but charming full band gig. 'La Puerta Giratoria' is a blissfully beautiful debut album that deserves to be celebrated. And the second one was fated to be even more special. The great Mr.
Robert Forster backed with full band too, including Karem Bauler at violin and backing vocals (sorry to insist, but the violin, the violin!)... Finally, being able to hear
Go-Betweens' tunes in full...Oh, that was simply
a moment to treasure deep in the heart.
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| Robert Forster, head full of pop. Photo: Bloodbuzzed |
Richard Hawley:
After leaving Brian Wilson's gig (see reasons below) we went straight to Ray-Ban stage to watch
Richard Hawley. What a great choice turned to be! Killer presence, masterful guitars, solid vocals and impressive tunes like the slow storm of 'Standing at the Sky's Edge', the beauty of 'Tonight the streets are ours', 'Heart of Oak' or 'Don't Stare at the Sun'.
True artist.
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| Richard Hawley, blue is the colour. Photo: Bloodbuzzed |
The Bad
A.R.Kane: As much as I enjoyed their show at Adidas stage on Friday, on Saturday at
CCCB their volume was just insufferable.
Brian Wilson: Of course this has NOTHING TO DO with the musician, but with the organization and, mostly, with the audience. But if the
living legend and his band doesn't want/can't deliver a show for such a big venue as the Heineken stage why having him there? Without enough volume for the masses gathered, and 'Pet Sounds' being a not so catchy (in terms of immediacy) record, aside from the most well-known tunes, people just wander around talking, etc, paying no attention for the show.
So unconsidered & sad we decided to go for another option.
PJ Harvey: Again, this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO with Polly Jean Harvey either. She is, to keep it short,
one of the most incredible artists I have ever seen live. And the show she put at Heineken, with the help of an incredible cast, was mesmerizing (that death march at the intro of 'Chain of Keys', the scary, otherworldly 'When Under Ether', the way she transformed 'Down by the Water/To Bring You My Love' into a funereal dance). Songs, attitude, performance, art, politics, all in an experience that goes beyond music. But at times, it was also one of the most annoying situations I've ever faced at a concert. I believe we weren't that far away, but the people was unbearable, zero
respect for the music and/or the person right next to you trying to listen/watch (I'll be polite and leave it here...). I'm pretty sure that if festivals didn't have alcohol the amount of public attending would be appalling. For many concertgoers, music is just the excuse to get drunk.
And that's depressing. Period.
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| PJ Harvey, let consciences and ears shake. Photo: Bloodbuzzed |
The Queen
The Chills: Expectations were high, of course. Even higher after enjoying them at
Indietracks a few years ago. But I believe their gig at Ray-Ban stage was even better. Not just because their classics sounded hypnotically magic as expected ('
Pink Frost' for sure, but particularly 'Doledrums', they played 'Doledrums'!), but also thanks to
new tunes like 'Silver Bullets', 'Underwater Wasteland' and 'America Says Hello' that resist the comparisons with the old ones gracefully. All in all, a glorious 45 show, crowned by 'Heavenly Pop Hit' where this humble blogger and, guess you know by now,
Antipodean music lover, "gave all he had", leaving his throat (happily) at the
best show of PS 2016, in our modest opinion.
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| The Chills, the heavenliest pop from down under in BCN. Photo: Bloodbuzzed |
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