It was a tiring week (we're staying 30 minutes outside Barcelona and the daily back and forth was something of a challenge) but well worth it. We ate Pakistani food, visited our beloved Wok to Walk, saw a lot of the city and uhm, obviously a bunch of great bands!
-Best venue: Sala Apolo (located in a beautiful 1940s dance-hall)
-Best performance: Beach House (Steven), Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard (Eliza) - I'm sure the fact that they played Bugs & Flowers specially for her had something to do with that ;-)
-Cheapest beer: Monasterio (€3.50)
-Best (and funniest) inter-song talking: So Cow
-Most fun: Devendra Banhart and the Grogs (though Eliza thought: "So yesterday we saw Devendra Banhart. It was packed, he was cool, did some cute silly dancing, the crowd loved him. But, this being the first time I'd seen him, I couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. I've always felt his biggest strength lies in his quieter, mellower songs, the ones that bring out his voice. Todo los dolores. At the hop. This beard is for Siobhan. The Beatles. Mama Wolf. He played none of these songs. Highlights: Baby, Angelika")
-Best standing-in-one-place-dancing-and-looking cute-as-hell: Neon Indian's keyboard player
-Longest queue: Woods at Jamboree
Best covers* we heard at Primavera Club:
(*These are all the original versions)
The Pastels - Sala Apolo
Furguson - Sidecar
Jeffrey Lewis merch table - Sala Apolo
Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard - Sala Apolo
Post Woods - Jamboree
So Cow - La [2] De Apolo
Neon Indian - Sala Apolo
(waiting for) Neon Indian - Sala Apolo
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