10 reasons to look forward to: Primavera Club 2009

With Primavera Club (aka Primavera Sound's little winter brother) less than a month away,  I for one am getting mightily excited. I'm flying to Barcelona in a little under two weeks, (Eliza will follow a little later) and we'll be spending the holiday season there (at my mom's house), only returning home in early January.
 
I've collected ten tracks that I'd like to see played over the five days of the festival..

 

1. So Cow

So Cow - To Do List

 

  2. Me and the Bees

 

Me and the Bees - Aaahhh!

3. Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett - Drummer Boy

 

4. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

 

 

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Ballad of the Sin Eater

 

5. Cass Mccombs

 Cass McComb - You saved my life
 

 6. Woods

 Woods - To Clean

 7. Deer Tick

 

 Deer Tick - Art isn't Real (City of Sin)

8. Neon Indian

 

 Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer

9. Port O'Brien

 Port O'Brien - Close the Lid

10. Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard

  Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard - Bugs and Flowers

 

 Full lineup:

Devendra Banhart, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, David Holmes, Beach House, The Black Heart Procession, Marissa Nadler, School of Seven Bells, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, A Place to Bury Strangers, Deer Tick, HEALTH, The Pastels, Port O'Brien, Scout Niblett, Little Joy, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Woods, Sr. Chinarro, The Ladybug Transistor, Cass McCombs, Neon Indian, Wave Machines, Standstill, Tara Jane O'Neil, Pājaro Sunrise, Tarantula, Retribution Gospel Choir, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Zs, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, So Cow, Molina & Johnson, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Cohete, ZA, DJ Pone, La Jr, Graham, Mujeres, Chiquita y chatarra, Atención Tsunami, Dj CoCo, Caballo Tripode, me and the bees, Fred i Son, Furguson, Tony Decker, DJ Need and Smoking Bambino

 

 Official site

 Primavera Club on Last.fm

  

This Past Week

Monday: The Drums are one of my favourite new bands. These guys look like they just stepped out of a Swedish porn flick, and sound like pure teenage yearning.

  

"You used to be so pretty, now you're just tragic" becomes lhnA's favourite new sing-along line.

The Drums - Don't be a Jerk, Jonny

  

Tuesday: Soon to be reunited Pavement are the first (and so far only) band to be announced for Primavera Sound 2010. I immediately grabbed my credit card and bought tickets for both Primavera Sound and Primavera Club (held in December - look out for a LHNA  preview over the next couple of days), which they will headline. I also updated the Primavera Sound Wikipedia page; which, if you haven't yet done (editing a Wikipedia entry), I highly recommend doing; it's strangely satisfying. 


Pet Ghost Project - Box Elder (Pavement Cover)

Wednesday: Jonathan Richman visits our fine city. Tiny venue, packed. Hotter than a pre-heated oven in Hell. Jonathan starts off by apologising for the heat, saying not to blame the venue; he just doesn't like the sound of air conditioning (he later stops playing when the AC is switched on, only returning once it's been turned off). Several smokers grumble about the new no-smoking law, making little trips outside to inhale some smoke during his set.   

 

Jonathan Richman - Our dog is getting older now

Thursday: I come across a Lou Barlow cover of La Roux. Google Music is announced, which won't be available in Europe. What else is new... At least we have Spotify!


 Lou Barlow - Bulletproof (La Roux cover)

Friday: My robot outfit is complete.It required a paper Lidl bag, lots of aluminium foil, two cans of silver spray paint, lots of very strong tape, Daft Punk's Robot Rock and two CDs for my eyes.

 Royksopp - The Girl and the Robot

 

Saturday: Halloween!

 

 Mclusky - Dave, Stop Killing Prostitutes

  

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and finally, a new feature, titled:

Blindfold - Falleg Depurd 

 If Coldplay met Sigur Ros in the clearing of a magical forest on a freezing winter's day (with Keane gently emanating from a nearby old people's home) , it might sound something like this.

Songs I might have heard if I were in Barcelona tonight: Primavera Sound 2009 (pt 1)

 

Yep, it's only the best festival in the world: Primavera Sound! 

 

The indie Mecca on the Mediterranean coast kicks off today, and will continue to dazzle, daze and otherwise pleasure indie kids lucky bastards until Sunday. If you're in the area, get your ass over there. If you're not, tune into WFMU for live broadcasts, or the official Primavera Sound radio station.

 

The Horrors - Sea within a Sea

Jay Reatard - Don't let him come back

Girls - Lust for Life

My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
  

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go silently weep in the corner.