9/03: Amparanoia Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:40 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Sala Apolo at 21.30
Pure blood mestizo project, led by the charismatic Amparo Mercedes Sanchez, which won Radio 3’s award for best European World Music Band in 2005. Living in Spain though, it’s kind of hard to understand how this very modern Spanish sound can be placed in that very ambiguous category of ‘world’ music, which basically seems to refer to anything that the Anglo Saxons aren’t used to.
08/03: Hard-Fi Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:38 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Razzmatazz 3 at time TBA
If anybody knows Staines, you would hardly consider it to be the cultural capital of England, but it has finally produced something of note in Hard-Fi. The indie group’s
Stars of CCTV debut album was released last year, and climbed and climbed as they achieved more and more recognition, eventually hitting the number one spot last month. They’ve supported Green Day and had a top ten hit in Hard To Beat, and this is a gig any self-respecting music fan will not want to miss.
8/03: Cheikh L6 Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:36 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Sala Bikini at 21.00
This week’s world music fix comes courtesy of this Senagalese chap, whose music is all about crying out against war and poverty, with plenty of references to love, spirituality and religion.
07/03: Fred Frith Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:35 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Mercat de les Flors at 22.30
Playing guitar, violin and xylophone, this Englishman, who is now a music professor, released an innovative series of experimental guitar solo albums during the 1970s. Likes the avant garde and improvisational sound, and this is ideal for the beard-scratching crowd.
7/03: Alejandro Fernandez Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:25 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Palau Sant Jordi at 21.00.
Our Alex sings the traditional and country sounds of his native Mexico, where he is a huge star. He is also one hell of a ladies man, and being married (twice) has not stopped him dating just every major babe in Mexico. But he obviously struggles with contraceptives, because he has left a string of children around the country. If you ask us, he sounds like a complete and utter bastard.
03/03: Lucie Silvas Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:18 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Sala Bikini at time TBA.
After just a year in the business, Lucie has a platinum album and 4 top 40 singles already under her belt, including top ten hits What You’re Made Of and Breathe In. Not bad going, and her boyfriend is the Leicester and Ireland rugby player Geordan Murphy.
05/03: The Magic Numbers Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:16 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Razzmatazz 2 at 21.00.
This indie band from Ealing, London went down a storm at Glastonbury last year and 2006 could be their year. They walked out on a Top of the Pops appearance in August after the presenter made a joke about some of the members being a bit on the large side.
04/03: HIM Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:16 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Razzmatazz at 21.00.
Finnish act, who were originally called His Infernal Majesty, but dropped the name after being misconceived in too many quarters as a satanic band, which they are not. They’re a hard band to classify, they have a huge Goth following, but are not exactly a Goth band either, preferring to call their music ‘love metal’. And they have done very nicely for themselves in the USA.
02/03: Presuntos Implicados Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 4:13 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Palau de la Musica at 21.00
These are good. They”re a Spanish pop band that pea-*eo i the late eighties with the likes
of En la oscuridad. Singer Sole Gimenez has a great voice, and any thirty something Spanish girl will know the words to most of the songs.
25/02: Kaiser Chiefs + We Are Scientists + The Chalets Tickets
February 27, 2006 on 3:58 pm | In Uncategorized | No Commentsin Razzmatazz at 20.30.
The Chiefs, surely the only major rock band to have been named after a South African football club, have kept their promise and play Barcelona after their November gig was cancelled due to the band going down with a rare virus. Since then, the Kaisers have collected the Best Group, Best British Rock Act and Best Live Act at the recent Brit awards. Songs like / Predict a Riot, Everyday I Love You Less and Less and Oh My God mean we are talking about one of the most happening things in music right now.
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