The other day one of my music-loving friends asked me which places I’d take Kevin Parker, leader of the band Tame Impala, if I were his guide during Primavera Sound. It was pretty clear that he wanted to test my knowledge of the city after living in Barcelona...
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Last Saturday we decided to go visiting Getty Center. Located on the top of a hill, the museum offers -besides great exhibitions and some really privileged views of the whole city of L.A.- free concerts in the open air once a month.
The other day we could enjoy Danish-band Quadron playing, which turned out to...
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I am of the opinion that a good pair of Converse are not really worth much unless you have demonstrated that they have been used at least a bit, and this is the reason I always give as to why they have become a symbol of the best concerts, and are presumably the most...
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I met Gianni Gagliardi lots of years ago. I had not, actually, realized about it till I started writing this post but then I tried hard to remember and I think I can very accurately say it was eight years ago. It was his eighteenth birthday and by then he was just a shy...
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Ever since I was very little, David Bowie’s music has been the perfect companion. Always, regardless of the situation in which I found myself, I had a song that would accompany the occasion. Last night This is not America could be heard in the furniture store, or Let’s Dance, which was being played on...
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I began the week, without really knowing why, listening to some of my favourite songs by Buena Vista Social Club, and they’re quite a few, to be sincere. Thanks to the documentary Win Wenders released, in the late 90s’, I discovered the story behind this iconic Cuban band, although some...
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I like the rumors that become news, and which go on to be big surprises and after that become big releases, and even more so when we are part of them. Today’s example is one that came to my ears’ attention a week ago, and it definitely had to be included as a part...
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I have set myself a limit for talking about Beach House, an unequalled duo that have proved to be, with their four albums, a huge influencing force on other bands, with a genre that you could easily enough copy, but that with heroicism, they have maintained its flow with an unbridled psychedelia that, by...
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One of the most common mistakes that I make due to my lack of over-cautiousness, or too much confidence, is to criticise Bruce Springsteen in public. He, with his immense charisma, always seems to have fans in places where I would never have imagined they would exist, and I find myself apologising over-excessively out...
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Falsetto and echoes are things that give me goosebumps on my skin, and Hayden Thorpe with his band Wild Beasts, managed to convince the British pop audience utilising these things in their album Two Dancers in 2009, and also with the release in 2011 of Smother, criticized for a tranquility little expected after their...
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The goths that have been playing together for more than 30 years, are headlining this year’s San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012 -to continue the celebration of the 20 years since the launch of one of their greatest albums Wish-, where we expect as always, Robert will steal the show with his dark shadow and...
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Out of the Game is the latest release by Rufus Wainwright, a revered singer-songwriter and a reference point now when talking about pop of extreme perfection. I have never underestimated the thorough perfection that drives him so often to musical experimentation, or his repeated attempts at creating live opera performances.
An extremely sensitive and passionate...
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Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) is the kind of Canadian that I admire; adventurous, rebellious, mysterious and eager to travel the world on the basis of her clever ability to open doors by breaking into the music scene
At San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012 she is the gateway artist to a very select list of soloists...
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Alan Palomo is the man who gives a face to Neon Indian every time they go on stage to attack, with extreme acidity, the sadness of indie which is so often associated with those who like this genre. He is full of enviable, youthful energy and this year he is bringing that, along with...
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Marianne Faithfull first came to me -during a season of my life in which cinema was my means of escape- with one film called Irina Palm, and I had no idea why there were so many people in the cinema waiting to see her in particular, because it seemed to arouse so much curiosity...
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Lately I’ve been immersed in dance steps and I believe that the destiny of the music around me, and the bands that have come into my hands lately, are only leading me further towards learning how to shine to the dance floor. This time I’m bringing to you a gentleman who is really quite...
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One of my biggest and most amazing discoveries when I first got to L.A. was this radio station called The Sound, which slogan I have used as the title of this entry. Their never-ending repertoire of the biggest rock classics of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s -since the day I found it tuned in...
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Sneaking in is one of the things music editors do best: concerts, private parties, backstage areas, press conferences… Where the power lies these days is in the moment that artists unveil their musical secrets and being the first to know them, or being revealed who produced which album and why, or more personal issues...
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I don’t like to show off, but now that the season of music festivals is about to begin around the world, and I am getting glimpses of some of the band names that have been played during the cold winter months as part of our music recommendations, I feel a great sense of satisfaction...
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Our friends at Heart-Sick Groans, who had already been mentioned here almost a year ago, are back with two new videos -both edited and directed by the band members-, which we are very glad to share with you at IT Hunter.
As expected, the new album is more tropical than ever, a kind of Caribbean indie...
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