acbTigercats just played, on a courtyard stage, as it rained. The courtyard was perhaps a little under half full, though the punters who braved the rain did get into it. And, to be fair, Tigercats were pretty good. #primavera2018
Watching a Taiwanese band named The Fur; nicely mellow indie/dreampop, not too far from Beach House or Hatchie #primavera2018
Watching Lindstrøm play his playful electro-house; not a bad way to end #primavera2018 proper.
Interesting to see that he seems to be using just a MacBook and control surface, rather than the big bank of Authentic Analogue Synths other practitioners of this craft go for
Is there any thing more transcendently sublime than Slowdive playing their version of Syd Barrett’s “Golden Hair” live? The waves of sound flowing in and out, crashing over you: it’s not so much a sonic cathedral as a sonic aurora borealis. #primavera2018
An unpopular right-wing prime minister falls, punk labels in Catalonia celebrate with sales: #primavera2018
Just saw Montero play with a full band and it was… well, something. The band (who I’m told are the Greek psych band Acid Baby Jesus) were really tight. As for Bjenny Montero himself, his performance was, well, somewhat erratic; the phrase “cracked actor” came to mind. On a stability scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being a super-polished, tightly choreographed show like Client Liaison, 1 being a Syd Barrett-style total psychological collapse and 7 being an average indie band who’ve been playing for a while, his performance started at around 4, with him seemingly unable, or unwilling, to hold a vocal melody and instead emoting along with the songs, and escalated to the high 6s once he got into the groove. His performance didn’t converge on what was laid down on his record (and it does one’s head in to think of how many takes it took in the studio to nail down his lush, un-erratic vision), but soared to a cracked visionary splendour of its own. The climax, “Pilot”, brought the house down.
Also: “Tokin’ The Night Away”, which I think is one of the weaker songs on the album, is an absolute juggernaut live.
Oh, they’re picking up instruments; that’s more interesting #letseatgrandma #primavera2018
Hang on: Let’s Eat Grandma don’t play their own drums anymore? #primavera2018
For what it's worth, I've been posting my photos (mostly taken with my Lumix LX-100, not my iPhone) from #primavera2018 to Flickr; they're in an album, which is at https://www.flickr.com/photos/acb/albums/72157696881533724
Now watching the end of the Confidence Man set (having seen the start of their set at the Aussie BBQ), and am wondering if any of the people involved were also behind that “Sweaty Wet, Dirty Damp” song some years ago. #primavera2018