Gigs

Don’t worry, we’ve still got yr back. We’re still ‘indie’ and still listen to plenty of bands no one has ever heard of/will ever hear of. But this week we went to see the Gaga. Being used to small rooms with maybe 50 people in them and a roadie selling musty t-shirts, a stadium...
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Where: Sala Apolo 2
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Yes, we saw them back in early August, but c’mon, it’s Belle and Sebastian! Within walking distance! For free! Playing as part of a festival (we saw the Morning Benders the night before at another venue across the city) put on by the municipality of Barcelona to celebrate it’s patron saint La Mercè, the...
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At long last, Letters have no Arms is pleased to present you with our official look back on Primavera Sound 2010. What were our highs? Our lows? Our favourite food? Scroll down, where all will be revealed!
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There are in fact probably approximately 125+ good reasons (just cast your eye on the tags below) to be excited about Primavera Sound 2010, and if you've already bought a ticket (or are still planning to) you'll probably have your own personal handful. I'll leave you with 14 (below), one for every day until...
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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...
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art by Jose Manuel Hortelano Yes indeed, Primavera Club 2009 is upon us, kicking off with The Pastels, The Black Heart Procession and HEALTH tonight. It’ll also be my very first concert in Barcelona (and Eliza’s second), so we’re pretty excited. The festival will continue until Sunday night, and we hope to see these...
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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...
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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:...
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Come stretch your skinny jeans, billow your hoop skirts and dance away those post-election blues(or greens) to the sound of the very best brand spanking new fuzz pop, noise pop, beach hop, chamber pop, bubblegum pop, noise rock, crisp rock, bounce top, booty rock, room rock, electro box, electro ping, electro boom, and electro...
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When: August 6 – 9 Where: Myslowice, Poland OFF was a big unknown for us, we really had no idea what to expect. It wasn’t only a new festival for us but a new COUNTRY. Anyway, we spent the week before the festival in Krakow and loved it. Loved it so much in fact...
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Festival season has once again walked into our thoughts, dreams and desires; scantily dressed, heavily perfumed, and looking pretty damn good; walked by our desk wearing nothing but a backstage pass and an inflatable hat, smiled provocatively (Hmpf, Dour!), shaken its ass in our faces (damn you Primavera!), tempted us to part with large...
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If you find yourself in Athens (Greece), I suggest you get down to the Olympic Fencing Centre (on the grounds of the old Athens airport) for today and tomorrow’s EJEKT Festival. You can expect excessively made up (and freakishly tall) girls handing out complimentary cigarettes, lighters or t-shirts, overpriced drinks, burly security guards, hormonal...
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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...
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Ok, I know I’m rather late with this, it being a month ago and all, but things have been hectic. To say the least. So let’s just say it’s a one month after the festival anniversary post. We’ve all had time to absorb, to digest and gain some perspective (and forget the lows, and...
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