Is in anyone going to the Primavera festival?

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, Deerhoof, Killing Joke, The Rogers Sisters
, Dinosaur Jr., La Buena Vida, Shellac

re-diddly-vive

bought a ticket on saturday in a moment of drunken impulse. feeling slightly wooops but mainly still quite woop(!).

Lineup here: http://www.primaverasound.com/index.php?sec=cartell&idioma=en

Would seriously like to make this my one festival/one holiday this year

Polvo AND Eric's Trip! Oh 1994 why couldn't you wait until I could actually go to festivals before happening again ;;;;

(Also some other great and actually NEW bands, seeing as how I am usually suspicious of the whole reunion thing, but, sigh, don't think there's any way I could make this)

Revive!

I really am quite excited about this. Never been before and the lineup is pretty damn sweet. Shellac and Devo, yes! And plenty more besides -

808 State, A Place To Bury Strangers, Alan Braxe, Animal Collective, Apparat Band, Dj Assault, Atlas Sound, Autolux, Awesome Color, Bill Callahan, Bishop Allen, Bob Mould Band, Bon Iver, Boris, British Sea Power, Buffalo Tom, Caribou, Cat Power, Clipse, The Cribs, De La Soul, Deerhunter, Digital Mystikz, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Projectors, Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith + Kutmasta Kurt, Edan & MC Dagha, El Guincho, Ellen Allien, Enon, Eric's Trip, Fanfarlo, The Felice Brothers, Buttons, Dj Funk, Gentle Music Men, The Go! Team, Grande-Marlaska, Health, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, It's Not Not, Kavinsky, Kinski, Les Savy Fav, Lightspeed Champion, Madee, Man Man, The Mary Onettes, Mary Weiss, The Marzipan Man, Menomena, Messer Chups, Midnight Juggernauts, Mission Of Burma, Mixmaster Mike, Model 500, MV & EE with The Golden Road, Nick Lowe, No Age, The Notwist, Okkervil River, Om, Para One, Pissed Jeans, Polvo, Port O'Brien, Portishead, Prinzhorn Dance School, Public Enemy performing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Robert Hood, Rufus Wainwright, The Rumble Strips, Scout Niblett, Sebadoh, Shipping News, Silver Jews, Simian Mobile Disco, Six Organs Of Admittance, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Subterranean Kids, Supermayer, Surkin, The Swell Season, Tachenko, Tarántula, Throbbing Gristle, Tiefschwarz, Tindersticks, Träd Gräs och Stenar, Vampire Weekend, Vórtice, Voxtrot, White Williams, Why?, Young Marble Giants.

What can I expect from it? How many stages are there, what's the festival site like etc?

I should really buy my flights for this before they get woah expensive. i have no idea about accomodation either. camping does one think?

Do you really want to sleep in a tent, in Spain, in May, is the question? It'll be fucking boiling by about 9am.

you could use this. I did: http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/

i would point out that there is no campsite at the festival site.

yeah i know, it's not especially appealing but it's cheap i think that's what my friends are doing.

There's 4 or 5 stages I think (it's a couple of years since I've been) - and one of them's a big indoor room, all seated (about 3000 people - you can buy tickets for shows in here for a euro or two, or risk queuing), maybe a 'dance tent' thing as well. The site is quite amazing (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Universal_Forum_of_Cultures) loads o weird structures and stuff. And it's by the sea, but not that you could actually go to the sea while you were there. Weird token system for buying food and drink. Spirt measures much more generous than beer.

I'm well excited about this year's festival.

I'm going again. It's going to be sex.

Have MBV been confirmed for this yet?

public enemy/portishead fap?

woops. i still haven't bought my return flight.

we're staying in an apartment near barceloneta. not sure how much i'll wanna stay on site thru the night tho (it's 5 til 5 each night right?).

We're staying near Wah-Wah records, according to my friend who has been before. I AM EXCITED.

I'm already bored of making primaveratimetablelookoutforclashes.xls, but I can't see any major disasters. Ellen Alien or El Guincho in the early hours of Saturday maybe, but I expect I'll have fallen asleep by then anyway.

Oh, the timetable is up now? Excellent opportunity for procrastinating. I've been pretty excited about seeing El Guincho, so I think Ellen Allien will have to be missed. Bah.

Alien will probably be on for longer, I saw El Guincho a couple of times last month and it was a fairly short set. Was hoping he'd be on later than 3:15 'cos it'd be great with the sun coming up.

Way to make the timetable almost unreadable, Primavera website people. I will have to draw up my own .xls when I get home. Did notice that Doctor Octagon clashes with Public Enemy, waaaah.

it always is, Emily especially when you print it.

I wish I was going again :-C ....

also, take note of which payment service, Paypal or one of the others, you used to purchase your ticket as you will have to go to a different Portakabin to collect your pass for the festival depending on which one you used. It is a good idea if you have time to go earlier in the day before the festival opens to do this, as they always take ages over it.

I'm going! I'm going! MF'ing Animal Collective MF'ers!

It's a bit shoddy, bands are on longer than I'd expect them to be, the formatting's really boring, and I couldn't be arsed doing anythign to the non-Forum gigs, but it should be easier to decipher than the proper one. Do some work, Emily. http://www.iwantwintergreen.com/Primavera2008.xls

I shouldn't really be procrastinating much more. Only 8 days left!

I can't believe Tindersticks clash with DJ Assault ;_;

We're having trouble finding a hostel that will accomodate us all! Any suggestions (think there are about 8 of us going and we'd rather not be scattered about!)

off out tomorrow lunchtime from luton aeroport... see anyone there??

woot for Primavera. tis gonna be bitchin'.

forecast for next five days is rainy, sunny, sunny, rainy, sunny/rainy.

shitty

So, how did everybody enjoy it? I had a great time, my first foreign (and non-camping) festival and I'll definitely be back. The weather turned out pretty great too, aside from the horrific monsoon at 5am on Sunday morning walking back to the hostel.

Highlights -

Devo
Bon Iver
Portishead
Les Savy Fav
Mission of Burma (if only for closing with This Is Not A Photograph, Max Ernst and Academy Fight song)

Disappointments -

Public Enemy (only 2/ of the album they were supposed to play in full!)
Apparat (35 mins late and seemed a bit half-assed)
No Age (enjoyable but I think I'd built it up too much)
Shellac (my fault - I stood too close and ended up with a sore neck. good show but I should've sat on the steps with my friends)
Missing Why?, British Sea Power and Deerhunter due to clashes.

That should read 2/3 of It Takes A Nation of Millions, sorry.

The weather turned out pretty great too, aside from the horrific monsoon at 5am on Sunday morning walking back to the hostel.

ha ha yes, we got in the cab just before that started and then only had to run for about 10 seconds in it in the end

i got caught out in that fucking rain for the full length of it. not fun!

Oh and aside from having a hideous PROPER fight with my best mate while watching Dinosaur Jr, it was fantastic!

Really enjoyed Boris - absolutely breathtaking;
Devo were a million times better than I thought they'd be;
El Guincho provided the rave;
Dr Octagan brought teh funnies;
Animal Collective, well that was straight after the fight I had so I was a bit shaken but Fireworks snapped me out of it;
Public Enemy got a bit boring after about 7 tracks
Explosions In The Sky were a bit dull and twinkly and people kept telling us to shut up
The Sonics were just fine.

Loved:

Public Enemy (Terrordome+Fight The Power to finish made up for only 1/2 of ITANOMTHUB)
Devo (As much energy as PE, and an amazing set)
Six Organs of Admittance (Chasny, Ambrogio, Neilson - all on top form)
The Silver Jews (and I'm not even a fan on record)
Atlas Sound (Beautiful music, lovely atmosphere, funny guy)

But the crowner was the El Guincho --> Holy Fuck closer on the Friday. El Guincho was amazing, and Holy Fuck ended up with a massive stage invasion at 6am.

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Oh, and I met one of Fuck Buttons' mother during their set. She was very proud. Weird!

Not to mention Dirty Projectors, Shellac, Animal Collective, who were all amazing. All my prior worries ended up being unfounded - beer tokens worked fine, quick service most of the time, queues were short for most things, and prices were okay for a festival. Toilets were in abundance and the place is just beautiful.

it's definitely the best festival i've ever been to. much better than paying £120 to roll around in my own dirt. el guincho was absolutely amazing i must admit!

didn't catch El Guincho :(

Why? was the musical highlight of my weekend while Shellac came out with probably the best live performance I've ever witnessed.

Devo! Devo! Devo! Having been sceptical about the proliferation of old men in old bands these days I turned into a gibbering fangirl as soon as I saw these guys. They just did not let up.

Aside from that, hell yes to El Guincho. I'd been bigging him up for ages and fortunately he did not disappoint. I was completely dead on my little dancing feet by Holy Fuck but still somehow managed to ride the surge all the way up to the stage. Aaagh.

Also need to give props to Mount Eerie and the Notwist for being a lovely way to open the festival, David Thomas Broughton for hiding behind a tree, Mandy for giving birth to Ben Fuck Buttons, and pretty much everything else for being the best festival EVAHHH.

Some photos cos Why? not?

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woah dem's big. thought i'd resized but not, apparently, enough.

oh well, one more: http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg187/nick-uptoeleven/IMG_31162.jpg

Devo! Devo! Devo! Having been sceptical about the proliferation of old men in old bands these days I turned into a gibbering fangirl as soon as I saw these guys. They just did not let up.

I thought the fact they looked like a bunch of aging factory workers totally aided their schtick.

Yeah, me too in the end, but I hadn't really thought about that aspect beforehand. Devo are a pretty different prospect to most of the *yawn* reforming acts about these days.

Some photies then:

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Six Organs Of Admittance (with Alex Neilson on drums)

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DEE-EE-VEE-OH!

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El Guincho

Tenuously themed sarnies

Tindersticks/the Rockdelux stage area

Animal Collective

Ah 3 photo a post limit?

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Tenuously themed sarnies

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Tindersticks/the Rockdelux stage area

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Animal Collective

makin me sad!

A whole load of names announced for this years:

crystal antlers
extra life
gang gang dance
mahjong
the mae shi
fucked up
wavves
sleepy sun
lemonade
ariel pink
wooden shipjs
zombie zombie
bat for lashes
ebony bones
crystal stills
pains of being pure at heart
girls (christopher owens)
kitty daisy & lewis
plants & animals
ponytail
soft pack (muslims)
vivian girls
carstic cars
john maus
the extraordinaires
women
pack con kimya dawson: Carl blau y angelo spencer
art brut
phoneix
jason little
shearwater
bloc party
andrew bird
the bad plus
joe crepusculo & los destructores
cuzo
the lions constellation
the secret society
rosvita
veracruz
damian jurado
magnolia electric company
alela diane
bowerbirds
the tallest man on earth
black lips
the drones
magic markers
marnie stern
the new year
jay retard
oneida
chad vangaalen
deerhunter
a-track
dj mehdi
the back
ufi
dan deacon ensemble
michael mayer
girl talk
simian mobile disco
skateboard
a certain ratio
the bus lines
the vaselines
jarvis cocker
sunn-o
my bloody valentine (auditori y estrella damm)
sonic youth
the jayhawks
yo la tengo
spectrum
spiritualized
thrwoing muses
joey henry
squarepusher
the jesus lizard
aphex twin
michael nyman
el-p
ghostface killah
lightning bolt
shellac

I wasn't going to go, but I'm thinking I might change my mind now. A lot of these bands have played there before, too.

That's an really high hit rate - o shi do I ever need money and quickly

What's the betting on Ghostface doing Supreme Clientele in full?

There's 4 or 5 stages I think (it's a couple of years since I've been) - and one of them's a big indoor room, all seated (about 3000 people - you can buy tickets for shows in here for a euro or two, or risk queuing)

Is this system still the case? And would this lead to missing out on acts?

I don't think I actually went to the indoor Auditorium last year, so I'm not sure what the deal was with queuing or having advance 'tickets'. I guess it's possible that you'd have to miss a bit of someone else to queue to get in, especially if you were walking from either of the furthest away stages, but a lot would depend on the timings - this timetable (http://www.iwantwintergreen.com/Primavera2008.xls) I knocked up last year might give you an idea, but bear in mind I made the sets much longer than they'd ever be (Times New Viking for an hour?). One thing about the Auditorium is the sets finish before midnight, whereas the outdoor stages are on 'til to 2am at the earliest. Last year only 10 acts were indoors, and of them Portishead did a set outdoors as well - MBV are doing this this year too.

I'm gutted that barring miracles I'm not going to be able to afford this.

can you get day tickets for this, the site itself only offers full weekend passes. the 09 line up looks very tempting

Have been able to in the past, I guess you have to wait until they announce the days bands are playing. Also I think on Wednesday when all these names came out they said this is only 60odd% of the bands, with more to come.

I'm not going to be able to afford it this year either, so I'm thinking do a 'one year Primavera, the next year ATP' alternating system from now on. Shame, as ATP tickets are much more expensive than Primavera ones, but when you add in flights and apartment and cost of living it is just not doable.

I only saw one act at the Auditorium last year (Young Marble Giants), and didn't really enjoy the atmosphere. Advance tickets were pretty mandatory if you wanted to get in anywhere near the start of the set; you couldn't take beer indoors; no photography allowed, if I remember correctly; it's seated, which is rubbish at gigs anyway; a bunch of other little irksome things that don't come to mind straight away.

Have been able to in the past, I guess you have to wait until they announce the days bands are playing. Also I think on Wednesday when all these names came out they said this is only 60odd% of the bands, with more to come.

― chord simple (j.o.n.a), Friday, 20 February 2009 11:50 (6 minutes ago) Permalink

cheers, the line up as it is looks pretty amazing so the other 40% should be interesting

i go to spain!

i wish they told some semblance of a schedule

Some semblance of a schedule.

Dijous 28 de maig | Jueves 28 de mayo | Thursday 28th of may

My Bloody Valentine | Aphex Twin | Yo La Tengo | The Jesus Lizard | Phoenix | Squarepusher | The Vaselines | Spectrum | Andrew Bird | Jay Reatard | Lightning Bolt | The Bats | Marnie Stern | Dead Meadow | Ponytail | Ebony Bones | Wooden Shjips | The Bug | Bowerbirds | Joe Crepúsculo y Los Destructores | Wavves | The Tallest Man On Earth | Women | Magik Markers | Veracruz | Girls | Cuzo | Meneo

Divendres 29 de maig | Viernes 29 de mayo | Friday 30th of may

My Bloody Valentine* | Bloc Party | Jarvis Cocker | Spiritualized | Throwing Muses | Saint Etienne | Shellac | Joe Henry | Art Brut | A Certain Ratio | Sunn O))) | Magnolia Electric Co. | Jason Lytle | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | Michael Mayer | Dan Deacon Ensemble | Rhythm & Sound (Mark Ernestus) | The Mae Shi | The Drones | Bat For Lashes | Damien Jurado | Fucked Up | Tokyo Sex Destruction | Crystal Stilts | Vivian Girls | Crystal Antlers | Uffie | Extra Life | Mahjongg | Carsick Cars | Sleepy Sun | Los Punsetes | Skatebård | Extraperlo | Rosvita

Dissabte 30 de maig | Sábado 30 de mayo | Saturday 30th of may

Neil Young | Sonic Youth | The Jayhawks | Michael Nyman | Ghostface Killah | The New Year | Liars | Herman Dune | Deerhunter | Black Lips | The Bad Plus | Gang Gang Dance | Oneida | Th' Faith Healers | DJ /rupture | Ariel Pink | El-P | Simian Mobile Disco | Jeremy Jay | A-Trak | Jesu | Alela Diane | Shearwater | Kitty | Daisy & Lewis | The Soft Pack | Chad VanGaalen | Plants & Animals | The Secret Society | Maika Makovski | Zombie Zombie | The Lions Constellation | Lemonade | Dj Mehdi

sad i'm not going this year. glasto instead. oh well.

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i'm going to be in town anyways have plans thursday and friday so saturday it is.

i want to go. ain't got a ticket yet though/

Psyched! Anyone else gonna be there?

hi dere!!!

The stage times are up on the website now. Spotted a few clashes already darn it

who's coming?

also: has a ticket and apartment space to sell. would anyone want it? discount available, probably.

i'll be there looking for 1p3 poster ken c

weather is perfect for tomorrow!!

liveblog that shit

:)

MOCHILAMAN!!!!!
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I've got a Weekend 1 ticket I'm looking to sell. Anyone interested?