Astro - Raifilter (PS12 Artist)

this Astro comes from Chile guitars, keyboards and experimental noises with a tropical twist
Check out an acoustic video cortesy of indiefolks:



Listen to their latest album on Grooveshark
http://grooveshark.com/album/Astro/6963793

April fool's day - Well, it's true (PS12 Artist)

another Spanish band on the bill of Primavera sound, April fool's day have released 2 indie pop albuns the last one released 01 April 2012 ( April fool's day ), and you can listen on April fool's day's bandcamp:

Aliment - Costa Brava (PS12 Artist)

Low fi guitars with a lot of energy, i already seen them live and they're even better

Listen to their latest EP Costa Brava, courtesy of the band:

Absynthe Minded - The Speakers Lips (PS12 artist)

From the land of dEUS and Zita Swoon comes another project - Absynthe Minded
With a more popish sound you can still hear the "Belgian sound" whatch them perform live in Toulouse:



Listen to their album on Grooveshark here:
http://grooveshark.com/album/Absynthe+Minded/3486360

Dominant legs - The neighborhood (PS12 Artist)

A spin-off project from Girls Ex-member Ryan Lynch, Dominant legs are an Indie rock band where you can hear the influence of the city they live in - San Francisco
But listen to what they have to say about them, courtesy of yours truly:



Check some of their tunes on grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/artist/Dominant+Legs/1404779

Doble Pletina - Música para cerrar las discotecas (PS12 Artist)

Born from a cover band Abrevadero Doble Pletina started as a two-piece guitar/bass project who had incorporated 3 more members.
Spanish bright indie-pop, check a live performance, cortesy of iCatFM:



Listen to all of their songs on the band's bandcamp:

Dirty Three @ the power station (PS12 Artist)

With 3 Members in 3 different continents touring the world with other projects including Grinderman and Cat Power, Dirty three still manages to record and tour toghether
Watch a 2012 live performance, courtesy of the power house
  


And listen to their latest album on the Primavera Sound festival page courtesy of SMPS12 and Bella Union the band's label

http://www.sanmiguelprimaverasound.es/dirtyThreeTowardTheLowSun

Dirty Beaches @ upset the rhythm (PS12 Artist)

Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai one man band guitars, pedals and a lot of noise check how he sounds live, courtesy of upset the rhythm



and listen to his low-fi sound on his bandcamp

Demdike stare - Live March 2012 (PS12 artist)

Dark Electronic with nuances of World music listen how it sounds live



And check out the 2011 album on their label soundclound courtesy of modern love

Death in Vegas - Your loft my acid (PS12 Artist)

Noisy Psicodelia with a lot of acids on the mix here's Death in Vegas:


Check their soundcloud for more:

Death Grips - the Money store (PS12 Artist)

Them most heavy metal band in hip hop - heavy and experimental check out their new album, courtesy of the band:

Death cab for cutie - Transatlanticism (PS12 artist)

Touring with the Magik*Magik Orchestra Death cab for cutie will bring a little bit of this :
 


Stream their latest codes and keys on grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Codes+And+Keys/5972798

Danny Brown - freestyle (PS12 artist)

Danny Brown or the self titled "Greatest Rapper Ever"check for yourself in the video below, courtesy of Toca Tuesdays



And listen to his latest album on grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/album/XXX/6811012

Cuchillo - It will be ok (PS12 Artist)

A Catalan band that makes a sound from the past, reminiscence of the 60s/70s psicadelism
They will release their second album soon, meanwhile watch a live tune from an hotel room, courtesy of blip tv



And listen to their latest EP from 2010 here:

Codeine - Atmosphere (PS12 artist)

after an 18 year hiatus Codeine reunited for the ATP festival and they'll paly in both Primavera Sound festivals - Barcelona and Porto

Check out their rendition of Joy division's Atmosphere:



And check out their latest album The white birch on grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/The+White+Birch/1008918

Chromatics - Kill for love (PS12 Artist)

Chromatics have shifted from noise-rock since their begining to a dance-pop sound which Drive's BSO song  Tick of the Clock is is a perfect example
Stream their latest album Kill for Love courtesy of the band

Christina Rosenvinge - Nadie como Tu (PS12 artist)

Another Spanish name on the bill of Primavera melancholic pop to rest a bit
Watch a tv performance here:



and listen to her latest album La Joven Dolores on grooveshark
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/La+Joven+Dolores/5642314

Chavez - Laugh Track (PS12 Artist)

After a hiatus where Matt Sweenwy colaborated with Zwan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Chavez strated to play toghether again and were invited by Portishead to participate in their ATP festival. Whtch one of the songs they performed



It's rumored that they're working on a new album, but until then listen to the re edition of the EPs and album on Grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Better+Days+Will+Haunt+You+Disc+1/757711
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Better+Days+Will+Haunt+You+Disc+2/4780422

Chairlift - Sidewalk Safari (PS12 artist)

At the begining they were 3, now they're only 2 beut they're doing even more experimental pop on their new album something.
Check out a live take of Sidewalk safari



And hear some of their songs on the band's soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/chairlift/tracks?page=1

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Strawalker (PS12 Artist)

Living legend of folk/rock Buffy Sainte-Marie incorporates Native American chants/influences into her music, creating a powerful sound
She's being around for a few decades playing and fighting for civil liberties and Native American causes, and was even Blacklisted by the white house as a performer "whose music "deserved to be suppressed""
Check one of her latest performances


And listen to some of her music on her website:
http://www.creative-native.com/music-audio.php

Boxeur the coeur - Our glowing days (PS12 Artist)

Boxeur the coeur is an Italian electronic/experimental musician who worked with Shannon Fields from Stars Like Fleas that co-produces Boxeur's debut album November Uniform
Check Boxeur the coeur live courtesy of the artist


And listen to the album from Boxeur's Bandcamp:

Bombino @ Poisson Rouge (PS12 Artist)

From the sands of the Sahara to the world
This Tuareg guitarist brings the African warmth to his guitar sounds
Watch a full concert in NY courtesy of NPR


And stream below if you like it - buy his album on his bandcamp

Bleached - Think of you (PS12 Artist)

After the end of Mika Miko the Clavin sisters started a new project on 2009 - Bleached
After Jennifer Clavin left Cold Cave they already released three 7'' with a sound that continues the indie/punk legacy that they embraced with Mika Miko
Here's how they sound live, courtesy of the band: 


Also check out their myspace where you can hear all that they released up until now (i think) http://www.myspace.com/hellobleached

Black Lips - Bad kids (PS12 Artist)

Rock'n'Roll "bad kids" the Black Lips are know for their energetic performances, one of which almost got them arrested in India, is one of the bands that are going to play on the free stage of arc de triomf on the Primavera Sound festival.

Check out one of their latest performances on Bangcock doing Bad Kids, courtesy of SUPERSWEET:


Stream their 6th and latest album arabia mountain on grooveshark:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/theme/arabiamountain/225

And their latest track an unreleased arabia mountain outtake that you can grab at Spin here:
http://www.spin.com/articles/black-lips-wanna-dance-you-unreleased-track 

Bjork - Thunderbolt (PS12 Artist)

What can i say about Bjork that has already being said?
Just see how she plays Biophilia  live:


And stream the album on grooveshark here:
http://grooveshark.com/album/Biophilia/6491256

Bigott - Cannibal dinner (PS12 Artist)

Bigott is a Spanish musician from Zaragoza who already released 4 albums who recently played at SxSW presenting his latest work The original soundtrack.
Here's the first single Cannibal Dinner, cortesy of Bigott's bandcamp:

Big Star Third - Kangaroo (PS12 Artists)

The original Drummer from Big Star Jody Stephens, recruited Mike Mills (R.E.M), Chris Stamey (The dB’s), Ken Stringfellow (The Posies), the producer Mitch Easter and singers Normal Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) and Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), to perform Big Star's Third/Sisters lovers live almost 40 Years after the original recordings
Here's how it sound now:

Baxter Dury presents Happy Soup (PS12 Artist)

Ian Dury's son released his first album at the age of 30 with the aid of members from Portishead, Pulp and the of course the Blockheads.

he's currently touring presenting his third album - Happy soup which you can check how it sounds live in this version of Isabel @ Maroquinerie

Stream Happy Soup on grooveshark here: http://grooveshark.com/album/Happy+Soup/6750506

Bernhard Fleishman and friends live (PS12 Artist)

Bernhard Fleishman an Austriac indiepop/electro musician coming South to calm and let the dreams go loose with his music.

Here's how he sounds live with a little help from his friends:


Listen to the albuns available @ grooveshark here:
http://grooveshark.com/album/The+Humbucking+Coil/3712384

Benga @ Preston (PS12 Artist)

Another electronic name to end the nights @ primavera here's benga

Beirut - Inetrview + the Rip tide (PS12 artist)

Zach Condon talking about how Beirut was born

Watch Zach Condon Takes Beirut on a Journey for Home on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

Stream the latest album Rip tide on Grooveshark here:
http://grooveshark.com/album/The+Rip+Tide/6522208

Beach house - Myth (PS12 Artist)

With the new album coming just in time for this year edition of the Primavera Sound Festival, I'll expect a concert full of new songs i hope they will sound just as good as Myth the first single which you can stream below, courtesy of Beach House

Beach fossils - Bite size set (PS12 Artist)

Already with 3 7'' + beach fossils album + last year what a pleasure EP + split 7'' with wild nothing + a bunch load of concerts Beach fossils are getting a well deserved reputation.

With their mellow dirty rock they take things a little more energetic on their live sets, check the video bellow for a sneak peak of what they look like live, courtesy of All our noise

   

Beach Beach - Tasteless (PS12 Artist)

From the Balearic Islands to the world beach beach's sound is as sunny as the island were they come from.

After releasing the 7'' Leeuwenhoek and the Leeuwenhoek +3 digital EP, the last one available from their bandcamp, here's the first single from their fist album tasteless peace on La Castanya records

Atleta - Verdad (PS12 Artist)

Atleta is a 2 piece Spanish band who does instrumental music with guitar and drums, they already have 2 albums the last one you can hear below and you can purchase it for 3€ or more if you really like it from their label bandcamp @ http://aloudmusic.bandcamp.com/album/verdad

Atlas sound - My sharona + parallax (PS12 Artist)

Bradford Cox the self titled musical terrorist is known for his prolific musical creation as a member of deerhunter and on his solo project Atlas sound and his numerous colaborations...

and as he says in an interview to pitchfork after playing a 60min version of my sharona on a Atlas sound gig last  march - "I am a terrorist. As a homosexual, my job is simply to sodomize mediocrity."  
See an excert from the 60 minute performance:


And listen to the latest Atlas Sound album - Parallax here:
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/now-playing-parallax-the-new-album-by-atlas-sound/

Archers of Loaf - REUNION SHOW 2011 (PS12 Artist)

After 13 years of no activity archers of loaf did a reunion show in 2011 and started touring again.

13 years after they still sound as if they kept on playing toghether without interruption, check it here: 


Their also releasing new editions of their albums with a lot of bonus tracks check Icky Mettle on Grooveshark here:
http://grooveshark.com/album/Icky+Mettle/1087524 

Araab Muzik - LIVE in Paris (PS12 Artist)

Araab Muzik an US producer that uses the MPC gadget to create live beats for his mixes - you can't almost see his hands as he punches the beat pads. See an example here of how it sounds live:

Anímic - Hannah (PS12 Artist)

Playing at home in Primavera this Catalan band has a mellow sound with a lot of influences of bands that already played the festival

check out their latest album from their Bandcamp:

Afrocubism (PS12 artist)

A colaboration between musics from Cuba and Mali - Koras, Congas, Guitars.

Two Different styles of music with the same origin combined to produce a new breed of music, check out the mini documentary:

   

You can stream their album here, courtesy of grooveshark:

http://grooveshark.com/album/AfroCubism/5211473

Aeroplane - March mix (PS12 Artist)

On the electronic music side of the festival we'll get a lot of Producers/Djs to end the nights

One of them is Aeroplane a Italo-Belgian producer/DJ who as an album and a few singles on his name and launches a monthly mix on his soundcloud page, here's the March mix as an apetizer to his set:

A$ap Rocky - Livelove A$ap (PS12 artist)

The second post on the San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012, comes from HipHop new Bad Boy A$ap Rocky

After flooding the blogosphere with colaborations, videos and two mixtapes he'll release the first album with his ASAP Mob in time for the festival.

Whatever you do on his gigs - don't insult him or he'll come down from the stage with his mob and beat the crap outta you -!P

Here's his most famous mixtape LiveLoveA$ap courtesy of livemixtapes

A storm of light (PS12 Artist)

On May 29 will begin San Miguel Primavera Sound 2012 (PS12) wich i will attend

I'll try to post music or links to all the bands that will play in Barcelona

This is the first post on this series A storm of light a Brooklyn post-metal band who will present their last album -  As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade.

It reminds me of tool/A perfect circle on some tunes.

Here's a compilation of some their songs posted on their website:

Japandroids - Jack the Ripper (Nick Cave cover)

The B-side from the first single The house that heaven built available to stream from their site http://japandroids.com/ for the second Japandroid record Celebration Rock - wich is a spot on name to what they do live

Dry the river - Bible belt (acoustic @ SxSW)

A special acoustic performance of bible belt taped during SxSW courtesy of NPR

The Shins - Simple song (acoustic @ npr)

The shins simple song on the simplest form voice and guitar of James Mercer recorded live in studio for npr

Band of skulls - Sweet sour @ Letterman

Band of skulls passed by Letterman to rock out the show see it here courtesy of The audio Perv

Liars - No.1 Against The Rush (W Matt Berninger?)

The new single from the forthcoming album - with the participation of Matt Berninger of the National (or is it just my imagination?)

Liars - No.1 Against The Rush

Líam - MMIX (full album streaming)

The king is dead - long live the king... well it appearas that this band is no more, but you can enjoy their debut and final? album MMIX - pretty good for someone who recorded this after finishing school
Enjoy!

Esponja - Hypervigil (full album streaming)

And after the 3 track preview here's the complete Esponja debut album Hypervigil in streaming and free download, Vinyl LP avaylable. Courtesy of Mama Vynila records   

Check the label site for their other releases: http://mamavynilarecords.bandcamp.com/album/hypervigil

Arctic Monkeys - Early B-sides (album Streaming)

Rarities and B-sides from the early stages of Artic Monkeys for your listening pleasure, cortesy of Some kind of awesome