© Hugo Lima, Optimus Primavera Sound
Oh, festivals on weekdays. Such a pleasure for people who can’t take days off work. Thank god not everyone on the team has such problems. Still not over the fact I haven’t seen The War on Drugs, for example. Please read on…
Porto – © Wilco’s Mikael Jorgensen
Culturally growing since the dawn of the 21st century, the northern Portuguese city of Porto lacked something: a real big urban festival. Luckily for Porto, Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona grew so much the organizers decided it was about time to expand the brand to somewhere else in Europe and Porto, Portugal’s second bigger city and most vibrant cultural hub of the country (exactly what Barcelona is in the Spanish context) was arguably the right choice for the new festival. Not saying that because the city’s nearby the towns where most of the Bolachas team lives. This charming city makes everyone fall in love, from the attenders who came from places like the US, New Zealand or Estonia to artists who traveled the world countless times before coming here – the picture above, posted on Wilco’s Instagram account, is accompanied by a note saying “Let’s all move here!”. (Please do.)
Today’s the day. Optimus Primavera Sound starts in a matter of hours and we’ll be covering it live via our facebook and twitter accounts. Be sure to follow them – if you don’t use such artifacts, you’ll be able to read our full review here on the website later on. To help you choose what to see in the fest, five of our team members who are going there made their picks and chose 3 bands you shouldn’t miss. Who’s that stranger that goes by the initials CB? Yeah, that’s our special guest Chris Brokaw, Codeine’s legendary drummer.
Also, don’t forget to print our timetable, in case you missed it.
Optimus Primavera Sound 2012 Printable Timetable
We’ve designed printable timetables for every festival we ever covered: San Miguel Primavera Sound, Milhões de Festa, Paredes de Coura… and of course we’re doing it again for Optimus Primavera Sound. This time we teamed up with the p3 team and the result is so good it makes me want to eat it. Treat yourself and your friends right: click the title of this post, download the pdf and print a handful of them before you go. See you there!
Although there’s no info about which bands will play in which stage on the official website for now, that information is already available for those who downloaded the official Android/iPhone app. For those old-fashioned folks who still sport a Nokia 3310, here’s the distribution of the artists per stage per day:
Thursday, June 7:
Optimus stage
Yann Tiersen
Bigott
Suede
The Rapture
Primavera stage
The Drums
Atlas Sound
StopEstra!
Explosions in the Sky
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Friday, June 8:
Optimus stage
M83
Wilco
We Trust
Rufus Wainwright
Primavera stage
The Walkmen
Yo La Tengo
The Flaming Lips
Linda Martini
ATP stage
Shellac (pictured above)
Rafael Toral
Wolves in the Throne Room
Tall Firs
Codeine
Tennis
Thee Oh Sees
Club stage
Numbers Showcase
The War on Drugs
Esperit!
Other Lives
Chairlift
Beach House
Neon Indian
Black Lips
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Saturday, June 9:
Optimus stage
Kings of Convenience (replacing Björk)
The Right Ons
The xx
Death Cab for Cutie
Primavera stage
The Afghan Whigs
The Weeknd
Gala Drop
Spiritualized
ATP stage
Forest Swords
Dirty Three
Lee Ranaldo
I Break Horses
Sleepy Sun
Siskiyou
Demdike Stare
Club stage
Erol Alkan
James Ferraro and the Bodyguard
Washed Out
Wavves
Baxter Dury
John Talabot
Saint Etienne
Veronica Falls
Mujeres
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Sunday, June 10 (outside main festival site):
Casa da Música
Jeff Mangum
The Olivia Tremor Control
Nick Garrie
James Ferraro and the Bodyguard
Best Youth
Hard Club
You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown
Veronica Falls
Julie and the Carjackers
Kindness
Optimus Primavera Sound 2012 takes place in Porto, Portugal and runs from 7 to 10 June. Buy tickets here.
DSS