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NOS Primavera Sound 2016, the review

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I’ll start this article by stating the obvious: the fifth edition of NOS Primavera Sound ended up having the most solid set of shows so far. As it’s the case with most festivals, this obviously depends on the choices you make, your taste in music, from where you choose to watch the gigs from, your level of intoxication, your company (or absence of) and, of course, the profile of the crowd surrounding you. Never leave those bastards spoil any show for you. Also, don’t be that bastard. Everybody hates you. Why don’t you just play with your phone in the new amazing food truck area instead of being in the front rows shouting like you’re in a loud bar? Summer festivals definitely need to have a stage with DJs permanently playing dance music the whole day. Maybe those idiots who don’t want to see concerts anyway spend the whole day there.

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#68: Car Seat Headrest, “Teens of Denial”

For many, Car Seat Headrest was the “winner” of last week’s NOS Primavera Sound. The young singer-songwriter had just released his latest output, now on Matador, Teens of Denial, the album we’ve chosen to highlight this week on our playlist.

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NOS Primavera Sound 2016: 16 artists you shouldn’t miss

NOS Primavera Sound 2016 (NPS16) starts next Thursday, and who wouldn’t be excited to be there again? On top of that, just imagine you’ve moved from Portugal to a less sunny place. Of course you would be counting the hours. Now, practical stuff: have you printed the lovely timetables we made? Still having trouble deciding what to see? Our weekly Spotify playlist is entirely dedicated to NPS16. Check it out on the widget below, then read our festival preview.

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#66: Lionlimb, “Shoo”

This week on Bolachas Now Playing we feature Lionlimb’s debut record Shoo. You might have heard of them as Angel Olsen’s backing band, but their record is a gem on its own. Plus: Dinosaur Jr, Destroyer, Cass McCombs, Cate Le BonWoods, Robert Glasper, Gang of Youths, My Morning Jacket, Andy Shauf,Phosphorescent + Jenny Lewis, Sara Watkins, Hard Working AmericansRobert Ellis, and DEAKIN.

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NOS Primavera Sound 2016: the timetables

Our NOS Primavera Sound printable timetables are back for the 2016 edition of the festival! You know how it works: either you get your ready to print PDF here, or you download the original XLS file you can edit. About the Royal Headache you’ll have while trying to decide whether to see Brian Wilson or Dinosaur Jr., Mudhoney or Protomartyr, Tortoise or Beach House, Drive Like Jehu or Titus Andronicus, Ty Segall or Shellac… well, there’s nothing we can do about it, but we’ll have a special Bolachas playlist next week entirely dedicated to the festival.