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NOS Primavera Sound 2019

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It’s starting to be too common: no matter how warm and sunny it is in the week leading up to the festival, NOS Primavera Sound (NPS) is doomed to be ruined by at least one day of rain. The first day did not look promising after the announcement of the passage of depression Miguel (no, not the rnb star who performed there a couple of years ago) through the north of Portugal. Flights were cancelled, Ama Lou and Peggy Gou could not reach Porto in time to perform, strong winds and rain showers threatened to turn Parque da Cidade into a muddy mess, the gates were opened almost an hour later than it was scheduled.

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NOS Primavera Sound 2019: printable timetables, our preview and playlist

It doesn’t matter how conservative or liberal you are: people are naturally resistant to change, especially if the previous form of what’s changing was so dear to them. We get it: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Judging by the tone and content of most comments we can find online about this year’s Primavera lineup, both in Porto and Barcelona, folks ain’t happy about “the new normal”. Yes, some of the biggest pop artists in the planet have claimed most of the spots with the big font in it. Yes, there’s a shortage of loud, extreme music we often found at the long gone ATP stage, and every year there are less and less historical, cult indie rock bands reforming for a Primavera performance. But, other than that – tiny specks on a lineup of over 120 bands in Barcelona and over 60 in Porto – has it really changed that much? Is the Primavera DNA gone? (Was there really a “Primavera DNA” to begin with?)

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#149: Snail Mail, “Lush”

Bolachas Now Playing, a new music Spotify playlist updated every Tuesday. 

Snail Mail’s debut “Lush” is our record of the week! She’s younger and has already accomplished more than you. How do you feel about that? Plus: new tracks by SOPHIE, Hilary Woods, Let’s Eat Grandma, Blonde Redhead, Protomartyr, Death Cab for Cutie, Dawes, Villagers, John Parish, Michael Nau, American Aquarium, Rayland Baxter, Andy Jenkins, Sam Evian, Levi Parham, Erin O’Dowd, Punch Brothers, and Harrison Whitford.

Bolachas Now Playing, 22/2018 (#149): 

Snail Mail – Speaking Terms

Snail Mail – Let’s Find an Out

SOPHIE – It’s Okay to Cry

Hilary Woods – Black Rainbow

Let’s Eat Grandma – Ava

Blonde Redhead, Ludovico Einaudi – Where Your Mind Wants to Go

Protomartyr – Wait

Death Cab for Cutie – Gold Rush

Dawes – Telescope

Villagers – A Trick of the Light

John Parish – The First Star

Michael Nau – Funny in Real Life

American Aquarium – One Day at a Time

Rayland Baxter – Strange American Dream

Andy Jenkins – Hazel Woods

Sam Evian – You, Forever

Levi Parham – Boxmeer Blues

Erin O’Dowd – Forgiveness

Punch Brothers – It’s All Part of the Plan

Harrison Whitford – Strangers in the Making