{"id":610,"date":"2015-06-11T23:37:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/testes\/?p=610"},"modified":"2020-09-14T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T20:52:19","slug":"nos-primavera-sound-2015-the-review-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bolachas.org\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"NOS Primavera Sound 2015: the review.\u00a0DAY 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Giant Sand. Photo by Hugo Lima [NOS Primavera Sound<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Again, a slow lazy beginning to the second day of the festival. While the uninteresting PT\/BR outfit\u00a0Banda do Mar <\/b>opened the afternoon on the main stage, Lebanese songwriter\u00a0Yasmine Hamdan<\/b>\u00a0was spotted chilling on the green grass before her show. Accompanied by a drummer, a guitar player and a keyboardist, her voice soared through the mostly empty meadow right in front of the ATP stage. Her music deserved more attention but after a couple of songs Howe Gelb\u2019s\u00a0Giant Sand<\/b> was calling and gathering a decent amount of people in front of the Superbock stage. In the preview of the festival (and in one of our weekly playlists) we said their latest album, Heartbreak Pass<\/i>, might be one of the best in their 30-year career. Their show, based mostly on the new record, proved us right.\u00a0\u201cTransponder\u201d,\u00a0\u201cSong So Wrong\u201d,\u00a0\u201cEvery Now and Then\u201d or\u00a0\u201cMan on a String\u201d were some of the highlights – along with the rollercoaster ride that was the show closer, oldie\u00a0\u201cTumble & Tear\u201d, straight from their debut. The only concert in the whole festival where we felt there was no need for more<\/i>\u00a0pedal steel. Top 5 material.<\/p>\n

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Patti Smith. Photo by Hugo Lima [NOS Primavera Sound<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the other hand,\u00a0Patti Smith<\/b>\u2019s second concert\u00a0of the festival, performing\u00a0Horses<\/i>\u00a0in its entirety, apparently (at least taking into consideration the opinions of those who saw both gigs) wasn\u2019t as powerful as the one on the day before – some of the songs aren\u2019t really tailored for being performed live, so we moved on to Viet Cong<\/b> on the ATP stage… only to leave it less than ten minutes later.\u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s play louder than everyone else to sound really powerful and tough\u201d is almost never a good approach, so we managed to go back to the NOS stage just in time for Patti Smith\u2019s encore: the lively classic\u00a0\u201cBecause the Night\u201d and the boring hopeful-leftie-young-adults-anthem\u00a0\u201cPeople Have the Power\u201d. Speaking of boring things, who decided to allow\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/b>\u00a0to play at dinner time? Probably the show more suited for sitting up in the hill discussing football\/soccer<\/i> news until you lose interest in Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s languid folk songs and decide to go eat something. Or check out aussie jangly pop sensation\u00a0Twerps<\/b>, whose two songs we listened to were pretty interesting. Remember that Australian singer-songwriter that also played early at the Pitchfork stage last year? Check where she is now. Let\u2019s see if we see something similar happening with them.<\/p>\n

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The Replacements. Photo by Hugo Lima [NOS Primavera Sound<\/a>]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Turning our heads to the past now:\u00a0The Replacements\u00a0<\/b>are up next on the main stage and it seems like time has been kind to Paul Westerberg. Jumping around, his voice as good as always, Westerberg certainly looks younger than he is. He thrashed one of his guitars, mentioned this was their last show ever (is it?), sang classics like\u00a0\u201cBastards of Young\u201d,\u00a0\u201cAndrogynous\u201d,\u00a0\u201cThe Ledge\u201d, \u201cCan\u2019t Hardly Wait\u201d or\u00a0\u201cWaitress in the Sky\u201d before jolting into an encore that started with a version of T.Rex\u2019s\u00a0\u201c20th Century Man\u201d and ended in apotheosis with timeless classics\u00a0\u201cLeft of the Dial\u201d and\u00a0\u201cAlex Chilton\u201d. Sometimes it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to look back.<\/p>\n

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The same opinion might hold Jason Pierce and his\u00a0Spiritualized<\/b>, dedicating a massive chunk of their setlist to Amazing Grace<\/i>,\u00a0the not-so-amazing ugly duckling of their discography (the usual suspect \u201cLord Let It Rain on Me\u201d plus \u201cRated X\u201d, \u201cShe Kissed Me (It Felt Like a Hit)\u201d, and the admittingly gorgeous \u201cOh Baby\u201d) and revisiting absolute classics like\u00a0\u201cShine a Light\u201d, an amazing, endless version of\u00a0\u201cElectric Mainline\u201d and a surprise appearance of Lazer Guided Melodies<\/i>\u2019\u00a0\u201cTake Your Time\u201d by the end of the show. Spiritualized\u2019s delicate but powerful sonic endeavours need space and time to cooperate in order to provide the audience with the best possible experience, and a (starry) night slot at the ATP stage is all they needed to shine brighter than everyone else. Without a shadow of a doubt, the best concert of the festival.<\/p>\n

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After such an incredible show, only someone special\u2019s music\u00a0<\/b>could possibly hold my attention. At this point I wondered if other artist\u2019s music could add something valuable to my night, and I thought I should probably let my eardrums think and dream about what they have just experienced and call it a night – like I did some years ago after finally seeing Tortoise in Barcelona, only to be reminded that Mission of Burma were playing not far away from where I was standing, refusing to listen to other music –\u00a0but the thought of experiencing Antony<\/b>\u00a0playing live with an orchestra quickly set me in motion to the main stage, passing through what seemed like a boring Belle and Sebastian show, unlike their Paredes de Coura one a couple of years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sure, Antony & the Johnsons\u2019 latest album isn\u2019t the most interesting work of art I\u2019ve appreciated, but his live shows are always breathtaking – and songs like\u00a0\u201cCripple and the Starfish\u201d, \u201cHer Eyes Are Underneath the Ground\u201d or \u201cHope There\u2019s Someone\u201d will always try and push a shy tear out of the most stone-hearted person in the audience. If Spiritualized wasn\u2019t one of the greatest live bands on Earth – or if older classics were played instead of \u201cSwanlights\u201d and the likes – Antony would be taking the crown.<\/p>\n

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What are the choices after such an emotional rollercoaster? A one-hit wonder nu-soul band, the most bland and just plain shitty songwriter on Planet Earth or the hip-hop version of a Michael Bay movie ridden with explosions, shouting, special effects, etc? I went with the latter, and although Run the Jewels\u00a0<\/b>2 was a decent, badass album and Killer Mike and El P\u2019s over-the-top stage antics were entertaining for most, fortunately – for my own good – my mood isn\u2019t easily swinged and I would rather sit on the grass by the ATP meadow taking and uploading really bad photos for the Bolachas instagram account<\/a>. There\u2019s still a big day ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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