Category: Primavera

The official anthology of all acts we’ve seen LIVE at Primavera Sound. Of course just with tracks we’ve actually heard!

6 editions – 157 songs!

2014
Real Estate	Had To Hear
Warpaint	Undertow
CHVRCHES	We Sink
Metronomy	I’m Aquarius
St. Vincent	Birth in Reverse
Arcade Fire	Reflektor
Queens Of The Stone Age	My God Is The Sun
Lola Marsh	You’re Mine
Drive-By Truckers	Pauline Hawkins
John Grant	Pale Green Ghosts
Sharon Van Etten	Every Time the Sun Comes Up
The War On Drugs	An Ocean In Between The Waves
Haim	Forever
Slowdive	Alison
The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio
Jagwar Ma	What Love
Darkside	Golden Arrow
Dum Dum Girls	Rimbaud Eyes
Jonathan Wilson	Love to Love
Nine Inch Nails	The Hand That Feeds
Kendrick Lamar	Swimming Pools (Drank) (Extended Version)
Foals	Inhaler
2015
Sun Kil Moon	Dogs
Hiss Golden Messenger	Saturday’s Song
Spiritualized®	Soul On Fire
The Black Keys	Lonely Boy
Chet Faker	Gold
Jungle	Busy Earnin’
Tobias Jesso Jr.	How Could You Babe
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers
Sleater-Kinney	Surface Envy
Viet Cong	Continental Shelf
Belle and Sebastian	The Boy With The Arab Strap
Alt-J	Hunger Of The Pine
Run The Jewels	Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck) (Feat. Zack de la Rocha)
Andy Shauf	The Magician
Strand Of Oaks	Goshen ’97
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger	Midnight Sun
Mac DeMarco	Passing Out Pieces
Interpol	Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down
Sleaford Mods	Tied Up in Nottz
The Strokes	Machu Picchu
Underworld	Cowgirl (Remastered)
Caribou	Can’t Do Without You (Extended Mix)
Julien Baker	Something
Fucked Up	Queen of Hearts
2016
Algiers	Irony. Utility. Pretext.
Cass McCombs	Opposite House
Car Seat Headrest	Fill in the Blank
Destroyer	Kaputt
Daughter	Smother
Vince Staples	Señorita
Air	Cherry Blossom Girl
Tame Impala	‘Cause I’m A Man
LCD Soundsystem	Someone Great
Ben Watt	Gradually
Steve Gunn	Conditions Wild
Savages	Husbands
Beirut	No No No
The Last Shadow Puppets	Miracle Aligner
Radiohead	Burn the Witch
Parquet Courts	Stoned and Starving
The Beach Boys	Fun, Fun, Fun
PJ Harvey	The Words That Maketh Murder
Chairlift	Moth to the Flame
Action Bronson	Baby Blue (feat. Chance the Rapper)
Moderat	A New Error
Roosevelt	Night Moves
2017
FRMTN	Drugs
Kate Tempest	Lionmouth Door Knocker
Nikki Lane	Highway Queen
Alexandra Savior	Mirage
Julia Jacklin	Coming Of Age
Kevin Morby	Dorothy
Solange	Cranes in the Sky
Slayer	Angel of Death
Bon Iver	33 “GOD”
Kamixlo	Paleta
Tycho	Division
Whitney	The Falls
Sampha	(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano
Mac DeMarco	On the Level
Sleaford Mods	B.H.S.
Run The Jewels	Legend Has It
The xx	On Hold
Van Morrison	Too Late
Teenage Fanclub	Everything Flows
Belle and Sebastian	Perfect Couples
Grace Jones	Slave to the Rhythm
Arcade Fire	Everything Now
Skepta	That’s Not Me (feat. JME) [Radio Edit]
HAIM	Want You Back
2018
Belle and Sebastian	Sukie In The Graveyard
Vagabon	The Embers
(Sandy) Alex G	Bobby
Warpaint	New Song
The War On Drugs	Pain
Björk	Human Behaviour
Fever Ray	To the Moon and Back
Sylvan Esso	Die Young
CHVRCHES	Get Out
Waxahatchee	Silver
Josh T. Pearson	Give It to Me Straight
The Breeders	Cannonball
Father John Misty	Hangout at the Gallows
The National	The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Thundercat	A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II)
Ibeyi	Deathless (feat. Kamasi Washington)
Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine
HAIM	Nothing’s Wrong
Nils Frahm	All Melody
Ty Segall	Love Fuzz
Let’s Eat Grandma	Hot Pink
Car Seat Headrest	Bodys
Rex Orange County	Loving Is Easy (feat. Benny Sings)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Talking Straight
Lykke Li	deep end
Lorde	Green Light
Arctic Monkeys	Four out of Five
Beach House	Lemon Glow
2019
Alice Phoebe Lou	Skin Crawl
Soccer Mommy	Cool
Dream Wife	Somebody
Big Thief	Cattails
Clairo	Flaming Hot Cheetos
Christine and the Queens	5 dollars
Nas	The World Is Yours
Sigrid	Don’t Kill My Vibe
Interpol	C’mere
Erykah Badu	On & On
Dirty Projectors	No Intention
Charli XCX	Blame It On Your Love
Empress Of	When I’m with Him
FKA twigs	Water Me
Lucy Dacus	Nonbeliever
Snail Mail	Heat Wave
Pond	Ray Of Light
Kurt Vile	Wild Imagination
Carly Rae Jepsen	No Drug Like Me
Janelle Monáe	I Like That
Suede	Beautiful Ones
Miley Cyrus	Wrecking Ball
Tame Impala	Patience
Kate Tempest	Europe Is Lost
Robyn	Dancing On My Own
Disclosure	Funky Sensation (feat. Gwen McCrae)
KIRARA	Wish
Harunemuri	せかいをとりかえしておくれ
boy pablo	Dance, Baby!
Nilüfer Yanya	Angels
Kali Uchis	Just a Stranger
ROSALÍA	PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ (Cap.3: Celos)
Drab Majesty	Ellipsis
Neneh Cherry	Manchild
Primal Scream	Jailbird
Stereolab	Brakhage
Little Simz	Selfish (feat. Cleo Sol)

And here’s the playlist:

https://music.apple.com/ch/playlist/primavera-legacy-2014-18/pl.u-qVaYTBeNVP

After 5 years at Primavera Sound it’s time to look back and remember all the great acts we’ve seen during the years.

Here’s my Playlist in (approximately) chronological order with some of the songs we’ve ssen playing Live. So it’s only acts AND songs I particularly remember seeing… Enjoy reminiscing!

https://itunes.apple.com/ch/playlist/rox-primavera-legacy-2014-18/pl.u-qVaYTBeNVP

NO.	ARTIST	SONG	YEAR	DAY
1	Real Estate	Had To Hear	2014	THU
2	Warpaint	Undertow	2014	THU
3	CHVRCHES	We Sink	2014	THU
4	Metronomy	I’m Aquarius	2014	THU
5	St. Vincent	Birth in Reverse	2014	THU
6	Arcade Fire	Reflektor	2014	THU
7	Queens Of The Stone Age	My God Is The Sun	2014	THU
8	Lola Marsh	You’re Mine	2014	FRI
9	Drive-By Truckers	Pauline Hawkins	2014	FRI
10	John Grant	Pale Green Ghosts	2014	FRI
11	Sharon Van Etten	Every Time the Sun Comes Up	2014	FRI
12	The War On Drugs	An Ocean In Between The Waves	2014	FRI
13	Haim	Forever	2014	FRI
14	Slowdive	Alison	2014	FRI
15	The National	Bloodbuzz Ohio	2014	FRI
16	Jagwar Ma	What Love	2014	FRI
17	Darkside	Golden Arrow	2014	FRI
18	Dum Dum Girls	Rimbaud Eyes	2014	SAT
19	Jonathan Wilson	Love to Love	2014	SAT
20	Nine Inch Nails	The Hand That Feeds	2014	SAT
21	Kendrick Lamar	Swimming Pools (Drank)	2014	SAT
22	Foals	Inhaler	2014	SAT
23	Sun Kil Moon	Dogs	2015	THU
24	Hiss Golden Messenger	Saturday’s Song	2015	THU
25	Spiritualized®	Soul On Fire	2015	THU
26	The Black Keys	Lonely Boy	2015	THU
27	Chet Faker	Gold	2015	THU
28	Jungle	Busy Earnin’	2015	THU
29	Tobias Jesso Jr.	How Could You Babe	2015	FRI
30	The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	2015	FRI
31	Sleater-Kinney	Surface Envy	2015	FRI
32	Viet Cong	Continental Shelf	2015	FRI
33	Belle and Sebastian	The Boy With The Arab Strap	2015	FRI
34	Alt-J	Hunger Of The Pine	2015	FRI
35	Run The Jewels	Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)	2015	FRI
36	Andy Shauf	The Magician	2015	SAT
37	Strand Of Oaks	Goshen ’97	2015	SAT
38	The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger	Midnight Sun	2015	SAT
39	Mac DeMarco	Passing Out Pieces	2015	SAT
40	Interpol	Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down	2015	SAT
41	Sleaford Mods	Tied Up in Nottz	2015	SAT
42	The Strokes	Machu Picchu	2015	SAT
43	Underworld	Cowgirl	2015	SAT
44	Caribou	Can’t Do Without You	2015	SAT
45	Julien Baker	Something	2015	SUN
46	Fucked Up	Queen of Hearts	2015	SUN
47	Algiers	Irony. Utility. Pretext.	2016	THU
48	Cass McCombs	Opposite House	2016	THU
49	Car Seat Headrest	Fill in the Blank	2016	THU
50	Destroyer	Kaputt	2016	THU
51	Daughter	Smother	2016	THU
52	Vince Staples	Señorita	2016	THU
53	Air	Cherry Blossom Girl	2016	THU
54	Tame Impala	‘Cause I’m A Man	2016	THU
55	LCD Soundsystem	Someone Great	2016	THU
56	Ben Watt	Gradually	2016	FRI
57	Steve Gunn	Conditions Wild	2016	FRI
58	Savages	Husbands	2016	FRI
59	Beirut	No No No	2016	FRI
60	The Last Shadow Puppets	Miracle Aligner	2016	FRI
61	Radiohead	Burn the Witch	2016	FRI
62	Parquet Courts	Stoned and Starving	2016	SAT
63	The Beach Boys	Fun, Fun, Fun	2016	SAT
64	PJ Harvey	The Words That Maketh Murder	2016	SAT
65	Chairlift	Moth to the Flame	2016	SAT
66	Action Bronson	Baby Blue	2016	SAT
67	Moderat	A New Error	2016	SAT
68	Roosevelt	Night Moves	2016	SAT
69	Formation	Drugs	2017	WED
70	Kate Tempest	Lionmouth Door Knocker	2017	WED
71	Nikki Lane	Highway Queen	2017	THU
72	Alexandra Savior	Mirage	2017	THU
73	Julia Jacklin	Coming Of Age	2017	THU
74	Kevin Morby	Dorothy	2017	THU
75	Solange	Cranes in the Sky	2017	THU
76	Slayer	Angel of Death	2017	THU
77	Bon Iver	33 “GOD”	2017	THU
78	Kamixlo	Paleta	2017	THU
79	Tycho	Division	2017	THU
80	Whitney	The Falls	2017	FRI
81	Sampha	(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano	2017	FRI
82	Mac DeMarco	On the Level	2017	FRI
83	Sleaford Mods	B.H.S.	2017	FRI
84	Run The Jewels	Legend Has It	2017	FRI
85	The xx	On Hold	2017	FRI
86	Van Morrison	Too Late	2017	SAT
87	Teenage Fanclub	Everything Flows	2017	SAT
88	Belle and Sebastian	Perfect Couples	2017	SAT
89	Grace Jones	Slave to the Rhythm	2017	SAT
90	Arcade Fire	Everything Now	2017	SAT
91	Skepta	That’s Not Me	2017	SAT
92	HAIM	Want You Back	2017	SAT
93	Belle and Sebastian	Sukie In The Graveyard	2018	WED
94	Vagabon	The Embers	2018	THU
95	(Sandy) Alex G	Bobby	2018	THU
96	Warpaint	New Song	2018	THU
97	The War On Drugs	Pain	2018	THU
98	Björk	Human Behaviour	2018	THU
99	Fever Ray	To the Moon and Back	2018	THU
100	Sylvan Esso	Die Young	2018	THU
101	CHVRCHES	Get Out	2018	THU
102	Waxahatchee	Silver	2018	FRI
103	Josh T. Pearson	Give It to Me Straight	2018	FRI
104	The Breeders	Cannonball	2018	FRI
105	Father John Misty	Hangout at the Gallows	2018	FRI
106	The National	The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness	2018	FRI
107	Thundercat	A Fan’s Mail (Tron Song Suite II)	2018	FRI
108	Ibeyi	Deathless	2018	FRI
109	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine	2018	FRI
110	HAIM	Nothing’s Wrong	2018	FRI
111	Nils Frahm	All Melody	2018	FRI
112	Ty Segall	Love Fuzz	2018	FRI
113	Let’s Eat Grandma	Hot Pink	2018	SAT
114	Car Seat Headrest	Bodys	2018	SAT
115	Rex Orange County	Loving Is Easy	2018	SAT
116	Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Talking Straight	2018	SAT
117	Lykke Li	deep end	2018	SAT
118	Lorde	Green Light	2018	SAT
119	Arctic Monkeys	Four out of Five	2018	SAT
120	Beach House	Lemon Glow	2018	SAT

Primavera Sound is coming soon…. In order to prepare properly we shortlisted the extensive, official Primavera playlist, added some new songs and put them in the order of appearance at the festival.

What are your must-sees?

Rating:
5/5 – Scratch my face, break my arm, smash my head!!
4/5 – Big on the list!
3/5 – Wouldn’t it be nice?
2/5 – Taking chances
1/5 – Don’t think I’ll make it…

				MSR R	MSR O
WEDNESDAY
1	Spiritualized	Come Together	Ladies And Gentlemen…		3
2	Wolf Parade	You’re Dreaming	Cry Cry Cry		2
3	Belle and Sebastian	Poor Boy	How To Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)	4	4
THURSDAY
4	Nat Simons	Happiness	Lights		3
5	The Zephyr Bones	Hurricanes	Secret Place		2
6	Vagabon	The Embers	Infinite Worlds		3
7	Hinds	New for You	I Don’t Run	2	3
8	Ezra Furman	Love You So Bad	Transangelic Exodus	3	3
9	(Sandy) Alex G	Bobby	Rocket		4
10	The Twilight Sad	Another Bed	No One Can Ever Know		3
11	Warpaint	New Song	Heads Up	3	4
12	Kelela	Frontline	Take Me Apart		4
13	The War On Drugs	Pain	A Deeper Understanding	5	5
14	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays	Sex & Food		4
15	James Holden & The Animal Spirits	Each Moment Like the First	The Animal Spirits		3
16	Björk	Blissing Me (feat. Arca)	Utopia	5	5
17	Rostam	Bike Dream	Half-Light		3
18	Jlin	Black Origami	Black Origami
19	Fever Ray	To the Moon and Back	Plunge
20	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	I Need You	Skeleton Tree	4
21	Sylvan Esso	Die Young	What Now	3
22	Vince Staples	Big Fish	Big Fish Theory	3
23	Mount Kimbie	Blue Train Lines (feat. King Krule)	Love What Survives
24	CHVRCHES	Get Out	Love Is Dead
25	Nils Frahm	All Melody	All Melody	4	4
26	Floating Points	Ratio (Radio Edit)	Ratio (Radio Edit) – Single
27	Four Tet	Lush	New Energy	3	5
28	Here Lies Man	When I Come To	Here Lies Man
29	DJ Koze	Seeing Aliens	Knock Knock
FRIDAY
30	Waxahatchee	Silver	Out in the Storm	5	5
31	The Breeders	All Nerve	All Nerve
32	John Maus	The Combine	Screen Memories
33	Essaie Pas	Complet brouillé	New Path
34	Yellow Days	That Easy	Is Everything Okay in Your World?
35	Father John Misty	Mr. Tillman	God’s Favorite Customer	5	5
36	Rhye	Count to Five	Blood		4
37	Knox Fortune	Lil Thing	Paradise		5
38	The National	The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness	Sleep Well Beast	4	4
39	Superorganism	Everybody Wants to Be Famous	Superorganism
40	Thundercat	Them Changes	Drunk		4
41	Ibeyi	Deathless (feat. Kamasi Washington)	Ash
42	Jorja Smith	Blue Lights	Lost & Found
43	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Deadly Valentine	Rest	5	5
44	HAIM	Want You Back	Something To Tell You	1 😉	5
45	The Internet	Roll (Burbank Funk)	Roll (Burbank Funk) – Single
46	Cigarettes After Sex	Apocalypse	Cigarettes After Sex
47	Tyler, The Creator	Who Dat Boy (feat. A$AP Rocky)	Flower Boy
48	Ty Segall	Every 1’s a Winner	Freedom’s Goblin	5
49	Arca	Piel	Arca
50	Chromeo	Must’ve Been (feat. DRAM)	Head Over Heels
51	Confidence Man	Don’t You Know I’m In a Band	Confident Music For Confident People
SATURDAY
52	Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein	Stranger Things	Stranger Things, Vol. 1
53	Car Seat Headrest	Bodys	Twin Fantasy	5	4
54	Rex Orange County	Loving Is Easy (feat. Benny Sings)	Loving Is Easy (feat. Benny Sings) – Single		5
55	Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Mainland	Mainland – Single	5	5
56	Ariel Pink	Another Weekend	Dedicated to Bobby Jameson	5	4
57	Belly	Mine	DOVE
58	Tom Misch	Water Baby (feat. Loyle Carner)	Geography
59	Lykke Li	deep end	so sad so sexy	5	5
60	Slowdive	Star Roving	Slowdive
61	Lorde	Green Light	Melodrama	4	5
62	Grizzly Bear	Mourning Sound	Painted Ruins	3
63	Jay Som	Pirouette	Pirouette – Single		4
64	Arctic Monkeys	Four out of Five	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	5	5
65	Oneohtrix Point Never	Black Snow	Age Of
66	ABRA	Cry Baby	Princess – EP
67	Deerhunter	Breaker	Fading Frontier
68	A$AP Rocky	Everyday (feat. Rod Stewart x Miguel x Mark Ronson)	AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
69	Jon Hopkins	Emerald Rush	Singularity		4
70	Beach House	Dive	7	4	5
71	Public Service Broadcasting	People Will Always Need Coal	Every Valley
72	Lindstrøm	Didn’t Know Better (feat. Ronika)	Didn’t Know Better (feat. Ronika) – EP

In order to warm-up properly we have compiled 50 artists of this year’s Primavera Sound Barcelona (actually 51 now because I initially forgot Destroyer…).
Already found some new pearls, like Andy Shauf, Steve Gunn, Jay Rock and Floating Points. Also included my own MUST-SEE RATING:
5/5 – Scratch my face, break my arm, smash my head!!
4/5 – Big on the list!
3/5 – Wouldn’t it be nice?
2/5 – Taking chances
1/5 – Don’t think I’ll make it…

What’s your rating?

Primavera 16 – The Playlist on Apple Music

1 Car Seat Headrest – Vincent
MSR O 5/5; R 5/5

2 Chairlift – Moth to the Flame
MSR O 5/5; R 5/5

3 Radiohead – Burn the Witch
MSR O 5/5; R5/5

4 The Last Shadow Puppets – Aviation
MSR O 4/5; R 4/5

5 Ben Watt – Gradually
MSR O 4/5; R 5/5

6 The James Hunter Six – (Baby) Hold On
MSR O 3/5; R 4/5

7 Parquet Courts – Dust
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

8 Andy Shauf – The Magician
MSR O 3/5; R 4/5

9 LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
MSR O 5/5; R 3/5

10 Sigur Ros – Untitled 1
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

11 Empress Of – How Do You Do It
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

12 Roosevelt – Night Moves
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

13 Air – Don’t Be Light (Edit)
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

14 Action Bronson – Actin Crazy
MSR O 3/5; R5/5

15 Vince Staples – Get Paid (feat. Desi Mo)
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

16 U.S. Girls – Window Shades
MSR O 3/5; R 3/5

17 Richard Hawley – Heart of Oak
MSR O 2/5; R3/5

18 Tame Impala – Cause I’m A Man
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

19 Deerhunter – All The Same
MSR O 4/5; R 4/5

20 Steve Gunn – Conditions Wild
MSR O 4/5; R 4/5

21 Algiers – But She Was Not Flying
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

22 Daughter – How
MSR O 2/5; R 3/5

23 Cavern of Anti-Matter – tardis cymbals
MSR O 4/5; R 4/5

24 Beach Slang – Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas
MSR O 2/5; R 3/5

25 Lush – Ladykillers
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

26 Dinosaur Jr. – Sludgefeast
MSR O 2/5; R 3/5

27 Tortoise – Gesceap
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

28 Beirut – Gibraltar
MSR O 2/5; R 3/5

29 Royal Headache – High
MSR O 3/5; R 3/5

30 Savages – Adore
MSR O 3/5; R 4/5

31 Beach House – Used To Be
MSR O 4/5; R 5/5

32 Pusha T – Untouchable
MSR O 2/5; R 1/5

33 Jay Rock – Money Trees Deuce (feat. Lance Skiiiwalker)
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

34 NAO – Fool to Love
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

35 Wild Nothing – Reichpop
MSR O 2/5; R 3/5

36 Neon Indian – The Glitzy Hive
MSR O 2/5; R 1/5

37 Dam-Funk – We Continue
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

38 Shellac – Dude Incredible
MSR O 4/5; R 4/5

39 PJ Harvey – The Orange Monkey
MSR O 3/5; R 5/5

40 The Chills – Warm Waveform
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

41 Titus Andronicus – Dimed Out
MSR O 1/5; R 3/5

42 Manel – Sabotatge
MSR O 2/5; R 1/5

43 Har Mar Superstar – Youth Without Love
MSR O 2/5; R 2/5

44 Destroyer – Times Square
MSR O 5/5; R 5/5

45 Protomartyr – Dope Cloud
MSR O 3/5; R 3/5

46 Explosions In the Sky – Disintegration Anxiety
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

47 Pantha du Prince – The Winter Hymn (feat. Queens)
MSR O 3/5; R 2/5

48 John Carpenter – Vortex
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

49 Moderat – A New Error
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

50 Floating Points – Silhouettes (I, II & III)
MSR O 4/5; R 3/5

51 Kamasi Washington – Change of the Guard
MSR O 4/5; R 2/5