Festivals
Now that the 2026 Azkena Rock Festival has come to an end, we can confirm that the festival is in excellent health, despite initial concerns about the calibre of the headliners. The big winners included Alice Cooper, who put on a theatrical showcase of classics, and Social Distortion, who reaffirmed their status as a cult
Now that Sónar 2026 has come to an end, we can confirm that this was a transformative edition, with club culture once again taking centre stage. However, the lack of a distinctive visual identity for the 33rd edition was surprising, as was the absence of the now-traditional rucksack that has become a staple of every
After the sublime Friday that made everyone forget the weather-related problems of the previous day, Saturday was set to be the highlight of Primavera Sound 2026. The line-up included The XX, Gorillaz, Big Thief, Little Simz, Knocked Loose and Kneecap, among others. Photo of Gorillaz taken by Gisela Jané provided by the Primavera Sound 2026
Thursday 4 June Just a few hours ago, we were telling you what it’s like to try to arrive in time for the start of a festival when you have children… This writer’s parental misadventures were once again in evidence on Thursday, when – a couple of months before the festival was due to take
It’s been years now—specifically the six years my eldest daughter has been alive—since I’ve come to realise that any attempt to plan an arrival time for the Wednesday-Thursday slots at Primavera Sound is as much a work of science fiction as Christopher Nolan’s films or Cixin Liu’s books. Between endless goodbyes and the traffic jam
Imagine stepping through the threshold of a space where the outside world gradually fades away. As you enter, the street loses its significance and the building seems to vibrate at a different frequency. The lights cease to merely illuminate, while psychedelic projections display saturated colours and patterns that emerge and dissolve in hypnotic sequences. At
Almost a year after presenting her first solo album, Lives Outgrown (2024), at Primavera Sound 2024, Portishead vocalist Beth Gibbons returned to Barcelona to perform at the Les Nits de Barcelona festival.. Her emotional, melancholic and introspective concert attracted around 1,500 spectators, who responded to the British artist’s delicate performance with sepulchral silence. The concert,
Sometimes, without realising it, you come to the end of a chapter in your life, which makes you realise how old you are getting… Last Saturday, I finally got to enjoy a live performance of one of my childhood albums, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976), by The Alan Parsons Live Project at the Alma
Many attendees arrived early at the Poble Espanyol venue wearing black tour T-shirts displaying dates from the last four decades, demonstrating the popularity of the British band The Cult in Spain, despite their regular visits to Madrid and Barcelona, including in June 2023. The Cult, Barcelona 2025 – Photo taken by Meritxell Rosell for Indieofilo©
It must be acknowledged that a long debate was had among the people who are part of the Indieófilo project before these lines were written. Amidst the ongoing debate in the mainstream press regarding the presence of the pro-Israeli investment firm KKR at the Catalan festival, exacerbated by the swift responses of certain artists who
