Primavera Sound 2008 in Barcelona
Barcelona Apartments: Primavera Sound 2008 fills the city with good independent music
Estrella Damm Primavera Sound 2008 will take place in Barcelona between the 29th and the 31st of May. The artistic line-up will follow the same quality level as in past editions, the festival has always concentrated its energy on offering the chance to see new independent promising bands and also renowned artists from any style or genre, fundamentally looking for quality and essentially committing to pop and rock music as well as underground electronic music.
During all these years, the festival has had the most diverse range of artists. Some of those who have been on stage are, amongst many others: Pixies, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Lou Reed, El-P, Pulp, Patty Smith, Television, Enrique Morente, The White Stripes, Wilco, Tindersticks, PJ Harvey, Shellac, Dinosaur Jr., New Order, Surfin’ Bichos, Melvins, Psychic TV and Spiritualized.
The festival, already considered a must see music event, gathered almost 62,000 people on the past edition. Its characteristics as well as the wide range of bands performing have been the main causes that made Estrella Damm Primavera Sound the meeting point of artists and attendees from various generations.
Primavera Sound 2008 Line Up
808 State , Extraperlo , Para One , A Place To Bury Strangers , Fanfarlo , Pissed Jeans , Abrevadero , Fasenuova , Polvo , Alan Braxe , The Felice Brothers , Port O’Brien , Andy Votel , Fuck Buttons , Portishead , Animal Collective , Gentle Music Men , Portishead , Apparat Band , The Go! Team , Prinzhorn Dance School , April Fool’s Day , Graham , Public Enemy , Ari(wa)tt , Grande-Marlaska , The Right Ons , Atlas Sound , Guillamino , Robert Hood , Autolux , Health , Rufus Wainwright , Awesome Color , Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs , The Rumble Strips , Berlinbattery , Holy Fuck , Russian Red , Bèstia Ferida , Irene , Scarlet’s Well , Bill Callahan , It’s Not Not , Scout Niblett , Bishop Allen , Kavinsky , Sebadoh , Bob Mould Band , Kelley Stoltz , Shellac , Bon Iver , Kinski , Shipping News , Boris , La Estrella De David , Silver Jews , British Sea Power , La Orquesta Del Caballo Ganador , Simian Mobile Disco , Buffalo Tom , Le Petit Ramon , Six Organs Of Admittance , Caribou , Le Pianc , SJ Esau , Cat Power ,Les Aus , The Sonics , The Clientele , Les Savy Fav , Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks , Clint , Lightspeed Champion , Strange Death Of Liberal England , Clipse , Madee , Subterranean Kids , The Cribs , Man Man , Supermayer , Darren Hayman & Jack Hayter , Manos De Topo , Surkin , David Thomas Broughton , The Mary Onettes , The Swell Season , De La Soul , Mary Weiss of The Shangri-Las , Tachenko , Deerhunter ,The Marzipan Man , Tarántula , Devastations , Matt Elliott , Thomas Brinkmann , Devo , Menomena , Throbbing Gristle , Digital Mystikz,Loefah and Sgt. Pokes , Messer Chups , Tiefschwarz , Dinosaur Jr. , MGMT , Times New Viking , Dirty Projectors , Mi and L’au , Tindersticks , Dj Assault , Midnight Juggernauts , Torpedo , Dj Coco , The Missing Leech , Träd, Gräs och Stenar , Dj De Mierda , Mission Of Burma , Twin Kranes , Dj Funk , Model 500 , Unchained , DM Stith , Moho , Vampire Weekend , Dr. Octagon , Morente Omega , Voice of the Seven Woods , Edan with guest Dagha , Mount Eerie / The Microphones , Vórtice , El Chico Con La Espina En El Costado , MV & EE with The Golden Road , Voxtrot , El Guincho , My Brightest Diamond , The Wave Pictures , El Hijo , Nick Lowe , White Williams , Ellen Allien , No Age , Why? , Enon , The Notwist , Young Marble Giants , Eric’s Trip , Okkervil River , Explosions In The Sky , Om.
Distribution of Concerts
Parc Del Fòrum
Thursday, May 29th
Portishead, Public Enemy performing It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, De La Soul, Vampire Weekend, Explosions In The Sky, Eric’s Trip, British Sea Power, Shipping News, Caribou, The Notwist, Mount Eerie, Dr. Octagon AKA Kool Keith + Kutmasta Kurt, Boris, Edan & MC Dagha, Voxtrox, Holy Fuck, Enon, MGMT, Prinzhorn Dance School, Health, Berlinbattery, Tachenko, Thomas Brinkmann, Tarántula, La Estrella De David, Moho, The Marzipan Man, Graham
Friday, May 30th
Portishead, Cat Power, Devo, The Sonics, Sebadoh, The Cribs, Model 500, Nick Lowe, Bob Mould Band, The Go! Team, Bill Callahan, El Guincho, Polvo, The Rumble Strips, The Felice Brothers, Six Organs Of Admittance, Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Why?, Om, Midnight Juggernauts, No Age, MV & EE With The Golden Road, Pissed Jeans, A Place To Bury Strangers, Subterranean Kids, Autolux, Bishop Allen, Ellen Allien, Robert Hood, Fuck Buttons, The Swell Season, Supermayer, Man Man, Grande-Marlaska, The Mary Onettes, It’s Not Not, Bestia Ferida, The Strange Death Of Liberal England, Russian Red, White Williams, The Right Ons Soulin’ Thunder Review, Träd Gräs Och Stenar, DJ De Mierda, Ari(wa)tt
Saturday, May 31st.
Rufus Wainwright, Tindersticks, Dinosaur Jr. Animal Collective, Enrique Morente “Omega” con Lagartija Nick, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Young Marble Giants, Misión Of Burma, Throbbing Gristle, Shellac, Silver Jews, Mary Weiss Of The Shangri-La’s, Simian Mobile Disco, Clipse, Deerhunter, Les Savy Fav, Okkervil River, Buffalo Tom, Menomena, Scout Niblett, Lightspeed Champion, Apparat Band, Dirty Projectors, 808 State, Devastations, Tiefschwarz, Kinski, Atlas Sound, Times New Viking, DJ Funk, Bon Iver, Fanfarlo, Port O’Brien, Alan Braxe, Para One, Awesome Color, DJ Assault, Kavinsky, Digital Mystikz, Surkin, Madee, Vórtice, Gentle Music Men, DJ Coco, Juan B
Pre-Festival Parties
Monday, May 26th.
La [2] De Apolo: Siesta showcase: Scarlet’s Well, Clint
Tuesday, May 27th.
La [2] De Apolo: Touchme Records showcase: My Brightest Diamond, DM Stith, Abrevadero
Sala Sidecar: Twisted Nerve showcase: Voice Of The Seven Woods, Twin Kranes, Andy Votel
Wednesday, May 28th.
Sala Apolo: Acuarela showcase (15 aniversario): The Clientele, Matt Elliott, Mi And L’Au, SJ Esau, La Orquesta Del Caballo Ganador
Sala Sidecar: Ozono Kids showcase: Les Aus, Fasenuova, Unchained
Primavera Al Parc (Parc Joan Miró)
Saturday, May 31st.
Acuarela showcase: Darren Hayan & Jack Hayter Play Hefner, David Thomas Broughton, El Hijo Bankrobber showcase: Guillamino, El Chico Con La Espina En El Costado, Le Petit Ramon
Sunday, June 1st.
Fikasound showcase: The Radio Dept., Torpedo, April Fool’s Day
Strange Ones showcase: Manos De Topo, Le Pianc, Extraperlo
Closing Party
Sunday, June 1st.
Sala Apolo: The Wave Pictures, Kelly Stoltz, Messer Chups, The Missing Leech, Drowned In Sound DJ’s
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