For the first time in its twenty-one editions in Spain, the festival originally from Barcelona Primavera Sound will offer this year through its extension to Madrid a second opportunity in the country to enjoy and discover effervescent musical talent beyond the front line of its line-up.
It will be after the large-scale warm-up that will take place this Wednesday at the Metropolitan Stadium in the capital with Pet Shop Boys as the main protagonists and during three days that from June 8 to 10 will turn the City of Rock in Arganda del Rey into their new base. , former headquarters of Rock In Rio.
There is no doubt that, as in its older brother in Barcelona, ​​the attention of this second Primavera Sound incursion on national soil will attract talent from giants such as RosalÃa, Blur, Depeche Mode, Kendrick Lamar, Halsey, Bad Religion or New Order, but there is still a lot to scratch after the big names.
Sparks: With 60 years behind them, the Mael brothers are far from being newbies or strangers, but in such a copious program it doesn’t hurt to remember a safe bet that will combine humor and good vibes with danceable pop loaded with synths, especially after releasing one last album, The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte, number 25 of their career, which has revitalized them musically.
Yves Tumor: Ambassador of experimental music, this American has only signed outstanding albums to date such as the most recent Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) (2023) with his touch of psychedelic soul .
Christine And The Queens: One of the few musical labels to emerge from France in the last decade with an international reach, that of Heloïse Letissier, which has made a banner not only of fluidity in sexual gender identity, but also in music, through starting from a pop base with substance and weight.
St. Vincent: New opportunity to enjoy the overwhelming personality of the American Annie Clark in the capital, the one that allowed her to dazzle David Byrne in their joint album 10 years ago. Three more outstanding solo albums since then have cemented her as one of the most unique writers and performers with her art rock of her own.
Arlo Parks: Her debut close to Sufjan Stevens earned her the Mercury Prize for Best British Album, a work in which she asserted her condition as a black and bisexual woman to make it “a safe space” in which to sing about freedom and search of personal acceptance. He arrives at PS with his freshly baked second album, My Soft Machine (2023).
Kelela: Your most recent album, Raven, was one of the most anticipated alternative albums of 2023, six years after your debut Take Me Apart, and it did not disappoint. The Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter will serve up a healthy dose of r
Caroline Polachek: Probably the great open secret of this edition is this American composer and producer who, after years of collaborating and writing for leading figures in the shadows, should fully break out as a soloist at 37 with her fourth album, the second under this alias, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, an alternative and electronic pop bombshell.
Villano Antillano: Elevated to global altars for her collaboration with the omnipresent Bizarrap in session number 51, considered one of the best by the Argentine producer, there is much to discover in this urban artist with a brilliant verb and proud transsexual condition that has broken the mold since Puerto Rico.
Tokischa: Author of mythical verses such as “friends who kiss are the best company” together with RosalÃa, from the Dominican Republic comes another earthquake on the Latin and urban scene, a woman who leaves no one indifferent with her explicit lyrics and her videos loaded with sexual references, either to the rhythm of dembow or vogue electronica.
Sevdaliza: Magnetic and charismatic behind the decks, this Dutch woman of Iranian origin will be one of the essential resources for those who wish to close the first Primavera Sound in Madrid in style with her eclectic and very danceable bases, between trip hop and r
