Festival
Porto Parque Da Cidade, Portugal
Second edition of the Portugese instalment of Barcelona’s music
festival with Blur, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, My Bloody
Valentine, Dan Deacon, Dead Can Dance, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr, Do
Make Say Think, Explosions In The Sky, Four Tet, Grizzly Bear,
James Blake, Liars, Nurse With Wound, Om, Roll The Dice and more.
Porto Parque Da Cidade, 30 May–1 June.
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Festival
Barcelona Parc Del Forum, Spain
Spanish seaside indie festival with Dan Deacon, Daphni, Dead Can
Dance, Death Grips, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr, Do Make Say Think,
Four Tet, Goat, Grizzly Bear, How To Dress Well, James Blake, The
Jesus And Mary Chain, Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, The
Knife, Liars, Mulatu Astatke, My Bloody Valentine, Neurosis, Nick
Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nurse With Wound, Om, Omar Souleyman,
Shellac, Simian Mobile Disco, Swans, Thee Oh Sees, Tinariwen,
Wu-Tang Clan and more. Barcelona Parc Del Forum, 22–26 May.
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Netaudio London promotes the work of artists
who use digital and network technologies to explore new boundaries
in music and sonic art. Part of the Short
Circuit festival, Netaudio's programme encourages participation
in all forms of music and art making, from interactive sound art
installations to conferences, workshops, collaborative online
broadcasting and headline shows.
ON THE COVER: Rewind 2005: Eyes down for The
Wire's annual selection of the year's best music, plus critics' and
musicians' reflections
FEATURES: Noah Howard, Invisible Jukebox: Nurse
With Wound, Volcano The Bear, Tetuzi Akiyama, Burning Star Core,
Dan Wilson, Yannis Kyriakides
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ON THE COVER: Keiji Haino - Alan Cummings
penetrates the universal consciousness of the Tokyo shaman, who has
conducted a 30 year quest to outdo the Big Bang with his
Fushitsusha and Aihiyo groups, solo guitar noise, percussion
rituals and DJ sets
FEATURES: John Coltrane, Primer: Nurse With Wound,
Wordsound, Philip Jeck, Invisible Jukebox: Simon Fisher Turner, DJ
/Rupture, Goodiepal, DJ Spooky, Peter Brötzmann, Musique
Actuelle
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