Already faced with several cancellations of tour dates that had already been scheduled, Björk has also cancelled her headlining sets at the Primavera Sound Festivals. Her dates at the festivals were scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain, Porto and Portugal but due to an inflamed vocal cord nodule, she will not be able to make her previous arrangements. The festival organizers are offering fans a refund to who purchased tickets before May 10th at the Barcelona and Porto locations, as Björk was scheduled to be the main headliner. In other news about the festival, Kings of Convenience have been ...

Björk has cancelled more performances due to an inflamed vocal cord nodule. In addition to part of her Biophilia residency in Buenos Aires  and her headlining set at Sónar São Paulo , she's axed her headlining sets at both Primavera Sound festivals (in Barcelona, Spain and Porto, Portugal). From a statement from Primavera: After canceling some shows due to an inflamed nodule, Björk's specialist doctor advised her to keep resting and not to continue with the shows as they could bring a permanent damage to her voice. We are very sorry about any inconvenience this might bring, and appreciate ...

I'm obsessed with year end lists.  It's always exciting to sit down at the end of the year and rank your favorite records, share with your friends/readers, and also see what others deemed the best of the year.  One problem always arises: give it a few months into the new year and three-four records for the past year will pop up and make you wish you had given them proper due.  I've decided to put an end to this "list regret" and will be doing an annual piece called "I've Made A Huge Mistake" where ...

Broken Social Scene “All to All” (Ft. Feist) Oh man. It’s story time. Time to tell stories about how dumb I am. Wait, let me explain so you can get the full scope of my idiocy. So I have this bad habit of arriving through the back door. Also have this bad habit of improperly using phrases and idioms. Case in point: my love for Feist. The other day, I received an email from a client. My name is Liz. He wrote, “Hey Lez.” This made me laugh-slash-feel-happy for two reasons: the first being that it was almost a ...

A Ramón lo conocimos hace unos meses, en uno de esos interesantes encuentros que el blog nos da la oportunidad de tener. Nos habló de muchas cosas, de sus ganas de moverse, de hacer cosas, de su vuelta al mundo (!!!) y de Friktrip , un proyecto personal en el que nos muestra “otra forma de viajar “ y que el mismo os explicará a continuación. Aquel día ya nos transmitió energía, buen rollo y sobretodo, mucho entusiamo . Hoy es uno de nuestros entrevistados en les gens alapage y… nuestro nuevo colaborador. Sí, Ramón es a partir de hoy quién nos irá contando ...

Den norske duos anden koncert på to dage i Vega blev intim, men knap så intens

Den norske duo fik med enkle, intime virkemidler et helt, udsolgt Store Vega til at tie og LYTTE!

MGMT “I Found A Whistle” Dear. Mr. Renostache, While you are right that I am indeed bummed about my inability to procure a ticket for Bro-chella, you are wrong to think that I have any sort of animosity towards you as a result of this unfortunate turn of events.  In fact, I still kind of, sort of (most definitely) feel like this year’s lineup leaves a little to be desired. Particularly because almost every single one of my favorite bands won’t be in attendance. Beach House? Kings of Convenience? Daft Punk? Toro Y Moi? Youth Lagoon? And let ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Kings of Convenience - Failure (Single Version) [download here ] What's so good? Kings of Convenience had one hell of a debut album in Quiet Is The New Loud . Even better was the fact that only six months later, they released Versus , one of the best remix albums I’ve ever heard (check out the two opening tracks, courtesy of  Four Tet  and  Royksopp ). On Versus  were two alternate versions of “Failure,” both equally as entertaining as the original. But, as often happens when presented with three alternatives, one must stand above the rest. I ...

Kings of Convenience “Boat Behind” Oh boy, let’s talk about favorites. My favorite basketball team is the Golden State Warriors ( and here’s 60 reasons why they shouldn’t be ). My favorite dinosaur is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Eggplants are my favorite vegetable. My favorite candy is, well, the jury’s still out on that one. But my favorite music? Well that’s tough. Whenever someone asks me that question, I find that I must take a few seconds to evaluate the situation. Do they really care? And if they do, do they want the long version or the short ...

Hospitality’s debut album is a collection of unsettlingly confident pop gems that squeak and squeal with cuteness. But cuteness, if you ask a band like She & Him for example, can only get you so far. These are sweet, round songs, but they have jagged edges. Amber Papini sings with a cooing, subtle British affectation, and the dry wit of her observational lyrics add a layer of complexity that propels Hospitality to another level.  Papini and her cohorts Nathan Michel and Brian Betancourt owe more than a little to bands like Belle and Sebastian and Kings of Convenience, who similarly ...

Whats better to survive this cold (really really cold weather for us folks living in London) than to think about summer...long dayswarm nightscold beerssandy beachesand music festivals! Because yeah, summer is coming guys and its time to start preparing your agendas, planning your holidays, buying tickets!..so you dont miss your favorite festivals this season. To help you decide here is a list of some of the best European festivals and what they have lined up for us this summer 2012! And to start with lets go south to the beautiful, sunny, passionate, tasty and also my home country ...

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Den norske duo besøger Store og Lille Vega den 15. og 16. april

Following a number of lineup announcements , San Miguel Primavera Sound has announced the complete lineup for the 2012 festival, which takes place in Barcelona May 30-June 3. New additions include Girls, Atlas Sound, Wavves, the Rapture, Swans' Michael Gira, Shellac, the War On Drugs, Iceage, Trash Talk, Lee Ranaldo, Sharon Van Etten, Danny Brown, Death Grips, Black Lips, Japandroids, Beirut, Refused, Richard Hawley, The Field, John Talabot, Dirty Beaches, Tall Firs, Demdike Stare, Thee Oh Sees, Friends, Rufus Wainwright, James Ferraro, Milk Music, Rustie, Scuba, Kings of Convenience, Lower Dens, Laura Marling, The Chameleons, the Pop Group, Girls Names, Hannii ...