Under the name of “Gal Gracen” there’s Patrick Geraghty, a vancouverite with so many concerns that has been writing really wordy garage songs for a while under the name “Role Mach“. But he wanted to make his music more casual & quick paced, less arty and more fun more quick paced so he started Gal...
“As darkness moves in No one knows what is changing And then we awake”. /Haiku by Patricia Burke / Picture by Jenny Holzer/ Some Velvet Mixtapes 23 All My Colours Turn To Clouds 01. Section 25 – There Was A Time 02. A Certain Ratio – All Night Party (7 inch single) 03. Bauhaus...
With the same ‘aka’ as Louis XIV, Sun King is the solo dark country project of a young upstate new yorker. Sun King’s music is slow and thoughtful. It’s not music about faith or holy books, though it may sound like that at times. The music is simple and dark and attempts to explore the...
Named after Bob Dylan’s film, Renaldo & Clara‘s music is as slow and delicate as the time it takes to listen to it. Their tickling and whispering voice is Clara Viñals, the beauty frontgirl and also composer of the catalan band that completes...
Primavera Club will be relocated. No f* comments about it. This is our pick of some of the bands we’d enjoyed in the last edition in Barcelona. Some Velvet Mixtapes 22 Primavera Club R.I.P. 01. Sir Richard Bishop...
As big as the American football stadium with his same name, the talent of Kyle Field is unquestionable. Surf lover, artist and independent musician, he does what he feels and feels what he does, so every single leaf in his...
“Not even the dog who pisses against the wall of Babylon can escape this mix’s wrath!”. With those words Brandon Welchez gave us that present for our guest’s mixtapes. We are sure you’ll enjoy it as Crocodiles music: Some Velvet Guests 23 ‘Hit The Town’ by Brandon Welchez 01. Junior Murvin – Roots Train 02....
We have the Primavera Club around the corner, so we’ve invited few of the bands that are coming to make our Velvet Guest’s. The first of these Mixtapes is made by Tony Dekker, the singer-songwriter of the Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers. This is a very chilly road trip through folk. From north to south...
We are very happy to present an amazing mixtape by the Tokyo’s band Jesse Ruins. Acclaimed as a superb music band by The Guardian as New Band Of The Day, and mentioned in the bests music blogs such as Gorilla vs. Bear, Jesse Ruins just have an EP but their future seems to be as...
Picture by Desiree McClellan On May 11, Doug Aitken made a happening at the Hirshhorn Museum called “Song 1″. Based on the classic “I Only Have Eyes For You” by Harry Warren & Al Dubin, different artists such as Animal Collective’s Geologist, No Age, Nicolas Jaar, High Places, Beck or Oneohtrix Point Never covered the...
2012 and Primavera Sound -after all- still growing. This year, the main events, will take place from May 30th to June 3rd at Parc del Fòrum. A huge list of bands are performing there: Beach House, Wilco, Washed Out, Spiritualized, Explosions in the Sky, the Walkmen, the Dirty Three, Archers of Loaf, the Drums, Godflesh,...
Picture by Alexander Nottingham Spring time: Sunshine, flowers blooming & girls teasing around. And here we are with a very special mixtape, a dedicated one. Women are so often the inspiration to songwriters who title their songs after female names. Skipping the most popular and already well-known, this mixtape is a little taste of few...
