9 Responses to “Part 1: Ambient Synths And Fedora-Wearing Dudes”

1. by Pastrafer at 1:55 am

   There are so many bands in Spain impregnated in Ska it’s not even funny and so most indie bands left make music that regular people can’t or don’t want to understand. There is some exceptions like Deluxe here that are quite succesful but for each one of those there’s dozens of others that just use the ska formula over and over

2. by Tenno at 3:36 am

   @kaate: Well, anything is better than when they bust out the tubas.

3. by at 10:20 am

   it’s not rock… but dot tape dot is some other interesting stuff coming from spain: [www.myspace.com]

4. by AL at 10:25 am

   Sweet dispatch. I’m looking forward to more of these.

5. by Lucas Jensen at 10:32 am

   I recommend the completely charming Fanclub-isms of Cineplexx: [www.cineplexx.net]

6. by Ned Raggett at 10:34 am

   Great stuff indeed!

   An underrated Spanish favorite of mine from last decade was Silvania, who put out a couple of fine albums, got remixes from the likes of Autechre, etc. Myspace page here.

7. by Tenno at 12:22 pm

   Man I usually run from ska, but yeah, not so bad, catchy even. Damn you.

8. by Kate Richardson at 12:24 pm

   @Tenno: I’m glad it’s not just me!

9. by Clevertrousers at 11:24 am

   @Pastrafer: That’s because of the “Mano Negra” clause of 1996 that was inserted into the Spanish Constitution as one of the last acts of Gonzales’ PSOE government. By law at least 23% of all Spanish pop music content must include porkpie hats, skanking and references to Barca FC and Latin America.

   Also, if you want to see some REAL Spanish psychedelia (Franco style), watch this: