Loading ...After much begging, pleading, questioning of press credentials, and discussion of karma, the doorman at The Annex mercifully let me–and my hands, each of which was decorated with a massive “X”–into Friday’s “Sounds of Spain” showcase. I went in expecting to find mostly mediocre psychedelia and mumbly alt-rock (Spain’s genres of choice), and came out pleasantly surprised. I’d like to dedicate this post to that reluctant but accommodating door man; he was the only one to let me in anywhere on Friday. Join me after the jump for hot Spanish dudes and the unfortunate experience of being an actual 20-year-old college student at CMJ.
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The “Times” Stays Classy In Madrid
Thu Apr 24 2008 by Kate Richardson
If you’re planning a trip to Madrid and feel as if my “box of wine* and a half-assed Google search” approach to the city’s music scene just isn’t cutting it, The New York Times has a nice writeup of Madrid’s jazz/funk/fusion scene that provides a more well-rounded (and better-funded) report.
Part 2: Singalongs, Puppy-Filled Dreams, And “Passionate Kisses”
Fri Apr 11 2008 by Kate Richardson
It’s been a minute since last I filed a music report from Madrid. I’d like to claim that it’s because I’ve been busy, but to be honest I’ve just been lazy and negligent, and for that I apologize. I still have a few albums waiting in my listening queue, but until I get around to them (soon! I swear!), here are a few miscellaneous bits of the Spanish music scene I’ve picked up by various means, most of which involving lots of cerveza and the wee hours of the night.
Leak Of The Day, Part III: Guns N’ Roses Gets Emo
Mon May 7 2007 by Brian Raftery
One more track from this weekend’s Chinese Democracy deluge: “There Was A Time,” a mid-tempo piano ballad that’s not exactly lacking in production “flourishes,” and which some observers are already billing as “TWAT.”
Guns N’ Roses – There Was A Time [MP3, link expired; via metalsucks.net]
And so, as the CD mystery continues to unravel, we have to ask: Just how did these leaks get out?
