Born in Nigeria, raised in Montreal, and now based in Vancouver, DEBBY FRIDAY’s work spans the spectrum of the audio-visual, resisting categorizations of genre and artistic discipline. She is at once sound theorist and musician, composer and performer, video artist, poet and PUNK GOD. Debby got her start in music as an internationally touring DJ known for her daring, idiosyncratic sets, opening for both Mykki Blanco and Princess Nokia. In March 2018, she released her first self-produced EP, titled BITCHPUNK, to reverberating underground acclaim. Her new album is GOOD LUCK.
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Primavera Sound 2019
The wildly popular Primavera Sound festival has announced the artists who will take to the stages in its 2019 edition, which will be held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona from Friday, May 30 to Saturday, June 1. This year, half of the artists on the line-up are women, bringing more equality and just as much brilliance to the festival.
Rosalía, Solange, Janelle Monáe, Erykah Badu, Robyn and Miley Cyrus are tops among the list of women performing that also includes highlights like FKA Twigs, Carly Rae Jepsen and Courtney Barnet, plus stellar male artists such as Tame Impala, J Balvin, Future, James Blake and Kurt Vile & The Violators.
Key players who hit it big in the ’90s feature as usual, including Jarvis Cocker, Suede, Stereolab, Nas, Neneh Cherry, Róisín Murphy, Primal Scream, Guided by Voices, Built to Spill, Stephen Malkmus and Liz Phair, who also make room for new sensations of urban music and contemporary pop like Kate Tempest, Princess Nokia, Yung Beef, Empress Of, Charli XCX and Kali Uchis.
The eclectic line-up spans EBM from veterans Nitzer Ebb to alternative rock from Dirty Projectors, plus avant-garde pop from Julia Holter, club pop from Jungle, urban soul from Nathy Peluso, a load of reggaeton artists (Ivy Queen, DJ Playero, Japanese, Don Chezina, Hurricane G, Tony Touch) and much more.
As for electronic music, look out for Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz, Modeselektor, Helena Hauff, Objekt, Veronica Vasicka, Yves Tumor, Apparat, Suzanne Ciani, SOPHIE and Mykki Blanco, as well as artists in Primavera Bits, a festival within the festival on the other side of the Por Fòrum bridge.
The muses of La Musa: Princess Nokia
A woman of many aliases, Destiny Frasqueri first made headlines as “Wavy Spice” in 2013 before diving into Afrofuturist explorations as well as disco, blues and soul vibes under her birth name. Recently, as Princess Nokia, she’s become a local icon, spitting an airy flow over hip-hop beats. Despite all the shifts, one trait remains: a commitment to continually breaking expectations. Her newest release, an emo mixtape titled A Girl Cried Red, is the latest thrilling transformation. Tonight in concert at Razzmatazz.
Ville à Dômat #215: ‘Welcome to Indieland’
Welcome to Indieland! Every monday from 7PM to 9PM at 100.5FM you have an appointment with Divus Julius Bonasera and the best indie music of the moment.
Punxarem el més nou de Superorganism, Chvrches, Yellow Days ,Ray LaMontagne, Friendly Fires, Janelle Monáe, The Vaccines i Florence + The Machine. El mestre Bergman analitzarà el més nou de King Tuff, Princess Nokia i Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Parlarem dels dos festivals de la setmana a Barcelona: D’A Film Festival Barcelona i del Minimúsica.
Dilluns 19h a 21h 100.5FM Radio Ciutat Vella
Ville à Dômat: Welcome to Indieland
Comença el Sónar
La 24a edició del Festival Internacional de Música Avançada i New Media Art de Barcelona inclou més de 150 actuacions programades, que comencen com ja és habitual en una primera jornada al Sónar de Dia a la Fira de Montjuïc amb propostes com les de l’inclassificable músic i productor Arca, que ha triat Sónar com a únic festival al món per presentar en directe el seu nou treball; D△WN, una de les figures més innovadores del pop negre dels últims anys; la MC americana Princess Nokia, que debuta a Espanya com la veu més important del rap que es practica als carrers de Nova York; el rapper Earl Sweatshirt; la barreja de ambient, folk ancestral i el techno-dub de Forest Swords o la barreja de trap, hip hop i electrònica d’un dels components de La Bendición (ex-PXXR GVNG), Yung Beef.
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