Primavera Sound 2014

Fast stealing Sónar’s thunder, this four-day music festival is one of the best in Spain. Credit for its success is due to its range of genres. There are rafts of electronica acts, DJs and local bands, plus a record fair and the Soundtrack Film Festival. The first confirmation for 2014 is Neutral Milk Hotel, but the line-up in 2013 included Nick Cave, Blur, Tame Impala and the Wu Tang Clan. Another recent incorporation to the 2014 line-up is Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, who will be presenting their fourth studio album, the James Murphy-produced ‘Reflektor’, which sees the group departing somewhat from the epic and dark sounds that marked earlier works like their stellar debut ‘Funeral’ or 2007’s ‘Neon Bible’ to embrace hybrid dance rhythms and Haitian and Jamaican influences. Their appearance at the festival will be their only Spanish date in 2014. Other confirmed acts: Neutral Milk Hotel and Pixies.