Spanish Synthpop of the '80s Strikes Again with 'Interferencias Volume 2'
The talent and diversity of early Spanish synthpop music are downright astonishing, as the second Interferencias volume proves.
02 Jul 2018
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Dark Dreams of a Bright South: 'El Sur', a Spanish Masterpiece
With Víctor Erice's El Sur, we must console ourselves with a work whose haunting near-perfection becomes the source of its perfection.
19 Jun 2018
'Interferencias, Vol. 1: Spanish Synth Wave 1980-89' Shines a Light on a Forgotten Synthpop Scene
Time to break out your parachute pants. Thanks to a Madrid-based record company, a treasure trove of long-forgotten Spanish synthpop is unearthed.
07 Mar 2018
When the Wide World Narrows: A Conversation with Spain's Josh Haden
With the release of Carolina, Spain's sixth record, founding member Josh Haden looks back at his punk rock roots and how his desire to escape a crumbling scene spawned a particular strain of slowcore.
04 Oct 2016
The Parrots: Los Niños Sin Miedo
The Parrots squawk, chirp and fly on their debut album
28 Aug 2016
Spain: Carolina
Spain's sixth album features a wealth of smart, sophisticated songs from Josh Haden. It's a record both haunting and haunted.
24 Jul 2016
Mrs. Cosials You've Got More Than a Famous Daughter: An Interview with Hinds
Hinds is gaining popularity with its garage rock sound and for being from Spain. In fact, this may be the start of the Spanish Invasion.
15 Mar 2016
A Dark Rapture: The Rise of Punk in Spain
Spanish punkers came swinging harder than ever, screaming not for the sake of inducing change, but screaming for the sake of screaming – because now they could.
15 Oct 2014
Aziza Brahim: Soutak
Her parents were born in the Western Sahara, and the temptation will be to lump her in with the desert blues-rock bands that sprang from the same region.
07 May 2014
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Flamenco (3rd edition)
The key sound on this album is the partnership of harshness with softness.
11 Sep 2013
Various Artists: Sensacional Soul Vol. 3
This music is the Spanish love child of Britain's blue-eyed soul and everything is similar -- the swing, the rude flirt, the kiss-me-honey lyrics.
14 Jun 2012
I Do It For Music, I Do It For Love: PopMatters Meets The Gift
PopMatters traveled all the way to Spain to find out what was so unique about The Gift, one of Portugal's most famous acts, now attempting to break through to America. These are the wonderful results ...
09 Oct 2011
No One Is Untouchable: Not Federico Garcia Lorca, Not Ai Weiwei
Governments tend to take on their worst form, to devolve to their most horrific manifestation, when they kill artists. Artists look out into the horrors of the world, and inevitably, the horrors sometimes reach back.
21 Jul 2011
Mean Streets: Take a Closer Look at Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'Biutiful'
Alejandro González Iñárritu makes up for the lack of challenging cinematic adventures by looking at the microcosm of Barcelona's “dark side” through a magnifying glass in his latest film Biutiful. What he finds might shock you. PopMatters gets some insight into one of the year's most underrated films from director Iñárritu and star Javier Bardem.
05 Jan 2011
Aias: A La Piscina
The three members of this nascent all-woman band come from Catalonia, and their ba-ba-ba surfergirl pop is conducted in chiming Catalan.
30 Nov 2010
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