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So, spring is here and with it, a new bunch of gigs in Barcelona, starting at the La Nau venue with Billy Nomates....
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Billy Nomates comes to the lovely La Nau venue in Barcelona, on Wednesday, March 20th, just when a new spring is starting, and just a few dates into her current European tour, after a leg in France. Nomates is presenting her sophomore record, Cacti, a more complicated, layered and...
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Nowadays, the hunt for new music is easy. You can surf the Net and you can find tons of new and good stuff. Really, David Bowie already saw that potential in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. But being able to differentiate what songs will stay with you down...
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L.A.’s ASHRR are working hard to release some new tracks in anticipation of their forthcoming second record, due to release later in the year. Apart from the string of indie rock tracks we delved into in past reviews (“Dark Eyes”, “Same Way”, and “WAVES”), the first two singles of...
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There has been a debate for some time now (around several decades, to be honest) about whether music is gradually losing quality. Nowadays, the current wave of mainstream music – more urban and with way fewer instruments than before, and thus less musicality – is reliving this debate, making...
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Sometimes, the road to a new record can be long and tedious, like watching a sausage dry until we can eat it. Reasons for that vary: being a total perfectionist, utter lack of inspiration, changes in the band’s lineup, a pandemic… Your pick. Thus, when songs start shaping up...
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In 1997’s U2: A Year In Pop, bassist Adam Clayton said something among the lines of “Nothing wrong would happen if we keep trying new things. On the contrary, things will go south if we keep doing the same thing.” A good band, whether you like their music or...
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L.A.’s ASHRR have kept very busy during the last year and a half, releasing a string of singles we have covered here at QRO. After “WAVES” (QRO review), “Dark Eyes” (QRO review), and “Otherside” (QRO review), on Friday, November 12th, they have released “Same Way”. The song follows the...
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Nothing new if I say that the pandemic has caused havoc with festivals everywhere so it was very positive to know that one of the best proposals in Barcelona and Spain, the AMFest (which we covered in past editions), was creating a reduced version for 2021, called “(Parèntesi)”....