TRACKLIST: 01 Oso Panda (PAPA TOPO)  02 Pez En Bicicleta (TRONCO)  03 A Mí Ya Me Iba Mal De Antes (AIKO EL GRUPO) 04 Barakaldo (LISASINSON)  05 Colegas (FRED FREDBURGUER)  06 Cucurucho (GUATAFÁN)  07 Canción De Pop De Amor (CARIÑO) 08 Infectados (AXOLOTES MEXICANOS)  09 Secret Secret (PUSHY PARENTS)  10 Cumpleañera (GOMET) 11 Gente De Mierda (PUTOCHINOMARICÓN)  12 Malos Hábitos (NEVVER)  13 Braun (DIE KATAPULT)  14 Las Plantas De La Terraza (CHAVALES)  15 No Sé Por Qué (BAND À PART)  16 Capital (NELEONARD)  17 Pineapple Princess (CRISTINA QUESADA) 18 The West Coast (EDINE AVEC LISLE MITNIK ET SON ORCHESTRE)  19 Rain On My Face (CARBON POPPIES) 20 Ultramarinos (LOS BONSÁIS)  21 Campamento De Verano (TEACHER TEACHER)  22 La Fuerza (KOKOSHCA) 23 My Baby’s Just A Baby (But I Love Him So) (KNICKERS)  24 (Out Of) The Neighborhood (BELLE GHOUL)  25 Eat Tacos (WILD BALBINA) 26 Enough Is Enough (NATURE SET)  27 The Panda Bear Song (FOXES!)  28 El Fin De La Era (SAGRADO CORAZÓN DE JESÚS) 29 Cómo Es (LIA PAMINA)  30 Humo (NOS MIRAN)  31 El Chico Más Guapo De La Galaxia (CAPITÁN SUNRISE) 32 Ada Hoy Se Va A Enamorar (SAN FRANCISCO)

“New Adventures In Pop” collection [Issue 050]

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After giving us all their energy on their recent 10” mini-LP, “Sisters Before Misters”, WILD BALBINA are giving us a digital single that highlights one of the most fantastic songs from said release. “Stay Alive” has a tremendously catchy chorus; it plays with echoes of ECHOBELLY, PIXIES, HUGGY BEAR, and SLEATER-KINNEY; and tops everything off with a big dose of electricity and urgency. The digital single’s B-side is a previously unreleased song called “Such A Jerk”, where the band from Vigo uses all of their riot attitude, intelligently intermixing it with C-86 sounds, and with the end of the song drown out into feedback and distortion. As irresistible and energetic as ever. And what’s still to come.

Cover by Julia Huete 

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After the vitality and speed of their debut 7” single, “Eat Tacos EP” as part of our New Adventures in Pop collection, which even got them a nomination for the Musica Independiente awards, the new release, a mini-LP, from Antía, Marta, Guille and Miguel, which is to say, WILD BALBINA, has arrived. Recorded by themselves the past summer and autumn of 2013, in their bunker in Vigo, “Sisters Before Misters” reflects and expands on all the constants we could see in their first songs: youthfulness, energy, electricity, and freshness. It’s a journey from garage pop to Riot Grrrl to surf, incorporating influences like NME’s C86 and the California sound.

To start with, “Stay Alive” is the perfect meeting point between the unforgettable choruses of the SHOP ASSISTANTS and the dissonance of the PIXIES. The song is full of hope which is expressed through the distortion in their guitars. “Looking Through You” keeps the levels of immediacy high, mixing the melodic skill of ECHOBELLY and the electric ferocity of BIKINI KILL, and talks about the passing of time and the lies that try to cancel it out. Their sound is dominated by a collection of unleashed and uninhibited melodic venting, like we can see in “Blue Hour” and which contrasts with the lyrics that are about melancholy and the saddest moments, and that make it absolutely clear how important this band with abundant attitude is.  [ Read more ]

Elefant Club – Fiesta 010 "Panic [At The Elefant Club]": 

THE PRIMITIVES + PAPA TOPO  + WILD BALBINA 

+ Guille Milkyway Dj + Luis Elefant Dj + Adrià Papa Topo Dj + The Primitives Dj Set

Ocho y Medio Club / Elefant Club [Sala But] Barceló 11 Madrid 

ADVANCE: 10€

Venta en Ticketea

DOOR: 14€

Hora: 20:00 (Door) Shows: 20:30 

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Here at Elefant, we have always believed in the importance of supporting new bands so that the independent scene grows from a strong, solid foundation, which in turn allows it to have a healthy future. That’s why, against all odds, we are still releasing new singles on our New Adventures in Pop collection, which opened the way for PAPA TOPO and GUATAFÁN a couple of years ago. This new release brings us the amazing Brazilian group YOUDOMETOO, with their playful melodies, the pop energy of EL PALACIO DE LINARES (somewhere between THE FEELIES and PATRULLERO MANCUSO), and the pop-punk effervescence of the Galician band WILD BALBINA.

YOUDOMETOO 

Nat De Abreuand Luna May met on a social network in 2011, and decided that a country as big as Brazil shouldn’t be an obstacle for them to meet and begin making music. In that first meeting, they made “Heart Skips a Beat”, the song that opens their Elefant Records debut, and which they recorded a video for themselves. The video lets us in on all of the duo’s peculiarities: an imaginary world, taken from a Todd Solondz movie, spontaneity and unpredictability, playful pop, recycled and hand-made instruments, unusual clothes that seem to be taken out of a fable, and infinite smiles. “Love Holds My Hands” is like Pascal Comelade was pushed back toward childhood by Regina Spektor or Kimya Dawson, as if COCO ROSIE had finally discovered that toys are for playing a [ Read more ]