The highly-anticipated sold-out return, and the 20th edition, of Primavera Sound, takes place in Barcelona in just a short few weeks. This also means that we are getting closer to the debut edition of Primavera Sound Los Angeles, and with that comes even more depth to what is already a groundbreaking lineup.
There were 59 artists announced for LA in December, and now that number grows to 65 with the addition of six new names to the final lineup. Attendees of the festival can now look forward to performances by Los Angeles crooner Giveon, whose moody vocals were featured on the undeniably catchy hit “Peaches,” the Norwegian star in the making girl in red, and the gritty yet dance-worthy sounds of Reno rockers Surf Curse. The new additions are rounded out by Australian heroes Amyl and the Sniffers and their fast-paced punk sensibilities, the Nick Rattigan-led project Current Joys, and Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills.
Primavera Sound LA will take place September 16 – 18 in L.A. State Historic State Park, after extending to three days to take the Barcelona touch further than ever before. During these three days, Los Angeles and Barcelona will be united by a lineup worthy of Primavera Sound. Coherent and daring at the same time, full of surprises but connected in every detail with the spirit that has made Primavera Sound what it is today. After a longer than anticipated wait, we finally begin to cross the bridge that will take us to a new Primavera destination without renouncing to all those values that, after 19 editions, the Barcelona festival champions. Sustainability, gender equality, social commitment, and urban integration will guarantee an impact that goes beyond the strictly musical one.
The original lineup announcement in December was headed by Arctic Monkeys, reactivated as the new classics they already are, the eternally avant-garde Nine Inch Nails and Lorde as a generational pop icon after returning with Solar Power, but in this poster also shines out the contemporary crooner James Blake, the triumphant come back of Mitski, the rupturism of Arca, the groove nomads Khruangbin, the house muscle of BICEP, the brilliant maturity of Clairo, the resuscitated Darkside, the darkness of King Krule or Low, once again visionaries with their recent HEY WHAT.