From urban EDM stars to rural sister acts, here’s a playlist for the Catalan crown city.
Barcelona is a music city. Not just because it hosts two of the world’s great music festivals (Primavera Sound and Sónar). Not just because currently-exiled President Carles Puigdemont used to play in a Beatles cover band and could probably hold his weight in an argument about Big Star or The Jam. It’s also the ubiquity of underground sounds playing throughout the city, from the neighborhood supermarket chain to your local hardware store. Elsewhere in Spain, you’ll often hear tacky flamenco pop or a wave of mass-market Reggaeton, but the music in Barcelona’s public spaces always seems curated by a Pitchfork journalist. Here is my soundtrack to the city, a song to match some of my favorite sites.
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