Let Them Eat Music

Even with the credit crisis and all, we aren't going hungry just yet. But somebody must've thought that it'd be best to keep us well-fed with musical entertainment this Mercé.

Officially starting tonight with French YAS in concert, we're bracing ourselves for six days of noise, "cerveza, cerveza?" street vendor calls, and the young and not-so-young relieving themselves in every conceivable corner, until the whole shebang culminates in the fab-tastically kitsch Piromusical next Wednesday.

Love it or hate it, it's even harder to avoid this year, stretching far beyond Forum and Ciutat Vella into spaces like Parc Ciutadella and Bikini. But the caliber of acts has also been upped this year, and, just for you, here's our little pick of the highlights:
Friday: cirKus - Plaça dels Àngels, Raval, 23:45
No longer doing the Buffalo Stance, but Neneh Cherry's back

Saturday: Primal Scream - Fàbrica DAMM, Sagrada Familia, 22:30
Legendary cult band fronted by Bobby Gillespie

Sunday: The Whip - Apolo, Paral.lel, 22:00
Excitable and fun computer pop from Manchester

Tuesday: Russian Red and American Music Club - Plaça del Rei, Gótico, 22:30 and 24:00
Cold war II: madrileño folk-pop vs US lyrical genius.

Truly a fiesta for everybody - even the cabbies who aren't missing up on an opportunity to slam us with another 'special' charge. Let them eat cake, too.

BAM/La Mercé - September 18-24

by SNo