Oso panda - Papá Topo There sure have been a lot of Spanish bands here recently. Specifically, those Spanish bands Elefant Records curates and gives the world. In the healthiest competition, there is no Grupos Activas among them that excites me as much as Papa Topo. There is no band in the world that excites me as much as Papa Topo. No other band that fits so precisely my image of a perfect band: Very young, ridiculously attractive, on point musically and [...]
Como un atardecer en los suburbios, caminando de la mano con tu pareja en plena adolescencia, con una tibia inocencia, pero prevaleciendo ese romance que te permite estar con esa persona durante horas, escuchando el viento, viendo el horizonte y sabiendo que ahí está para ti y viceversa. Band À Part es una banda de [...]
Aunque la primavera "cambio climática" parecía verano, le faltaba ese toque de vacaciones y de mercadotecnia que tiene esta estación del año. Lluvias en el DF le dieron la bienvenida al verano y, los que trabajamos en este bonito medio, no dejamos de tararear aquella bonita canción [...]
It's June, so it must mean it's time for the obligatory Indietracks compilation album. Sadly this year it won't be released on CD in an attempt to reduce costs, meaning you'll have to burn your own discs for the long drive up. On the other hand, as it's a download only, you can pay whatever you like for it with all proceeds going to the lovely Midland Railway Centre . Every year they put up with us descending on them, so it's nice to be able to give them a little something back. [...]
So after all I've ended up coming to terms with not going to NYC Popfest . Next in line is accepting that I won't be going to Indietracks either. Although the Indietracks line-up doesn't make me drool the way it's done previous years , there will still be plenty of interesting artists performing; and probably a few gems to unearth as well. Among the unknown acts to me (prior to checking the line-up) is Papa Topo , which is described [...]
Papá Topo , una de las más recientes adquisiciones de Elefant Records es una de esas bandas que amas o odias. Considerado como el grupo indie revelación del año pasado por los principales medios de su natal España, el grupo presentó el video de su más reciente sencillo: "Chica Vampira" un "dulce tema" en clave lo-fi punk que lo mismo nos puede recordar a The Rezilllos , Bis , The B52s o... Enrique y Ana . Bueno, es lo menos que podemos esperar de un grupo que hace este tipo de brillantes declaracione: [...]
Adria & Paulina, the wonder kids from Papa Topo, redeem themselves single after single, while they're at it, they try redefine their music approach. Their well renowned hit "La Chica Vampira" has been given the Single-Release treatment by Elefant Records. This is the second 7'' release from one of Spain's most infectious newcomers. The clip directed by Luis Prieto starts with a glossy B&W cemetery landscape, mourning the death of their 'hate-it-or-love-it' hit "Oso Panda." We've heard a couple of versions of "La Chica Vampira" by now; initially a sort of raw and noise-distorted punk jam, the final cut is [...]
2010 was quite a year. It saw graduations, festivals, a move from Athens to Barcelona, the discovery of a new city, a slight, um, slowing down of our blog activity, a World Cup, many flights (17 for me), and a lot of great music. So, without further ado, we present to you: So, how did we compile this rather fantastic list, you ask? Easy, we consulted our trusty last.fm profiles (see the bottom of this page for our individual profiles). We then each chose our top 25 and [...]
We highly recommend that Amylulita "Amor y Sangre" mix, but if you're in the mood for even more Halloween treats, here are 12 awesome tunes straight from our library. Actually, since it's the end of the month, we've ran out of bandwidth, so most of these songs come from the very courteous free-download button at LastFM, so yeah, this mixtape is so indie it hurts. The reason why Club Fonograma is not big on holiday themes is because we have trouble with the whole literal junk involved; as you'll see from this set of songs, we like to blur the [...]
Directed by Lluís Prieto .
While part of us were taking a break, Papa Topo released their second video for their best and most defining song, "Lo que me gusta del verano." This peculiar boy-meets-girl chant really was one of 2010's summer songs. As we mentioned before, we got tired of "Oso Panda" within a few months, but this one, it's the real deal. Director Lluis Prieto scopes the song's bipolar take on those sunny days that bring joy, sweat and that "ice-cream flavor quandary." The video is a total animated blast, from the coloring to the wardrobe, and the commercial-ready choreography towards the end. [...]
Hoy, la cara más burbujeante del pop español responde al nombre de Papá Topo . El dueto que forman Adrià y Paulita cuenta con el respaldo de Elefant , discográfica que les editó -en gloriosas siete pulgadas - Oso panda . El EP incluye la pegajosísima "Lo que me gusta del verano es poder tomar helado", cuyo video puede apreciarse sobre estas líneas. Al igual que en el primer single , los mallorquines actuaron bajo la dirección de Lluís Prieto, del laboratorio Llaüt Digital .
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Oso Panda, Papa Topo Elefant Records, Spain Rating: 78 By Carlos Reyes The latest protégées of renowned Spanish indie label Elefant Records prove to be way more than just a twee, oversweet formula, or just another band from the so-called 'tontipop.' These kids are making great pop music, and they're not afraid of sounding lame, in fact, they are so comfortable with their resources that they could genuinely personify what 'happy music' is or how its sounds like. We've been following the band since [...]
Spain's Elephant Records are easy to understand, they love the pop, and the pop loves them. Or at least, they understand each other. Others might not though, if you hate pastel colors and want to strangle a care bear, stay away from their latest single release "Oso Panda" by Papa Topo. If you've been following us, you've heard the song, perhaps you hate it already (or all along), we got a bit tired of it by the end of the year but it was still close to earning a spot on our year's countdown. But these kids are fun and [...]
Papa Topo es el nuevo proyecto de Guille Milkyway como productor, este genial video es el ya oficial del sencillo "Oso Panda" que ya ha venido sonando desde 2009 pero ahora con video y toda la cosa. Elefant Records lanza por fin la nueva colección "New Adventures in Pop" que incluye los sencillos de Papá Topo y Guatafán. Bonus Track: Papa Topo - [...]
Nuestros amigos de Club Fonograma publicaron anoche el séptimo episodio de sus compilaciones Fonogramaticos , una selecta reunión de nuevos artistas hispanoamericanos. En esta oportunidad se incluyen los locales Protistas , Fakuta , Los Mil Jinetes , Fother Muckers , Anita Tijoux y Tömas Preuss. Fonogramaticos Vol.7 A compilation by Club Fonograma DOWNLOAD! 20 songs, 117 MB Theme: "Los colores no dejan de sonar" Genre: Cancion Popular Alegre Artwork by Carlos Reyes. [...]
The Format's Sam Means and Nate Ruess still continuing to make music individually fun. - At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be) Sam Means - Yeah Yeah Covers of songs we love that pay tribute to the original rather than extracting its guts with a polished spoon and eating them raw Little My - New Slang (The Shins cover) Bubbly Spanish songs so cute you want to stick a pen in your eye [...]
Some free lo-fi pop from around the globe ... Earlier in 2009 I was involved in putting together the virtual compilation album Crumby Lovers: A New Weird UK Sampler (Yeah yeah, we know can you please just STOP going on about it?). Well, anyway, it featured tracks that were a kind of quirky lo-fi pop that may or may not necessarily have done justice to the (now a little hackneyed) term ' new weird ' but, honestly, I don't really care. Anyway, that [...]
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