Inside the Belly of Barcelona’s Sonar Beast
Nasty Nastyas is the latest name for our forthcoming party series, and judging from the line-up this year’s Sonar Music Festival had plenty of that sassy chick-power vibes, with a line-up that included Roisin Murphy, Goldfrapp, Chloe, Miss Kittin—and our supacilious m.i.a. Music besides, Sonar has turned into Europe’s favorite party festival (not muddy Glastonbury, that seems provincial in its embrace of Jay-Z!). Sonar isn’t about guitar rock, thankfully, and being Spanish, steers clear of the English obsesion with celebrity. Sure, Serbia’s Exit& Poland’s Heineken Open’er have similar line-ups, but the Sonar-ers easily outstyle (we’re not saying out-beast! Are we?) their Eastern counterparts. Eat the West. Yeah. Take another spoonful. Especially if we gonna look like this after a few servings.
