CASTELLÓ / VALÈNCIA. Live music continues to have a difficult time. It has not been the farewell to 2021 as the halls and festivals imagined. The health situation is not improving at the speed that would be desired and there are many concerts and events that have had to be canceled after the increase in infections. However, the live music does not stop. Neither did it in its day, sounding through a screen, nor does it now, which can maintain a certain contact with its audience. The first semester of 2022 arrives loaded with new actions; here some of them.
From Castelló, the local band opens the year Groom Horse, who will upload his latest album to the Auditori on January 8 Girls in tracksuits, four songs that, without having anything in common, keep a “dark secret” that unites them. The following week, Salatal Club will start its season, a space for live music that it began programming just a few months ago. The welcome concert (January 14), this time of the New Year, gives it Young Dolores, indie rock band from Ibiza. And this same day, the multidisciplinary artist Pepa Cases will release his new album Three, with Héctor Tirado on guitar and those singers with whom he has collaborated on the album: from Mireia Vives, Andreu Valor, Biano, Tesa and Pep Gimeno Botifarra.
The January agenda will continue at Salatal Club on the 15th with the direct of Angel of Apatrida. In the Pub Terra, the music will play again with Ferran, lead singer of the rock band Exceso (on the 21st). Ruth Baker Band will continue to demonstrate its potential with a performance at the Teatre del Raval (on the 27th) and Aurora & The Betrayers will visit Terra (on the 28th) with a proposal that has been applauded for daring to shake up the black music scene. Also, this same day, at Salatal Club the night will become very punk with the presence of Manolo Kabezabolo and those who do not give foot kon bolo, and the Castelló band Jako to the King. The program of the month in theaters will close at Terra with the concert of Delest, in Salatal with the Vila-real group Killus (on the 29th) and in ZeppelinClub with the New Catholic Catechism, Mythical San Sebastian punk-rock band that celebrates 30 years on stage.
For its part, the Sons cycle, dedicated to independent music, returns to the Teatre del Raval in Castelló on the 17th with a live performance by Manola. The artist from Cádiz presented her music to the world just before the pandemic, a fact that paralyzed and canceled many of her concerts. Now he returns to explore the genres of his life: bossa, cobla, R&B and bolero. Also the Sonora circuit, which announces the work of different Valencian bands, will return to Castelló on January 29 with Tarquim. After the inauguration, will be followed by concerts by Eva Romero and Manuel Hamerlinck (February 5th), Pepe Zaragoza Quintet (February 17th) Chema Penalver (February 19) and Pete Lala (February 25).
In addition to this, it will be in February when Burriana hosts a new edition of emac., Which after the cancellation of the Sant Antoni Pop Fest, will become the first festival in the province with concerts scheduled from February 11 to 13. In this edition the visit of Queralt Lahoz, María Escarmiento, Sonora Depression, Xenia, Nereu i les Besties Marines, Esther, Surolla, Los Voluble, Calivvla, Vera Fauna, Laborde, Tinatha, Blu Boi, Rocío Saiz, Juanma García, Sara Zozaya Y Dove. Likewise, although the line-up has not yet been announced, Castelló de la Plana hopes to recover the Red Pier Fest live shows on May 6 and 7. The Grau festival has not been able to take place since the pandemic broke out. But before skipping the month, Unusual will give a concert at ZeppelinClub on February 28 and the flamenco singer Kike morente He will bring his intimate show to the Auditori de Castelló on March 4.
Valencia
From Valencia, the international agenda will open this same January 30 M. Ward at TEM, but the visit of Jose Gonzalez (February 4), Death Bells (February 16th), Joan as a Police Woman (February 24th), Metronomy (March 5th), Rodrigo Leon (March 10th), Lee Fields (March 11th), Damien Jurado (March 13), Gruff Rhys (March 20) or Jesse Malin (March 30th).
This is only the international agenda of the promoter Tranquilo Música for the first three months. But during the following, the performances of other groups such as Miami Horror (April 8), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (April, the 21st), Julien Baker (May 30), Pond (May 31) or DIIV (June 6th).
For its part, Zero in Conduct will bring Lewis Ofman to present his first LP (April 9), in addition to a Lido Pepper (May 4) and a good handful of emerging artists from the national pop periphery such as Hatred (February 12) or Gloosito (March 26th).
Julieta Venegas It will also pass through Valencia (March 24), with no confirmed location yet. Y Lee Fields promises a legendary concert at Loco Club on March 11.
In the field of state music, Loco Club begins this week (January 5) with a five-fold concert of Bob Lazy, The Awards, I Devil, Altars and Ku!. Throughout these months, they will pass through your stage The Bengals (January 6th), Los Mambo Jambo (January 14), Joana Serrat (January 21st), Corizonas (February 25), The Limboos (February 26) or Vinegars (March 4).
16 Tons, meanwhile, has had to relieve its international agenda due to various cancellations due to the coronavirus, but still maintains some of the most interesting events of the quarter on the agenda, such as the Humo Internacional showcase for next January 22 (Dame Area, Sofia, We are the Heritage, USSR and Widow), the meeting of Introglicerina (January 28 and 29), The Chords (February 4) and already in July the visit of Marky Ramone.
The Moon Room is claimed as the scene of the great state indie concerts with the visit of The Punsetes (January 28), Women (February 11th), Tundra (May 14) or Russian crab (may 19).
Rojuu will stop on March 3 in the Sala Repvblicca, as well as Yung Beef (January 28), Sôber (March 25), Illegal (April 9), Kaydy Cain (May 13) or Bad Religion (May 18).
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