Elefant Party - 15.August.2015 - The Lexington, London, UK
The School + Papa Topo + Los Bonsáis
Last
Saturday we trekked down to the Lexington for the long-awaited Elefant
UK Party, a celebration of great indie pop music and bands.
Los Bonsáis play the best clean songs
We
had the pleasure of chatting to Nel and Helena early in the evening to
find out what they’ve been up to and the plans for their new record
which will be coming out early next year. For this, we attempted doing
some simultaneous translation for the first time which resulted in a lot
of giggling and bewilderment from everyone involved (hopefully to be
edited before it reaches your ears - the interview will be broadcast soon on The Vinyl Dungeon - follow us on Twitter @vinyldungeon/@radionowhereuk for more details.) Later that
evening, the Asturian band took to the stage to delight us with a set which
included some great 'clean' songs, classics, material from their latest
album Nordeste and a genius cover in Spanish of Part Time Punks
by Television Personalities. We were also very excited to get copies of
Temporal, the fanzine produced by Los Bonsáis which is dedicated to
independent and alternative pop culture.
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Papa Topo showed the British how to boogie
We
met the members of Papa Topo backstage for a quick catch-up just before
the start of their set. The band captivated the British audience with
their energy, catchy tunes and coordinated outfits. They played some of
our favourites songs such as La Chica Vampira, Lo Que Me Gusta del Verano and Oso Panda. Their cover of the Spice Girls’ Wannabe had everyone singing along, but the highlight of the night was Julia teaching the audience the dance moves to Sangre en Los Zapatos and watching everyone across the venue joining in!
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The School performed the best half-naked headline set
After
a confession from Liz about feeling half-naked without two of their
band members (Fran and Kay), The School proceeded to mesmerize us with
their songs, including some from their new album Wasting Away and Wondering which is due to launch on 4th
September – make sure to keep an eye out for it. And for the grand
finale, we had the entire Elefant family on stage for a massive
sing-along and dance.
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We
want to thank Liz, Helena, Nel, Adrià, Sònia and everyone at Elefant
Records for the music, the photos, the giggles and for sharing such a
superb night with us!
~ Ana
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