except for a couple of the bands the rest are close friends. but it’s not that we want to show off here… it’s just that we all belong to a small scattered loving family, making music, bags, paintings, films, designs, etc and i [think] this is a perfect opportunity to share a bit of how we sound like in Spain (plus some geographical data) when you scratch a little bit in the surface…
at casa peSeta there’s always a nice melody when you drop by.

- peSeta (jaime)
http://peseta.org

Editor’s note: Discover more about peSeta in this interview from last May.

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1. Polla - Roldán
2. Burro - Lorena Álvarez
3. La Partida – Palo Alto
4. Todo va a ir mejor – La JR
5. Pichi - Celia Gámez
6. A mi mata la pena - Manuel Vallejo
7. Levántate - Antonio González El Pescaílla
8. Potros Salvajes – Las Hermanas Diego
9. Lover Lover Lover – Tresestrellas
10. El Procedimiento – Kiev Cuando Nieva
11. Tremendas Amazonas – La Estrella de David
12. Severed Finger – Challenger
13. Planta Carnívora - ZA!
14. Terracota – Los Eterno

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Scroll down for more band info and videos…

 

Roldán : Polla (label: AA records)

he is a genius from Don Benito, Extremadura. both Laura and i play sometimes with him alive. he will be soon releasing a record in repetidor disc.

http://soundcloud.com/godolonky

 

Lorena Álvarez : Burro (sones)

she just released her first album… only in cassette. her band is called Lorena Álvarez y su Banda Municipal (basically Laura and me, and sometimes also Roldán and Laura’s boyfriend, sax player Andrés Arregui). she started writing songs recently and now she can’t stop. from San Antolín de Ibias, Asturias, she’s currently living in Berlin, and she is also a painter.

http://soundcloud.com/sonesbcn/sets/lorenaalvarez-lacinta

 

Palo Alto : La Partida (sones)

Palo Alto is an orchestra man with whom we’ve done this year the official bags of Primavera Sound. some people say he looks a little bit like Roldán, from the first song. there’ll also be a DVD with a video like the one we made for New Museum last year. Here’s the teaser:

 

LaJR : Todo va a ir mejor (AA records)

Laura’s brother, Rafa, band, originally from Gijón, Asturias. making beautiful sounds since the nineties. Rafa has a recording studio in the countryside of León (www.grabacionesdecampo.com) that we all love to visit…

http://www.myspace.com/lajrtrio

 

Celia Gámez : Pichi

traditional (real classic) song that once was once censored by the Franco dictatorship. amazing that those stupid things sometimes happens. unfortunately, Miss Gámez ain’t part of this little family of ours…

 

Manuel Vallejo : A mi mata la pena

from a wonderful compilation of songs from all over the world called Mata la Pena. flamenco rules…

 

Antonio González El Pescaílla : Levántate

one of our favorite artists ever. he didn´t record much because he was kind of eclipsed by his wife, Lola Flores. he is The Rumba like Little Richard was Rock and Roll.

 

Las Hermanas Diego : Potros Salvajes

Kantia has also started singing recently and she´s right now finishing her first album at Rafa´s studio. María Valle plays with her (and sings on “todo va a a ir mejor” by LsJR). they´re both from Maliaño, Cantabria.

 

Tresestrellas : lover lover lover (AA records)

María’s former band, with brothers Javi and Carlos Aquilué, from Huesca. they don´t play anymore but i just keep listening to their songs come rain or shine.

 

Kiev Cuando Nieva : el procedimiento (from “Todos los ademanes”, AA records)

the Aquilué brothers and Antxón (now living in Lithuania) have released a couple of wonderful albums. there’s no band like them in the rest of Europe or even in their hometown, Huesca, Aragón.

http://www.myspace.com/kievcuandonieva1

 

La Estrella de David : Tremendas Amazonas (canadá)

we’ve listened to his records at casa peSeta like a thousand times… he’s from Barcelona and he´s always been involved in nice bands like Beef or Telefilme…

http://www.myspace.com/laestrelladedavid

 

Challenger! : severed finger (bore disc)

i also play drums with them (not in this song -Moids plays). we´re friends since we were kids. we just recorded a few songs for an EP soon to release.

http://challengerasfuck.bandcamp.com/album/melsion

 

ZA! : planta carnívora (sones)

one of the craziest bands live and alive. also from Barcelona.

http://www.myspace.com/putosza

 

Los eterno : terracota (sones)

i play drums and other stuff… i don’t know what else i can say really…

http://soundcloud.com/los-eterno/sets

Jay Porter (mastermind behind North Park restaurants The Linkery and El Take It Easy) put this mix together from his new pad in Ensenada, just South of Valle de Guadalupe. Check out some of his recent musings, including his Biased Guide to Mexican Wine Country, and enjoy the mix!

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Roy Silverstein has gradually & humbly become an institution in the San Diego music scene. It all started several years ago with The Habitat (which has more recently become Habitat House), a craftsman style home in Golden Hill where Silverstein lived, held live shows, and produced music for many folks. Señor Silverstein then went on to publish an e-book advising inspired music-heads on How to Run a Successful House Show Venue, while continuing to produce records for countless artists after moving to North Park.

Silverstein is currently in the process of building a recording studio from the ground up at his home in North Park, pulling out all the stops by enlisting the design services of Wes Lachot. We are very excited to listen to the next phase of this story unfold as Silverstein is armed with a proper production space by which to help bands up their game on record.

Without further adieu, here’s a mix that Roy put together for us… a final Minstrel Fridays mixtape for 2011.

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These are a mix of bands and songs that deserve some attention. Some I know personally, others I admire from afar. Some, I’ve even had the pleasure of working with. Some played in my livingroom. They all keep it real.

Illustration by: Joe Majalca & Kelly Merchant (friends of mine who make ”adult” coloring books: link)

Roy Silverstein
roy.silverstein@gmail.com

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1. The Shivers – Only In It For The $$$
2. Jeremy Jay – In This Lonely Town
3. Cass McCombs – Sacred Heart
4. Broadcast – Tears in the Typing Pool
5. P:ano – Noni Song
6. The Finches – Natural History
7. Key Losers – Limited Time
8. The Delgados – The Light Before We Land
9. Tahiti 80 – 1,000 Times
10. Papercuts – Outside Looking In
11. South China – Sun Sets on Washington Ave
12. Sharon Van Etten – I Fold
13. Paleo – The King James Fakebook
14. The Love Letter Band – College Kids
15. Mira Cook – Back in your Lovin’ Arms
16. Khonnor – Daylight and Delight
17. Nire – The March
18. The Clientele – The House Always Wins
19. Low – Death of a Salesman