RPS Presents The Weekly Review
430 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -Two grown men and a bright young mind trying to understand a world that keeps getting younger. Keeping up with popular culture, so you don’t have to.
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Live at Summerstage with Quinn Moreland
July 17, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBThe Weekly Review team are joined by Brooklyn-based music, art and culture writer Quinn Moreland for a live show at New York’s Summerstage festival, to talk about Catalan music, tradition, modernity and how to break America, while also looking forward to the Catalan Sounds on Tour Summerstage concert later that day, which features Queralt Lahoz, Marala, Lia Kali and DJ Trapella. In association with the Institut Ramon Llull.
Lana, Lewis, Rina and Glastonbury; Jayda G’s Guy
June 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBOn this week’s TWR, Mar and Ben look back at the Glastonbury discourse, including Lana’s late arrival, Rina’s words for Matt Healy and Lewis Capaldi’s career break. Plus we review our (slightly delayed) album of the week, Jayda G’s Guy, and discuss critical responsibility.
The Idol, Sónar 2023, rat girl summer
June 21, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 127 MBThis week on TWR we review Sónar 2023 in the company of RPS director Marta Salicrú, eviscerate HBO’s The Idol and get to the bottom of "beige flags” and the rat girl summer.
The Daily Review - Sónar special with Philip Sherburne
June 16, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MBBen Cardew welcomes his old Line Noise cohort, Pitchfork contributing editor Philip Sherburne, to look back on the first day of Sónar 2023 and look forward to what is to come at the Barcelona festival, including personal recommendations.
Blur, Primavera Sound and Sónar
June 14, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 128 MBToday on The Weekly Review, we recap two intense weeks of Primavera Sound - ing; report back from Blur’s press conference and club gig in Madrid; and - because we’re suckers for punishment, particularly when it comes with an AFX feel - look forward to Sónar.
The Daily Review - Sparks, Beyoncé and some Primavera advice
May 26, 2023 09:00 - 25.2 MBIn the last Daily Review before Primavera Sound 2023, Ben Cardew brings new music from Sparks, Jayda G, Little Dragon and more; plus we round up the recent Primavera news (including the new stages) and offer last-minute advice to festival goers.
Entrevista con Alfonso Lanza, codirector de Primavera Sound
May 25, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 271 MBToday on The Weekly Review, coming at you live via Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/radiopri...) we have an exclusive interview with Primavera Sound co-director Alfonso Lanza, in which he answers your questions about the 2023 festival, alongside RPS director Marta Salicrú and Primavera Sound director of communications Joan Pons, with Johann Wald presenting. Ben Cardew hosts the interview on Twitch, taking your comments. After that, Marta Salicrú talks about Beyoncé’s European tour.
Brays Efe, El fantástico caso del Golem y Primavera sound 2023
May 24, 2023 09:00 - 192 MBToday on The Weekly Review we bring you a smorgasbord of entertainment. For the first half hour, which will be radio only, Ben Cardew brings you new music from Julio Bashmore, bar italia and Teenage Fanclub, plus songs from Primavera acts like Perfume and Wednesday. At 1130h we move to Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/radioprimaverasound). From 1130h to 1230h Ben Cardew and Mar Vallverdú look forward to Primavera Sound 2023, answering listener questions about the festival, including where to c...
The Daily Review - Getting ready for PS 2023
May 23, 2023 09:00 - 212 MBOn today's Daily Review we look forward to the coming (looming?) Primavera Sound festival, which kicks off next week, by going live on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/radiopri...) from 1130h. From 11h to 1130h expect the freshest of new music, including songs from Blur, bar italia, Overmono and more; from 1130h to 12h Johann Wald and Ben Cardew discuss our plans for Twitch and the RPS coverage of Primavera Sound 2023; from 12h to 13h we are joined by the RPS team to look forward to the festiv...
The Daily Review - With James Holden
May 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBToday's Daily Review is a very special affair, as we welcome British electronic music wizard James Holden to our studio, ahead of his Barcelona gig tonight. We dig into "trance" versus trance, utopia, playing the hits, Madonna, Max/MSP and more, in a wide-ranging interview.
La Weekly - Especial Tralla en Primavera Sound
May 18, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBJohann Wald receives David Camilleri and Sergi Cuxart to review the trickiest parts of the PS 2023 poster. We also have news of a new stage at Primavera Sound.
Primavera Sound Q&A, Daft Punk
May 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBWith just two weeks to go until Primavera Sound Barcelona kicks off, the Weekly Review team answers some of your festival questions - how do you make friends with a Catalan? for example - plus we go deep into the prog depths of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
The Daily Review - Daft Punk day and more
May 12, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 19.3 MBBen Cardew celebrates the 10th anniversary edition of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories with three songs plucked from the new release, as well as a UK garage classic from Daft Punk-associate Todd Edwards. Plus, there is new music from felicita, James Ellis Ford and more.
La Weekly - Entrevista a SIMONA + La Mala Familia
May 11, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBIn this episode Johann Wald talks to the Barcelona-based Argentinian artist, Simona, who is presenting her debut album "Esfera De Amor". He also talks with Luis Rojo and Nacho A. Villar, directors of the movie "La Mala Familia" and its protagonist, Andresito.
Eurovision, Fred Again and Brian Eno, SBTRKT
May 10, 2023 09:00 - 130 MBBen tries to raise us into a Eurovision fever on this week’s TWR, highlighting the best / strangest / most downright despicable entries at this year’s contest; Fred Again and Brian Eno full us back down again with their ambient collab. Secret Life and SBTRKT’s frankly bonkers The Rat Road is our album of the week.
La Weekly - Entrevista con Anaju
May 04, 2023 09:00 - 74.4 MBJohann Wald interviews the young Aragonese artist Anaju, known for having taken part in OT, who has just released her debut album, Rayo.
Met Gala, Renaldo & Clara, Beef
May 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBThe Weekly Review team is dressed like a cat for your pleasure today, in order to better discuss the delights of the Met Gala; our album of the week is La Boca Aigua by Renaldo & Clara and Johann has Beef. Netflix Beef.
The Daily Review - With Uma
April 28, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 67.3 MBToday on The Daily Review, we welcome Barcelona-based artist Uma, who is signed to the fabulous Slow Dance label, to the studio; plus, new music from Renaldo & Clara and a UKG Friday anthem from Kristine Blond.
La Weekly - Entrevista a Kora
April 27, 2023 09:00 - 132 MBIn this episode Johann Wald talks to Catalan artist Kora, who has just released a glorious new danceable electronic pop EP titled ***.
Enough is enough, Mac DeMarco + bb trickz
April 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBAs Mac DeMarco releases his 199-song opus One Wayne G we examine the the queasiest musical indulgences; Mar has EXCLUSIVE news about the wonderful bb trickz, the artist all Barcelona is talking about; and Everything But The Girl’s Fuse is our album of the week.
The Daily Review - With Chad Jackson
April 25, 2023 09:00 - 26.3 MBBen Cardew welcomes Chad Jackson - of Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) and DMC World Championships fame - to The Daily Review to talk about his new single, Get Wicked Again, writing tips from Irvine Welsh and lecturing versus DJing; plus we have new music from Sparks, SBTRKT, Tarta Relena and beabadoobee. Our album of the week is Everything But The Girl's Fuse.
The Daily Review - With Mad Professor
April 21, 2023 09:00 - 36.9 MBBen Cardew welcomes dub legend Mad Professor, a man who has worked with everyone from Lee “Scratch” Perry to Sade, onto The Weekly Review, ahead of his performance at the Jazztronica festival in Barcelona this weekend. They talk about the inspirational Scratch, remixing Massive Attack, dub as social commentary, white privilege and the lasting impact of dub.
La Weekly - Entrevista con _Juno
April 20, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MBJohann Wald interviews Zahara and Marti Perarnau IV about their parallel project, _juno, in which they delve into the hedonistic side of the traveler, with their new LP, BCN747. He comments on what happened with Frank Ocean at Coachella with Mar Vallverdu and ponders the use of AI in music creation with David Camilleri in Cosas Que Pasan.
Frank Ocean at Coachella, Feist
April 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBThe Weekly Review team pick over the fallout from Frank Ocean’s set at Coachella, wondering if we will ever get to see him live again and what, exactly, people want from their enigmatic stars. Our album of the week is Feist’s Multitudes.
La Weekly - Entrevista con La Plazuela
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBWe received Indio and Nitro from La Plazuela as their debut album Roneo Funk Club is released, to talk about Granada as a cultural hotbed, flamenco fusion, funky smells and... Los Caños. Mar is moved by her moves and David Camilleri tells us about Daisy Jones in Cosas que Pasan.
Wednesday, Thomas Bangalter and Quentin Tarantino
April 12, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBIt’s an Easter miracle! Thomas Bangalter’s gone classical! Wednesday have forged gold from lead! And Johann got to hang out with Quentin Tarantino (kind of). Hear about it all, on this week’s resurrection-packed episode of The Weekly Review.
La Weekly - Especial 10º Aniversario Primavera Labels
April 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 190 MBIn this episode we celebrate the tenth birthday of Primavera Sound's record label, with the the entire RPS team selecting their favourite albums.
Succession, Swarm and Renaldo & Clara
April 05, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBIt’s a TV special this week, with Succession and Swarm definitively answering the question of whether we would rather eat the rich or stalk them. The TWR team gets to the bloodied heart of two of this year’s televisual sensations and there is still time for some Renaldo & Clara chat.
The Daily Review - Interview with Lala Hayden
April 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 130 MBThe former frontwoman of Anteros relocated back to her hometown of Barcelona to take a break from the touring band lifestyle in the UK, taking time out to follow a path of self-healing and helping others along the way. A path that has taken her right back to where she always had her sights; on making fabulous and irresistible pop. We turn on the mics top hear about her fantastic journey so far.
La Weekly - Artur M Puga, La Hija de Sofia Coppola, Piqué Disruptor
March 30, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBIn this episode Johann Wald interviews the Galician producer and sound designer Artur M Puga about finding spaces for IDM, welcomes Mar to talk about the best TikTok video from last week, starring the daughter of Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars; and David Camilleri tells us why Gerard Pique's King's League is a revolution that will bring a paradigm shifts in sports media.
Rauwsalía, oversharing and Depeche Mode
March 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBTwo Primavera Sound 2023 headliners release new records this week, which sends the TWR team into panic review mode, while Mar ponders oversharing and the Rauwsalía duo.
La Weekly - ANTIFAN
March 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBJohann Wald connects with the Madrid trio to talk about their new album, La Caída, and looks over the news, including music by artists who have just joined the Primavera Sound 2023 lineup, such as Alison Goldfrapp and Sevdaliza
PS2023 line-up changes, king of cringe, 100 gecs, Yves Tumor
March 22, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBOn TWR this week, we pick over the changes to the Primavera Sound 2023 line up - hello Alison Goldfrapp and Sevdaliza, goodbye Twigs - choose our kings of cringe and review new albums from Yves Tumor and 100 gecs.
The Daily Review - With El Diablo de Shanghai
March 16, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBToday on The Daily Review, we welcome Albert, Juana and Juanito from fast-rising Barcelona band El Diablo de Shanghai to the RPS studio to talk about Boviscopofobia, their new single and an entirely weird concept about cows. Plus we have new music from Drugdealer and bar italia, plus a song from our album of the week, Fever Ray's Radical Romantics.
Official cringe off: Podcast Bros vs. The Weeknd vs. Cole Sprouse
March 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBWho’s the most embarrassing? Sam Levinson and the Weeknd being HBO flops? Cole Sprouse being the cringiest person alive on Call Her Daddy? Or men with podcasts, generally? Two, erm, men with podcasts and one woman (also with podcast) investigate on The Weekly Review’s great cringe off. Plus, our album is Fever Ray’s delectable Radical Romantics.
La Weekly: Entrevistas con Kitty 110 + GOMZ
March 09, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBJohann Wald receives two young artists from the Spanish scene, who represent different ways of making pop music in 2023. On the one hand, the Valencian MC Kitty 110 brings a new EP; on the other the Sevillian Raul Gomez, aka GOMZ, presents his debut album.
meme jazz, a sad coronation and slowthai
March 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBThe TWR team celebrates the coming of New Order, laments King Charles’ Coronation woes, looks forward to meme jazz at Primavera Sound 2023 and brings in slowthai’s UGLY as our album of the week.
La Weekly - Entrevista con ZA! y La TransMegaCobla
March 02, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 120 MBJohann Wald welcomes experimental duo ZA! and Tarta Relena to talk about the project they have together, in which they celebrate Mediterranean musical traditions, passed through an exuberant psychedelic turbine.
U.S.Girls, domesticity in pop and Gorillaz’ Cracker Island
March 01, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 132 MBU.S. Girls’ Meg Remy visits us, in extract form, as we talk about domesticity in pop music, while Gorillaz’ Cracker Island is a whole other kind of comfortable. Plus, finally, we talk about the Last of Us. You can hear our full interview with U.S. Girls on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/radiopr...
La Weekly - Volando Alto
February 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBThis week we celebrate the news that you no longer have to take your computer out of your bag when going through security checks by reviewing embarrassing moments of stars messing things up at airports. We also discuss the latest news from the world of pop, such as Skrillex's new albums and DJs' midlife crises.
Radical rebranding with Skrillex and Addison Rae
February 22, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes - 130 MBThis year, according to Mar, Skrillex and Addison Rae “will be the most popular people and everyone will be, like, ‘Wow I didn't see this coming.’ BUT I DID.” With that kind of promise, can you afford NOT to listen to this week’s episode of The Daily Review, in which Mar explains why Addison Rae will change your life and we dig into not one but two new albums from Skrillex? I don’t think you can. But if you do, tread carefully.
La Weekly - Especial Triangulo de Tristeza
February 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 136 MBTo mark the release of the latest film by the Swedish director Ruben Östlund, we present an interview that we did with him at the Mallorca International Film Festival and a round table with several members of the RPS team to comment on the film, winner of the Palme D'Or at the latest edition of the Cannes festival.
Caroline Polachek, Rihanna and Pharrell Williams at LV
February 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 135 MBThis week on The Weekly Review, we bring you all the news about Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton and Rihanna at the Superbowl, while Mar’s adopted mother Caroline Polachek delivers our trip hop revival album of the week.
La Weekly - Tenemos que Hablar del Episodio 3 de The Last Of Us
February 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBDavid Camilleri is an inveterate gamer and addicted to the game on which The Last Of Us series is based. In this episode we talk at length about the TV adaptation, with an emphasis on the supporting character-focused Episode 3 that many critics are calling one of the best episodes in TV history. We love the hype.
Festival etiquette, ticketing, The Grammys
February 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBIt’s an etiquette special on The Weekly Review as the team dishes up ill-earned advice on how to behave at festivals, whether you should wear gloves indoors and how much is too much to pay for concert tickets.
La Weekly - Entrevista con Alfonso Lanza, co-director de Primavera Sound
February 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBI have a question for you, Mr. Director. In today's program, Alfonso Lanza comes to La Weekly to answer many of the questions that the festival has received through social media about ticket prices, capacity for concerts in the city, the organisation of free transport, changes in the layout of the Forum and many more questions.
Lil Yachty, Ava Max + more PS23 picks with Mo Ayoub
February 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBMo Ayoub joins the TWR team in the studio today to offer his picks from the Primavera Sound 2023 bill; we also talk Lil Yachty’s remarkable new album and Ava Max’s Diamonds & Dancefloors.
The Daily Review - Avalon Emerson, Lil Yachty, English Teacher
January 31, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBBen Cardew brings you The Cramps, in tribute to Netflix's Wednesday, Lil Yachty's unexpected prog rock explosion, Avalon Emerson's dream pop pivot and a Bon Jovi-esque banger from Ava Max, whose Diamonds & Dancefloors is our album of the week. Truly, all is not as it seems in the world of new music.
The Daily Review - Good Riddance, Tom Verlaine
January 30, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBWe say goodbye to one of the most influential musicians of the New York punk scene, who sadly passed away over the weekend, and round up some of the week's latest releases including The Tubs, Mark William Lewis, Meg Baird, Lil Yachty, Oozing Wound and more.
The Daily Review - Rosalía, Ice Spice, Ava Max
January 27, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MBFriday brings new music from Rosalía, Kari Faux, slowthai, English Teacher, Avalon Emerson, Fever Ray, DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ, Ísadóra - aka Björk's daughter - and more. Our album of the week is from Ava Max and our UK Garage Friday banger is the tune that started it all: Tina Moore's Never Let You Go.