Bilbao BBK Live advances its most contemporary programme yet

Bilbao BBK Live forges ahead with a line up in which present, past and future are one featuring some of today’s big names, from both the national and international scene. The already announced Weezer are joined by artists of such pedigree as The Strokes, band responsible for having resurrected rock in the early naughties, breathing new life into the genre and leaving their mark on countless groups to date, now kicking off their global comeback with this Bilbao show; Rosalía, the most relevant artist to emerge from our own Spain in many years, revolutionising the current scene planet wide; Thom Yorke ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes‘, side project of the leader of Radiohead in which he gives wings to his overwhelming creativity with a show that is also nourished by the presence of the great Nigel Godrich (regular producer of Radiohead) and the amazing visuals of the video artist Tarik Barri; Vetusta Morla, still raising the roof wherever they go; and the incombustible Suede, that flagship of Britpop whose new album proves their prevalence above all others of their generation.

Thom Yorke ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’, side project of the leader of Radiohead in which he gives wings to his overwhelming creativity with a show that is also nourished by the presence of the great Nigel Godrich and the amazing visuals of the video artist Tarik Barri;

Two trends gain ground at the upcoming Bilbao BBK Live: on one hand, the urban auralities chiselling out the “current sound”, with rapper Vince Staples, surname ringing autonymic with regard to 21st century hip hop, adored by critics and public alike, and possessed of a sonic imagination that extends far beyond rap proper; the steamroller that is Brockhampton, musical collective helmed by Kevin Abstract who are ripping hip hop a new one with every release (following in the footsteps of groundbreaking antecedents such as Wu-Tang Clan or the Odd Future collective) and whose live show is a right churnsome vortex; Princess Nokia, new reference of independent urban sounds who since her album 1992 deluxe has been giving voice to a generation unable to respect boundaries among hip hop, R&B and even pop and rock; Nathy Peluso, a veritable sponge for every possible nuance of urban and Latin American music, synthesising them into a personal fusion of trap and her signature sandungeo; the volcanic Ms Nina, one of the prime exponents of Spanish reggaeton and trap and Mueveloreina, with her rousing and romping live set of trap, tropical riddims, and piquant lyrical onslaught.