aaamusic | On 17, Dec 2010

After the confirmation of Grinderman as one of the main draws of the next edition of the San Miguel Primavera Sound festival, we add the North American band Salem to the list of confirmed artists.

In a very short time Salem has become one of the bands of the year, their debut album “King Night” is appearing as one the best of the year in all the specialised media worldwide and their sound (which some have labelled as “witch house”) brings together hip hop, rave sounds, dark atmospheres and dub rhythms.

Confirmed artists for San Miguel Primavera Sound 2011: Aias, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Belle & Sebastian, Blank Dogs, BMX Bandits, Broadcast, Cloud Nothings, Comet Gain, Dan Melchior und Das Menace, Das Racist, Deakin, Emeralds, The Fiery Furnaces, The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, The Fresh & Onlys, Games, Gang Gang Dance, Grinderman, Half Japanese, John Cale & Band + Orchestra perform PARIS 1919 live, Julian Lynch, Las Robertas, Male Bonding, Me And The Bees, Mercury Rev perform Deserter’s Songs, Mogwai, My Teenage Stride, The National, Nisennenmondai, Papas Fritas, Pulp, Salem, Sonny & The Sunsets, Suicide, Swans, Triángulo De Amor Bizarro, Twin Shadow, The Vaccines, The Walkmen.