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The third edition of Phe Gallery opens on Friday, August 7 with the work of 21 creators from the Canary Islands
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Puerto de la Cruz presents the security and sanitary measures of Phe to guarantee a safe festival in its fifth edition
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Phe Festival and Puerto de la Cruz bet on live music
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We completed the eleventh edition with live performances by the British acts Fat Dog, Faeda, and ARXX.
The radical electronics of VVV [Trippin’ You] and the elastic sound of the Basque band EZEZEZ, new additions to the 2026 lineup, alongside the Canary Islands acts Good Franco, Xerach, and Belice
The festival, which takes place on September 4th and 5th in Puerto de la Cruz, is returning to its two-stage format with 18 live artists, and a third stage, Phe Club, dedicated to dance music, with its lineup to be announced in the coming days.
The eleventh edition of Tenerife Phe Festival, which will be held on September 4 and 5 in the Tenerife municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, completes its artistic lineup with the addition of three British bandsFat Dog, Faeda and Arxx. Alongside these three international artists, to whom are added the also British Ibibio Sound Machine, Getdown Services and She Mafalda, New Yorkers Corner store And the Argentine singer Natalia Doco, Phe Festival will bring high-voltage national acts to Puerto de la Cruz, such as the radical electronic music from the Madrid-based band VVV [Trippin’ You], and the elastic sound mosaic between rock, grunge, and funk that the Bilbao natives defend EZEZEZ.
Three other Canary Islands projects will be present at the eleventh edition of the Tenerife festival: Good Franco, Xerach and Belize. Three proposals that were finalists for the Sonora 2026 group contest, and in the case of Good Franco, a co-winner with Los Blody, will perform at Phe Festival with the Sonora Passport.
With the presence of Fat Dog, English band formed in 2020 in Southeast London by Joe Love, Chris Hughes, Morgan Wallace, and Johnny Doghead Hutch, Tenerife Phe Festival reaffirms its dedication to being an international showcase with musical acts that challenge traditional genres.
In this case, Fat Dog promises a show in Puerto de la Cruz on the first weekend of September. The incendiary debut single King of the Slugs, in August 2023, a punk-techno hybrid put Fat Dog on the map. Their debut album Woof (Domino/Music As Usual, 2024) showcases the eclecticism of this band that “combines chaotic electronics, Balkan melodies, wild surrealism, and punk attitude in an unpredictable cocktail that could be placed between Viagra Boys, Underworld, and The Fall.”mondosound).
Two other British formations Faeda and ARXX complete the presence of international artists. Faeda This is a "greater seams" indie rock band from the Scottish town of Thurso, comprising Robbie McNicol (vocals and guitar), Sam Cowan (drums), Cole Cummings (bass), and Jamie Mackay (guitar), who have released a handful of singles that have earned them a reputation as the Scottish band with the best live shows.
The Scots, authors of All thorns, no horses. Look me in the eye. or Too Wild to Last, Too Rare to Die, arrive at Phe Festival in Tenerife, brought to you by The Spanish Wave along with the people of Bilbao EZEZEZ.
The Spanish Wave It is a project for the internationalization of Spanish talent that aims to help export emerging artists and bands from our country, and Phe Festival has renewed its collaboration agreement for the second consecutive year in 2026, which favors the presence of one national and one international artist/group selected by this platform for the eleventh edition of the Porto festival.
LOL In a band originating from Bilbao, formed by Unai Madariaga (vocals, guitar), Mikel Irigoyen (bass), Eneko Ajangiz (guitar), and Álvaro Olaetxea (drums), they have burst onto the scene with force since their formation in 2021, shaking the foundations of the national independent scene with a proposal brimming with quality, originality, and tons of attitude. In the vein of bands like Idles or Viagra Boys, EZEZEZ reveal themselves to be elastic, surprising, and restless, taking pop foundations and molding them with the grit of punk, the individuality of grunge, and the nerve of rock. To this, they add funk elements, reggae nods, Euskal culture, poetry, humor, performance, message, and experimentation to achieve, as a result, a unique project.
Its third studio album, Kabarkiba, it is the riskiest and most accurate of his career to date, and it serves to seal an upward trajectory well supported by the previous album Katuzaldía and the more than 90 presentation concerts.
Queer power pop and wild electronica
For its part, ARXX is a duo of queer power pop born in Brighton, who form
singer and guitarist Hanni Pidduck and drummer Clara Townsend. “Imagine Taylor Swift if she had only listened to Nirvana,” the band explains in their Bandcamp bio to introduce themselves. In 2024, they released the single Crying in the Carwash which gave them a certain popularity, leading them to perform on the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Festival. In their discography, the EPs Daughters of Daughters (2018) and Wrong Girl, Honey (2019); and the albums Ride or Die (2023) and Good Boy (2024).
Among the new additions to the Tenerife Phe Festival 2026 lineup, the Madrid-based band is noteworthy VVV [Trippin’ You], a trio that mixes post-punk, synthwave, and dark electronic music with a strong aesthetic rooted in urban and nocturnal imagery. The group has become one of the most prominent names in the new Spanish underground scene of guitars and synthesizers. Their songs combine danceable rhythms, dense atmospheres, and generational lyrics filled with irony and disillusionment.
The formation led by Adrián Bremner has positioned itself as a fierce creature on the national scene and works such as Scale (2020), Turboviolence (2021) or emptier (2023) has led them to play at some of the most relevant festivals of the genre in our country such as SONAR, BBK, or MIRA Festival, as well as on different stages in the United States, Mexico, or Colombia. Their latest album is Mecharadio (2025), where electronics move between the cinematic and the sensory.
The island scene, at Phe Festival
The current music scene in the Canary Islands is diversely represented at Phe Festival 2026. Among those already confirmed like Choclock, the artistic alias of Sergio Bruno Miguel Delgado, one of the most versatile artists on the music scene who has stood out for his ability to fuse genres and create melodies that connect with the public, both in his role as producer and singer, are also added Just Becca, a Tenerife native participating in Phe Festival through awards from the CajaCanarias Foundation, three other bands: Belize, Good Franco and Xerach.
A lineup that completes the bill for the eleventh edition of Phe Festival 2026 in Puerto de la Cruz, which also highlights Carlos Ares, Rufus T. Firefly or Barry B, in addition to the aforementioned Getdown Services, Ibibio Sound Machine and Corner store.
Together, Tenerife Phe Festival 2026 offers a mosaic of musical proposals that range from popular music, fusion, and the technological, urban sounds, indie rock, post-punk, psychedelia, and pop, in an edition that recovers the essence of live music on two stages featuring international, national, and local artists and projects. There will be two stages for live music and a third stage, with continuous programming, Phe Club, inaugurated last year in its tenth edition, dedicated to club culture and dance music, with the presence of leading figures from the electronic scene.
We renewed the AGF certification as one of the most sustainable festivals in Spain
The festival, which will be held on September 4th and 5th in Puerto de la Cruz, surpasses, for the second consecutive year, one of the most demanding sustainability audits in the international music sector.
Phe Festival has been re-certified by A Greener Future AGF, the prestigious British auditing firm specializing in sustainability for international festivals and cultural events, after thoroughly evaluating the 2025 edition. This certification consolidates the festival as one of the benchmarks in sustainability within the Canary Islands' cultural scene, reinforcing a track record marked by environmental, social, and community commitment.
The AGF distinction is awarded after an independent evaluation process that analyzes multiple areas of an event's impact, such as waste management, water consumption, energy and CO2 emissions, accessibility, transportation, the use of local suppliers, and integration with the surroundings. During the 2025 edition, The AGF evaluation team conducted an on-site analysis during the event, verifying the correct implementation of sustainable measures. and compliance with the standards required by the entity.
Among the most notable actions that have contributed to this new certification are the implementation of free water dispensers at the bars, the use of reusable cups with a return system, the proceeds of which were donated to an animal rescue association ADEPAC, along with mandatory selective waste separation throughout the venue. This is complemented by a commitment to local suppliers and products, the use of compostable tableware in dining areas, and the measurement of the event's carbon footprint as a tool for continuous analysis and improvement, for the second consecutive year.
The festival has also reinforced its social and inclusive dimension through collaboration with organizations such as AFES Mental Health and SINPROMI, the provision of an accessible venue with a platform for people with reduced mobility, smoking areas with provided ashtrays, and its character family-friendly, with free admission for children under 12 and a kids' area. Additionally, Phe Festival maintains a close collaboration with over 35 businesses in Puerto de la Cruz, fostering a positive and direct impact on the local economy.
With this recertification, Phe Festival is once again positioned among the select group of cultural events that meet the demanding sustainability criteria of A Greener Future., reaffirming its commitment to continue moving towards a responsible festival model, aligned with environmental and social values, and contributing to promoting Puerto de la Cruz and the Canary Islands as destinations committed to sustainable tourism.
fertilizers for Phe Festival 2026 are now on sale at Tickety.es. Among the first confirmed artists are national artists of the caliber of Carlos Ares, Rufus T. Firefly or Barry B, considered one of the great emerging national projects, as well as the British She Mafalda, and the Argentine singer Natalia Doco, besides the canary Choclock. In the coming weeks, Phe Festival will announce new international names that will be added to their lineup eleventh edition, which will once again be held in Puerto de la Cruz on September 4th and 5th and will mark a new chapter in the event's trajectory.
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Ona Mafalda and the canary Choclock complete the first confirmations for the festival celebrated in the Tenerife municipality of Puerto de la Cruz on September 4th and 5th, 2026.
The eleventh edition of Tenerife Phe Festival, which will be held on September 4th and 5th, 2026, in the Tenerife municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, will feature national artists of the caliber of Carlos Ares, Rufus T. Firefly, and Barry B, considered one of the great emerging national projects. Three references of the scene, each in their own style, will share a stage at Phe Festival with British artist Ona Mafalda, and Argentine singer Natalia Doco, in addition to the Canarian artist Choclock.
The festival enhances live music with two concert stages, complemented by Phe Club as a space dedicated to club culture and dance music.
These are the first six artists confirmed for the eleventh edition of Tenerife Phe Festival in 2026, which the organization has announced after activating the sale of the first promotional priced tickets. Early Bird September 14th, the date on which the presence of the Galician musician and producer Carlos Ares was also announced. Tickets for the tenth edition of Phe Festival are available at: https://tickety.es/event/phe-festival-2026
Six artists whose music travels between popular, fusion, and technological sounds, urban sounds, indie rock, psychedelia, and pop, with whom a lineup begins to take shape, and for which new international, national, and local additions will be announced in the coming weeks. Tenefie Phe Festival faces its eleventh edition with the aim of revalidating its status as the trendsetting summer festival in the Canary Islands. To achieve this, the organization reinforces the essence of live music on two stages that will feature international, national, and local artists and projects, in addition to offering continuous programming on a third stage, Phe Club, inaugurated in the tenth edition, dedicated to club culture, electronic, and dance music, with the presence of leading figures in the electronic scene.
The 2026 edition invites the party to Puerto de la Cruz with international, national, and local sound offerings of different kinds. Among them is Argentinian singer Natalia Doco, one of the standout figures on the Phe Festival 2026 lineup. An artist who has lived in Paris since 2012, where she has developed a sound that unites continents and generations, with a fusion of Argentinian folk traditions, indigenous spirituality, and urban rhythms, and who will be at Phe Festival 2026 presenting her fourth studio album., Axe, slated for release in spring 2026.
Another project named after a woman, Ona Mafalda, will be at Phe Festival in 2026. With roots in the UK and Bulgaria, Ona Mafalda's musical proposal, influenced by Florence and the Machine, The Strokes, Blondie, and Patti Smith, combines the electric energy of alternative rock with the sensitivity of contemporary pop, creating a bilingual and borderless sound. Reset It is the title of his latest work, a journey of electric guitars and emotional intensity.
Pop and psychedelia
Three reference projects from the national scene, such as the musician and producer from A Coruña, Carlos Ares, the Madrid-based band Rufus T. Firefly, and the new revelation called Barry B, in addition to the Canarian artist Choclock, complete the first announcement of the eleventh edition of the festival. Carlos Ares was one of the sensations of last year for the specialized Spanish press with the release of his debut album. Pilgrim (2024). Elevated alternative pop with a clear folk influence, which earned them the award for Best Pop Album at the latest MIN Awards. In May 2025, they released their second album, The Wolf's Mouth, a project that represents an evolution and an addition: more complex, more experimental, more complete.
Barry B is the musical project of Gabriel Barriuso García, which was launched in Aranda de Duero, Burgos, in 2019. The artist from Aranda de Duero, Burgos, began experimenting in 2019 with fresh sounds alongside Rusowsky and Ralphie Choo, eventually finding his path in rock, establishing the personality that defines his proposal and style today.
In 2024, they released their debut album Chato (Universal), combining avant-garde and roots, which included a collaboration with Carolina Durante on I thought I had hit the jackpot., which has become an anthem. An album that opened doors and made him stand out on the national scene, positioning him as one of the most magnetic voices of his generation. In September 2025, he released the Ep Miscalibrated childhood which gives its name to the tour that brings him to Phe Festival in September of next year, and that to date has sold out wherever the artist has gone with this new project.
Rufus T. Firefly is a Madrid-based band led by Víctor Cabezuelo and Julia Martín-Maestro, considered a cult favorite within Spain's independent music scene. Their energy and deeply sophisticated sound avoid the obvious, creating an atmosphere of magic and rock with touches of clean and highly addictive psychedelia in every production and live performance. Active since 2006, the band has returned to the studio and stages in 2025 with the album "Todas las cosas buenas" (All Good Things), which they are presenting at Phe Festival alongside their greatest hits.
The Canary Islander Choclock, the artistic alias of Sergio Bruno Miguel Delgado, Choclock will also be live in Puerto de la Luz at the eleventh edition of Phe Festival. One of the most versatile artists on the music scene, he has stood out for his ability to fuse genres and create melodies that connect with the public, both in his role as a producer and as a singer. Since his beginnings in the BNMP (Broke Niños Make Pesos) collective, the Canary Islander has worked to establish himself as a figure in Spanish R&B.
Cycle, the perfect equation for dancing
The Madrid-based band and their unique fusion of rock and electronic music will arrive at Phe Festival on Friday, September 5th, with the 20th-anniversary tour of their debut album ‘Weak on the Rocks’ and a repertoire of hits to ignite the dance floor, such as ‘Mechanical,’ ‘Apple Tree,’ or ‘Confussion!!!’
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The Madrid band Cycle turned the national scene upside down in 2005 with an energetic proposal of rock and electronic music that turned every live concert into a massive experience. Undoubtedly, the perfect equation for dancing, with a calibrated dose of electro and rock, which will be present at the tenth anniversary of Phe Festival, in Puerto de la Cruz. Cycle returns to Phe Festival next Friday, September 5 with the 20th anniversary tour of their debut album, Weak on the Rocks, which contained hits from their repertoire such as Mechanical, Apple Tree, Perfect pervert or Confusion!!!
This is the second time Cycle has performed at Phe Festival, following their appearance at the first edition held in 2016, on a single day and on a debut lineup for the Puerto de Santa María festival which also featured Belako, Of faith, Kostrok and 33. This time, Cycle is one of the featured acts on the main stage of Phe Festival for its tenth anniversary, performing on opening day alongside Nada Surf, Dorian, Ale Acosta, San Tosielo, and Los Blody.
The project led by David Kano, along with guitarist Juanjo Reig and China Patino, has a new singer: Carlos Ortega from Lanzarote (Zurych, Monkey Faces). He is the fourth male vocalist the project has had. Cycle From its inception, first with Luke Donovan, followed by Ziclope and Matthias Freund, the lead singer of the German band Codec & Flexo.
With five albums released, as well as remixes and singles, Weak on the rocks (2005), Sleepwalkers (2009), Stripped (2011), Dance All Over (2015) and Electric (2018) and after nearly five years of silence, in late 2024 the band announced its return to the stage with the 20th-anniversary tour for *Weak on the Rocks*. The tour has taken the band to festivals such as Metrópoli Gijón, Sonorama Ribera (Burgos), and No Sin Música (Cádiz), as well as the upcoming Phe Festival (Tenerife), and venues in Madrid, Azpeitia (Gipuzkoa), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Tarragona, Barcelona, and Valencia, among others.
On the occasion of the anniversary of Weak on the Rocks, last May Cycle began releasing remixes of the debut album. A series of installments that DJ Nano inaugurated with his take on the classic. Confusion!!! This hit was followed last June by the track "Ray of Ease," remixed by Spaniard Siliodisco and Colombian Mao Fonegra; and in July, the also classic from his "flammable" repertoire, "Apple Tree," in a reinterpretation by Parissior and Size M.
The band is in enviable shape, and their concerts continue to captivate audiences just as they did in their early days, as has been evident on this tour. This is confirmed by singer Carlos Ortega, who previews the band's concert at Phe Festival: “We play almost the entire Weak on the Rocks album, but we also play other songs that we have to play, like ”Saturday Girl' or 'Wicked,' which are on other albums and are singles.".
“Cycle is something else,” points out Carlos Ortega when asked how the experience of being the voice of Cycle is going. “The 20th anniversary tour is going very well. When I signed up for this story, I knew there would be movement,” emphasizes the singer. And as he rightly emphasizes, “the band had a very good peak in the early 2000s; at that time, there were no bands doing this type of music, with male-female singers, and with a very powerful formula.”.
Essay and touring
And how did Carlos Ortega get involved with Cycle in this new phase of the band? “It was a sum of coincidences, really. We crossed paths at Arrecife en Vivo, when they won the award for medium-format festival and played a concert at El Reducto, before the pandemic. I went with Monkey Faces, which was just starting out, and Cycle was on the bill, before the last lineup change, with Cynthia Lund and Mathias.”.
Carlos Ortega remembers that “David Kano liked the concert, he wrote down the license plate, and that was that. But a couple of summers ago, when David decided to reactivate the band and announced on social media that they were looking for a new singer, a mutual friend from Lanzarote reminded David about it. I spoke with him, he sent me the audio of some songs to add the vocals to: Apple Three, Confusion!!! and Saturday Girl, and he liked it. The next thing was to go to Madrid, rehearse, and announce that Cycle had a new singer.”.
Of all the good things that have come from Cycle's return, for Carlos Ortega, one of the very special dates in 2025 is their performance at Phe Festival. He was at the 2023 edition leading the Lanzarote band Zurych, and now he returns as the frontman of Cycle. “It will be a special concert, and we're going to play a new song that won't be on the next album, Cycle's sixth, which we're already preparing. An album that deviates a bit from the line that has been usual in their recent work, although it has very marked traces of Cycle but in a much more elegant and mature style,” he assures.
The new album, Cycle's sixth, “is almost finished.”, with a first single on the horizon, to be released at the end of the year, once the tour concludes 20th anniversary.
Phe Festival tunes into the sounds of the Canary Islands with San Tosielo, Ale Acosta, Los Blody, and Nave Rota
The Portuense music festival continues its commitment to artists from the Canary Islands archipelago, which is also being brought to the new Phe Club stage.
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Phe Festival will feature music from Canary Islands artists San Tosielo, Ale Acosta, Los Bl3ody, and Nave Rota in its tenth edition. The Canary Islands are the birthplace of great musicians, and the 2025 edition of Phe Festival will be a prime example of this in the coming Friday 5 and Saturday 6 of September in Puerto de la Cruz.
The Portuense music festival continues its commitment to artists from the Canary Islands archipelago. Phe Festival it is a great showcase for Canarian music as it serves, on many occasions, to discover the musical talent that is born in the Islands. This commitment to local products is a commitment that also extends to Phe Club, where there will be several DJs from the Canary Islands.
San Tosielo Pablo and Adrián, two Canary Islanders based in Madrid with very different musical backgrounds, but who together offer the unique freshness of an unlikely duo. Their music is focused on live performance, something that will ensure the Phe Festival audience has a great time.
In 2023 they released their first album ‘I'm so sorry’. A work that mixes sensitivity, rhythm, and very catchy lyrics. In 2024 they released the EP ‘Vampire Existence’, with five tracks that consolidate their fresh and distinctive style. Humor plays a very important role in their concerts, and despite their short career, they have already been able to demonstrate in important venues and festivals that their live energy seems endless. They are about to release their next album.
Ale Acosta lands on the Phe Festival stage after starting his solo career in 2024.‘The future’is his first album in this new phase after almost 30 years in the music world, producing and belonging to emblematic projects such as Mojo Project or Fuel Fandango. This debut solo album is a highly anticipated, very personal record featuring collaborations with numerous artists such as Valeria Castro, Santa Marta, Juancho Marqués or depedro. This is a dance electronic work sprinkled with influences from their extensive and successful musical career.
A musical career that has been awarded numerous recognitions and accolades for one of the most outstanding contemporary musicians from the Canary Islands. One of the most recent recognitions, in 2024, was a nomination for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of ‘Best Latin Electronic Music Performance’ for the track ‘The Ash’next to the palm tree Valeria Castro and what is included in his first solo album ‘The future’.
Los Blody, a rock band born in Tenerife, are coming to Phe Festival with a promising live performance that will sweep away stereotypes of more commercial music. Their first album was released at the end of 2024: ‘I'm not going to die here’It’s pure rock, but it also mixes styles with lyrics that talk about their generation and timidly approaches the urban genre.
This quintet has been rebuilt after a first phase under the name Bloody Valentine, the name they were known by in the Lala Music band competition. They are sincere and do not practice false humility, something they make quite clear in some interviews granted to the media. With the characteristic rebellion of seasoned rockers, Los Blody will present themselves to the Phe Festival audience fair and square.
Nave Rota will be another of the Canary Islands bands that will be at the tenth edition of Phe Festival. They are the incorporation that comes thanks to winning the Sonora Passport in the musical competition of the same name held in May in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Daniel Ferreiro, Carlos Arocha and Victor McClane they get into a musical vehicle piloted by talent, experience, and the pursuit of new sonic landscapes, even those that are more ambient and electronic. They don't sound broken, as the guitar, bass, and drums trio flows naturally and creatively.
Their first five-song EP marked the band's debut in 2023. However, the project was formed in mid-2022, and they began developing material based on improvisation during rehearsals before finalizing its form. From a foundation of drums, guitar, and bass, they incorporate live-triggered sequences and vocal textures, steering this ship into more ambient and electronic territories. After studio work, live performances emerged, where that same naturalness, characteristic of rehearsals with three musicians dedicated to guiding this ship to safe harbor, can also be felt.
More Canary Islanders infiltrated
The band Cycle comes from Madrid. But the Canary Islands ingredient is there: their singer, Carlos Ortega (Zurych, Monkey Faces), is from Lanzarote. Ortega is the fourth male vocalist Cycle has had since its beginnings, first with Luke Donovan, followed by Ziclope and Matthias Freund, vocalist of the German group Codec & Flexo.
Cycle, visiting the Phe Festival for the second time, is in an enviable state of form and their concerts continue to captivate audiences, just as they did in their beginnings, as has been evident on this 20th-anniversary tour. Ortega announces that at the concert they will give at Phe Festival, “we will play the album ‘Weak on the rocks’ - his debut album- almost entirely, but we also do other songs that we have to play, like ‘Saturday Girl’Oh‘Wicked’, which are on other albums and which are singles”.
There are also great DJs in the Canary Islands.
One of the main innovations of the tenth edition of Phe Festival is Phe Club. This commitment also cannot escape from Canary talent, as there are great DJs in the Canary Islands and a significant club culture. Up to twenty artists will perform on the three stages of Phe Festival, ensuring the audience never stops dancing.
Beat Creator, Gerson Reyes, Hanson, Ifara, Lau!, Elchico, Bliss, Aquiles Orquídea, Woodhands, Mito, Just_Beca & Calama, Doppler, Bobby Bob, Eva Olvido, MCR Selector, Jaisiel, Vicky Morales, John Johnson, Índigo, Jajaja, Jessy La Ley, Sam Am, Irtap, Ninf.A, Mascareño y Jalea are the names of the DJs who will make the pier of Puerto de la Cruz rumble at the 10th edition of Phe Festival.
Nada Surf, a legendary band for the tenth anniversary of Phe Festival
The New York-based band, with a solid three-decade track record, arrives in Puerto de la Cruz on September 5th for the opening day of Phe Festival, with their tour presenting their latest album ‘Moon Mirror’.’
From their beginnings, the band has experimented with different musical elements, always seeking to maintain a balance between energy and melody that defines their characteristic sound.
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The New York band Nada Surf holds a prominent place in the scene of so-called alternative rock, indie rock, or power pop, because there's a bit of everything in their extensive and diverse discography. A legendary group, for their attitude and repertoire, and with a legion of followers in Spain thanks to their countless tours with each new album and their regular presence at festivals, they will be performing live in Puerto de la Cruz on Friday, September 5th, on the opening day of the tenth edition of Phe Festival. Nada Surf is one of the main attractions on the first day of concerts at the Portuense festival, which also features national groups Dorian, Cycle, and Carlangas on the main stage, the Canary Islands bands San Tosielo and Los Blody, and sets by Abraham Boba (León Benavente), Beat Creator, and Eva Olvido and MCR Selector.
Nada Surf arrives at Phe Festival during Moon Mirror's European tour, their latest studio album and first in four years after Never Not Together (2020), which is being released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his debut single, The Plan/Telescope (1994). A tour that has New Yorkers on the road from mid-July to the end of September through cities in France, Italy, Holland, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and Norway, among other destinations. The Phe Festival date is the only one in Spain on this summer stretch of the Moon Mirror Tour, which had presentation concerts in Madrid, Bilbao, and Zaragoza last November, and others in peninsular territory this same year.
The band, which began as a trio in 1992 in New York with Matthew Caws on guitar and vocals; Ira Elliot, formerly of Fuzztones, on drums and vocals; and Madrid's Dani Lorca on bass and vocals; and as a quartet with guitarist Doug Gillard, of Guided by Voices, since 2012, among other collaborators, has accumulated a solid three-decade career with a repertoire that has become part of the collective consciousness as the soundtrack to several generations.
On Phe Festival hymns from their repertoire will sound, from the classic "Popular" that opened doors for them internationally, to the most recent ones that encompass their latest release: In Front Of Me Now, New Propeller, Losing, Second Skin or Moon Mirror, which gives its title to the album. A work recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with producer Ian Laughton, featuring keyboardist Louie Lino, which keeps the essence of Nada Surf intact.
And Nada Surf's sonic evolution is reflected in the diversity of styles and genres they have explored in their discography. There's nothing to spare in a production with about fifteen releases, including eleven studio albums, live recordings, and other releases. Nada Surf presented their credentials with the single The Plan/Telescope (1994) and it would be the debut album High/Low (1996) which would bring them fame and open doors with the song "Popular." A handful of energetic pop songs in a power trio format, ten tracks in 36 and a half minutes for the Elektra label, produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars.
Then titles such as The Proximity Effect (1998), Let Go (2002), The Weight Is a Gift (2005), Fortunate (2008), If I Had a Hi-Fi (2010), The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy (2012), You know who you are (2016), Peaceful spirits (2016), Never Not Together (2020) and Moon Mirror (2024).
There's no known bad or mediocre album from these New Yorkers, which speaks volumes for a band that enjoys its craft and the stage. From alternative rock to the incorporation of keyboards and synthesizers, the band has known how to adapt to current musical trends without losing its original essence and the search for balance between energy and melody, elements that define their unique and characteristic sound.
First visit to the Canary Islands in 1999
Nada Surf has maintained a very special relationship with the Spanish public since their beginnings. Frequent visitors to the Iberian territory, playing in venues and festivals, with the tours supporting the albums they've released since the late 1990s, the band has earned enormous popularity and respect among the national audience.
In April 1999, on the occasion of the presentation of the second album The Proximity Effect (1998), Nada Surf performed for the first time in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, at the pub La Calle, on the last two dates of a tour that had taken the then-trio through Vigo, Madrid, Irún, La Rioja, Cádiz, and Logroño.
Gratitude towards Nada Surf comes from the public and from national artists themselves. In this regard, the collective tribute that bands paid to Nada Surf in 2018 should be highlighted Lagartija Nick, Lori Meyers, Rufus T. Firefly, Viva Suecia, La Habitación Roja, Villanueva, Second, Clovis, Anni B. Sweet, Noise Box, and Shinova on the disc Your Aura Shines Brighter: Nada Surf Let Go 15th Anniversary, with mostly Spanish versions of the New Yorkers' third album.