GOING OUT

Getting a break if you’re a budding musician these days, often seems to be a question of either auditioning for a television reality show and hoping that there are no Susan Boyles up on the same day or praying to the gods of YouTube and MySpace that the video you’ve put up actually gets noticed. Either way, there’s a lot of luck involved. Good to hear then, that a new segment at Razzmatazz 3 will provide a more solid leg-up to young bands: ‘Band to Watch’, which is bringing, as the organisers put it, “semi-hidden” bands from the international indie scene. Of course, it could be argued that “semi-hidden” means “not really known in Spain yet”. A point in case is the inaugural group, These New Puritans (March 10th), who have been around since 2006 and are already on their second album (Hidden, since you ask), described by NME as “shockingly brilliant”. So not quite the best-kept secret in the music industry, but still, let’s applaud new chances to see quality live music in an intimate venue. www.salarazzmatazz.com