20/10/2009

La Casa Azul gets to the finals in the UK FESTIVAL AWARDS 2009! VOTE!!!!

To vote in this last round (those of you who have already voted in the previous round should vote again so that it counts for this final round of voting), you have to go through the awards website, http://www.festivalawards.com, where you can find all of the categories listed at the bottom of the page. Select the category that the band is nominated for (Virtual Festivals Critics’ Choice Award) and vote for them.

Hurry up, because the voting ends November 4th!

VOTE HERE: Select the category that the band is nominated for (Virtual Festivals Critics’ Choice Award
http://www.festivalawards.com

A few days ago we told you that LA CASA AZUL had been nominated for the prestigious UK Festival Awards in the special prize category for the best concert. As the award title itself proclaims, the Virtual Festivals Critics’ Choice Award is designed to recognize those whose performance adds something extra to their show in the festival. It can be comedy, nostalgia, interaction with the audience, or simply that “secret ingredient”, basically something that sets them apart from the rest of the artists as true entertainers of the masses. So, as if that weren’t big enough news, we are announcing now that Guille Milkeyway’s band has made it to the final round, where they are up against 11 other bands like PET SHOP BOYS, THOM YORKE, BON IVER and THE SPECIALS, who are all competing against LA CASA AZUL for the honorable award. Our adored Guille is still making unbelievable hits outside of our borders, and the fact that a Spanish pop band has reached this point in British awards is undoubtedly unimaginable news in the national panorama. To get here, the author of “La Revolución Sexual” has had to advance past groups like MERCURY REV, Andrew Bird, THE DIRTY THREE, FRIENDLY FIRES, LILY ALLEN, MGMT, NOVELLE VAGUE, Patrick Wolf, and PJ Harvey. From an immense list only 12 groups have made it to the finals, and among them, fully deserved after their incredible performance at the Indietracks Festival, is LA CASA AZUL. We need LA CASA AZUL’s fans’ support again – vote to hear their name read in the final ceremony, which will take place November 19th in the O2 Dome in London.

To vote in this last round (those of you who have already voted in the previous round should vote again so that it counts for this final round of voting), you have to go through the awards website, http://www.festivalawards.com, where you can find all of the categories listed at the bottom of the page. Select the category that the band is nominated for (Virtual Festivals Critics’ Choice Award) and vote for them. Also, as we have mentioned before, all voting participants will be entered into a lottery to win passes to any of the participating festivals (and there are quite a few: Glastombury, T in the Park, Reading, Indietracks, Latitude…). By the way, the Indietracks Festival, which paid homage to Elefant Records this year for its twentieth anniversary, has also made it to the final round of voting in the “Best Small Festival” category. Since it couldn’t be any other way, we here at Elefant recommend that you support them and vote for them to be chosen for the final prize – we fell in love with the festival for its philosophy, its marvelous organization and its poster. Hurry up, because the voting ends November 4th!

LA CASA AZUL continues to reach landmarks within Spanish pop outside of our borders, and this nomination doubtlessly brings them one step closer to becoming one of the most important figures in the history of Spanish pop; but this is just the beginning of the international expansion of “Guillemania”, and 2010 will bring us a ton of surprises about and projects from Guille Milkyway and LA CASA AZUL.

LA CASA AZUL gets to the finals in the UK FESTIVAL AWARDS 2009! VOTE!!!!
picture: ?La Casa Azul llega a la final de los UK FESTIVAL AWARDS 2009!
20/10/2009