What better excuse to take a vacation than an all-star line-up in one of Europe’s most vibrant cities? Enter Sónar, Barcelona’s annual music festival, now in it’s 17th year. With a line-up that includes The Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mowhawke, Hot Chip, Kid Koala’s The Slew, and New Young Pony Club (among others), not to mention the beautiful backdrop of Barcelona, this is one summer festival that you won’t want to miss.

CLICK HERE for info and tickets, which are €155 (a little over $200) for a three-day pass.

Last Wednesday, we caught The Slew on the Brooklyn stop of their one-time tour. The tour is a live presentation of their album, 100%, which has been four and a half years in the making.

Kid Koala and DJ P-Love’s expert turntabslisim was met with hard-hitting rhythms from Myles Heskett on drums and Chris Ross on bass and keys. Each DJ manned a set of turntables, with a third turntable mounted on a drum stand. All of the vocals came from the 80 custom records that Kid Koala cut for the tour.

They started the set with the album’s title track, “100%”, and went through almost the entire album in sequential order. Each member of the band clearly loves what they do, their passion and enthusiasm came across strongly throughout the set. In a great moment towards the end of the show, Kid Koala connected Chris Ross’ bass to his mixer to manipulate the sound.

If you haven’t already heard it, click here for a free download of The Slew’s 100%, and be sure to check out Oliver Correa’s photos of the show. Have a peek at the partial set list after the jump.

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After wowing us back in May, Kid Koala is bringing his latest incarnation New York at the end of the month. The Slew‘s seeds were sown several years ago when Kid Koala (Eric San) and Dynomite D (Dylan J. Frombach) created the soundtrack for a documentary feature film. While the film never materialized, the music was recently resurrected when the two DJs met with former members of the Grammy Award-winning Austrailian band Wolfmother.

After intense rehearsals, the newly-formed band is taking the show on the road for a one-time tour. Working their magic on 6 turntables, Kid Koala, Dynomite D and DJ P-Love will be joined by ex-Wolfmother members Chris Ross on bass and Myles Heskett on drums. Koala describes the set as “seventy minutes of raw guitar cuts and heavy beats”, and guarantees that “you will never have heard anything quite like this and are unlikely to again”.

So there you have it. The Slew will perform at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 30 (get tickets here). In the meantime, you can download The Slew’s full album on Kid Koala’s Website.

Click here to see photos by Oliver Correa from Kid Koala’s performance at Le Poisson Rouge last May.