A good restaurant and an addictive series: what you can't miss this week

The week that begins, with Jordi Garrigós

Some of the things we hope not to miss in the next seven days

I will remember one of the most brilliant and forgotten albums of Catalan music, Sisa & Melodrama, just the week that Carles Collazos, Melodrama's drummer, died. It's a work published after the Holy Trinity of Sisa's galactic period –Any night the sun can rise, Galeta Galáctica and The Cathedral– and that reviewed some themes that were already classics then, such as The teacher's son either Mr. shopkeeper, with rock and pop of an irresistible ie-ie vibe. An unpredictable and magical work that, to a certain extent, closes the first splendorous period of one of the greatest names in that country's art.

I will go at the Sharp Pins concert, the hottest band in the international indie-pop community. Led by Kai Slater, the soul of Chicago indie and member of bands like Horsegirl and Friko, it only took the band two albums to embark on a European tour, especially after releasing Radio DDR, their latest release. They're playing Thursday at Heliogàbal, a venue always attentive to this type of visit, and a night of lo-fi pop anthems is expected, featuring both the best Robert Pollard and Lemon Twigs recorded in a cheap studio.

I will read Samanta Schweblin's new book of stories, The good evilPublished by Seix Barral, this is the Argentine author's return to the short story after her last novel. Schweblin explores our deepest fears again, forcing us to reflect on our relationship with death and pain. Far from complacency, the author draws you into inner landscapes that play with anguish and a certain terror, applying just the right amount of local color to avoid becoming a fantasy genre.

The week that ends, with Thaïs Gutiérrez Vinyets

Notes on what we have seen, heard, tasted and, ultimately, experienced in the last seven days

I have started The new crime series that has arrived in the Filmin catalogue: The Haparanda Murders It tells the story of a police officer in a small town on the border between Sweden and Finland who must solve a strange case: where the human remains found inside the stomach of a dead wolf came from. From there, the investigation begins, leading to a group of drug trafficking gangs.

I have enjoyed I enjoyed a lot at the Somiatruites restaurant in Igualada, the family gastronomic project of brothers Xavier and David Andrés. It's not my first time there, but I always leave happy. The value for money is exceptional, and some of the menu items are very good, original, and ideal for sharing. We tried the croquettes (the calçot ones were excellent), the carbonara rice, the eggs with ham, and the pork ossobuco. For dessert, we were surprised by a tiramisu served in an Italian coffee maker that was well worth the try.

I'm hooked In the podcast Terra Cremada, produced by Catalunya Ràdio, which revolves around fires and all their processes: from the first spark through destruction to when life finally returns to the forest. The story is structured around the testimonies of experts who know fire like no one else and explain the many implications and connections behind a blaze. A very interesting piece of content that we should all be familiar with.

I couldn't stop thinking about Actress Andy McDowell and her powerful commitment to showing the true appearance of a 67-year-old woman—that is, with gray hair. We saw her spectacularly on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, showing off her gray hair in a way very few actresses dare to do, given that the film industry continues to severely penalize older women. We need many more examples like McDowell to normalize things as simple as gray hair in women, which in the case of men has been accepted for years.

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