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Welcome to the big (indie) leagues, El Guincho! As the latest signing to XL Recordings/Young Turks (according to a Drowned in Sound report confirmed by the Beggars Group), you join a label family that includes Thom Yorke, M.I.A., and Vampire Weekend, just to name a few heavy-hitters. May they be merciful in their hazing.

The deal covers both the UK and U.S., and XL/Young Turks plans to deliver El Guincho's genre melting pot of a debut, the Best New Music-inducted Alegranza!, later this year. (For the moment, it's available on import outside Spain via Discotea Océano.) We hope it's just in time for his set at the Pitchfork Music Festival!

Before then, folks on El Guincho's side of the pond have ample opportunities to catch their new hero in action. Find out where below.

Los conciertos:

03-23 Brighton, England - XXJFG Party @ Barfly
03-24 London, England - Durrr
03-26 Dublin, Ireland - Antics @ Crawdaddy
03-27 London, England - Moshi Moshi Night @ Hoxton Square Bar
03-28 London, England - The Old Blue Last
04-01 London, England - White Heat @ Madame JoJo's
04-03 Barcelona, Spain - La Pedrera
04-12 Valencia, Spain - Excuse Me?
04-26 Tenerife, Spain - La Laguna
05-02 Seville, Spain - South Pop Festival
05-30 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound)
06-14 Gothenburg, Sweden - Clandestino Festival
07-11 Cartagena, Colombia - La Mar de Músicas
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) *

* with Spiritualized, M. Ward, Boris, Extra Golden