UN PUÑADO DE TESOROS QUE ME HAN ALEGRADO EL AÑO (2018):

[Instrucciones de uso:

1) Se trata de listas totalmente subjetivas, ordenadas de más a menos según

el nivel de impacto que me ha provocado cada referencia.

2) Desgloso la lista de discos de 2018 en elepés, canciones y versiones para

intentar hacerla menos larga, pero obviamente los títulos de la segunda y

tercera lista podrían estar en la primera (especialmente los de las primeras

posiciones) y viceversa. Ídem con la lista de conciertos.

3) Todas las obras de estas listas me parecen absolutamente

recomendables, aunque no sean necesariamente las mejores de sus autores,

sino simplemente las que me han acompañado durante los últimos doce

meses.

4) Espero que disfrutéis descubriendo o redescubriendo unas cuantas

joyas.]

JC Badlands aka Arnold Layne ( @EbonyWhite)

66 excitantes elépés publicados en 2018:

THE BEVIS FROND: We're Your Friends, Man

ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Hope Downs

JANELLE MONÁE: Dirty Computer

TROPICAL FUCK STORM: Laughing Death in Meadospace

JOHN PRINE: The Tree of Forgiveness

PARQUET COURTS: Wide Awake!

WRECKLESS ERIC: Construction Time And Demolition

JEFF TWEEDY: Warm

COURTNEY BARNETT: Tell Me How You Really Feel

TY SEGALL: Freedom’s Goblin

LOW: Double Negative

NILS FRAHM: All Melody

ANDREW CYRILLE: Lebroba

NO AGE: Snares Like a Haircut

SPIRITUALIZED: And Nothing Hurt

KELLEY STOLTZ: Natural Causes

THE EX: 27 Passports

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: May Your Kindness Remain

RICHARD THOMPSON: 13 Rivers

RICHARD LLOYD: The Countdown

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS: Look Now

RYLEY WALKER: Deafman Glance

J MASCIS: Elastic Days

THE GOON SAX: Snow Bound

CLOUD NOTHINGS: Last Building Burning

JESS WILLIAMSON: Cosmic Wink

THE ESSEX GREEN: Hardly Electronic

PAUL KELLY: Nature

FATOUMATA DIAWARA: Fenfo

JOHN PAUL KEITH: Heart Shaped Shadow

THE MONOCHROME SET: Maisieworld

DROPKICK: Longwave

STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS: Sparkle Hard

HOT SNAKES: Jericho Sirens

E: Negative Work

COWBOY JUNKIES: All That Reckoning

THEE OH SEES: Smote Reverse

THE DECEMBERISTS: I’ll Be Your Girl

BUFFALO TOM: Quiet And Peace

BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES: Soul Flowers of Titan

SALAD BOYS: This Is Glue

THE NELS CLINE 4: Currents, Constellations

BOMBINO: Deran

YOUNG FATHERS: Cocoa Sugar

BRIGID MAE POWER: The Two Worlds

BOTTLE ROCKETS: Bit Logic

PAUL COLLINS: Out Of My Head

GRAHAM PARKER: Cloud Symbols

KRISTIN HERSH: Possible Dust Clouds

SONNY SMITH: Rod For Your Love

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEADOS: Tearing At The Seams

THE JAMES HUNTER SIX: Whatever It Takes

DOMENICO LANCELLOTTI: The Good Is A Big God

WOODEN SHJIPS: V

DIRTY PROJECTORS: Lamp Lit Prose

LAURA VEIRS: The Lookout

LUKE WINSLOW-KING: Blue Mesa

WILKO JOHNSON: Blow Your Mind

MARY GAUTHIER: Rifles & Rosary Beads

ROBBIE FULKS & LINDA GAIL LEWIS: Wild! Wild! Wild

VAN MORRISON AND JOEY DEFRANCESCO: You're Driving Me Crazy

SONIDO GALLO NEGRO: Mambo cósmico

U.S. GIRLS: In A Poem Unlimited

HAILU MERGIA: Lala Belu

NAP EYES: I’m Bad Now

THE SEA AND CAKE: Any Day

40 esplendorosas canciones de otros 40 destacables discos publicados en 2018:

EZRA FURMAN: “Suck The Blood From My Wound” (Transangelic Exodus)

MATTHEW SWEET: “Lady Frankenstein” (Tomorrow’s Daughter)

CAT POWER (with Lana Del Rey): “Woman” (Wanderer)

JOHN HIATT: “All The Way To The River” (The Eclipse Sessions)

GRUFF RHYS: “The Club” (Babelsberg)

SUPERCHUNK: “Break The Glass” (What a Time To Be Alive)

M. WARD (with Jim James): “Miracle Man” (What A Wonderful Industry)

NATALIE PRASS: “Oh My” (The Future and the Past)

BOYGENIUS: “Salt In The Wound” (Boygenius)

THE SHEEPDOGS: “Nobody” (Changing Colours)

T BONE BURNETT: “Jellico Coal Man” (V.A.: Johnny Cash. The Music. Forever Words)

JONATHAN BREE: “You’re So Cool” (Sleepwalking)

THALIA ZEDEK BAND: “Bend Again” (Fighting Season)

JULIA HOLTER: “I Shall Love 2” (Aviary)

THE LEMON TWIGS: “Never In My Arms, Always In My Heart” (Go To School)

GO-KART MOZART: “When You’re Depressed” (Mozart’s Mini-Mart)

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO WITH DON ANTONIO (with Peter Perrett): “Waiting for Me” (The Crossing)

DAVID BYRNE: “Every Day Is A Miracle” (American Utopia)

YO LA TENGO: “For You Too” (There’s a Riot Going On)

JOHN PARISH (with P.J. Harvey): “Sorry For Your Loss” (Bird Dog Dante)

THE CHILLS: “In Harmony” (Snow Bound)

THE MEN: “Secret Light” (Drift)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: “I Left My Body” (I Like Fun)

MGMT: “Me And Michael” (Little Dark Age)

IDLES: “Danny Nedelko” (Joy as an Act of Resistance)

MUDHONEY: “Please Mr. Gunman” (Digital Garbage)

WARMDUSCHER: “Standing On The Corner” (Whale City)

JOSH T. PEARSON: “Straight At Me” (The Straight Hits!)

MARK LANEGAN & DUKE GARWOOD: “With Animals” (With Animals)

BARDO POND: “And I Will” (Volume 8)

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER: “Make Me A Sound” (Rebound)

PETER HOLSAPPLE: “I Got High With You” (Game Day)

WHITE DENIM: “Fine Slime” (Performance)

HALEY HENDERICKX: “Oom Sha La La” (I Need to Start a Garden)

BART & THE BEDAZZLED: “What’s Your Secret (Cléo)” (Blue Motel)

KING TUFF: “Raindrop Blue” (The Other)

THE SUFIS: “Take Care Of Yourself” (After Hours)

HALF JAPANESE: “Why Not?” (Why Not?)

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: “How Far?” (The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon)

JACK WHITE: “What’s Done Is Done” (Boarding House Reach)

23 acertadas versions incluidas en otros 23 estimables discos publicados en 2018:

CHARLES BRADLEY: “Heart Of Gold” [Neil Young] (Black Velvet)

MARC RIBOT (with Tom Waits): “Bella Ciao” [Trad.] (Songs of Resistance 1942-2018)

TY SEGALL: “St. Stephen” [Grateful Dead] (Fudge Sandwich)

RY COODER: “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” [Blind Willie Johnson] (The Prodigal Son)

CHARLES LLOYD & THE MARVELS + LUCINDA WILLIAMS: “Angel” [Jimi Hendrix] (Vanished Gardens)

JOAN SHELLEY: “Time Has Told Me” [Nick Drake] (V.A.:Mojo Presents Green Leaves. Nick Drake Covered)

PRINCE: “Mary Don’t You Weep” [Trad.] (Piano & A Microphone 1983)

WILLIE NELSON: “It Was A Very Good Year” [Frank Sinatra] (My Way)

WILL OLDHAM: “Strange Affair” [Richard & Linda Thompson] (Songs of Love and Horror)

MARIANNE FAITHFULL: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” [Bob Dylan] (Negative Capability)

VAN MORRISON: “Dimples” [John Lee Hooker] (The Prophet Speaks)

DEAN WAREHAM / CHEVAL SOMBRE: “Grand Canyon” [The Magnetic Fields] (Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre)

PHIL COOK: “He Gives Us All His Love” [Randy Newman] (People Are My Drug)

MODEL ROCKETS: “I Don’t Know What I Want” [Raspberries] (Are Back)

THE SKIFFLE PLAYERS: “Slippin’ And Slidin’” [Little Richard] (Piffle Sayers)

CANDI STATON: “(What’s so Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding” [Nick Lowe] (Unstoppable)

BETTYE LAVETTE: “Going, Going, Gone” [Bob Dylan] (Things Have Changed)

TONY JOE WHITE: “Heartbreak Hotel” [Elvis Presley] (Bad Mouthin’)

CHRIS SMITHER: “Maybelline” [Chuck Berry] (Call Me Lucky)

WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE: “Hot, Blue And Righteous” [ZZ Top] (Kilonova)

BILLY F. GIBBONS: “Bring It To Jerome” [Bo Diddley] (The Big Bad Blues)

THE BREEDERS: “Archangel’s Thunderbird” [Amon Düül] (All Nerve)

SHEMEKIA COPELAND: “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” [The Kinks] (America’s Child)

12 formidables discos geográficamente próximos publicados en 2018:

THE LIMIÑANAS: Shadow People

LOS HERMANOS CUBERO: Quique dibuja la tristeza

INVISIBLE HARVEY: No es justo que llegues ahora

JONSTON: Los sentimientos

NIÑO DE ELCHE: Antologia del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo

LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID: Consagración

NACHO VEGAS: Violética

FERNANDO ALFARO: Sangre en los surcos

ROSALÍA: El mal querer

MARIA RODÉS: Eclíptica

ATOM RHUMBA: Cosmic Lexicon

LA PLATA: Desorden

32 estimulantes discos publicados en 2017 que he descubierto en 2018:

JOSÉ IGNACIO LAPIDO: El alma dormida

CYANIDE PILLS: Sliced And Diced

BETTE SMITH: Jetlagger

LUKAS NELSON: Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

NADIA REID: Preservation

DON BRYANT: Don’t Give Up On Love

COLORAMA: Some Things Just Take Time

MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BAND: Adiós Señor Pussycat

JEN CLOHER: Jen Cloher

PARSON RED HEADS: Blurred Harmony

OMNI: Multi-Task

BONNY DOON: Bonny Doon

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD: Barefoot In The Head

NICOLE ATKINS: Goodnight Rhonda Lee

RON GALLO: Heavy Meta

KAMASI WASHINGTON: Harmony of Difference

DAVID RAWLINGS: Poor David’s Almanack

KACY & CLAYTON: The Siren’s Song

CHAIN & THE GANG: Experimental Music

NICK GARRIE: The Moon and The Village

PETER HAMMILL: From The Trees

SLOW DANCER: In A Mood

VAN MORRISON: Versatile

WIRE: Silver / Lead

BIZNAGA: Sentido del Espectáculo

THE FRESH & ONLYS: Wolf Lie Down

JOE HENRY: Thrum

ELLIOTT MURPHY: Prodigal Son

MOLLY BURCH: Please Be Mine

KING KRULE: The Ooz

IFRIQIYYA ELECTRIQUE: Rûwâhîne

SENIOR I EL COR BRUTAL: Valenciana Vol. 1

Otros 14 valiosos discos de esta década que he descubierto en 2018:

JULIA JACKLIN: Don’t Let The Kids Win (2016)

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI: Mature Themes (2012)

CAR SEAT HEADREST: Twin Fantasy (2011)

LORDE: Pure Heroine (2013)

RICHARD JAMES: We Went Riding (2010)

TRUMMORS: Moorish Highway (2014)

SAM AMIDON: I See the Sign (2010)

TEX PERKINS & THE DARK HORSES: Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses (2011)

BRYAN ESTEPA: Heart Vs Mind (2013)

STEVE MASON: Meet The Humans (2016)

DYLAN LEBLANC: Cautionary Tale (2015)

TOMMY KEENE: Excitement At Your Feet (2013)

THE CRAYON FIELDS: No One Deserves You (2015)

THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT: 2011: A Space Odyssey (2011)

21 apasionantes discos de la década pasada que he descubierto en 2018:

EUGENE EDWARDS: My Favorite Revolution (2004)

THE CLIENTELE: Strange Geometry (2005)

RICHARD SWIFT: The Atlantic Ocean (2009)

MODEST MOUSE: The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

BARDO POND: Dilate (2001)

BARK PSYCHOSIS: Codename: Dustsucker (2004)

THE HIGH LLAMAS: Beet, Maize & Corn (2003)

BEULAH: The Coast Is Never Clear (2001)

SUSANNA: Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos (2007)

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: Sung Tongs (2004)

THE MOUNTAIN GOADOS: Get Lonely (2006)

JONI MITCHELL: Both Sides Now (2000)

CHRIS BROKAW: Incredible Love (2006)

THE MOVIES: In One Era Out The Other (2002)

JEREMY ENIGK: Vale Oso (2009)

ERIC MATTHEWS: The Imagination Stage (2008)

TEDDY THOMPSON: Upfront and Down Low (2007)

FUTURE OF THE LEFT: Travels With Myself And Another (2009)

FRIGHTENED RABBIT: The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)

THE WHIPSAWS: 60 Watt Avenue (2008)

THE JAZZ BUTCHER CONSPIRACY: Cake City (2001)

13 brillantes discos de los noventa que he descubierto en 2018:

BARK PSYCHOSIS: Hex (1994) TALK TALK: Laughing Stock (1991) ACETONE: Cindy (1993) GLENN BRANCA: Symphony no. 2 (1992) [1982]

URGE OVERKILL: Saturation (1993) BOREDOMS: Vision Creation Newsun (1999) GRANDADDY: Under The Western Freeway (1997) BILL FRISELL: Nashville (1997)

THE CAVEDOGS: Joyrides for Shut-Ins (1990) JULIANA HATFIELD: Hey Babe (1992) GASTR DEL SOL: Camoufleur (1998) CODEINE: Barely Real (1992)

JOHN CALE: Paris s'éveille (1993)

15 fabulosos discos de los ochenta que he descubierto en 2018:

CLEANERS FROM VENUS: Living With Victoria Grey (1986)

MISSION OF BURMA: Signals, Calls, And Marches (1981)

A CERTAIN RATIO: The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1980) THE WILD POPPIES: Heroine (1987)

THIN WHITE ROPE: Moonhead (1987)

THE PALE FOUNTAINS: Pacific Street (1984)

THE NECESSARIES: Event Horizon (1982)

THE BRILLIANT CORNERS: Growing Up Absurd (1982)

ROBERT WYATT: Nothing Can Stop Us (1982)

KETAMA / TOUMANI DIABATE / DANNY THOMPSON: Songhai (1989)

THE TIMES: This Is London (1983)

THE MOTELS: Careful (1980)

THE PANDORAS: It's About Time (1984)

THE MIRACLE WORKERS: Inside Out (1985)

THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS: Butt Rockin’ (1981)

31 magníficos discos de los setenta que he descubierto en 2018:

CURTIS MAYFIELD: Roots (1971) PHILAMORE LINCOLN: The North Wind Blew South (1970)

CLARENCE CARTER: Patches (1970)

THE CHI-LITES: A Lonely Man (1972)

THOMAS F. BROWNE: Wednesday’s Child (1971)

CHRIS DARROW: Artist Proof (1972)

MARC JONSON: Years (1972)

GEORGE JONES: Memories Of Us (1975)

ABBA: The Album (1977)

ZUIDER ZEE: Zeenith (1975)

GAL COSTA: Índia (1973)

COCKNEY REBEL: The Human Menagerie (1973)

CAETANO VELOSO: Transa (1972)

WAYLON JENNINGS: Good Hearted Woman (1972)

DAVE EVANS: The Words in Between (1971)

MICHAEL NESMITH & THE FIRST NATIONAL BAND: Loose Salute (1970)

JESSE ED DAVIS: Ululu (1972)

JACKSON BROWNE: Jackson Browne (1972)

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY: Geronimo’s Cadillac (1972)

TONY JOE WHITE: Tony Joe White (1971)

JERRY JEFF WALKER: Viva Terlingua! (1973)

QUICK: Mondo Deco (1976)

MINNIE RIPERTON: Perfect Angel (1974)

FUNKADELIC: America Eados Its Young (1972)

BILL JERPE: Bill Jerpe (1970)

TERRY DOLAN: Terry Dolan (1972)

SECRET AFFAIR: Glory Boys (1979)

THE STEVE MILLER BAND: Rock Love (1971)

PAT TRAVERS BAND: Live. Go For What You Know (1979)

ANNE BRIGGS: The Time Has Come (1971)

VAINICA DOBLE: Contracorriente (1976)

32 clásicos indispensables que he descubierto en 2018:

ARETHA FRANKLIN: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)

THE TEMPTATIONS: With A Lot O’ Soul (1967)

JAMES CARR: You Got My Mind Messed Up (1967)

ORNETTE COLEMAN: The Shape Of Jazz To Come (1959)

DAVID ACKLES: David Ackles (1968)

ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: Moanin’ (1958)

DOUG DILLARD & GENE CLARK: The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark (1968)

WAYNE SHORTER: Speak No Evil (1966)

JORGE BEN: Jorge Ben (1969)

ALEXIS KORNER’S BLUES INCORPORATED: R&B from the Marquee (1962)

DAVID RUFFIN: My Whole World Ended (1969)

MALVINA REYNOLDS: Sings The Truth (1967)

MOSE ALLISON: I Don’t Worry About a Thing (1962)

BUDDY GUY: A Man & The Blues (1968)

MARGO GURYAN: Take a Picture (1968)

THE HORACE SILVER QUINTET: Song For My Father (1964)

THE VENTURES: Another Smash!!! (1961)

THE RONETTES: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)

THE YOUNG RASCALS: The Young Rascals (1966)

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS: Everybody Needs Love (1967)

PHAROAH SANDERS: Spiritual Unity (1965)

ESQUIVEL AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Other Worlds, Other Sounds (1958)

BILLY NICHOLS: Would You Believe (1968)

CANNED HEAT: Boogie With Canned Heat (1968)

ALBERT AYLER TRIO: Karma (1969)

THE MONKEES: Instant Replay (1969)

THE NEW TWEEDY BROTHERS: The New Tweedy Brothers (1968)

JACQUES BREL: Jacques Brel et ses chansons (1955)

DOLLY PARTON: Hello, I’m Dolly (1967)

BADEN POWELL: Tristeza On Guitar (1966)

RANDY HOLDEN: Population II (1969)

SAM COOKE / THE GOSPEL HARMONETTES / THE ORIGINAL BLIND BOYS: I Thank God (1960)

30 discos recopilatorios que me han hecho grata compañía durante 2018:

JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: Greatest Hits (2010) [1981/2009]

JOHN COLTRANE: Both Directions At Once. The Lost Album (2018) [1963]

HÜSKER DÜ: Savage Young Dü (2018) [1979/1982]

DEAD MOON: Echoes of the Past (2006) [1988/2003]

PHIL SEYMOUR: Prince of Power Pop (2018) [1980/1982]

BOB DYLAN: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981 (2018) [1979/1981]

NEIL YOUNG: Roxy. Tonight’s the night live (2018) [1973]

ALICE COLTRANE: The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane. Turiyasangitananda (2018) [1982/1995]

BRENDA HOLLOWAY: Spellbound: Rare And Unreleased Motown Gems (2018) [1963/1966]

JUDEE SILL: Songs of Rapture and Redemption Rarities & Live (2018) [1971/1973]

OSCAR PETERSON: My Personal Choice (1999) [1968/1969]

GRAHAM NASH: Over The Years (2018) [1968/2016]

REAGAN YOUTH: A Collection Of Pop Classics (1994) [1983/1984]

DAEVID ALLEN: The Man From Gong. The Best of Daevid Allen (2006) [1967/1986]

FADOS DOMINO: Walking To New Orleans. 68 Original All-Time Classics (2018) [1949/1962]

V.A. (The Marcels, Dion, The Drifters...): The Very Best of Doo Wop. 55 Original All-Time Classics (2018) [1953/1962]

BIG MAMA THORNTON: Hound Dog. The Peacock Recordings (1992) [1952/1957]

JOY DIVISION: Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 (2001) [1979]

GOLDEN SMOG: Stay Golden, Smog. The Best Of Golden Smog - The Rykodisc Years (2008) [1995/1998]

TELEVISION PERSONALITIES: Beautiful Despair (2018) [1990/1991]

THE SHANGRI-LAS: Leader Of The Pack (2010) [1963/1966]

JIMI HENDRIX: Both Sides of the Sky (2018) [1968/1970]

MARY WELLS: Something New - Motown Lost & Found (2012) [1961/1964]

TIM BUCKLEY: Venice Mating Call (2018) [1969]

JOHNNY HALLYDAY: Mes Jeunes Années (2000) [1960/1961]

FRANCE GALL: Made in France: France Gall’s Baby Pop (2012) [1964/1968]

V.A. (Agnetha Fältskog, Mak Les Soeurs, Plommons...): The Girls Want The Boys! Sweden’s Beat Girls (2016) [1964/1968]

ALBERT COLLINS: At Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall (2018) [1980]

TERRY REID: The Other Side Of The River (2016) [1971/1973]

V.A. (Superelvis, Agustí Martínez, Macromassa...): Sense prefix (2018) [1981/1991]

31 joyas que he revisitado en 2018:

THE REPLACEMENTS: Let It Be (1984) MILES DAVIS: In A Silent Way (1969) DAVID BOWIE: Scary Monsters (1980) MINOR THREAT: Complete Discography (1989) [1981/1983]

MINK DEVILLE: Cabretta (1977) KRAFTWERK: Trans-Europe Express (1977) THE SOFT MACHINE: Volumes One And Two (1968/1969) MUDDY WATERS: Hard Again (1977) MC5: Kick Out The Jams (1969) WARREN ZEVON: Warren Zevon (1976) RICKIE LEE JONES: Pirates (1981) JOHN CALE: Vintage Violence (1970) BEAT HAPPENING: Jamboree (1988) LEE MORGAN: The Sidewinder (1963) IAN HUNTER: Welcome To The Club (1980) KILBURN AND THE HIGH-ROADS: Handsome (1975) NRBQ: NRBQ (1969) RANDY NEWMAN: 12 songs (1970) THE BOO RADLEYS: Giant Steps (1993) VELVET CRUSH: Teenage Symphonies To God (1994) ROYAL TRUX: Thank You (1995) DINOSAUR JR: Bug (1988) THE DB’S: Repercussion (1982) PETER TOSH: Legalize it (1976)

TALKING HEADS: Speaking in Tongues (1983)

AL GREEN: I’m Still In Love With You (1972)

JOSH ROUSE: 1972 (2003) THE SMITHEREENS: Especially For You (1986)

MINUTEMEN: 3-Way Tie (For Last) (1985) ELVIS PERKINS: Ash Wednesday (2007) DANNY & DUSTY: The Lost Weekend (1985)

15 discos esenciales que he recuperado en 2018 vía generosas reediciones:

ROY ORBISON: At The Rock House (1961, reed. 2009)

THE STYLE COUNCIL: Our Favourite Shop (1985, reed. 2007)

ELVIS COSTELLO: Armed Forces (1979, reed. 2002)

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS: Child Is Father To The Man (1968, reed. 2000)

CHUCK BERRY: After School Session (1957, reed. 2007)

LED ZEPPELIN: Led Zeppelin I (1969, reed. 2014)

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE: Crown of Creation (1968, reed. 2003)

COUNT FIVE: Psychotic Reaction (1966, reed. 1992)

R.E.M.: Automatic For The People (1992, reed. 2018)

LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Street Survivors (1977, reed. 2001)

SIMPLE MINDS: Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call (1981, reed. 2012)

TRAFFIC: Mr. Fantasy (1967, reed. 2007)

SPIRIT: The Family That Plays Together (1968, reed. 1996)

THE SAINTS: (I’m) Stranded (1977, reed. 2007)

JEFF BECK: Truth (1968, reed. 2005)

6 lecturas melómanas que he devorado en 2018:

MICHAEL AZERRAD: Nuestro grupo podría ser tu vida. Escenas del Indie Underground norteamericano 1981/1991 (2001; Contra, 2013)

ELVIS COSTELLO: Música infiel y tinta invisible (2015; Malpaso, 2016)

STEPHEN MERRITT & THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: The Book of Love. 100 canciones (Contra, 2012)

JOHNNY CASH: Man in Black. Su propia historia en sus propias palabras (1975; Acuarela, 2016)

JERRY WEIR: Cosmic Charlie (66 RPM, 2018)

ERIC SPITZNAGEL: En busca de los discos perdidos (Old Records Never Die) (2016; Contra, 2018)

17 memorables conciertos que he presenciado durante 2018:

DAVID BYRNE (Parc del Fórum, BCN, Cruïlla, 14/7)

THE DREAM SYNDICATE (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (Masia d’en Cabanyes, Vilanova, Vida, 30/6)

MATTHEW SWEET (Upload, BCN, 13/12)

CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6)

ELVIS COSTELLO (Jardins de Pedralbes, BCN, 20/6)

THE FLESHTONES (Marula Café, BCN, 15/2)

THE BEASTS OF BOURBON (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6)

CYANIDE PILLS + THE RUBINOOS (La [2] d’Apolo, BCN, 3/11)

THE GOON SAX (Vol, BCN, 6/10)

OS MUTANTES (Upload, BCN, 26/5)

FATOUMATA DIAWARA (Parc del Fórum, BCN, Cruïlla, 14/7)

ALBERT PLA (Masia d’en Cabanyes, Vilanova, Vida, 30/6)

GLUECIFER (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6)

WARMDUSCHER (Pl. Joan Coromines, BCN, BAM, 23/9)

NICOLE ATKINS (Rocksound, BCN, 22/9)

INVISIBLE HARVEY (Sidecar, BCN, 17/11)

11 solventes versiones que he cazado en directo durant 2018:

RONNIE SPECTOR: “You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory” (Johnny Thunders) [Apolo, BCN, 18/6]

JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS: “Everyday People” (Sly & The Family Stone) [Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6]

MC50: “I Can Only Give You Everything” (Them) [Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6]

KELLEY STOLTZ: “See No Evil” (Television) [Sidecar, BCN, 6/3]

MOTT THE HOOPLE: “Sweet Jane” (The Velvet Underground) [Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6]

VAN MORRISON: “I Can Tell” (Bo Diddley) [Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6]

BART DAVENPORT: “Bachelor Kisses” (The Go-Betweens) [Masia d’en Cabanyes, Vilanova, Vida, 30/6]

EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: “Steppin’ Stone” (The Monkees) [Marula Café, BCN, 3/5]

THE MANI-LAS: “Sex Beat” (The Gun Club) [Av. Paral·lel, BCN, BAM, 23/9]

NUEVO CATECISMO CATÓLICO: “Sonic Reducer” (Dead Boys) [Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 23/6]

MASCLANS: “Refugee” (Tom Petty) [La [2] de Apolo, BCN, 7/3]

17 recomendables documentales (más o menos) musicales que he visto en 2018:

THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE (Kriv Stenders, 2018)

BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES [Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey…] (Sophie Huber, 2018)

MY GENERATION [The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones…] (David Batty, 2018)

THE KING [ELVIS PRESLEY] (Eugene Jarecki, 2018)

HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION (Sophie Huber, 2012)

MARLEY [BOB MARLEY] (Kevin Macdonald, 2012)

YO SOY LA RUMBA [PERET] (Paloma Zapata, 2018)

ATRAPADOS POR LA SERPIENTE [CANCER MOON] (Álvaro Fierro, Ibon Ibarlucea, 2018)

COCKSUCKER BLUES [THE ROLLING STONES] (Robert Frank, 1972)

DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF RADIO BIRDMAN (Jonathan Sequeira, 2018)

BAD REPUTATION. A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JOAN JETT (Kevin Kersleke, 2018)

HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS (William E. Badgley, 2018)

GLASTONBURY [Pulp, Joe Strummer, Ray Davies...] (Julien Temple, 2006)

CALLAS [MARIA CALLAS] (Tony Palmer, 1988)

ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING [NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ] (Andrew Dominik, 2016)

RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS [Lee "Scratch" Perry, Desmond Dekker, Bob & Marcia…] (Nicolas Jack Davies, 2018)

DISCULPIN LES MOLÈSTIES [EL SOBRINO DEL DIABLO] (Nando Caballero, 2018)

10 selectos conciertos que he visto en casa durante 2018:

THE GUN CLUB: La Edad de Oro, Madrid (13-11-1984)

MARVIN GAYE: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival (7-7-1980)

KING CRIMSON: Live in Japan (Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokio, 5/6-10-1995)

JERRY LEE LEWIS: Live From Austin Tx. Austin City Limits (17-10-1983)

MUDDY WATERS BAND: In Concert 1976 (Europa, 1976)

DEXTER GORDON QUARTET: Live at the Maintenance Shop (San Francisco, 1979)

THE HEARTBREAKERS (WALTER LURE, TOMMY STINSON, WAYNE KRAMER, CLEM BURKE): L.A.M.F. Live At The Bowery Electric (Nueva York, 15/16-11-2016)

CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET: The Complete 1964 Oslo Concert (University Aula, Oslo, 12-4-1964)

MERLE HAGGARD: Workin’ Man. Live at the Cheyenne Saloon (Orlando, 1983)

BUD POWELL: In Europe (París, 1959; Copenhague, 1962)

27 excelentes películas estrenadas en nuestros cines durante 2018:

Paul Thomas Anderson: EL HILO INVISIBLE (2018)

Paul Schrader: EL REVERENDO (2018)

Nobuhiro Suwa: EL LEÓN DUERME ESTA NOCHE (2018) Richard Linklater: LA ÚLTIMA BANDERA (2018)

Alice Rohrwacher: LAZZARO FELIZ (2018)

Martin McDonagh: TRES ANUNCIOS EN LAS AFUERAS (2018)

Sean Baker: THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2018)

Philippe Garrel: AMANTE POR UN DÍA (2018)

Pedro Pinho: LA FÁBRICA DE NADA (2018)

Mathieu Amalric: BARBARA (2018)

Agnès Varda, JR: CARAS Y LUGARES (2018)

Hong Sangsoo: LA CÁMARA DE CLAIRE (2018)

Valeska Grisebach: WESTERN (2018)

Hirokazu Koreeda: UN ASUNTO DE FAMILIA (2018)

Isaki Lacuesta: ENTRE DOS AGUAS (2018)

Lucrecia Martel: ZAMA (2018)

Ari Aster: HEREDITARY (2018)

Wes Anderson: ISLA DE PERROS (2018)

Claire Denis: UN SOL INTERIOR (2018)

Carlos Vermut: QUIÉN TE CANTARÁ (2018)

Serge Bozon: MADAME HYDE (2018)

Lee Chang-Dong: BURNING (2018)

John Carroll Lynch: LUCKY (2018)

Craig Gillespie: YO, TONYA (2018)

Greta Gerwig: LADY BIRD (2018)

Jacques Doillon: RODIN (2018)

Steven Spielberg: LOS ARCHIVOS DEL PENTÁGONO (2018)

14 notables películas estrenadas en 2017 que he visto en 2018:

Julia Ducornau: CRUDO (2016)

Bruno Dumont: LA ALTA SOCIEDAD (MA LOUTE) (2016) Woody Allen: WONDER WHEEL (2018)

Darren Aronofsky: MADRE! (2018) Cristi Puiu: SIERANEVADA (2016)

Anne Biller: THE LOVE WITCH (2016)

Manuel Martín Cuenca: EL AUTOR (2018)

James Franco: THE DISASTER ARTIST (2018)

Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina: COCO (2018)

Emiliano Torres: EL INVIERNO (2016)

Alexander Payne: UNA VIDA A LO GRANDE (2018)

Ildikó Enyedi: EN CUERPO Y ALMA (2018)

Anahí Berneri: ALANIS (2018)

Pablo Berger: ABRACADABRA (2018)

Otras 18 estimulantes películas de este siglo que he descubierto en 2018:

Arnaud Desplechin: REYES Y REINA (2004)

Kelly Reichardt: CERTAIN WOMEN (VIDAS DE MUJER) (2016)

Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson: THE GREEN FOG (2018)

Corneliu Porumboi: POLITIST, ADJECTIV (2009)

Amat Escalante: HELI (2013) Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern: AALTRA (2004)

Ermanno Olmi: CIEN CLAVOS (2007)

Robert Altman: GOSFORD PARK (2001)

Jason Reitman: YOUNG ADULT (2011)

Manoel de Oliveira: EL EXTRAÑO CASO DE ANGÉLICA (2010)

Hong Sangsoo: THE DAY AFTER (2018)

Pedro Aguilera: LA INFLUENCIA (2007)

Pedro Almodóvar: HABLE CON ELLA (2002)

Peter Strickland: BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012)

Matt Reeves: MONSTRUOSO (2008)

Hirokazu Koreeda: DESPUÉS DE LA TORMENTA (2016)

Guillermo del Toro: EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (2006)

Bernardo Bertolucci: SOÑADORES (2003)

17 estupendas películas de los setenta, ochenta y noventa que he descubierto en 2018:

Claire Denis: BEAU TRAVAIL (1999) Andrzej Zulawski: LA POSESIÓN (1981) Agnès Varda: UNA CANTA, LA OTRA NO (1977) Marguerite Duras: INDIA SONG (1975) Paul Schrader: HARDCORE, UN MUNDO OCULTO (1979) Hal Ashby: EL ÚLTIMO DEBER (1973) Agnès Varda: SIN TECHO NI LEY (1985) Elem Klimov: VEN Y MIRA (MASACRE) (1985)

Pere Portabella: INFORME GENERAL SOBRE ALGUNAS CUESTIONES DE INTERÉS PARA UNA PROYECCIÓN PÚBLICA (1977)

Jean-Luc Godard: GRANDEZA Y DECADENCIA DE UN PEQUEÑO COMERCIO DE CINE (1986)

Nicolas Roeg: CONTRATIEMPO (1980)

Akira Kurosawa: KAGEMUSHA (1980)

Elio Petri: LA CLASE OBRERA VA AL PARAÍSO (1971) Patrice Chéreau: LA REINA MARGOT (1994)

François Truffaut: VIVAMENTE EL DOMINGO (1983)

Jerzy Skolimowski: TRABAJO CLANDESTINO (1982)

David Hemmings: GIGOLO (JUST A GIGOLO) (1978)

15 magnícas películas de los sesenta que he descubierto en 2018:

Agnès Varda: CLÉO DE 5 À 7 (1962) Agnès Varda: LA FELICIDAD (1965) Don Siegel: BRIGADA HOMICIDA (MADIGAN) (1968) Jerzy Kawalerowicz: MADRE JUANA DE LOS ÁNGELES (1961) Ingmar Bergman: ESAS MUJERES (1964)

Vilgot Sjöman: SOY CURIOSA - AMARILLO / SOY CURIOSA - AZUL (1967/1968)

Paul Morrissey: FLESH (1968)

Pier Paolo Pasolini: MEDEA (1969)

Roger Vadim: BARBARELLA (1968)

Michael Reeves: CUANDO LAS BRUJAS ARDEN (EL INQUISIDOR) (1968)

Jean-Pierre Melville: LÉON MORIN, SACERDOTE (1961) Bernardo Bertolucci: LA COMMARE SECCA (1962) Alain Robbe-Grillet: EL HOMBRE QUE MIENTE (1968) Roy Boulting: NERVIOS ROTOS (1968)

John Gilling: LA CARNE Y EL DEMONIO (1960)

14 sensacionales películas de los cincuenta que he descubierto en 2018:

Mikio Naruse: LA VOZ DE LA MONTAÑA (1954)

Satjayit Ray: EL SALÓ DE MÚSICA (1958)

Nicholas Ray: MÁS PODEROSO QUE LA VIDA (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi: EL DESTINO DE LA SEÑORA YUKI (1950) Ermanno Olmi: EL TIEMPO SE HA DETENIDO (1959) Jacques Becker: LOS AMANTES DE MONTPARNASSE (1958) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger: LOS CUENTOS DE HOFFMANN (1951)

Raoul Walsh: LOS IMPLACABLES (1955)

Joseph H. Lewis: ODIO CONTRA ODIO (1957)

Ishirô Honda: GODZILLA. JAPÓN BAJO EL TERROR DEL MONSTRUO (1954)

William Wyler: LA GRAN PRUEBA (1956) Terence Fisher: EL PERRO DE LOS BASKERVILLE (1959)

Phil Karlson: LOS HERMANOS RICO (1957)

Maxwell Shane: THE GLASS WALL (1953)

18 clásicos que he descubierto en 2018:

Jean Epstein: EL HUNDIMIENTO DE LA CASA USHER (1928)

Jean Renoir: LA MARSELLESA (1938)

Roberto Rossellini: PAISÀ (1946)

Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid: MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943)

Robert Hamer: SIEMPRE LLUEVE EN DOMINGO (1947)

Rouben Mamoulian: ÁMAME ESTA NOCHE (1932) Jean Grémillon: REMORQUES (1941)

Carl Theodore Dreyer: LOS ESTIGMATIZADOS (1922)

David Lean: AMIGOS APASIONADOS (1949)

Leo McCarey: NOBLEZA OBLIGA (1935)

Preston Sturges: SALVE, HÉROE VICTORIOSO (1944)

Kenji Mizoguchi: HERMANAS DE GION (1936)

André Malraux: SIERRA DE TERUEL (1939)

Karl Freund: LAS MANOS DE ORLAC (1935)

D. W. Griffith: TRUE HEART SUZIE (1919)

Réné Clair: VIVA LA LIBERTAD (1931)

Clarence Brown: ANNA CHRISTIE (1930)

King Vidor: LA CIUDADELA (1938)

22 joyas que he recuperado en 2018:

Francis Ford Coppola: EL PADRINO (1972) Francis Ford Coppola: EL PADRINO. 2ª PARTE (1974) Leos Carax: MALA SANGRE (1986) Akira Kurosawa: RASHOMON (1950) John Ford: ¡QUÉ VERDE ERA MI VALLE! (1941) Stanley Kubrick: ESPARTACO (1960) King Vidor: THE CROWD (Y EL MUNDO MARCHA) (1928) William Friedkin: EL EXORCISTA (1973) Terence Fisher: LA MALDICIÓN DE FRANKENSTEIN (1957) Franklin J. Schaffner: EL PLANETA DE LOS SIMIOS (1968) Charles Chaplin: EL CIRCO (1928) Fritz Lang: SÓLO SE VIVE UNA VEZ (1937) Howard Hawks: EL SUEÑO ETERNO (1946) Alfred Hitchcock: ATRAPA A UN LADRÓN (1955) Bertrand Tavernier: ROUND MIDNIGHT (1986) Orson Welles: UNA HISTORIA INMORTAL (1968) Luis Buñuel: DIARIO DE UNA CAMARERA (1964) Carlos Saura: CRÍA CUERVOS (1976) Lindsay Anderson: IF…. (1968) Todd Haynes: LEJOS DEL CIELO (2002)

Peter Bogdanovich: TARGETS (1968)

Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins: WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

2 extraordinarias series de televisión que he visto en 2018:

[Rod Serling]: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Temporadas 1, 2 y 3, 102 episodios) (1959/1962)

[David Chase]: LOS SOPRANO (Serie completa, 6 temporadas, 86 episodios) (1999/2007)

15 cómics que he disfrutado durante 2018:

KAZUO KAMIMURA: El club del divorcio (2 vols.) (1974/1975; ECC, 2018)

HUGO PRATT: Corto Maltés: Mû (1988; Norma, 2008)

OLIVIER SCHRAUWEN: Arsène Schrauwen (3 vols.) (2012/2015; Fulgencio Pimentel, 2014/2018)

GEORGE HERRIMAN: Krazy Kat 1936-1937 (1936/1937; Norma, 1996)

H.G. OESTERHELD / F. SOLANO LÓPEZ: El eternauta. Segunda parte (1976/1978; Norma, 2011)

PETER BAGGE: Fire!! La historia de Zora Neale Hurston (La Cúpula, 2018)

JOANN SFAR: El gato del rabino. 6. No tendrás otro dios aparte de mí (2015; Norma, 2018)

EMMANUEL GUIBERT: Martha y Alan (2016; Salamandra, 2018)

JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ, FANNY MARÍN: Estrella distante, de Roberto Bolaño (Random Comics, 2018)

RENÉ GOSCINNY / ALBERT UDERZO: El combat de caps (1966; Pilote, 1976)

YOSHIHARU TSUGE: La mujer de al lado (1985; Gallo Nero, 2018)

BASTIEN VIVÈS: Una hermana (Diábolo, 2018)

CARLOS GIMÉNEZ: Crisálida (Reservoir Boooks, 2016)

DAVID SÁNCHEZ: Un millón de años (Astiberri, 2018) JOSEP MARIA BEÀ: La muralla (1983/2018; Trilita, 2018)

17 libros que me han atrapado durante 2018:

JOHN DOS PASSOS: Paralelo 42 (1930; Edhasa, 2006)

JOAN SALES: Incerta glòria (1956/1971; Club Editor, 2012)

JANE AUSTEN: Mansfield Park (1814; Alba Minus, 2014)

VLADIMIR NABOKOV: Foc pàl·lid (1962; La Magrana, 2014)

ANTONIO DI BENEDETTO: Zama (1956; Adriana Hidalgo editora, 2018)

RYÛNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA: Rashômon i altres contes (1915/1923; Edicions de 1984, 2016)

CARMEN MARTÍN GAITE: Cuentos completos (1978; Alianza, 2015)

RAYMOND CHANDLER: El sueño eterno (1939; Alianza, 2002)

HAROLD PINTER: Engany (1978, Arola, 2001)

ADOLFO BIOY CASARES: Una muñeca rusa / Un campeón desparejo (1991/1993; Círculo, 1994)

PU SONGLING: Contes estranys del pavelló dels lleures (1670/1690; Quaderns Crema, 2001)

MARCEL PROUST: Los placeres y los días (1896; Alianza, 2007)

GEORGES PEREC: Especies de espacios (1974; Montesinos, 2003)

MARGUERITE DURAS: El amante (1984; El País, 2002)

EUGENE O’NEILL: Largo viaje hacia la noche (1956; Cátedra, 2005)

ALPHONSE ALLAIS: Història del petit Stephen Girard (1891/1905; E.R. Edicions Catalanes, 1983)

HUGO PRATT: El deseo de ser inútil. Recuerdos y reflexiones. Conversaciones con Dominique Petitfaux (1991; Confluencias, 2012)