UN GRAPAT DE TRESORS QUE M’HAN ALEGRAT EL 2018:
[Instruccions d’ús: 1) Es tracta de llistes totalment subjectives, ordenades de més a menys segons el nivell d’impacte que m’ha provocat cada referència. 2) Desglosso la llista de discos del 2018 en elapés, cançons i versions per mirar de fer-ho menys llarg, però òbviament els discos de la segona i tercera llista (especialment els dels primers llocs) podrien estar a la primera i viceversa. El mateix val per la llista de concerts. 3) Totes les obres d’aquestes llistes em semblen absolutament recomanables, encara que no siguin necessàriament les millors dels seus autors, sinó simplement les que m’han acompanyat durant els últims dotze mesos. 4) Espero que gaudiu descobrint o retrobant un bon grapat de joies.]
JC Badlands aka Arnold Layne ( @EbonyWhite)
66 excitants elapés publicats el 2018:
THE BEVIS FROND: We're Your Friends, Man ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Hope Downs TROPICAL FUCK STORM: Laughing Death in Meatspace JANELLE MONÁE: Dirty Computer 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 SWEATS: 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 esplendoroses cançons d’uns altres 40 destacables discos publicats el 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 reeixides versions incloses en uns altres 23 estimables discos publicats el 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 geogràficament propers publicats el 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 estimulants discos publicats el 2017 que he descobert el 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
Uns altres 14 valuosos discos d’aquesta dècada que he descobert el 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 apassionants discos de la dècada passada que he descobert el 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 GOATS: 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 brillants discos dels 90 que he descobert el 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 dels 80 que he descobert el 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 magnífics discos dels setanta que he descobert el 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 Eats 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 clàssics indispensables que he descobert el 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 recopilatoris que m’han fet grata companyia durant el 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 (2017) [1979/1982] DEAD MOON: Echoes of the Past (2006) [1988/2003] PHIL SEYMOUR: Prince of Power Pop (2017) [1980/1982] BOB DYLAN: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981 (2017) [1979/1981] NEIL YOUNG: Roxy. Tonight’s the night live (2018) [1973] ALICE COLTRANE: The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane. Turiyasangitananda (2017) [1982/1995] BRENDA HOLLOWAY: Spellbound: Rare And Unreleased Motown Gems (2017) [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] FATS 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 (2017) [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 (2017) [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 (2017) [1980] TERRY REID: The Other Side Of The River (2016) [1971/1973] V.A. (Superelvis, Agustí Martínez, Macromassa...): Sense prefix (2018) [1981/1991]
31 joies que he retrobat el 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 essencials que he recuperat el 2018 via generoses reedicions:
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. 2017) 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 lectures melòmanes que he devorat el 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, 2017)
17 memorables concerts que he presenciat durant el 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 solvents versions que he caçat en directe durant el 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 recomanables documentals (més o menys) musicals que he vist el 2018:
THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE (Kriv Stenders, 2017) 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, 2017) THE KING [ELVIS PRESLEY] (Eugene Jarecki, 2017) 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, 2017) COCKSUCKER BLUES [THE ROLLING STONES] (Robert Frank, 1972) DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF RADIO BIRDMAN (Jonathan Sequeira, 2017) BAD REPUTATION. A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JOAN JETT (Kevin Kersleke, 2018) HERE TO BE HEARD: THE STORY OF THE SLITS (William E. Badgley, 2017) 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 selectes concerts que he vist a casa durant el 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, Tòquio, 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 (Nova 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; Copenhaguen, 1962)
27 excel·lents pel·lícules estrenades als nostres cinemes durant el 2018:
Paul Thomas Anderson: EL HILO INVISIBLE (2017) Paul Schrader: EL REVERENDO (2017) Nobuhiro Suwa: EL LEÓN DUERME ESTA NOCHE (2017) Richard Linklater: LA ÚLTIMA BANDERA (2017) Alice Rohrwacher: LAZZARO FELIZ (2018) Martin McDonagh: TRES ANUNCIOS EN LAS AFUERAS (2017) Sean Baker: THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) Philippe Garrel: AMANTE POR UN DÍA (2017) Pedro Pinho: LA FÁBRICA DE NADA (2017) Mathieu Amalric: BARBARA (2017) Agnès Varda, JR: CARAS Y LUGARES (2017) Hong Sangsoo: LA CÁMARA DE CLAIRE (2017) Valeska Grisebach: WESTERN (2017) Hirokazu Koreeda: UN ASUNTO DE FAMILIA (2018) Isaki Lacuesta: ENTRE DOS AGUAS (2018) Lucrecia Martel: ZAMA (2017) Ari Aster: HEREDITARY (2018) Wes Anderson: ISLA DE PERROS (2018) Claire Denis: UN SOL INTERIOR (2017) Carlos Vermut: QUIÉN TE CANTARÁ (2018) Serge Bozon: MADAME HYDE (2017) Lee Chang-Dong: BURNING (2018) John Carroll Lynch: LUCKY (2017) Craig Gillespie: YO, TONYA (2017) Greta Gerwig: LADY BIRD (2017) Jacques Doillon: RODIN (2017) Steven Spielberg: LOS ARCHIVOS DEL PENTÁGONO (2017)
14 notables pel·lícules estrenades el 2017 que he vist el 2018:
Julia Ducornau: CRUDO (2016) Bruno Dumont: LA ALTA SOCIEDAD (MA LOUTE) (2016) Woody Allen: WONDER WHEEL (2017) Darren Aronofsky: MADRE! (2017) Cristi Puiu: SIERANEVADA (2016) Anne Biller: THE LOVE WITCH (2016) Manuel Martín Cuenca: EL AUTOR (2017) James Franco: THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017) Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina: COCO (2017) Emiliano Torres: EL INVIERNO (2016) Alexander Payne: UNA VIDA A LO GRANDE (2017) Ildikó Enyedi: EN CUERPO Y ALMA (2017) Anahí Berneri: ALANIS (2017) Pablo Berger: ABRACADABRA (2017)
Unes altres 18 estimulants pel·lícules d’aquest segle que he descobert el 2018:
Arnaud Desplechin: REYES Y REINA (2004) Kelly Reichardt: CERTAIN WOMEN (VIDAS DE MUJER) (2016) Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson: THE GREEN FOG (2017) 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 (2017) 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 estupendes pel·lícules dels setanta, vuitanta i noranta que he descobert el 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 magníques pel·lícules dels seixanta que he descobert el 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 sensacionals pel·lícules dels cinquanta que he descobert el 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 DESTÍ DE LA SENYORA 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 clàssics que he descobert el 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: ELS ESTIGMATITZATS (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 joies que he recuperat el 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 extraordinàries sèries de televisió que he vist el 2018:
[Rod Serling]: THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Temporades 1, 2 i 3, 102 episodis) (1959/1962) [David Chase]: LOS SOPRANO (Sèrie completa, 6 temporades, 86 episodis) (1999/2007)
15 còmics que he gaudit durant el 2018:
KAZUO KAMIMURA: El club del divorcio (2 vols.) (1974/1975; ECC, 2017) HUGO PRATT: Corto Maltés: Mû (1988; Norma, 2008) OLIVIER SCHRAUWEN: Arsène Schrauwen (3 vols.) (2012/2015; Fulgencio Pimentel, 2014/2017) 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, 2017) JOANN SFAR: El gato del rabino. 6. No tendrás otro dios aparte de mí (2015; Norma, 2017) 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, 2017) BASTIEN VIVÈS: Una hermana (Diábolo, 2017) CARLOS GIMÉNEZ: Crisálida (Reservoir Boooks, 2016) DAVID SÁNCHEZ: Un millón de años (Astiberri, 2017) JOSEP MARIA BEÀ: La muralla (1983/2017; Trilita, 2017)
17 llibres que m’han atrapat durant el 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, 2017) 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)