UN GRAPAT DE TRESORS QUE M’HAN ALEGRAT EL 2015:
[Instruccions d’ús: 1) Es tracta de llistes subjectives, i estan ordenades de més a menys segons el nivell d’impacte que m’ha provocat cada ítem. 2) Desglosso la llista de discos del 2015 en elapés, cançons i versions per mirar de fer-ho menys pesat, 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)
55 excitants discos publicats el 2015: RYLEY WALKER: Primrose Green LOW: Ones and Sixes SLEATER-KINNEY: No Cities To Love EZRA FURMAN: Perpetual Motion People JULIA HOLTER: Have You In My Wilderness MATTHEW E. WHITE: Fresh Blood NATALIE PRASS: Natalie Prass TOBIAS JESSO JR.: Goon KAMASI WASHINGTON: The Epic COURTNEY BARNETT: Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR: Mystery Glue THE CHILLS: Silver Bullets BARNA HOWARD: Quite A Feelin' SUFJAN STEVENS: Carrie & Lowell SUN KIL MOON: Universal Themes ROBERT FORSTER: Songs To Play JIM O'ROURKE: Simple Songs THE MONOCHROME SET: Spaces Everywhere LAURA MARLING: Short Movie BUILT TO SPILL: Untethered Moon ELEVENTH DREAM DAY: Works for Tomorrow DICK DIVER: Melbourne, Florida SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE: Early Risers THE WAVE PICTURES: Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon NEW ORDER: Music Complete EXPERT ALTERATIONS: You Can't Always Be Liked JOANNA NEWSOM: Divers NAP EYES: Whine Of The Mystic JD MCPHERSON: Let The Good Times Roll JESSICA PRATT: On Your Own Love Again SAMANTHA CRAIN: Under Branch And Thorn And Tree DAYNA KURTZ: Rise And Fall THE DAMNWELLS: The Damnwells GOSPELBEACH: Pacific Surf Line JASON ISBELL: Something More Than Free EILEN JEWELL: Sundown Over Ghost Town JULIEN BAKER: Sprained Ankle FRASER A. GORMAN: Slow Gum ETHAN JOHNS WITH THE BLACK EYED DOGS: Silver Liner ULTIMATE PAINTING: Green Lanes J FERNANDEZ: Many Levels of Laughter JAILL: Brain Cream LOS LOBOS: Gates Of Gold PASCAL COMELADE + LES LIMIÑANAS: Traité de guitarres triolectiques SONGHOY BLUES: Music in Exile DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE: Nashville Obsolete STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: Terraplane RICHARD HAWLEY: Hollow Meadows VILLAGERS: Darling Arithmetic JOSH RITTER: Sermon on the Rocks RICHARD THOMPSON: Still BILL FAY: Who Is The Sender JOHN GRANT: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure JOHN ZORN: Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula PARQUET COURTS: Monastic Living
40 destacables cançons d’uns altres 40 notables discos publicats el 2015: DECEMBERISTS: “Cavalry Captain” (What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World) THE WOOLEN MEN: “Clean Dreams” (Temporary Monument) SHARON VAN ETTEN: “I Don’t Wanna To Let You Down” (I Don’t Wanna To Let You Down EP) MIKAL CRONIN: “Made My Mind Up” (MCIII) WRECKLESS ERIC: “Several Shades of Green” (amERICa) TEX PERKINS & THE DARK HORSES: “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (Tunnel at the End of the Light) TWERPS: “Back To You” (Range Anxiety) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS: “S.O.B.” (Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats) THE WATERBOYS: “I Can See Elvis” (Modern Blues) SLEAFORD MODS: “No One’s Bothered” (Key Markets) UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA: “Multi-love” (Multi-Love) HOUNDMOUTH: “My Cousin Gregg” (Little Neon Limelight) THE CAIRO GANG: “Be What You Are” (Goes Missing) RICKIE LEE JONES: “Jimmy Choos” (The Other Side Of Desire) SQUEEZE: “Happy Days” (Cradle To The Grave) THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: “Erase” (Glean) DESAPARECIDOS: “The Underground Man” (Payola) CHRIS STAMEY: “Where Does the Time Go?” (Euphoria) THE ZOMBIES: “Maybe Tomorrow” (Still Got That Hunger) DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD: “Clear Water” (What Kind Of Love) KENDRICK LAMAR: “King Kunta” (To Pimp a Butterfly) LEO WELCH: “Girl In The Holler” (I Don’t Prefer No Blues) BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES: “Rock’n’Roll Woman” (Under The Savage Sky) PETER BUCK: “It Ain’t Killing Me” (Warzone Earth) GIANT SAND: “Texting Feist” (Heartbreak Pass) LANGHORNE SLIM AND THE LAW: “Spirit Moves” (The Spirit Moves) THE POP GROUP: “S.O.P.H.I.A.” (Citizen Zombie) THE MINUS 5: “Remain in Lifeboat” (Dungeon Golds) RON SEXSMITH: “Can’t Get My Act Together” (Carousel One) JAD FAIR & NORMAN BLAKE: “Thank You” (Yes) THE FALL: “Venice With The Girls” (Sub-Lingual Tablet) SCOTT MATTHEW: “Palace of Tears” (This Here Defeat) ELVIS PERKINS: “& Eveline” (I Aubade) NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL: “Big Box” (The Monsanto Years) LIGHTNING BOLT: “Over the River and Trough the Woods” (Fantasy Empire) DESTROYER: “Dream Lover” (Poison Season) DEERHUNTER: “All The Same” (Fading Frontier) SEASICK STEVE: “Summertime Boy” (Sonic Soul Surfer) DOMINIQUE A: “Éléor” (Éléor) WILCO: “Random Name Generator” (Star Wars)
20 reeixides versions incloses en uns altres 20 estimables discos publicats el 2015: JOE JACKSON: “See No Evil” [Television] (Fast Forward) MARC RIBOT THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS: “Fly, Robin, Fly” [Silver Convention] (Live in Tokyo) YO LA TENGO: “Friday I’m In Love” [The Cure] (Stuff Like That There) KEITH RICHARDS: “Goodnight Irene” [Lead Belly] (Crosseyed Heart) BOB DYLAN: “That Lucky Old Sun” [/Frank Sinatra] (Shadows In The Night) POPS STAPLES: “Gotta Serve Somebody” [Bob Dylan] (Don’t Lose This) LUCINDA WILLIAMS: “Met An Old Friend” [Karen Dalton] (V.A.: Remembering Mountains. Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton) Ms. LAURYN HILL: “Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair” [Trad. / Nina Simone] (V.A.: Nina Revisited. A Tribute to Nina Simone) JOE ELY: “Magdalene” [Guy Clark] (Panhandle Rambler) BOZZ SCAGGS: “I’m So Proud” [The Impressions] (A Fool To Care) BETTYE LAVETTE: “Worthy” [Mary Gauthier] (Worthy) DOWNTOWN BOYS: “Dancing In The Dark” [Bruce Springsteen] (Full Communism) THE SELECTER: “Because The Night” [Bruce Springsteen / Patti Smith] (Subculture) THE SONICS: “The Hard Way” [The Kinks] (This Is The Sonics) LINDI ORTEGA: “To Love Somebody” [The Bee Gees] (Faded Gloryville) POKEY LAFARGE: “All Night Long” [Tampa Red] (Something in the Water) DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN: “Please Please Please” [James Brown] (Lost Time) DARLENE LOVE: “River Deep, Mountain High” [Ike & Tina Turner] (Introducing Darlene Love) IRON & WINE & BEN BRIDWELL: “You Know More Than I Know” [John Cale] (Sing Into My Mouth) SHEMEKIA COPELAND: “Long As I Can See The Light” [Creedence Clearwater Revival] (Outskirts Of Love)
13 bons discos geogràficament propers publicats el 2015: RAFAEL BERRIO: Paradoja ADRIÀ PUNTÍ: La clau de girar el taller ZA!: Loloismo NUEVA VULCANO: Novelería FRANCISCO NIXON: Lo malo que nos pasa FERNANDO ALFARO: Saint Malo XARIM ARESTÉ: La rosada GUADALUPE PLATA: Guadalupe Plata NIÑO DE ELCHE: Voces del extremo MALCOLM SCARPA: Something Like That! LOS NEGATIVOS: Duplexin TACHENKO: El comportamiento privado BETUNIZER: Enciende tu lomo
33 excel·lents discos publicats el 2014 que he descobert el 2015: SEAN ROWE: Madman DOPE BODY: Lifer D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD: Black Messiah JOHN SOUTHWORTH: Niagara NRBQ: Brass Tacks WOVENHAND: Refractory Obdurate BENJAMIN BOOKER: Benjamin Booker WILD BILLY CHILDISH & CTMF: Acorn Man CRACKER: Berkeley To Bakersfield SENIOR I EL COR BRUTAL: El poder del voler COLLEN RENNISON: See The Sky About To Rain MARIA RODÉS: Maria canta copla KING TUFF: Black Moon Spell LUKE WINSLOW-KING: Everlasting Arms BLANK REALM: Grassed Inn JUAN WAUTERS: Nap North American Poetry CHRIS CACAVAS & EDWARD ABBIATI: Me And The Devil THE ZEBRAS: Siesta ADMIRAL FREEBEE: The Great Scam FUMAÇA PRETA: Fumaça Preta THE HITS: Hikikomori GRUFF RHYS: American Interior DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979: The Physical World JOSEPH ARTHUR: Lou DYLAN HOWE: Subterranean - New Design on Bowie's Berlin THE BAD PLUS: Inevitable Western ANDREA SCHROEDER: Where The Wild Oceans End CANDI STATON: Life Happens ROCÍO MÁRQUEZ: El Niño CURTIS HARDING: Soul Power BAXTER DURY: It’s a Pleasure SWAMP DOGG: The White Man Made Me Do It SONIDO GALLO NEGRO: Sendero Mistico
22 apassionants discos dels darrers 25 anys que he descobert el 2015: MORENTE - SABICAS: Nueva York Granada (1990) EZRA FURMAN AND THE HARPOONS: Banging Down The Doors (2007) CHAMBER STRINGS: Month Of Sundays (2001) SUN CITY GIRLS: Torch Of The Mystics (1990) MATTHEW SWEET: Altered Beast (1993) THE EX: Starters Alternators (1998) NILS FRAHM: Felt (2011) BRYAN ESTEPA: Vessels (2011) DAMIEN RICE: O (2003) THE SAINTS: King Of The Sun (2012) RICHARD DAWSON: The Magic Bridge (2012) THE SUFIS: Inventions (2013) PAUL ROLAND: Bates Motel (2013 ROBBIE ROBERTSON: How to Become Clairvoyant (2011) THE COUP: Kill My Landlord (1993) DR. JOHN: Goin' Back to New Orleans (1992) WILLIE NELSON: Spirit (1996) THE JULIE RUIN: Run Fast (2013) OMAR SOULEYMAN: Wenu Wenu (2013) MARC RIBOT'S CERAMIC DOG: Party Intellectuals (2008) MDOU MOCTAR: Afelan (2013) MARGARITA: Explota el cuerpo (2010)
15 fabulosos discos dels 80 que he descobert el 2015: KAUFFMAN & CABOOR: Songs From Suicide Bridge (1984) LEWIS: L'Amour (1983) TELEVISION PERSONALITIES: The Painted Word (1984) THE PASTELS: Up for a Bit With the Pastels (1987) THE GREEN PAJAMAS: Summer Of Lust (1984) BARBARA MANNING: Lately I Keep Scissors (1988) FELT: Forever Breathes The Lonely Word (1986) ANTIETAM: Antietam (1985) McCARTHY: I Am A Wallet (1987) THE MEKONS: Fear & Whiskey (1985) BEN WATT: North Marine Drive (1983) GAME THEORY: Dead Center (1984) THE BLUEBELLS: Sisters (1984) THE VERLAINES: Bird Dog (1987) GUYER'S CONNECTION: Portrait (1983)
23 magnífics discos dels setanta que he descobert el 2015: ELYSE WEINBERG: Greasepaint Smile (2015) [1971/1972] X-RAY SPEX: Germ Free Adolescents (1978) JACKSON BROWNE: Late For The Sky (1974) ALLEN TOUSSAINT: Life, Love and Faith (1972) SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET: Together After Five (1970) BRINSLEY SCHWARZ: Nervous on the road (1972) ARCHIE SHEPP: Attica Blues (1972) THE RESIDENTS: Eskimo (1979) THE RUTLES: The Rutles (1978) NILS LOFGREN: Nils Lofgren (1975) GENE CLARK: Two Sides to Every Story (1977) KATHY HEIDEMAN: Move With Love (1971) BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY: Befour (1970) ALICE COLTRANE: Universal Consciousness (1971) THE AHMAD JAMAL TRIO: The Awakening (1970) THE LAST POETS: The Last Poets (1970) EMITT RHODES: Emitt Rhodes (1970) BOB LIND: Since There Were Circles (1972) BOB FRANK: Bob Frank (1972) DAVID ACKLES: Subway to the Country (1970) JUNIOR WELLS: Southside Blues Jam (1970) BRYAN FERRY: In Your Mind (1977) JOHN COOPER CLARKE: Disguise in Love (1978)
14 joies dels seixanta que he descobert el 2015: ORNETTE COLEMAN DOUBLE QUARTET: Free Jazz. A Collective Improvisation (1960) BOBBY BLAND: The Soul Of The Man (1966) CAETANO VELOSO: Caetano Veloso (1969) NINA SIMONE: Silk and Soul (1967) HILTON VALENTINE: All In Your Head (1969) DIONNE WARWICK: The Windows Of The World (1967) JERRY LEE LEWIS: The Return Of Rock (1965) THE MONKEES: Headquarters (1967) GENO WASHINGTON AND THE RAM JAM BAND: Shake A Tail Feather Baby! (1968) PAUL PARRISH: The Forest Of My Mind (1968) EDWIN STARR: Soul Master (1968) THE THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET: Monk's Dream (1962) ETTA JAMES: Etta James (1962) ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: Mean Ol' Frisco (1962)
11 discos essencials que he recuperat el 2015 via generoses reedicions: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: The Velvet Underground (1969, reed. 2014) THE ROLLING STONES: Sticky Fingers (1971, reed. 2015) MARVIN GAYE: Here, My Dear (1978, reed. 2007) YO LA TENGO: Extra Painful (1993, reed. 2014) TRIANA: El Patio (1975, reed. 2015) DAVID BOWIE: Low (1977, reed. 1997) THE BAND: Moondog Matinee (1973, reed. 2001) THE DREAM SYNDICATE: The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982, reed. 2015) SOFT MACHINE: Third (1970, reed. 2007) THE DAMNED: Strawberries (1982, reed. 2005) HOODOO GURUS: Mars Needs Guitars! (1985, reed. 2005)
17 discos imprescindibles que he retrobat el 2015: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: Stand! (1969) KAREN DALTON: It’s So Hard To Tell Who’s Going To Love You The Best (1969) NRBQ: Scraps (1972) KIM FOWLEY: Outrageous (1968) GALAXIE 500: On Fire (1989) BEAT HAPPENING: You Turn Me On (1992) RED HOUSE PAINTERS: Red House Painters I (1993) ALICE COOPER: Love It To Death (1971) THE CHURCH: Of Skins And Heart (1981) B.B. KING: Live At The Regal (1965) [1964] VAN MORRISON: The Philosopher's Stone (1998) [1971/1987] PAUL WESTERBERG: 14 songs (1993) 091: 12 canciones sin piedad (1989) THE NEVILLE BROTHERS: Yellow Moon (1989) LAMBCHOP: Nixon (2000) ALBERT PLA: No solo de rumba vive el hombre (1992) THE MONARCHS: Make Yer Own Fun (2001)
30 discos recopilatoris que m’han fet grata companyia durant el 2015: ELVIS COSTELLO: Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (2015) [1975/2015] BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND: The Bootleg Series Vol 11. The Basement Tapes Complete (2014) [1967] ROBERT WYATT: Different Every Time (2014) [1970/2012] V.A. (Joe Cuba Sextet, Ray Barreto, La Lupe...): ¡¡¡Quiero Boogaloo!!! (1995) [1963/1968] FIRE ENGINES: Fond (1992) [1980/1981] BLUE ASH: Around... Again. A Collection From The Vault 1972-79 (2004) THE OUTSIDERS: Strange Things Are Happening. The Complete Singles 1965-1969 (2002) ALEX CHILTON: Ocean Club '77 (2015) [1977] V.A. (Gene Pitney, The Righteous Brothers, Lou Rawls...): Born To Be Together. The Songs Of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (2013) [1962/1972] THE CZARS: Best Of (2014) [1994/2004] THE SOMELOVES: Don't Talk About Us. The Real Pop Recordings Of The Someloves 1985-89 (2006) MARK LANEGAN: Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011 (2014) BO DIDDLEY: Rare & Well Done (1991) [1955/1968] GENE VINCENT: The Very Best of Gene Vincent (2005) [1956/1959] RIDE: Ox4: The Best of Ride (2002) [1990/1996] THE THREE O'CLOCK: The Hidden World Revealed (2013) [1981] THE MASCOTS: Mascots 1964-68! (1992) DARONDO: Listen To My Song. The Music City Sessions (2011) [1973/1974] ALBERT KING & OTIS RUSH: Door To Door (1970) [1953/1961] LEONARD COHEN: Can't Forget. A Souvenir From The Grand Tour (2015) [2012/2013] CHUCK BERRY: Reelin' And Rockin'. The Very Best Of Chuck Berry (2006) [1955/1973] ANETTE PEACOCK: I Belong To A World That's Destroying Itself (2014) [1968/1969] V.A. (Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson, Helen Shapiro...): Burt Bacharach. The Story Of My Life. 60 Original Pop And Soul Anthems (2013) [1955/1967] CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: CSNY 1974 (2014) [1974] CRIME: Murder By Guitar 1976-1980 The Complete Studio Recordings (2013) [1976/1980] KRONOS QUARTET: A Thousand Thoughts (2014) [1989/2014] DEE DEE WARWICK: The Complete Atco Recordings (2014) [1970/1972] JOHNNY CASH: Out Among The Stars (2014) [1981/1984] DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: There's A Big Wheel (2015) [1958/1962] THE ANIMALS: The Best Of The Animals (2003) [1964/1967]
22 memorables concerts que he presenciat durant el 2015: THE REPLACEMENTS (Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 28/5) SWANS (Auditori del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 30/5) LOW (Bikini, 23/10) EZRA FURMAN (Sidecar, 4/11) BUILT TO SPILL (Bikini, 22/11) RYLEY WALKER (Pl. dels Àngels, BAM, 19/9) SLEAFORD MODS (CCCB, Primera Persona, 9/5) SLEATER-KINNEY (Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 29/5) PATTI SMITH (Parc del Fòrum / Auditori del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 29/5 i 30/5) YO LA TENGO (Tibidabo Live Festival, 4/9) CRACKER (Music Hall, 2/12) NATALIE PRASS (Sidecar, 26/8) LUNA (Bikini, 23/4) WALTER SALAS-HUMARA (Almo2bar, 27/2) THE JAYHAWKS (Barts, 14/4) SHELLAC (Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 30/5) MICHAEL ROTHER (Pl. dels Àngels, BAM, 21/9) LES AMBASSADEURS (Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 30/5) MARK LANEGAN BAND (Bikini, 10/3) WHITE FENCE (La [2] de Apolo, 20/1) LEE FIELDS (Barts, 22/7) BB SIN SED (Rocksound, 17/1) 18 solvents versions que he caçat en directe durant el 2015: MATTHEW E. WHITE: “White Light/White Heat” (The Velvet Underground) [Antiga Fàbrica Damm, 29/6] RADIO BIRDMAN: “Shot By Both Sides” (Magazine) [Bikini, 16/6] JEFF TWEEDY: “The Losing End” (Neil Young) [L’Auditori, 2/2] HOWE GELB & M. WARD: “A Thousand Kisses Deep” (Leonard Cohen) [Jardins de l’Ateneu, Sant Boi, Festival Altaveu, 11/9] THE WATERBOYS: “Purple Rain” (Prince) [Barts, 21/9] BRYAN ESTEPA: “Friday On My Mind” (The Easybeats) [Rocksound, 27/1] CHUCK PROPHET & THE MISSION EXPRESS: “Bangkok” (Alex Chilton) [Marula Café, 21/5] JOLIE HOLLAND: “Who Are You” (Tom Waits) [Barts Club, 24/2] BENJAMIN BOOKER: “Li’l Liza Jane” (Trad.) [Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 28/5] THE SONICS: “Louie Louie” (Richard Berry) [Bikini, 14/10] IMELDA MAY: “Dreaming” (Blondie) [Apolo, 30/6] MICAH P. HINSON: “Something In The Way” (Nirvana) [Bikini, 17/5] LOS ENEMIGOS: “Señora” (Joan Manuel Serrat) [Bikini, 20/3] LEE RANALDO: “Revolution Blues” (Neil Young) [Barts Club, 8/3] SCOTT MATTHEW: “Into My Arms” (Nick Cave) [L’Auditori sala Oriol Martorell, 15/4] ROBYN HITCHCOCK: “Jealous Guy” (John Lennon) [Jamboree, 30/4] CALVIN JOHNSON: “Mint Ice Cream” (Ruby Fray) [Heliogàbal, 3/11] JUAN WAUTERS: “Todo terminó” (Viejas Locas) [Pl. Joan Coromines, BAM, 23/9]
17 disfrutables documentals musicals que he vist el 2015: [LEONARD COHEN] BIRD ON A WIRE (Tony Palmer, 1974) [EDWYN COLLINS] THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS (James Hall, Edward Lovelace, 2014) THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON (Julien Temple, 2015) THE JAM: ABOUT THE YOUNG IDEA (Bob Smeaton, 2015) GINGER BAKER IN AFRICA (Tony Palmer, 1973) MICHEL PETRUCCIANI (Michael Radford, 2011) RUMBA 3 - DE IDA Y VUELTA (Joan Capdevila, David Casademunt, 2015) [DOUGH SAHM] SIR DOUG AND THE GENUINE TEXAS COSMIC GROOVE (Joe Nick Patoski, 2015) [Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Claudia Lennear…] A 20 PASOS DE LA FAMA (Morgan Neville, 2013) THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS (Don Hardy Jr., 2015) [Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon, Pete Rodriguez…] WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT. THE STORY OF LATIN BOOGALOO (Mathew Ramirez Warren, 2014) [The New York Dolls, The Clash, Black Flag…] PUNK: ATTITUDE (Don Letts, 2005) THE AMAZING NINA SIMONE (Jeff L. Lieberman, 2015) [JANIS JOPLIN] JANIS LITTLE GIRL BLUE (Amy Berg, 2015) [THE WHO] LAMBERT & STAMP (James D. Cooper, 2014) [Pascal Comelade, Mark Cunningham, Cabo San Roque…] G3G: PODER MIRAR ALS ULLS (Toti Garcia, 2015) IN-EDIT. GET WHAT YOU WANT (Josep Maria Salat, Roger Estrada, 2012) 4 selectes concerts que he vist en DVD durant el 2015: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: At Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey (19-9-1978) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Live in a Rusted Out Garage (Cow Palace, Daly City, California, 21-111986) MARAH: Sooner or Later in Spain (Sala Privat, Mataró, 25-11-2005) CHET BAKER: Live in '64 & '79 (Bélgica, 1964; Noruega, 3-9-1979)
4 lectures melòmanes que he devorat el 2015: DEAN WAREHAM: Postales negras (2008/2012; Libros de Ruido, 2013) JESSE NARROW: Big Day Coming. Yo La Tengo y el auge del indie rock (2012; Libros de Ruido, 2014) IGNACIO JULIÀ: Lou Reed. Catálogo irracional (Alternia, 2015) JEAN ECHENOZ: Ravel (2006; Anagrama, 2007)
19 excel·lents pel·lícules estrenades als nostres cinemes durant el 2015: Paul Thomas Anderson: PURO VICIO (2014) Richard Linklater: BERNIE (2011) David Cronenberg: MAPS TO THE STARS (2014) J.C. Chandor: EL AÑO MÁS VIOLENTO (2014) Ruben Östlund: FUERZA MAYOR (2014) David Robert Mitchell: IT FOLLOWS (2014) Olivier Assayas: VIAJE A SILS MARIA (2014) Jacques Doillon: MIS ESCENAS DE LUCHA (2013) Bennett Miller: FOXCATCHER (2014) Yann Demange: ’71 (2014) John Maclean: SLOW WEST (2015) Thomas Cailley: LES COMBATTANTS (2014) Steven Spielberg: EL PUENTE DE LOS ESPÍAS (2015) Noah Baumbach: MIENTRAS SEAMOS JÓVENES (2014) Tommy Lee Jones: DEUDA DE HONOR (2014) Martin Shanly: JUANA A LOS 12 (2014) Pete Docter, Ronaldo del Carmen: DEL REVÉS (INSIDE OUT) (2015) Aleksey German: QUÉ DIFÍCIL ES SER UN DIOS (2013) Isaki Lacuesta: MURIERON POR ENCIMA DE SUS POSIBILIDADES (2014)
14 notables pel·lícules estrenades el 2014 que he vist el 2015: Ira Sachs: EL AMOR ES EXTRAÑO (2014) Jessica Hausner: AMOUR FOU (2014) Jean-Luc Godard: ADIÓS AL LENGUAJE (2014) James Gunn: GUARDIANES DE LA GALAXIA (2014) Nuri Bilge Ceylan: SUEÑO DE INVIERNO (2014) Claude Lanzmann: EL ÚLTIMO DE LOS INJUSTOS (2013) Mike Leigh: MR. TURNER (2014) Claire Denis: LOS CANALLAS (2013) Jeremy Saulnier: BLUE RUIN (2013) Arnaud i Jean-Marie Larrieu: EL AMOR ES UN CRIMEN PERFECTO (2013) Jan Ole Gerster: OH BOY (2012) James Ward Byrkit: COHERENCE (2013) Ben Stiller: LA VIDA SECRETA DE WALTER MITTY (2013) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: UN CASTILLO EN ITALIA (2013)
15 estimulants pel·lícules dels darrers 25 anys que he descobert el 2015: Bertrand Bonello: L'APOLLONIDE. CASA DE TOLERANCIA (2011) Apichatpong Weerasethakul: SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (2006) Michael Mann: HEAT (1995) Clint Eastwood: LOS PUENTES DE MADISON (1995) Woody Allen: PODEROSA AFRODITA (1995) Hou Hsiao Hsien: HOMBRES BUENOS, MUJERES BUENAS (1995) Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub: SOY CÉZANNE (1989/2003) Lars von Trier: NYMPHOMANIAC (2013) Michael Winterbottom: THE TRIP (2010) Pere Vilà Barceló: LA LAPIDATION DE SAINT ÉTIENNE (2012) Hubert Sauper: LA PESADILLA DE DARWIN (2004) David Fincher: EL CLUB DE LA LUCHA (1999) Wim Wenders: LISBOA STORY (1995) Colectivo Los Hijos: LOS MATERIALES (2009) E. Elias Merhige: LA SOMBRA DEL VAMPIRO (2000)
12 estupendes pel·lícules dels 60 als 80 que he descobert el 2015: Terence Fisher: THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968) Jiri Menzel: ALONDRAS EN EL ALAMBRE (1969) Manoel de Oliveira: LOS CANÍBALES (1988) Jacques Rivette: EL AMOR POR TIERRA (1984) Pere Portabella: UMBRACLE (1970) Keisuke Kinoshita: UN AMOR INMORTAL (1961) Robert Wise: THE HAUNTING (LA MANSIÓN ENCANTADA) (1963) Claude Chabrol: LOS FANTASMAS DEL SOMBRERERO (1982) Louis Malle: MI CENA CON ANDRÉ (1981) Werner Herzog: NOSFERATU, EL VAMPIRO DE LA NOCHE (1979) Alain Resnais: L'AMOUR À MORT (1984) Hayao Miyazaki: EL CASTILLO DE CAGLIOSTRO (1971)
13 clàssics que he descobert el 2015: Preston Sturges: EL MILAGRO DE MORGAN CREEK (1944) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger: UN CUENTO DE CANTERBURY (1944) Mario Monicelli: RUFUFÚ (I SOLITI IGNOTI) (1958) George Cukor: HA NACIDO UNA ESTRELLA (1954) Carol Reed: EL ÍDOLO CAÍDO (1948) Akira Kurosawa: EL ÁNGEL EBRIO (1948) Richard Fleischer: THE NARROW MARGIN (1952) Abel Gance: NAPOLEÓN (1927) Réné Clement: LOS MALDITOS (1947) Josef von Sternberg: CRIMEN Y CASTIGO (1935) William Dieterle: CARTAS A MI AMADA (1945) William A. Wellman: ALAS (1927) Delmer Daves: FLECHA ROTA (1950)
15 joies que he retrobat durant el 2015: David Lynch: MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: NOSFERATU (1922) Orson Welles: SED DE MAL (1958) Ingmar Bergman: PASIÓN (1969) John Ford: PASIÓN DE LOS FUERTES (1946) Alfred Hitchcock: PERO… ¿QUIÉN MATÓ A HARRY? (1955) Ernest Lubitsch: UN LADRÓN EN LA ALCOBA (1932) Joel Coen: BARTON FINK (1991) John Huston: DUBLINESES (1987) Woody Allen: LA ROSA PÚRPURA DEL CAIRO (1985) Jacques Tati: DÍA DE FIESTA (1949) Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton: EL HÉROE DEL RÍO (1928) Billy Wilder: FEDORA (1978) Paul Schrader: EL BESO DE LA PANTERA (1982) Douglas Trumbull: NAVES MISTERIOSAS (1972)
13 còmics que he gaudit durant el 2015: CHARLES BURNS: Cráneo de azúcar (2014; Reservoir Gráfica, 2015) WILL EISNER: Los archivos de The Spirit. Volumen 18 (1949; Norma, 2012) HUGO PRATT: Corto Maltés. Tango (1985; Norma, 2003) RIAD SATTOUF: L'àrab del futur. Una joventut a l'Orient Mitjà (1978-1984) (2014; Salamandra, 2015) BILL WATTERSON: Calvin y Hobbes. En todas partes hay tesoros (1996; Ediciones B, 2012) RAYMOND BRIGGS: Gentleman Jim (1980; Astiberri, 2009) NADAR: Papel estrujado (Astiberri, 2013) SENTO: Un médico novato (2013; Salamandra, 2014) MOEBIUS: The Long Tomorrow (1975/198?; Norma, 2013) OTTO MESSMER; JOE ORIOLO: Félix el gato. Un cómic que traerá cola (1946/1953; Kraken, 2013) MAX: ¡Oh diabólica ficción! (La Cúpula, 2015) JOE SACCO: Bumf (2014; Reservoir Gráfica, 2015) GUY DELISLE: Pyongyang (2004; Astiberri, 2005)
13 llibres que m’han atrapat durant el 2015: JAMES SALTER: L'última nit (2005; L’Altra, 2014) JORGE IBARGÜENGOITIA: Estas ruinas que ves (1974; Seix Barral, 2005) MACHADO DE ASSIS: Memòries pòstumes de Brás Cubas (1881; Quaderns Crema, 2001) JUAN MARSÉ: Teniente Bravo (1986/1997; Random House Mondadori, 2004) GUY DE MAUPASSANT: A l'espona del llit i altres contes (1880/1889; L’Albi, 2004) MIGUEL DELIBES: El camino (1950; Destino, 2004) SHIRLEY JACKSON: La maledicció de Hill House (1959; L’Altra, 2014) PIERRE MICHON: Els onze (2009; Club Editor, 2010) JAMES THURBER: La vida secreta de Walter Mitty (1931/1961; Acantilado, 2004) MARK TWAIN: Canibalisme als vagons i altres relats breus (1875; Agde, 2013) BRAM STOKER: Dràcula (1897; Barcanova, 2004) BORIS VIAN: No me gustaría palmarla. Poemas ilustrados (1962; Demipage, 2009) JORGE LUIS BORGES: Historia de la eternidad (1936/1974; Destino, 2007)