Els números 1 de la década

ELS MEUS NÚMEROS 1 DEL DECENNI 2010/2019:

*Discos: 2010: ELVIS COSTELLO: National Ransom 2011 (grup): LOW: C’mon 2011 (solista): GILLIAN WELCH: The Harrow & The Harvest 2012: NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Psychedelic Pill 2013: YO LA TENGO: Fade 2014: GLENN TILBROOK: Happy Ending 2015: RYLEY WALKER: Primrose Green 2016: DAVID BOWIE: Blackstar 2017: THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: 50 Song Memoir 2018: THE BEVIS FROND: We're Your Friends, Man 2019: PURPLE MOUNTAINS: Purple Mountains

*Cançons: 2010: EDWYN COLLINS: “Losing Sleep” (Losing Sleep) 2010 (descoberta el 2011): SUPERCHUNK: “Digging for Something” (Majesty Shredding) 2011 (de grup): COMET GAIN: “Clang of the Concrete Swans” (Howl of the Lonely Crowd) 2011 (de solista): TOM WAITS: “Bad As Me” (Bad As Me) 2012: REDD KROSS: “Stay Away from Downtown” (Researching The Blues) 2013: PREFAB SPROUT: “The Best Jewel Thief In The World” (Crimson/Red) 2014: CLOUD NOTHINGS: “I'm Not Part Of Me” (Here and Nowhere Else) 2015: THE DECEMBERISTS: “Cavalry Captain” (What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World) 2016: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: “FloriDada” (Painting With) 2017: ST. VINCENT: “Los Ageless” (Masseduction) 2018: EZRA FURMAN: “Suck The Blood From My Wound” (Transangelic Exodus) 2019: BIG THIEF: “Not” (Two Hands)

*Versions: 2010: GIL SCOTT-HERON: “I’m New Here” [Smog] (I’m New Here) 2011: ROCKPILE: “Girls Talk” [Elvis Costello] (Live at Montreux 1980) 2012: THE PLIMSOULS: “Jumpin’ In The Night” [Flamin’ Groovies] (Beach Town Confidential) [1983] 2013: LOU REED: “Solsbury Hill” [Peter Gabriel] (V.A.: And I'll Scratch Yours) 2014: BARDO POND: “Here Comes The Warm Jets” [Brian Eno] (Looking For Another Place EP) 2015: JOE JACKSON: “See No Evil” [Television] (Fast Forward) 2016: TIM PRESLEY: “Kerouac” [Willie Alexander] (The Wink) 2017: LITTLE STEVEN: “Down and Out In New York City” [James Brown] (Soulfire) 2018: CHARLES BRADLEY: “Heart Of Gold” [Neil Young] (Black Velvet) 2019: PETER LAUGHNER: “Wild Horses” [The Rolling Stones] (Peter Laughner) [1977]

*Discos geogràficament propers: 2010: LOS PLANETAS: Ópera egipcia 2011: NACHO VEGAS: La zona sucia 2012: GRUPO DE EXPERTOS SOLYNIEVE: El eje de la Tierra 2013: KIKO VENENO: Sensación térmica 2015: RAFAEL BERRIO: Paradoja 2017: JOSELE SANTIAGO: Transilvania 2018: THE LIMIÑANAS: Shadow People 2019: LIDIA DAMUNT: Nacer en Marte

*Discos descoberts els anys següents:               

NO AGE: Everything In Between (2010) THE BEACH BOYS: Smile Sessions (2011) [1966/1967] PARQUET COURTS: Light Up Gold (2012) ANTÒNIA FONT: Vostè és aquí (2012) COURTNEY BARNETT: A Sea of Split Peas (2013) SEAN ROWE: Madman (2014) KONTIKI SUITE: The Greatest Show On Earth (2015) OMNI: Deluxe (2016) JOSÉ IGNACIO LAPIDO: El alma dormida (2017) THE ROVES: The Roves (2018) GARLAND JEFFREYS: The King Of In Between (2011) JOHN GRANT: Queen Of Denmark (2010) ALEX CAMERON: Jumping The Shark (2013) JULIA JACKLIN: Don’t Let The Kids Win (2016) CAMPERDOWN AND OUT: Couldn't Be Better (2013)

*Documentals musicals:      

WHO IS HARRY NILSSON (John Scheinfeld, 2010) RAY DAVIES: IMAGINARY MAN (Julien Temple, 2010) SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN [Rodriguez] (Malik Bendjelloul, 2012) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: Live At Austin City Limits [Zilker Park, Austin, 13/10/2012] THE GO-BETWEENS: RIGHT HERE (Kriv Stenders, 2017) DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME (A.J. Eaton, 2019)

*Reedicions:       

THE ROLLING STONES: Exile on Main Street (1972, reed. 2010) R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant (1986, reed. 2011) SLINT: Spiderland (1991, reed. 2014) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: The Velvet Underground (1969, reed. 2014) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: The River (1980, reed. 2015: The Ties That Bind) RAMONES: Ramones (1976, reed. 2016) VAN MORRISON: Astral Weeks (1968, reed. 2015)

*Recopilacions:        

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: The Promise (2010) [1975/2010] RODAN: Fifteen Quiet Years (2013) [1992/1994] WILCO: Alpha Mike Foxtrot. RareTracks (2014) [1994/2014] ELYSE WEINBERG: Greasepaint Smile (2015) [1971/1972] ELVIS COSTELLO: Unfaithful Music & Soundtrack Album (2015) [1975/2015] BOB DYLAN: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12. The Best Of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (2015) JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS: Greatest Hits (2010) [1981/2009] FRANK SINATRA: The 1953 - 1962 Albums (2018)

*Lectures (més o menys) melòmanes:       

PATTI SMITH: Éramos unos niños (Lumen, 2010) IGNACIO JULIÀ: La nostalgia ya no es lo que era (Alternia, 2014) DEAN WAREHAM: Postales negras (2008/2012; Libros de Ruido, 2013) KIKO AMAT: Chap Chap (una antología confesional) (Blackie Books, 2015) NICK TOSCHES: Fuego eterno. La historia de Jerry Lee Lewis (1982; Contra, 2016) MICHAEL AZERRAD: Nuestro grupo podría ser tu vida. Escenas del Indie Underground norteamericano 1981/1991 (2001; Contra, 2013) VIV ALBERTINE: Ropa música chicos (2013; Anagrama, 2017)

*Concerts: 2010: VAN DYKE PARKS (Auditori del Fórum, Primavera Sound, 29/5) 2011: SWANS (Parc del Fórum, Primavera Sound, 28/5) 2012: LEONARD COHEN (Palau Sant Jordi, 3/10) 2013: DEXYS (Auditori del Fórum, Primavera Sound, 25/5) 2014: GRAHAM PARKER & BRINSLEY SCHWARZ (Razzmatazz 3, 6/9) 2015: THE REPLACEMENTS (Parc del Fòrum, Primavera Sound, 28/5) 2016: NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL (Poble Espanyol, 20/6) 2017: SWANS (Apolo, 15/10) 2018: DAVID BYRNE (Parc del Fórum, BCN, Cruïlla, 14/7) 2019: TROPICAL FUCK STORM (Upload, BCN, 19/11) *Versions caçades en directe: 2010: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: “People Who Died” [Jim Carroll] (Razzmatazz 2, 23/11) 2011: ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: “I Wish I Was Your Mother” [Mott The Hoople] (Music Hall, 17/10) 2012: MAVIS STAPLES: “The Weight” [The Band] (La [2] de Apolo, 4/11) 2013: IRMA THOMAS: “Forever Young” [Bob Dylan] (Apolo, 19/6) 2014: SÍLVIA PÉREZ CRUZ & RAÜL FERNÁNDEZ MIRÓ: “Compañero (Elegía a Ramón Sijé)” [Enrique Morente] (Auditori del Fórum, Primavera Sound, 1/6) 2015: MATTHEW E. WHITE: “White Light/White Heat” [The Velvet Underground] [Antiga Fàbrica Damm, 29/6] 2016: RYLEY WALKER: “Fair Play” [Van Morrison] [Sidecar, 20/11] 2017: NICK WATERHOUSE: “Pushin’ Too Hard” [The Seeds] [Bikini, 6/2] 2018: RONNIE SPECTOR: “You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory” (Johnny Thunders) [Apolo, BCN, 18/6] 2019: DANIEL ROMANO: “Whole Wide World” [Wreckless Eric] (Rocksound, BCN, 19/5)

ELS MEUS ALTRES NÚMEROS 1 (D’ALTRES DÈCADES, PERÒ DESCOBERTS O RETROBATS ENTRE EL 2010 I EL 2019):

*Discos del decenni anterior:          

THE EX: Turn! (2004) EELS:: Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire (2009) WARREN ZEVON: Life'll Kill Ya (2000) KELLEY STOLTZ: Circular Sounds (2008) TELEVISION: Live At The Old Waldorf 1978 (2003) [1978] GETATCHEW MEKURIA & THE EX & GUESTS: Moa Anbessa (2006) JOE HENRY: Scar (2001) DAVID KILGOUR: Frozen Orange (2004) EUGENE EDWARDS: My Favorite Revolution (2004) JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES: Spills And Thrills (2009)

*Discos del noranta:        

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998) ZUMPANO: Look What The Rookie Did (1994) EAST VILLAGE: Drop Out (1993) DENIM: Back in Denim (1992) MORENTE - SABICAS: Nueva York - Granada (1990) BILL FRISELL: Have a Little Faith (1992) BARK PSYCHOSIS: Hex (1994) THE POOH STICKS: The Great White Wonder (1991)

*Discos del vuitanta:        

KING SUNNY ADÉ AND HIS AFRICAN BEATS: Juju Music (1982) HALF JAPANESE: Charmed Life (1988) KAUFFMAN & CABOOR: Songs From Suicide Bridge (1984) MARSHALL CRENSHAW: Marshall Crenshaw (1982) TELEVISION PERSONALITIES: Mummy Your Not Watching Me (1981) CLEANERS FROM VENUS: Living With Victoria Grey (1986) THE REPLACEMENTS: Let It Be (1984) JOHN ZORN: Spillane (1988)

*Discos del setanta:            

BERT JANSCH: L.A. Turnaround (1974) JOHN MARTYN: Solid Air (1973) JOHN CALE: Paris 1919 (1973) LITTLE RICHARD: King of Rock and Roll (1971) THE DEPENDABLES: Klatu Berrada Niktu (1971) THE RUBINOOS: The Rubinoos (1977) RICHARD LLOYD: Alchemy (1979) THE ISLEY BROTHERS: 3 + 3 (1973) BRIAN ENO: Before and After Science (1977) TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Damn The Torpedoes (1979) CURTIS MAYFIELD: Roots (1971) ALICE CLARK: Alice Clark (1972)

*Discos del seixanta i cinquanta:                  

THE ZOMBIES: Odessey & Oracle (1968) OSCAR BROWN JR.: Sin & Soul… And Then Some (1961) BILLIE HOLIDAY: Lady in Satin (1958) DORIS DUKE: I'm A Loser (1969) NINA SIMONE: Pastel Blues (1965) SMALL FACES: Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968) THELONIOUS MONK: Brilliant Corners (1957) LAURA NYRO: New York Tendaberry (1969) NICK DRAKE: Five Leaves Left (1969) ORNETTE COLEMAN DOUBLE QUARTET: Free Jazz. A Collective Improvisation (1960) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: Stand! (1969) SCOTT FAGAN: South Atlantic Blues (1968) THE BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (1966) NINA SIMONE: Wild Is the Wind (1966) ARETHA FRANKLIN: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967) ROY ORBISON: At The Rock House (1961, reed. 2009) JACKSON C. FRANK: Jackson C. Frank (1965) SAM COOKE: Night Beat (1963)

*Recopilatoris:     

BIG STAR: Keep An Eye On The Sky (2009) [1971/1975] JERRY LEE LEWIS: Live At The Star Club Hamburg (2004) [1964] V.A. (Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil,...): Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circencis (1968) MOSE ALLISON: Allison Wonderland Anthology (1994) [1957/1989] XTC: Fossil Fuel. The XTC Singles 1977-92 (1996) [1977/1992]

*Documentals musicals:     

OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL. THE DR. FEELGOOD STORY (Julien Temple, 2009) JIMI HENDRIX (Joe Boyd, John Head, Gary Weis, 1973) [LEONARD COHEN:] BIRD ON A WIRE (Tony Palmer, 1974) [LEON RUSSELL:] A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON (Les Blank, 1974) [THE BAND:] THE LAST WALTZ (Martin Scorsese, 1978)

*Concerts en DVD:         

JEFF TWEEDY: Sunken Treasure. Live In The Pacific Northwest (2006) THE WHO: At Kilburn (15/12/1977) JOHN COLTRANE: Live in '60, '61 & '65 (Düsseldorf, 28-3-1960; Germany, 4/12/1961; Comblain-La-Tour, Belgium, 1/8/1965) VAN MORRISON: Live At Montreux 1980/1974 (Montreux, 30-6-1974,10/7/1980) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND: At Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey (19-9-1978) VAN MORRISON & THE CALEDONIA SOUL ORCHESTRA: At The Rainbow, Londres (23/24-7-1973) THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT: At Makuhari Messe Hall, Tokyo (11-10-2003) THE GUN CLUB: La Edad de Oro, Madrid (13-11-1984) VIOLENT FEMMES: Live At The Haçienda (Manchester, 9-1983)

*Lectures melòmanes:   

MARK OLIVER EVERETT: Cosas que los nietos deberían saber (2008; Blackie Books, 2009) RAY CHARLES / DAVID RITZ: Brother Ray (1978; Global Rhythm Press, 2007) MARIANNE FAITHFULL: Una Autobiografía (1994; Celeste, 1995)

ALTRES DISCOS DEL DECENNI 2010/2019 QUE VAN ESTAR A PROP DEL NÚMERO 1 I QUE TAMBÉ MEREIXEN SER AL PODI:

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LCD SOUNDSYSTEM: This Is Happening (2010) JOANNA NEWSOM: Have One On Me (2010) WILCO: The Whole Love (2011) P.J. HARVEY: Let England Shake (2011) SWANS: The Seer (2012) BILL FAY: Life is People (2012) BOB DYLAN: Tempest (2012) PAUL BUCHANAN: Mid Air (2012) MATTHEW E. WHITE: Big Inner (2012) SHARON VAN ETTEN: Tramp (2012) CAETANO VELOSO: Abraçaço (2012) BILL CALLAHAN: Dream River (2013) GUY CLARK: My Favorite Picture Of You (2013) ENDLESS BOOGIE: Long Island (2013) RON SEXSMITH: Forever Endeavour (2013) MY BLOODY VALENTINE: m b v (2013) JAMES BLAKE: Overgrown (2013) ROKIA TRAORÉ: Beautiful Africa (2013) SUN KIL MOON: Benji (2014) LUCINDA WILLIAMS: Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone (2014)

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TY SEGALL: Manipulator (2014) SLEAFORD MODS: Divide And Exit (2014) SLEATER-KINNEY: No Cities To Love (2015) EZRA FURMAN: Perpetual Motion People (2015) JULIA HOLTER: Have You In My Wilderness (2015) NATALIE PRASS: Natalie Prass (2015) TOBIAS JESSO JR.: Goon (2015) KAMASI WASHINGTON: The Epic (2015) HERON OBLIVION: Heron Oblivion (2016) THE JAYHAWKS: Paging Mr. Proust (2016) THE DRONES: Feelin’ Kinda Free (2016) LEONARD COHEN: You Want It Darker (2016) TEENAGE FANCLUB: Here (2016) KEVIN MORBY: Singing Saw (2016) PETER PERRETT: How The West Was Won (2017) ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER: Hope Downs (2018) JANELLE MONÁE: Dirty Computer (2018) TROPICAL FUCK STORM: Laughing Death in Meadospace (2018) FONTAINES D.C.: Dogrel (2019) WEYES BLOOD: Titanic Rising (2019)