1 | Father John Misty | “Q4” |
2 | Wilco | “Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull” |
3 | Big Thief | “Simulation Swarm” |
4 | Anna B Savage | “The Ghost” |
5 | Cass McCombs | “New Earth” |
6 | Andrew Bird | “Make a Picture” |
7 | Regina Spektor | “Raindrops” |
8 | Beth Orton | “Fractals” |
9 | The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness | “The Stars Go Round” |
10 | Black Country, New Road | “Snow Globes” |
11 | Air Waves | “Wait” |
12 | Pete Astor | “English Weather” |
13 | Arcade Fire | “Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)” |
14 | Arctic Monkeys | “Perfect Sense” |
15 | Belle and Sebastian | “Working Boy in New York City” |
16 | Bobby Oroza | “Passing Thing (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink)” |
17 | Bruce Springsteen | “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” |
18 | C. Duncan | “We Have a Lifetime” |
19 | Calexico | “Then You Might See” |
20 | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | “Trick Out The Truth” |
21 | Fortunato Durutti Marinetti | “Everything Is Right Here” |
22 | Courtney Marie Andrews | “These Are The Good Old Days” |
23 | Craig Finn | “The Amarillo Kid” |
24 | Ducks Ltd. | “Sheets of Grey” |
25 | Field School | “Jennifer Valentine” |
26 | First Aid Kit | “Out of My Head” |
27 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | “I Should Have Helped You” |
28 | Florence + the Machine | “King” |
29 | The Hanging Stars | “Rainbows in Windows” |
30 | Iron & Wine | “Like Patsy Would (feat. Sima Cunningham & Macie Stewart)” |
31 | The Jazz Butcher | “Never Give Up” |
32 | Josh Rouse | “City Dog” |
33 | Kendrick Lamar | “Mother I Sober (feat. Beth Gibbons)” |
34 | Kevin Morby | “This Is a Photograph” |
35 | King Hannah | “Foolius Caesar” |
36 | Kiwi jr. | “The Extra Sees the Film” |
37 | Kurt Vile | “Flyin (like a fast train)” |
38 | Lambchop | “His Song Is Sung” |
39 | The Light Music Company | “Borchester Echoes” |
40 | The Lightning Seeds | “Sunshine” |
41 | Marina Allen | “Or Else” |
42 | Marissa Nadler | “Seabird” |
43 | Martin Frawley | “This Is Gonna Change Your Mind” |
44 | Melody’s Echo Chamber | “Looking Backward” |
45 | Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band | “Grace and Eddie” |
46 | Model Shop | “Lucky” |
47 | Nilüfer Yanya | “midnight sun” |
48 | Nina Nastasia | “Go Away” |
49 | The Orchids | “Didn’t We Love You” |
50 | Panda Bear & Sonic Boom | “Livin’ in the After” |
51 | Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott | “Too Much For One (Not Enough For Two)” |
52 | Pearl Charles | “Givin’ It Up” |
53 | Rachel Love | “City Girl” |
54 | The Reds, Pinks and Purples | “Summer at Land’s End” |
55 | Weyes Blood | “It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody” |
56 | Robert Forster | “Tender Years” |
57 | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | “Bounce off the Bottom” |
58 | Slack Times | “Carried Away” |
59 | Sondre Lerche | “Special Needs (feat. Felicia Douglass)” |
60 | The Soundcarriers | “Wilds” |
61 | Suede | “She Still Leads Me On” |
62 | Suggs & Paul Weller | “OOH DO U FINK U R” |
63 | Sun’s Signature | “Underwater” |
64 | SZA | “Kill Bill” |
65 | The Weather Station | “Endless Time” |
Calexico
Calexico – “Carried To Dust”
Arrancar un disco con una canción como “Victor Jara’s Hands” es toda una declaración de intenciones, arrancar hablando de Víctor Jara, el cantautor chileno torturado y asesinado tras el golpe de estado que acabo con el gobierno y la vida de Salvador Allende e inicio la dictadura de Pinochet, hizo que yo prestará mucha más atención a este disco desde el primer momento. Así conecté con este “Carried to Dust”, el séptimo disco de estudio de Calexico, mis disco favorito suyo. Calexico son un “spin-off” de otra enorme banda, el grupo de Howe Gelb ,Giant Sand, que al igual que ellos hace música fronteriza, esa mezcla de rock sureño, musica Tejana y country, propia de los estados americanos al borde de Mexico. Calexico siempre me ha parecido más accesible que su banda madre y en “Carried to Dust” eso es más evidente con canciones como la preciosa “Writer’s Minor Holiday”, “House of Valparaiso” o “Bend In The Road”.
Un disco bonito de verdad, si no conocéis a Calexico ya es hora.
Wire fences still coiled with flowers of the night
Songs of the birds like hands call the earth to witness
Sever from fear before taking flightFences that fail and fall to the ground
Bearing the fruit from Jara’s HandsMe siento solo y perdido
Una vela alumbra mi camino
Cruzando tierras que nunca he visto
Cruzando el río de mi destino
Solo soy un chico mas
Que sueña en alto y mirando al marFences that fail and fall to the ground
Bearing the fruit from Jara’s Hands
El disco se puede escuchar completo aquí.