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” |
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1 | Lorde | "Green Light" |
2 | Slowdive | "Sugar for the Pill" |
3 | Future Islands | "Shadows (feat. Debbie Harry)" |
4 | Saint Etienne | "Dive" |
5 | Jens Lekman & LouLou Lamotte | "Evening Prayer" |
6 | The War On Drugs | "Nothing To Find" |
7 | Business of Dreams | "Repossessed" |
8 | Paul Weller | "Long Long Road" |
9 | Destroyer | "Tinseltown Swimming in Blood" |
10 | Father John Misty | "Total Entertainment Forever" |
11 | Cigarettes After Sex | "Young & Dumb [Explicit]" |
12 | Ray Davies | "The Deal" |
13 | Hand Habits | "Flower Glass" |
14 | Billy Bragg | "Saffiyah Smiles" |
15 | The xx | "Say Something Loving" |
16 | Trevor Sensor | "The Reaper Man" |
17 | Van Morrison | "Broken Record" |
18 | Randy Newman | "It's a Jungle out There" |
19 | Fleet Foxes | "I Should See Memphis" |
20 | BNQT | "100 Million Miles" |
21 | Michael Nau | "I Root (Trio Version)" |
22 | The National | "Day I Die" |
23 | Beck | "No Distraction" |
24 | Dams of the West | "Youngish Americans" |
25 | Dan Auerbach | "King of a One Horse Town" |
26 | Hurray for the Riff Raff | "Living in the City" |
27 | Declan McKenna | "Humongous" |
28 | Iron & Wine | "Thomas County Law" |
29 | LCD Soundsystem | "american dream" |
30 | Thundercat | "Show You the Way (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins)" |
31 | Zebra Hunt | "I Won't Blame You" |
32 | Vagabon | "Cold Apartment" |
33 | Alvvays | "Dreams Tonite" |
34 | Belle and Sebastian | "We Were Beautiful" |
35 | Father John Misty | "Pure Comedy" |
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Iron & Wine – “Ghost On Ghost”
El primer disco de Iron & Wine, el alter ego de Sam Beam, que escuché y por el que le conocí fue “The Shepherd’s Dog”(2007), siguiendo una recomendación de Rockdelux. Aquel disco me gustó, folk del siglo XXI, ya sabéis el nuevo Dylan, el nuevo Nick Drake…. interesante. Averigüé también por aquella época que en 2002 había hecho una preciosa versión de una de mis canciones favoritas de aquel año “Such Great Heights” de The Postal Service (mañana estarán por aquí, viva mi aleatorio!!!), que aparecía en la cara B del single original y también en un recopilatorio de rarezas y caras B, “Around The Well”, que también se coló en mi discoteca. No dejé de seguir la pista a Iron & Wine, su siguiente disco (“Kiss Each Other Clean”) me gustó también, pero fue con este “Ghost On Ghost” (2013), su quinto disco, con el que caí rendido a sus pies, quizás su disco más accesible, “el más pop” también, pero ¿quién puede resistirse a maravillas como “The Desert Babbler”, “Joy” (¿Eres tú Brian Wilson?) o “New Mexico’s No Breeze” ? Yo no, desde luego. “Ghost On Ghost” es uno de lo básicos de mi colección desde hace tres años, de esos discos a los que vuelves porque sabes que no va a fallar.
Deep inside the heart of this troubled man
There’s an itty bitty boy tugging hard at your hand
Born bitter as a lemon but you must understand
That you’ve been bringing me joy
And I’ll only lie when you don’t want the truth
I’m only frightened cause you finally gave me something to lose
And it’s as loud as a thunderclap and you hear it, too
But you’ve been bringing me joy
Deep inside the heart of this crazy mess
I’m only calm when I get lost within your wilderness
Born crooked as a creek bed and come to confess
That you’ve been bringing me joy
When I’m alive I’m living for you
Another blue bird dying but singing the blues
And it’s a heartfelt silly sort of bumbling tune
About how you’re bringing me joy
Mejores Canciones Internacionales 2013
Imposible escaparse al embrujo de Daft Punk y su vuelta a sonidos de otras épocas, pero no sólo hemos tenido la suerte (valga la redundancia) de tenerles a ellos, hay un montón de temazos este año que se quedarán guardados en los cajoncitos de mi memoria. Aquí están mis favoritos este año.
1 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky |
2 | Iron & Wine | The Desert Babbler |
3 | Windsurfing | Never too late |
4 | Arcade Fire | Afterlife |
5 | Vampire Weekend | Ya Hey |
6 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Jewel Thief In The World |
7 | Cass McCombs | Brighter! (Featuring Karen Black) |
8 | Wampire | The Hearse |
9 | Phosphorescent | Song For Zula |
10 | Arctic Monkeys | Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? |
11 | David Bowie | The Stars (Are Out Tonight) |
12 | Arcade Fire | Reflektor |
13 | The National | Don't Swallow the Cap |
14 | She & Him | I Could've Been Your Girl |
15 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Jubilee Street |
16 | Camera Obscura | Troublemaker |
17 | Waxahatchee | Swan Dive |
18 | Jacco Gardner | Clear The Air |
19 | Lloyd Cole | Women's Studies |
20 | Sean Nicholas Savage | We Used to Live in a Dream |
21 | Bill Ryder-Jones | Wild Swans |
22 | Prefab Sprout | The Old Magician |
23 | Camera Obscura | Do It Again |
24 | Pet Shop Boys | Love is a Bourgeois Construct |
25 | The Bitter Springs | And Even Now |
26 | Frankie Rose | Requiem |
27 | Vampire Weekend | Unbelievers |
28 | The National | Graceless |
29 | Phoenix | S.O.S. In Bel Air |
30 | Cass McCombs | Angel Blood |
31 | Camera Obscura | Break It to You Gently |
32 | Iron & Wine | New Mexico's No Breeze |
33 | James Blake | To The Last |
34 | Future Bible Heroes | Satan, Your Way Is A Hard One |
35 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | We No Who U R |
36 | The Pastels | Night Time Made Us |
37 | Josh Rouse | Julie (Come Out Of The Rain) |
38 | Billy Bragg | No One Knows Nothing Anymore |
39 | Yo La Tengo | Is That Enough |
40 | Sean Nicholas Savage | Chin Chin |
41 | Daft Punk | Touch |
42 | David Bowie | Where Are We Now? |
43 | She & Him | Never Wanted Your Love |
44 | Vampire Weekend | Step |
45 | Pet Shop Boys | Vocal |
46 | Prefab Sprout | Billy |
47 | Jacco Gardner | Puppets Dangling |
48 | Yo La Tengo | Stupid Things |
49 | San Cisco | Awkward [EP Version] |
50 | Eels | I'm Your Brave Little Soldier |
Mejores Discos Internacionales 2013
Un año más aquí estoy fiel a la cita. Estos son los mejores discos del año, hay muchos más, pero estos son los míos. El número 1 para Prefab Sprout, no podía ser de otra manera, pero hay discos increíbles, enormes, como los de Vampire Weekend , Camera Obscura, los Arctic Monkeys y así hasta 15.Mucha música para una buena cosecha, esta del 2013. (Todos se pueden escuchar en Spotify, pinchando sobre la imagen, salvo el de Prefab Sprout, este compradle, merece la pena)
1. Prefab Sprout – “Crimson/Red”
2. Vampire Weekend – “Modern Vampires Of The City”
3. Camera Obscura – “Desire Lines”
4. Arctic Monkeys – “AM”
5. Bill Callahan – “Dream River”
6. Elvis Costello & The Roots – “Wise Up Ghost”
7. Iron & Wine – “Ghost On Ghost”
8. Mazzy Star – “Seasons Of Your Day”
9. Sean Nicholas Savage – “Other Life”
10. James Blake – “Overgrown”
11. Cass McCombs – “Big Wheel and Others”
12. David Bowie – “The Next Day”
13. Julia Holter – “Loud City Song”
14. Frankie Rose – “Herein Wild”
15. Kanye West – “Yeezus”