L'any musictecari d'Arnold Layne 2019

UN GRAPAT DE TRESORS QUE M’HAN ALEGRAT EL 2019:

[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 2019 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 2019:                        

PURPLE MOUNTAINS: Purple Mountains FONTAINES D.C.: Dogrel WEYES BLOOD: Titanic Rising WRECKLESS ERIC: Transience ALDOUS HARDING: Designer STEVE GUNN: The Unseen In Between MARTIN FRAWLEY: Undone At 31 BONNIE PRINCE BILLY: I Made A Place THE DREAM SYNDICATE: These Times SHARON VAN ETTEN: Remind Me Tomorrow EDWYN COLLINS: Badbea KELLEY STOLTZ: My Regime PETER PERRETT: Humanworld TROPICAL FUCK STORM: Braindrops MICHAEL KIWANUKA: Kiwanuka AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: Amyl and The Sniffers VETIVER: Up On High WILCO: Ode To Joy CHRIS FORSYTH: All Time Present STELLA DONNELLY: Beware Of The Dogs ALLAH-LAS: Lahs BILL CALLAHAN: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest YAK: Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness BLACK MIDI: Schlagenheim

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ANGEL OLSEN: All Mirrors JAMBINAI: ONDA TINARIWEN: Amadjar MARK MULCAHY: The Gus MARK LANEGAN BAND: Somebody's Knocking THE COMET IS COMING: Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery KACY & CLAYTON: Carrying On YOLA: Walk Through Fire CHRIS COHEN: Chris Cohen THE FELICE BROTHERS: Undress BIG THIEF: U.F.O.F. DOUG TUTTLE: Dream Road JOAN SHELLEY: Like the River Loves the Sea CASS MCCOMBS: Tip Of The Sphere DEERHUNTER: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

MIKAL CRONIN: Seeker MATTIEL: Satis Factory LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS: It Rains Love DAVID KILGOUR AND THE HEAVY EIGHTS: Bobbie's A Girl JOSH RITTER: Fever Breaks BRITTANY HOWARD: Jaime 75 DOLLAR BILL: I Was Real FAT WHITE FAMILY: Serfs Up! JULIA JACKLIN: Crushing THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: In League With Dragons TIM PRESLEY'S WHITE FENCE: I Have To Feed Larry’s Hawk GARCIA PEOPLES: Natural Facts SON VOLT: Union CATE LE BON: Reward JOE HENRY: The Gospel According To Water P.P. ARNOLD: The New Adventures Of… P.P. Arnold MAVIS STAPLES: We Get By NICK WATERHOUSE: Nick Waterhouse THOSE PRETTY WRONGS: Zed For Zulu ROYAL TRUX: White Stuff PEDRO THE LION: Phoenix NILS LOFGREN: Blue With Lou JESSICA PRATT: Quiet Signs VIVIAN GIRLS: Memory RUSTIN MAN: Drift Code WILLIAM TYLER: Goes West LAMBCHOP: This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You)

40 esplendoroses cançons d’uns altres 40 destacables discos publicats el 2019:                                        

BIG THIEF: “Not” (Two Hands) ROBERT FORSTER: “Inferno (Summer in Brisbane)” (Inferno) KEVIN MORBY: “Congratulations” (Oh My God) EZRA FURMAN: “Calm Down aka I Should Not Be Alone” (Twelve Nudes) KIM GORDON: “Air BnB” (No Home Record) LUTHER RUSSELL: “The Sound Of Rock & Roll” (Medium Cool) LEONARD COHEN: “Happens to the Heart” (Thanks For The Dance) NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE: “Milky Way” (Colorado) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: “Hello Sunshine” (Western Stars) THE RACONTEURS: “What's Yours Is Mine” (Help Us Stranger) TY SEGALL: “Taste” (First Taste) L'EPÉE: “Dreams” (Diabolique) COMET GAIN: “Bad Nite At The Mustache” (Fireraisers Forever!)

THE RUBINOOS: “Do You Remember” (From Home) GARCIA PEOPLES: “One Step Behind” (One Step Behind) SWANS: “Some New Things” (Leaving Meaning) JOE JACKSON: “Fabulously Absolute” (Fool) VAN MORRISON: “Fame Will Eat The Soul” (Three Chords and the Truth) THE ROVES: “Hey Little Man” (All Those Freaks) THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: “Colossus Of Rhodes” (In the Morse Code of Brake Lights) ELI "PAPERBOY" REED: “Bank Robber” (99 Cent Dreams) ALEX CAMERON: “Divorce” (Miami Memory) OMNI: “Sincerely Yours” (Networker) THE MUFFS: “Down Down Down” (No Holiday) THE MONOCHROME SET: “Come To Me, Oh, My Beautiful” (Fabula Mendax) BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: “Sister Buddah” (Days Of The Bagnold Summer) LLOYD COLE: “Moments of Whatnot” (Guesswork) MEAT PUPPETS: “Warranty” (Dusty Notes) FILTHY FRIENDS: “November Man” (Emerald Valley) THE RAILS: “Cancel The Sun” (Cancel The Sun) THE WATERBOYS: “Ladbroke Grove Symphony” (Where The Action Is) SLEAFORD MODS: “Kebab Spider” (Eton Alive) STRAY CATS: “When Nothing's Going Right” (40) SLEATER-KINNEY: “Hurry on Home” (The Center Won't Hold) NORAH JONES: “Wintertime” (Begin Again) VIOLENT FEMMES feat. TOM VERLAINE : “Hotel Last Resort” (Hotel Last Resort) NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS: “Bright Horses” (Ghosteen)” IGGY POP : “James Bond” (Free) MOLLY TUTTLE: “Make My Mind Up” (When You're Ready) ROSALÍA: “Milionària” (Fucking Money Man)”

19 reeixides versions incloses en uns altres 23 estimables discos publicats el 2019:                   

PETER LAUGHNER: “Wild Horses” [The Rolling Stones] (Peter Laughner) MAVIS STAPLES: “Slippery People” [Talking Heads] (Live in London) THE DREAM SYNDICATE: “You Are My Friend” [Rain Parade] (V.A.: 3 x 4) BOB MOULD: “Send Me a Postcard” [Shocking Blue] (Sunshine Rock) STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES: “Desperados Waiting For A Train” [Guy Clark] (Guy) WILLIE NELSON: “My Favorite Picture Of You” [Guy Clark] (Ride Me Back Home) NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS feat. JASON ISBELL and DUANE BETTS: “Mean Old World” [Little Walter] (Up And Rolling) ALYNDA SEGARRA: “Drunken Angel” [Lucinda Williams] (V.A.: Blaze. Original Cast Recording) RICKIE LEE JONES: “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You” [Russ Morgan / Dean Martin] (Kicks) REDD KROSS: “When Do I Get To Sing ''My Way''” [Sparks] (Beyond The Door) THE FLESH EATERS: “She’s Like Heroin To Me” [The Gun Club] (I Used To Be Pretty) LUCY DACUS: “Dancing In The Dark” [Bruce Springsteen] (2019) OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS: “Slave Driver” [Bob Marley] (Songs of Our Native Daughters) JULIANA HATFIELD: “Hole In My Life” [The Police] (Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police) THE LEMONHEADS: “Can’t Forget” [Yo La Tengo] (Varshons 2) DEER TICK: “White City” [The Pogues] (Mayonnaise) BEN LEE: “Blueprint” [Fugazi] (Quarter Century Classix) THE LONG RYDERS: “Walls” [Tom Petty] (Psychedelic Country Soul) MERCURY REV feat. LAETITIA SADIER: “Mornin’ Glory” [Bobby Gentrie] (Bobbie Gentry's the Delta Sweete Revisited)

15 formidables discos geogràficament propers publicats el 2019:               

LIDIA DAMUNT: Nacer en Marte BB SIN SED: La Dirección que no tomo THE SURFIN BURRITOS: Oh Yeah CAROLINA DURANTE: Carolina Durante MANEL: Per la bona gent KIKO VENENO: Sombrero Roto JOSELE SANTIAGO: Conde Duque. En Directo 091: La otra vida LA CASA AZUL: La Gran Esfera JORDI BATISTE: La lluna en el fang XARIM ARESTÉ: El Nus i altres mons NIÑA COYOTE ETA CHICO TORNADO: Aitzstar LEÓN BENAVENTE: Vamos a volvernos locos MIQUI PUIG & ACP: 15 Canciones de Amor, Barro y Motocicletas ROCÍO MÁRQUEZ: Visto en El Jueves

40 esplèndids discos publicats el 2018 que he descobert el 2019:                                        

THE ROVES: The Roves TONY MOLINA: Kill The Lights SONS OF KEMET: Your Queen Is A Reptile BIG JOANIE: Sistahs BONNY DOON: Longwave WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY: Untethered SMOKESCREENS: Used To Yesterday SHOPPING: The Official Body CAMP COPE: How To Socialise & Make Friends FUCKED UP: Dose Your Dreams WOOLEN MEN: Post THE HANGING STARS: Songs For Somewhere Else JONATHAN RICHMAN: SA! J FERNANDEZ: Occasional Din CALVIN JOHNSON: A Wonderful Beast INSECURE MEN: Insecure Men DOMINIQUE A: Toute Latitude ANNA ST. LOUIS: If Only There Was A River NENEH CHERRY: Broken Politics ESPERANZA SPALDING: 12 Little Spells THE LAST POETS: Understand What Black Is ADRIANNE LENKER: Abysskiss GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV: Evening Machines THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN: Merrie Land DOUG COLLINS & THE RECEPTIONISTS: Good Sad News CUT WORMS: Hollow Ground HOLLOW HAND: Star Chamber GHOST MUSIC: I Was Hoping You'd Pass by Here KAIA KATER: Grenades THE WAVE PICTURES: Look Inside Your Heart WALTER SALAS-HUMARA: Walterio WES YOUSSI & THE COUNTY CHAMPS: Down Low STARCRAWLER: Starcrawler GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: Widdershins AMY RIGBY: The Old Guys ROSALI: Trouble Anyway JOSEPHINE FOSTER: Faithful Fairy Harmony HAZTE LAPÓN: Tú siempre ganas FINO OYONARTE: Sueños y Tormentas LISABÖ: Eta edertasunaren lorratzetan biluztu ginen

Uns altres 32 valuosos discos d’aquesta dècada que he descobert el 2019:                                

CAMPERDOWN AND OUT: Couldn't Be Better (2013) BARNA HOWARD: Barna Howard (2012) THE MOLOCHS: America's Velvet Glory (2017) HAMISH KILGOUR: All Of It And Nothing (2014) JACUZZI BOYS: Jacuzzi Boys (2013) ÉL MATÓ A UN POLICÍA MOTORIZADO: La síntesis O'Konnor (2017) HOUNDSTOOTH: Ride Out The Dark (2013) DANIEL ROMANO: Mosey (2016) SCOTT & CHARLENE'S WEDDING: Any Port in a Storm (2013) JAKE LA BOTZ: Sunnyside (2017) KING SALAMI AND THE CUMBERLAND THREE: Fourteen Blazin' Bangers (2010) COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS: Honest Life (2016) GOSPELBEACH: Another Summer of Love (2017) KEEL HER: Keel Her (2014) TOMMY STINSON: One Man Mutiny (2011) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD: Big Moon Ritual (2012) ITASCA: Open to Chance (2016) BEDOUINE: Bedouine (2017) SCOTT H. BIRAM: Nothin' But Blood (2014) DRUGDEALER: The End Of Comedy (2016) LEATHERBAG: Patience (2011) THE MAGIC NUMBERS: The Runaway (2010) DEAD GHOSTS: Love and Death and All the Rest (2015) THE CHATS: Get This In Ya!! (2017) JOHN STAMMERS: John Stammers (2011) WOODEN WAND: Blood Oaths of the New Blues (2013) SHANNON LAY: Living Water (2017) ATLANTIC THRILLS: Vices (2015) BLACKBERRY SMOKE: The Whippoorwill (2012) CHRISTOPHER OWENS: Chrissybaby Forever (2015) JAMES ELKINGTON & NATHAN SALSBURG: Ambsace (2015) LE PETIT RAMON I WALDORF ASTORIA: Senyores senyores senyores (2015)

31 apassionants discos de la dècada passada que he descobert el 2019:                               

JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES: Spills And Thrills (2009) ENDLESS BOOGIE: Focus Level (2008) CASS MCCOMBS: A (2003) THE GLANDS: The Glands (2000) JAMES YORKSTON: When The Haar Rolls In (2008) THE DIVINE COMEDY: Regeneration (2001) NIKKI SUDDEN: Treasure Island (2004) PREFAB SPROUT: I Trawl The Megahertz (2003) KING TUFF: Was Dead (2008) LESTER BOWIE BRASS FANTASY: When The Spirit Returns (2003) FINDLAY BROWN: Separated By The Sea (2007) NEKO CASE: The Tigers Have Spoken (2004) THE PINE HILL HAINTS: Ghost Dance (2007) PERNICE BROTHERS: Yours, Mine & Ours (2003) ANDRE WILLIAMS: Bait and Switch (2001) FERRABY LIONHEART: Catch The Brass Ring (2007) THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE: She's The Dutchess, He's The Duke (2008) THE REDWALLS: Universal Blues (2003) TURNER CODY: First Light (2008) COLORAMA: Cookie Zoo (2008) THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS: Disciples of California (2002) THE BE GOOD TANYAS: Chinatown (2003) THE SEA AND CAKE: One Bedroom (2003) THE ROSEWOOD THIEVES: Rise & Shine (2009) GRANDADDY: Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla (2005) FIRST AID KIT: Drunken Trees (2009) THE SMILES AND FROWNS: The Smiles and Frowns (2009) DON CAVALLI: Cryland (2007) FARIS NOURALLAH: Il Suo Cuore Di Transistor (2006) THE HI-RISERS: Lost Weekend (2004) JOSÉ IGNACIO LAPIDO: Cartografía (2008)

14 suculents discos dels noranta que he descobert el 2019:              

THE POOH STICKS: The Great White Wonder (1991) VELVET CRUSH: In The Presence Of Greatness (1991) THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR: The Albemarle Sound (1999) GUMBALL: Super Tasty (1993) BRENDAN BENSON: One Mississippi (1996) RODDY FRAME: The North Star (1998) ELEVENTH DREAM DAY: Lived To Tell (1991) DUSTER: Stratosphere (1998) HEAVENLY: Le Jardin de Heavenly (1992) CARDINAL: Cardinal (1994) SHUDDER TO THINK: Pony Express Record (1994) THE BETA BAND: The Three E.P.'s (1998) GASTR DEL SOL: The Serpentine Similar (1993) PRIMUS: Frizzle Fry (1990)

23 fabulosos discos dels vuitanta que he descobert el 2019:                       

JOHN ZORN: Spillane (1988) THE KEYS: Album (1981) BMX BANDITS: C86 (1989) NICO: Drama of Exile (1981) THE WEDDING PRESENT: Bizarro (1989) FELT: Me And A Monkey On The Moon (1989) ELEVENTH DREAM DAY: Beet (1989) PAUL KELLY AND THE MESSENGERS: So Much Water So Close To Home (1989) THE LATE SHOW: Portable Pop (1980) DB COOPER: Buy American (1980) BOB CARPENTER: Silent Passage (1984) [1974] THE BRILLIANT CORNERS: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1988) TOMMY KEENE: Songs From The Film (1986) TALK TALK: The Colour of Spring (1986) KATE BUSH: The Sensual World (1989) LAURIE ANDERSON: Strange Angels (1989) N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton (1988) THE MEKONS: The Mekons Rock N' Roll (1989) PHIL ALVIN: Un "Sung Stories" (1986) LESTER BANGS AND THE DELINQUENTS: Jook Savages On The Brazos (1981) THIN WHITE ROPE: Exploring The Axis (1985) DAVID LINDLEY: El Rayo-X (1980) GARLAND JEFFREYS: Rock & Roll Adult (1981)

31 portentosos discos dels setanta que he descobert el 2019:                               

ALICE CLARK: Alice Clark (1972) THE METERS: Rejuvenation (1974) THE O’JAYS: Ship Ahoy (1973) TEDDY PENDERGRASS: Teddy Pendergrass (1977) LOU RAWLS: All Things In Time (1976) SISA & MELODRAMA: Sisa & Melodrama (1979) STEELY DAN: Can't Buy A Thrill (1972) STEVE FORBERT: Alive on Arrival (1978) VAN DUREN: Are You Serious? (1977) BADFINGER: Wish You Were Here (1974) THE WALKER BROTHERS: Nite Flights (1978) CLAUDIA LENNEAR: Phew (1974) EMMYLOU HARRIS: Elite Hotel (1975) EL LEBRIJANO: Persecución (1976) SYLVAIN SYLVAIN: Sylvain Sylvain (1979) CANNED HEAT: Future Blues (1970) ARTFUL DODGER: Honor Among Thieves (1976) THE RUTS: The Crack (1979) THE INTRUDERS: Save The Children (1973) SISTER SLEDGE: We Are Family (1979) HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1972) JOHN SEBASTIAN: Tarzana Kid (1974) LEROY HUTSON: Love Oh Love (1973) BILL WITHERS: + 'Justments (1974) THE THREE DEGREES: The Three Degrees (1973) FAIRFIELD PARLOUR: From Home To Home (1970) EDDIE & THE HOT RODS: Thriller (1979) JEAN CARN: Jean Carn (1976) DAVID AXELROD: Earth Rot (1970) THE PRETTY THINGS: Freeway Madness (1972) LEON RUSSELL: Stop All That Jazz (1974)

29 clàssics indispensables que he descobert el 2019:                             

JACKSON C. FRANK: Jackson C. Frank (1965) GORDON LIGHTFOOT: The Way I Feel (1967) THE STRANGELOVES: I Want Candy (1965) BEE GEES: Odessa (1969) THE EASYBEATS: Volume 3 (1966) BENY MORÉ: Pare… Que llegó el bárbaro + Así es… Benny (1958) JERRY JEFF WALKER: Mr. Bojangles (1968) THE SORROWS: Take A Heart (1965) SMALL FACES: Small Faces (1967) THE BEAU BRUMMELS: Introducing The Beau Brummels (1965) NORMA TANEGA: Walkin' My Cat Named Dog (1966) DONOVAN: A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (1967) PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: The Spirit of '67 (1966) BLONDE ON BLONDE: Contrasts (1969) TEN YEARS AFTER: Ten Years After (1967) THE HOLLIES: Would You Believe? (1966) LOVIN' SPOONFUL: Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful (1966) COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH: I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die (1967) DOLLY PARTON: Just Because I'm a Woman (1968) NINA SIMONE: Let It All Out (1965) JANE BIRKIN / SERGE GAINSBOURG: Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg (1969) GLEN CAMPBELL: Galveston (1969) BRIDGET ST JOHN: Ask Me No Questions (1969) THE NAZZ: Nazz (1968) THE GODZ: Contact High With The Godz (1966) THE FREE DESIGN: Kites Are Fun (1967) THE MONKEES: Head (1968) THE MILLENNIUM: Begin (1968) TERRY CALLIER: The New Folk Sound Of Terry Callier (1968) [1965]

13 discos essencials que he recuperat el 2019 via generoses reedicions:             

VAN MORRISON: Astral Weeks (1968, reed. 2015) THE BEATLES: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band (1967, reed. 2017) THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966, reed. 2010) FLAMIN’ GROOVIES: Teenage Head (1971, reed. 2019) SQUEEZE: ArgyBargy (1980, reed. 2008) CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968, reed. 2008) THE JAM: The Gift (1982, reed. 2012) THE RECORDS: Shades In Bed (1979, reed. 2002) UNCLE TUPELO: Still Feel Gone (1991, reed. 2003) MEAT PUPPETS: Huevos (1987, reed. 2011) MADNESS: Mad Not Mad (1985, reed. 2010) BARRINGTON LEVY: Englishman (1979, reed. 2007) ROBYN HITCHCOCK: Black Snake Diamond Role (1981, reed. 1996)

25 discos estelars que he retrobat el 2019:                         

SAM COOKE: Night Beat (1963) PUBLIC ENEMY: It Takes A Nation Of millions To Hold Us Back (1988) BIKINI KILL: The Singles (1998) [1994/1996] PULP: Different Class (1995) GANG OF FOUR: Entertainment! (1979) THE SLITS: Cut (1979) SUN RA: Space Is The Place (1973) SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE ASBURY JUKES: Hearts Of Stone (1978) STRAY CATS: Stray Cats (1981) THE MUFFS: Blonder And Blonder (1995) SILVER JEWS: Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (2008) QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE: Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968) THE CARS: Greatest Hits (1985) [1978/1984] DANIEL JOHNSTON: Fun (1994) NEAL CASAL: Anytime Tomorrow (2000) JACKSON BROWNE: For Everyman (1973) CURTIS MAYFIELD: Curtis/Live! (1971) DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND: Twilley Don't Mind (1977) MATTHEW SWEET: Girlfriend (1991) THE GO-BETWEENS: Oceans Apart (2005) BRAINIAC: Hissing Prigs In Static Coutur (1996) SONGS: OHIA: Songs: Ohia (1997) GUIDED BY VOICES: Alien Lanes (1995) THE CYNICS: Rock’n’Roll (1989) SUPERELVIS: Kiss Me When You Dance (1991)

31 discos recopilatoris que m’han fet grata companyia durant el 2019:                               

FRANK SINATRA: The 1953 - 1962 Albums (2018) BOB DYLAN: More Blood, More Tracks. The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (2018) [1974] THE REPLACEMENTS: Dead Man's Pop (2019) [1989] TOM PETTY: An American Treasure (2018) [1974/2016] BRIAN ENO: Music For Installations (2018) [1985/2018] GENE CLARK: Gene Clark Sings For You (2018) [1967] NEIL YOUNG + STRAY GATORS: Tuscaloosa (2019) [1973] BOBBIE GENTRY: The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters (2018) [1967/1971] LEE MOSES: How Much Longer Must I Wait. Singles & Rarities 1965-1972 (2019) P.P. ARNOLD: The First Cut: The Immediate Anthology (2001) [1966/1968] THE STAPLE SINGERS: The Best Of The Staple Singers (1986) [1968/1974] DION: Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965 (2017) [1965] VELVET MONKEYS: Rotting Corpse Au Go Go (1989) [1980/1984] TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS: The Very Best of Tommy James & The Shondells (1993) [1966/1971] THE PLEASURE SEEKERS: What a Way to Die (2011) [1965/1968] EPIC SOUNDTRACKS: Good Things (2005) [1996] TOWNES VAN ZANDT: Sky Blue (2019) [1973] OTIS RUSH: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 (2000) BOB SEGER & THE LAST HEARD: Heavy Music: The Complete Cameo Recordings 1966-1967 (2018) TRACEY THORN: Solo: Songs and Collaborations 1982 - 2015 (2015) CONNIE CONVERSE: How Sad, How Lovely (2009) DICK DALE & THE DEL-TONES: Surf Beat (2013) [1958/1962] THE TROGGS: Wild Thing. The Very Best of The Troggs (2014) [1966/1992] ALEX COOPER: Popcorner. 30 años Viviendo en la Era Pop (2016) [1987/2015] DOGO Y LOS MERCENARIOS: Narrativa (2018) [1987/1991] MFSB: The Love Is The Message: The Best Of MFSB (1995) [1973/1977] SHELLAC: The End Of Radio (2019) [1994/2004] THE ROLLING STONES: On Air (2017) [1963/1965] DAVID BOWIE: Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) (2018) [1978] V.A. (Dusty Springfield, The Honeybus, Ian Dury & The Blockheads...): Paradise. The Sound Of Ivor Raymonde (2018) [1959/1980] V.A. (Los York’s, Ringers, Los Mirlos...): Back to Peru (2002) [1964/1974]

23 memorables concerts que he presenciat durant el 2019:                       

TROPICAL FUCK STORM (Upload, BCN, 19/11) WILCO (Mendizabala, Vitoria, Azkena Rock Festival, 22/6) MEAT PUPPETS (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6) SUPERCHUNK (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida Festival, 5/7) THE STEMS (Upload, BCN, 28/11) JOHN PAUL KEITH (Can Massallera, Sant Boi, Festival Altaveu, 7/9) YO LA TENGO (Apolo, BCN, 13/2) PASCAL COMELADE (Av. de la Catedral, BCN, Festes de la Mercè, 22/9) JOE JACKSON (Barts, BCN, 24/7) STRAY CATS (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 21/6) NICK WATERHOUSE (Apolo, BCN, 3/11) ROBERT FORSTER (L'Auditori Sala 3, BCN, 20/11) STELLA DONNELLY (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 6/7) CLOUD NOTHINGS (Upload, BCN, 3/7) FILTHY FRIENDS (CCCB, Primavera Sound, BCN, 2/6) THE PAUL COLLINS BEAT (Rocksound, BCN, 16/6) ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN (Razzmatazz, BCN, 14/2) FONTAINES DC (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 5/7) ALLAH-LAS (Apolo, BCN, 22/10) NEKO CASE (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6) SHARON VAN ETTEN (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 5/7) NACHO VEGAS (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 6/7) DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD (Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6)

15 solvents versions que he caçat en directe durant el 2019:               

DANIEL ROMANO: “Whole Wide World” [Wreckless Eric] (Rocksound, BCN, 19/5) ROBYN HITCHCOCK: “Gigolo Aunt” [Syd Barrett] (Upload, BCN, 6/10) CHUCK PROPHET & CHARLIE SEXTON AND THE EAST RIVER TRUCKERS: “Lies” [The Rolling Stones] (Razzmatazz 2, BCN, 30/1) KEVIN MORBY: “The Dark Don't Hide It” [Magnolia Electric Co] (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 5/7) MADNESS: “Madness” [Prince Buster] (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 6/7) GLUECIFER: “He’s A Whore” [Cheap Trick] (Apolo, BCN, 24/10) SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE ASBURY JUKES: “Broke Down Piece Of Man” [Sam & Dave] (Fabrica Llobet, Calella RockFest, 11/10) GIANT SAND (amb Maika Makovski): “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory” [Johnny Thunders] (La Nau, BCN, 17/11) McKINLEY JAMES: “Marie Marie” [The Blasters] (Barbara Ann, BCN, 4/11) TOMMY STINSON: “Nightime” [Big Star] (Rocksound, BCN, 21/11) STARCRAWLER: “Pet Sematary” [Ramones] (Mendizabala, Vitoria, ARF, 22/6) SEX MUSEUM: “Walking On My Grave” [Dead Moon] (Parc d'Europa, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Festival Sintonitzza, 31/8) SCHIZOPHRENIC SPACERS: “Won’t Get Fooled Again” [The Who] (Fabrica Llobet, Calella RockFest, 11/10) FINO OYONARTE: “Satellite of Love” [Lou Reed] (Masia d'en Cabanyes, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vida, 6/7) WILKO JOHNSON: “Bye Bye Johnny” [Chuck Berry] (Plaça de l'Ajuntament, Sant Boi, Festival Altaveu, 6/9)

13 recomanables documentals (més o menys) musicals que he vist el 2019:             

DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME (A.J. Eaton, 2019) [ARETHA FRANKLIN:] AMAZING GRACE (Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack, 2018) BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT (Margaret Brown, 2004) MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL (Stanley Nelson, 2019) CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA (Poull Brien, 2012) [JOE STRUMMER:] QUIERO TENER UNA FERRETERÍA EN ANDALUCÍA (Carles Prats, 2011) [LEONARD COHEN:] MARIANNE & LOVE: WORDS OF LOVE (Nick Broomfield, 2019) SWANS: WHERE DOES A BODY END? (Marco Porsia, 2019) [SUZI QUATRO:] SUZI Q (Liam Firmager, 2019) ZZ TOP: THAT LITTLE OL' BAND FROM TEXAS (Sam Dunn, 2019) MI VIDA ENTRE LAS HORMIGAS. EL DOCUMENTAL DE ILEGALES (Juan Moya, Chema Veiga, 2017) APOCALYPSE: A BILL CALLAHAN TOUR FILM (Hanly Banks, 2012) OCTAVAS (Uri Altell, Ivan Garriga, 2019)

9 selectes concerts que he vist a casa durant el 2019:         

VIOLENT FEMMES: Live At The Haçienda (Manchester, 9-1983) V.A. (Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sugar Pie DeSanto…): The American Folk-Blues Festival. The British Tours 1963-1966 THURSTON MOORE BAND: Andoaingo Rock Jaialdia (Andoain, 15-6-2019) THE REPLACEMENTS: Roundhouse, Londres (2/3-6-2015) THE VIBRATORS: KGB (Barcelona, 18-3-1987) THE MONKEES: Live Summer Tour (Sun Theatre, Anahiem, California, 31-8-2001) BAD RELIGION: Devonshire Downs, Northridge, Los Angeles (15-10-1988) ALBERT KING with STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN: In Session (CHCH-TV Studios, Hamilton, Canadá, 6-12-1983) V.A. (Mark Kozelek, Bart Davenport, CaboSanRoque…): Cançons / Canciones / Songs (Heliogàbal, Barcelona, 2007/2010)

6 lectures (més o menys) melòmanes que he devorat el 2019:      

VIV ALBERTINE: Ropa música chicos (2013; Anagrama, 2017) LESTER BANGS: Reacciones psicóticas y mierda de carburador (1987; Libros del Kultrum, 2018) WARREN ZANES: Petty. La biografía autorizada (2015; Neo Person, 2018) NÚRIA TORREBLANCA: La Sonanta del gringo. Memorias de una Black Beauty (66 rpm, 2015) EUNICE K. WAYMON, STEPHEN CLEARY: Víctima de mi hechizo. Memorias de Nina Simone (1991; Libros del Kultrum, 2018) JACKSON BROWNE: Cielo Azul y Negro (Canciones) (Celeste, 1997)

35 excel·lents pel·lícules estrenades als nostres cinemes durant el 2019:                                   

Hu Bo: AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL (2018) Hong Sang-soo: EL HOTEL A ORILLAS DEL RÍO (2018) Todd Phillips: JOKER (2019) Claire Denis: HIGH LIFE (2018) Noah Baumbach: HISTORIA DE UN MATRIMONIO (2019) Martin Scorsese: EL IRLANDÉS (2019) Oliver Laxe: LO QUE ARDE (2019) Bong Joon Hoo: PARÁSITOS (2019) Jean-Luc Godard: EL LIBRO DE IMÁGENES (2018) Richard Billingham: RAY & LIZ (2018) Kirill Serebrennikov: LETO (2018) Céline Sciamma: RETRATO DE UNA MUJER EN LLAMAS (2019) Marco Bellocchio: EL TRAIDOR (2019) James Gray: AD ASTRA (2019) Clint Eastwood: MULA (2018) Jim Jarmusch: LOS MUERTOS NO MUEREN (2019) Olivier Assayas: DOBLES VIDAS (2018) Jia Zanghke: LA CENIZA ES EL BLANCO MÁS PURO (2018) Ethan Hawke: BLAZE (2018) M. Night Shyamalan: GLASS (2019) Woody Allen: DÍA DE LLUVIA EN NUEVA YORK (2019) Rita Azevedo Gomes: LA PORTUGUESA (2018) Jonás Trueba: LA VIRGEN DE AGOSTO (2019) Nuri Bilge Ceylan: EL PERAL SALVAJE (2018) Ali Abbasi: BORDER (2018) David Lowery: THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN (2018) Agnès Varda: VARDA POR AGNÈS (2019) François Ozon: GRACIAS A DIOS (2019) Lars Von Trier: LA CASA DE JACK (2018) Albert Serra: LIBERTÉ (2019) Louis Garrel: UN HOMBRE FIEL (2018) Belén Funes: LA HIJA DE UN LADRÓN (2019) Bi Gan: LARGO VIAJE HACIA LA NOCHE (2018) Rian Johnson: PUÑALES POR LA ESPALDA (2019) Quentin Tarantino: ÉRASE UNA VEZ… EN HOLLYWOOD (2019)

13 fascinants pel·lícules estrenades el 2018 que he vist el 2019:             

Orson Welles: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (1972/2018) Arnaud Desplechin: LOS FANTASMAS DE ISMAEL (2017) Andrew Haigh: LEAN ON PETE (2017) Jaime Rosales: PETRA (2018) David Robert Mitchell: LO QUE ESCONDE SILVER LAKE (2018) Gaspar Noé: CLIMAX (2018) Jafar Panahi: TRES CARAS (2018) John Krasinski: UN LUGAR TRANQUILO (2018) Spike Lee: INFILTRADO EN EL KKKLAN (2018) Drew Goddard: MALOS TIEMPOS EN EL ROYALE (2018) Celia Rico: VIAJE AL CUARTO DE UNA MADRE (2018) Panos Cosmatos: MANDY (2018) Jason Reitman: TULLY (2018)

Unes altres 19 estimulants pel·lícules d’aquest segle que he descobert el 2019:                   

Mariano Llinás: HISTORIAS EXTRAORDINARIAS (2008) Carlos Reygadas: LUZ SILENCIOSA (2007) Chantal Akerman: DEL OTRO LADO (2002) Mike Mills: BEGINNERS (PRINCIPIANTES) (2010) Christophe Honoré: LA BELLE PERSONNE (2008) Andrea Arnold: FISH TANK (2009) George Clooney: CONFESIONES DE UNA MENTE PELIGROSA (2002) Andrew Haigh: 45 AÑOS (2015) Miguel Gomes: LAS MIL Y UNA NOCHES. VOL. 3: EL EMBELESADO (2015) Ulrich Seidl: PARAÍSO: ESPERANZA (2013) Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement: LO QUE HACEMOS EN LAS SOMBRAS (2014) Pedro Almodóvar: JULIETA (2016) Hiromasa Yonebayashi: EL RECUERDO DE MARNIE (2014) Joaquim Jordà: MÁS ALLÁ DEL ESPEJO (2006) Ira Sachs: KEEP THE LIGHTS ON (2012) Michael Winterbottom: VIAJE A ITALIA (2014) Cassey Affleck: I'M STILL HERE (2010) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen: THE LADYKILLERS (2004) Lasse Hallström: TU MEJOR AMIGO (2017)

18 estupendes pel·lícules dels setanta als noranta que he descobert el 2019:                  

John Frankenheimer: YO VIGILO EL CAMINO (I WALK THE LINE) (1970) John Huston: EL HOMBRE QUE PUDO REINAR (1975) Joseph Losey: EL OTRO SEÑOR KLEIN (1976) Louis Malle: HERIDA (1992) Nietzchka Keene: CUANDO FUIMOS BRUJAS (THE JUNIPER TREE) (1990) Paul Verhoeven: STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) Claude Chabrol: AL ANOCHECER (1971) André Téchiné: LOS JUNCOS SALVAJES (1994) Whit Stillman: METROPOLITAN (1990) David O. Russell: TRES REYES (1999) Sidney Lumet: LA NOCHE CAE SOBRE MANHATTAN (1996) Abel Ferrara: THE ADDICTION (1995) Jacques Doillon: LA PIRATA (1984) Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub: RELACIONES DE CLASE (1984) Clint Eastwood: BRONCO BILLY (1980) Lasse Hallström: MI VIDA COMO UN PERRO (1985) Richard Fleischer: SOYLENT GREEN (CUANDO EL DESTINO NOS ALCANCE) (1973) Dusan Makavejev: THE COCA-COLA KID (1985)

15 magníques pel·lícules dels seixanta que he descobert el 2019:               

Basilio Martín Patino: NUEVE CARTAS A BERTA (1966) Miguel Picazo: LA TÍA TULA (1964) Luchino Visconti: VAGHE STELLE DELL'ORSA (SANDRA) (1963) Claude Chabrol: LA MUJER INFIEL (1969) Dino Risi: UNA VIDA DIFÍCIL (1961) Karel Reisz: DISSABTE NIT, DIUMENGE MATÍ (1960) Juraj Herz: EL INCINERADOR DE CADÁVERES (1969) Freddie Francis: DOCTOR TERROR (1965) Chadi Abdel Salam: AL-MUMMIA (1969) Milos Forman: ELS AMORS D'UNA ROSSA (1965) Cliff Owen: EL HONRADO GREMIO DEL ROBO (1963) Mihalis Kakogiannis: ZORBA EL GRIEGO (1964) Gordon Douglas: EL DETECTIVE (1968) Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: LA RESIDENCIA (1969) José María Forqué: DAME UN POCO DE AMOOOR…! (1968)

23 resplendents clàssics que he descobert el 2019:                       

Mijail Kalatozov: CUANDO PASAN LAS CIGÜEÑAS (1957) Paul Muni: EL HOMBRE QUE RÍE (1928) Lois Weber: EL BORRÓN (THE BLOT) (1921) Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger: GONE TO EARTH (CORAZÓN SALVAJE) (1950) Yasujiro Ozu: UNA GALLINA AL VENT (1948) Henri Georges Clouzot: EL CUERVO (1943) David Lean: HOBSON’S CHOICE (EL DÉSPOTA) (1953) Otto Preminger: VORÁGINE (1949) William Wyler: DODSWORTH (DESENGAÑO) (1936) Edmund Golding: EL CALLEJÓN DE LAS ARMAS PERDIDAS (1947) Luigi Zampa: ANYS DIFÍCILS (1948) Albert Lamorisse: EL GLOBO ROJO (1956) William Dieterle: LA VIDA DE ÉMILE ZOLA (1937) King Vidor: THE PATSY (1928) Henry King: CHICAGO (1938) Jules Dassin: EL QUE DEBE MORIR (1957) Busby Berkeley: VAMPIRESAS DE 1935 (1935) Josef von Sternberg: CAPRICHO IMPERIAL (1934) Carlos Serrano de Osma: EMBRUJO (1948) Victor Sjöström: LA NOIA DE STORMYRTORPET (1917) Jacques Feyder: LA ATLÁNTIDA (1921) John Cromwell: LAZO SAGRADO (1939) Henry Hathaway: YO CREO EN TI (CALL NORTHSIDE 777) (1948)

5 sèries de televisió que valen la pena que he vist el 2019:     

[Vince Gilligan]: BREAKING BAD. Sèrie completa (62 episodis) (2008/2013) Rod Serling]: THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Temporades 4 i 5 (50 episodis) (1962/1964) [Richard Levinson, William Link]: COLOMBO. Temporada 1 (9 episodis) (1971/1972) [Juan Cavestany, Álvaro Fernández Armero]: VERGÜENZA. Temporada 1 (10 episodis) (2017) [Chuck Lorre, Bill Prade]: THE BIG BANG THEORY. Temporada 1 (17 episodis) (2007/2008)

26 joies que he recuperat el 2019:                          

Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckmanr: EL MAQUINISTA DE LA GENERAL (1926) Robert Bresson: AL AZAR, BALTASAR (1966) Carol Reed: EL TERCER HOMBRE (1949) Peter Bogdanovich: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971) Stanley Kubrick: BARRY LYNDON (1975) Jacques Tourneur: YO ANDUVE CON UN ZOMBIE (1943) Alfred Hitchcock: REBECCA (1940) Llorenç Llobet-Gràcia: VIDA EN SOMBRAS (1948) Pier Paolo Pasolini: TEOREMA (1968) Carlos Saura: ELISA, VIDA MÍA (1977) Jack Arnold: EL INCREÍBLE HOMBRE MENGUANTE (1957) Anthony Mann: EL HOMBRE DE LARAMIE (1955) Eric Rohmer: EL RAYO VERDE (1986) Nicolas Roeg: AMENAZA EN LA SOMBRA (1973) David Cronenberg: INSEPARABLES (1988) Jean-Luc Godard: LA CHINOISE (1967) Francis Ford Coppola: CORAZONADA (1981) David Lean: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) Leo McCarey: SOPA DE GANSO (1933) Vincente Minnelli: UN AMERICANO EN PARÍS (1951) Sam Peckinpah: LA HUIDA (1972) Don Siegel: CHARLEY VARRICK (LA GRAN ESTAFA) (1973) Roman Polanski: EL BAILE DE LOS VAMPIROS (1967) José Luis Cuerda: EL BOSQUE ANIMADO (1987) Terry Jones: LA VIDA DE BRIAN (1979) Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker: ATERRIZA COMO PUEDAS (1980)

14 còmics que he gaudit durant el 2019:              

EMIL FERRIS: Lo que más me gusta son los monstruos (2017; Reservoir Books, 2018) WILL EISNER: Los archivos de The Spirit. Volumen 19 (1949; Norma, 2013) TILLIE WALDEN: En un rayo de sol (2 vols.) (2018; La Cúpula, 2019) JOSEP MARIA BEÀ: Peter Hipnos (1974/2019; Trilita, 2019) MAX: Peter Pank. Edición integral (1984/2011; La Cúpula, 2011) KIM: Alemania 1963. Nieve en los bolsillos (Norma, 2018) OLIVIER SCHRAUWEN: Mi pequeño (2006; Norma, 2009) ALAN MOORE / BRIAN BOLLAND: Batman: La broma asesina (1988/2008; ECC, 2016) KAZUO KAMIMURA / IKKI KAJIWARA: Una mujer de la era Shôwa (1977/1978; ECC, 2018) ENKI BILAL: Bug. Libro 1 (2017; Norma, 2018) LÉO MALET / JACQUES TARDI: Niebla en el puente de Tolbiac (1981; Norma, 1996) ANDREA PAZIENZA: Corre, Zanardi (1984/1988; Fulgencio Pimentel, 2018) JAMES STURM: Encima y debajo (1996/2004; La Cúpula, 2007) MEZZO / JEAN-MICHEL DUPONT: Love in Vain. Robert Johnson 1911-1938 (2014; Spacemen Books, 2015)

17 llibres que m’han atrapat durant el 2019:                 

CHARLES DICKENS: David Copperfield (1850; Alba Minus, 2014) DELMORE SCHWARTZ: En los sueños empiezan las responsabilidades (1937; Alpha Decay, 2010) JOHN DOS PASSOS: 1919 / El gran dinero (1930/1936; Random House Mondadori, 2007/2008) JOHN CHEEVER: Falconer (1977; Penguin Random House, 2018) JULIAN BARNES: El lloro de Flaubert (1984; Edicions 62, 2010) GUSTAVE FLAUBERT: Tres contes (1877; Destino, 1996) JORGE IBARGÜENGOITIA: Las muertas (1977; RBA, 2009) ALAN SILLITOE: Dissabte a la nit i diumenge al matí (1958; Edicions 62, 1996) LEV TOLSTOI: Felicitat conjugal / El diable (1859/1909; Edicions de 1984, 2005) LAURENCE STERNE: Viaje sentimental por Francia e Italia (1768; Funambulista, 2008) JAMES SALTER: Todo lo que hay (2013; Salamandra, 2014) JUNOT DÍAZ: Negocios (1996; Vintage Books, 1997) JUAN MARSÉ: El embrujo de Shanghai (1993; RBA, 1997) ERRI DE LUCA: Historia de Irene (2013; Seix Barral, 2018) PERE CALDERS: Contes portàtils (1955/1993; Comanegra, 2018) ALEJANDRO CAJA: Si puta por los rincones (Los Libros Portátiles, 2018) ANNE WIAZEMSKY: Un año ajetreado (2012; Anagrama, 2013)