Listas de mitad de año 2012 (Best 2012 so far)

 Ahora vamos con las britanicas NME y el Guardian, cambian algo con las anteriores,pero como he dicho antes solo para abrir boca y saber si estamos al loro??.De la de NME me quedo con Grimes y le damos una oportunidad al pop sosito de Chairlift

NME

Jack White - 'Blunderbuss'
Tribes - 'Baby'
Lana Del Rey - 'Born To Die'
Enter Shikari - 'A Flash Flood Of Colour'
Grimes - 'Visions'
Django Django - 'Django Django'
Pulled Apart By Horses - 'Tough Love'
Sleigh Bells - 'Reign Of Terror'
Hodgy Beats - 'Untitled'
Flats - 'Better Living'
Actress - 'RIP'
Perfume Genius - 'Put Your Back N 2 It'
Breton - 'Other People's Problems'
Polica - 'Give You The Ghost'
Oberhofer - 'Time Capsules II'
Pond - 'Beard Wives Denim'
Mystery Jets - 'Radlands'
Paul Weller - 'Sonik Kicks'
Graham Coxon - 'A+E'
Maccabees - 'Given To The Wild'
The Cribs - 'In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull'

THE GUARDIAN

R.I.P. - Actress
The Bravest Man in the Universe - Bobby Womack
Something - Chairlift
The Money Store - Death Grips
Love Songs – A Time You May Embrace - Krystle Warren
One Day I'm Going To Soar - Dexys
Django Django - Django Django
Locked Down - Dr John
Visions - Grimes
In Our Heads - Hot Chip
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Classical Curves - Jam City
fin - John Talabot
Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
Given To The Wild - The Maccabees
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - Nicki Minaj
Give You the Ghost - Poliça
Yo - Roberto Fonseca
Words and Music - Saint Etienne

Listas de mitad de año 2012 (Best 2012 so far)

 Primeras listas de mitad de año,para ir abriendo boca,ya se ven discos que apareceran a final de año (Japandroids,Beach House...).Yo de la spin me quedo con The Men.

SPIN

Action Bronson, Blue Chips

Addison Groove, Transistor

Actress, R.I.P.

Air, Le Voyage Dans Le Lune

Amadou & Mariam, Folila

Beak>,Beak

Beach House, Bloom

Willis Earl Beal, Acousmatic Sorcery

Best Coast, The Only Place

Carter Tutti Void, Transverse

Ceremony, Zoo

Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory

DJ Rashad, TEKLIFE Vol. 1 Welcome to the Chi

Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur

Escort, Escort

Future, Pluto

Daughn Gibson, All Hell

Guided by Voices, Let’s Go Eat the Factory

Himanshu, Nehru Jackets

Imperial Teen, Feel the Sound

Japandroids, Celebration Rock

Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music

King Tuff, King Tuff

Mark Lanegan Band, Blues Funeral

Lindstrøm, Six Cups of Rebel

Spoek Mathambo, Father Creeper

The Men, Open Your Heart

Meshuggah, Koloss

Miguel, Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1, 2 & 3

Moonface, With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery

Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Pallbearer, Sorrow and Extinction

Frankie Rose, Interstellar

Santigold, Master of My Make Believe

Siinai, Olympic Games

Sleigh Bells, Reign of Terror

Spiritualized, Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Torche, Harmonicraft

Traxman, The Mind of Traxman

Jack White, Blunderbuss

Stereogum

01. Cloud Nothings – Attack On Memory

02. The Walkmen – Heaven

03. Chairlift – Something

04. Japandroids – Celebration Rock

05. Beach House – Bloom

06. El-P – Cancer For Cure

07. Screaming Females – Ugly

08. Rick Ross – Rich Forever

09. Sleigh Bells – Reign Of Terror

10. Future – Pluto

11. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music

12. Action Bronson & Party Supplies – Blue Chips

13. Julia Holter – Ekstasis

14. Lotus Plaza – Spooky Action At A Distance

15. Torche – Harmonicraft

16. Tanlines – Mixed Emotions

17. Frankie Rose – Interstellar

18. Death Grips – The Money Store

19. Chromatics – Kill For Love 

20. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light

21. Kindness – World You Need A Change Of Mind

22. Grimes – Visions

23. Willis Earl Beal – Acousmatic Sorcery

24. Ceremony – Zoo

25. Heems – Nehru Jackets

Slant magazine Best albums 80s(2012)

 Lista de la Slant de los 80,de todo el staff de la webmag.Como ven se repiten un monton de grupos y albums con respecto a las otras pero siempre diversidad y calidad,es probable que la decada de los 80 que tanto tiempo ha sido denostada es la que ha marcado el devenir de la música moderna, aunque tambien es posible que los que vivimos aquella epoca seamos unos puretas como fueron en su dia los que nos vendieron que los 70 fueron irrepetibles.Vale hablamos en 30 años cuando todos seamos viejunos.

 

1. Michael Jackson, Thriller
2. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
3. Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4. The Clash, London Calling
5. Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
6. Talking Heads, Remain in Light
7. Joy Division, Closer
8. Prince, 1999
9. De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
10. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love.
11. Prince, Sign o' the Times
12. Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill
13. R.E.M., Murmur
14. Tom Waits, Rain Dogs
15. The Cure, Disintegration
16. The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
17. R.E.M., Document
18. N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton
19. Paul Simon, Graceland
20. Madonna, Like a Prayer

21. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes

22. Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
23. New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies
24. U2, The Joshua Tree
25. Kraftwerk, Computer World
26. Tom Waits, Swordfishbones
27. David Bowie, Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
28. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
29. Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
30. Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
31. Janet Jackson, Control
32. Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full
33. Madonna, Madonna
34. Pixies, Doolittle
35. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A
36. Pixies, Surfer Rosa
37. Guns N' Roses, Appetite for Destruction
38. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy
39. The Replacements, Let It Be
40. Grace Jones, Nightclubbing

41. Peter Gabriel, So
42. New Order, Movement
43. Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
44. Laurie Anderson, Big Science
45. Roxy Music, Avalon
46. Sinéad O'Connor, The Lion and the Cobra
47. Eurythmics, Touch
48. Michael Jackson, Bad
49. Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
50. Nine Inch Nails, Pretty Hate Machine
51. The Smiths, The Smiths
52. R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant
53. Prince, Dirty Mind
54. 808 State, 90
55. Kate Bush, The Sensual World
56. Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden
57. Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska
58. Echo & the Bunnymen, Ocean Rain
59. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Imperial Bedroom
60. Madonna, True Blue

61. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
62. George Michael, Faith
63. Tina Turner, Private Dancer
64. Pretenders, Pretenders
65. Run-D.M.C., Raising Hell.
66. The Replacements, Tim
67. XTC, Skylarking
68. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Get Happy!!
69. The Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come
70. Lou Reed, New York
71. Kate Bush, The Dreaming
72. Sonic Youth, Sister
73. Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade
74. Cocteau Twins, Treasure
75. Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses
76. Art of Noise, Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
77. Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
78. The Bangles, Different Light
79. The Cure, Pornography
80. The Clash, Combat Rock

81. R.E.M., Reckoning
82. Sonic Youth, EVOL
83. Brian Eno and David Byrne, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
84. Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, Planet Rock: The Album
85. The Clash, Sandinista!
86. The Human League, Dare!
87. Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club
88. Pet Shop Boys, Actually
89. Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues
90. Metallica, Master of Puppet
91. Meat Puppets, Meat Puppets II
92. My Bloody Valentine, Isn't Anything
93. The Fall, This Nation's Saving Grace
94. U2, War
95. Tears for Fears, Songs from the Big Chair
96. Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring
97. George Clinton, Computer Games
98. X, Los Angeles
99. Slick Rick, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
100. Soul II Soul, Club Classics Vol. One

NME Albums 80s(2012)

 Seguimos con los mejores discos de decadas previas,ahora con los 80 posteriormente con los 90.Los de la web del NME proponen a sus lectores unos discos y despues daran un top 20 de todos los que han votado.La lista para mi inmaculada,ni una pega (Eurythmics,F.Mac y U2 tienen su público a pesar de todo...)

The Clash - 'Sandinista!' (1980)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (1980)
Joy Division - 'Closer' (1980)
Bruce Springsteen – 'The River' (1980)
Talking Heads - 'Remain In Light' (1980)

Black Flag – 'Damaged' (1981)
Echo And The Bunnymen - 'Heaven Up Here' (1981)
The Human League – 'Dare' (1981)
AC/DC - 'Back In Black' (1982)

The Cure - 'Pornography' (1982)
Michael Jackson – 'Thriller' (1982)
Orange Juice – 'You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever' (1982)
Bruce Springsteen - 'Nebraska' (1982)

David Bowie - 'Let's Dance' (1983)
Eurythmics - 'Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This' (1983)
New Order - 'Power, Corruption & Lies' (1983)
R.E.M. - 'Murmur' (1983)

Nick Cave – 'From Her To Eternity' (1984)
Cocteau Twins - 'Treasure' (1984)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' (1984)
Echo And The Bunnymen - 'Ocean Rain' (1984)
R.E.M - 'Reckoning' (1984)
The Smiths - 'Hatful Of Hollow' (1984)
The Smiths - 'The Smiths' (1984)
Talking Heads - 'Stop Making Sense' (1984)

The Cure - 'The Head On The Door' (1985)
Kate Bush - 'Hounds of Love' (1985)
The Fall – 'This Nation’s Saving Grace' (1985)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - 'Psychocandy' (1985)
New Order - 'Low-Life' (1985)
The Smiths - 'Meat Is Murder' (1985)
Tom Waits – 'Rain Dogs' (1985)

Big Black - 'Atomizer' (1986)
Billy Bragg - 'Talking To The Taxman About Poetry' (1986)
The Go-Betweens – 'Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express' (1986)
Slayer – 'Reign In Blood' (1986)
The Triffids- 'Born Sandy Devotional' (1986)
Metallica – 'Master Of Puppets' (1986)
Paul Simon - 'Graceland' (1986)
The Smiths - 'The Queen Is Dead' (1986)

Dinosaur Jr. - 'You're Living All Over Me' (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - 'Tango In The Night' (1987)
Guns N' Roses - 'Appetite for Destruction' (1987)
Husker Du – 'Warehouse: Songs And Stories' (1987)
Michael Jackson - Bad (1987)
Pet Shop Boys – 'Actually' (1987)
Prince - 'Sign 'O' The Times' (1987)
U2 - 'The Joshua Tree' (1987)
The Wedding Present - 'George Best' (1987)

The Go-Betweens – '16 Lovers Lane' (1988)

Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)
Happy Mondays – 'Bummed' (1988)
Jane's Addiction - 'Nothing's Shocking' (1988)
N.W.A. - 'Straight Outta Compton' (1988)
Pixies - 'Surfer Rosa' (1988)
Sonic Youth - 'Daydream Nation' (1988)

Beastie Boys - 'Paul's Boutique' (1989)
Neneh Cherry - 'Raw Like Sushi' (1989)
The Cure - 'Disintegration' (1989)
De La Soul - '3 Feet High and Rising' (1989)
Madonna – 'Like A Prayer' (1989)
New Order - 'Technique' (1989)
Nirvana – 'Bleach' (1989)
Pixies - 'Doolittle' (1989)
The Stone Roses - 'The Stone Roses' (1989)

Paste magazine 80 LPs de los 80s(2012)

 La web de la Paste sacó hace unas semanas esta lista de 80 LP's de los 80,siempre es bueno mirar al pasado con distancia.La lista es USA(máximo 2 LP por grupo),por lo tanto hay albums editados a final de los 70 que salieron alla en el 80 y logicamente toda la movida europea y africana que hubo mucha se ve apartada.A pesar de todo creo que en el Nº 1 Doolittle nadie pondra pegas,ni en el2,ni el 3,ni.......Se puede comparar con la del RDL del 90 en este blog

1. The Pixies – Doolittle

2. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

3. Michael Jackson – Thriller

4. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.

5. The Clash – London Calling

6. R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant

7. Paul Simon – Graceland

8. Talking Heads – Remain in Light

9. U2 – The Joshua Tree

10. Prince – Purple Rain

11. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation

12. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

13. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique

14. The Replacements – Let It Be

15. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs

16. The Cure – Disintegration

17. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes

18. De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising

19. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa

20. AC/DC – Back in Black

21. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies

22. The Police – Synchronicity

23. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction

24. Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights

25. Elvis Costello – Trust

26. Prince – Sign o’ the Times

27. Peter Gabriel – So

28. Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Sessions

29. Bruce Springsteen – The River

30. R.E.M. – Murmur

31. Joy Division - Closer

32. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

33. XTC – Skylarking

34. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising

35. Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain

36. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy

37. Van Halen – 1984

38. U2 – The Unforgettable Fire

39. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine

40. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill

41. Ornette Coleman – In All Languages

42. Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw

43. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime

44. The Smiths – The Smiths

45. The dB’s – Stands For Decibels

46. The Clash – Sandinista

47. Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair

48. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

49. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

50. Crowded House – Crowded House

51. John Hiatt - Bring the Family

52. Squeeze - East Side Story

53. Los Lobos – By the Light of the Moon

54. Steve Earle - Guitar Town

55. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

56. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking

57. Fugazi - 13 Songs

58. Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust

59. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour

60. Camper Van Beethoven – Key Lime Pie

61. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

62. The Pretenders - The Pretenders

63. Bruce Cockburn - Humans

64. Guadalcanal Diary - 2x4

65. Nirvana - Bleach

66. Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell

67. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls

68. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

69. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

70. The Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me

71. Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me

72. The Blasters - Hard Line

73. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

74. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses

75. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything

76. Black Flag - Damaged

77. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask

78. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full

79. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

80. X - Los Angeles

RockFirst - 30 mejores albums de Britpop de los 90

 Revista francesa de reciente aparicion ,mete listas interesantes cada mes. En febrero los mejores albums del  Britpop de los 90.Lista controvertida y discutible al 100x100.
Muchisimas ausencias:Ride,Inspiral Carpets,Stereolab,MORRISEY,HAPPY MONDAYS,NEW ORDER,Spiritualized,Wedding Present,The La´s,PJ..........y ya que metes a Radiohead y a los Primal en la lista metelos con unos albums un poco presentables por favor.

Vamos que seguiremos de cerca a la revista

1. Blur - The Great Escape

2. Oasis - (What's the story) Morning Glory?

3. Suede - Suede

4. Pulp - Different Class

5. Oasis - Definitely maybe

6. Supergrass - I should coco

7. Blur - Parklife

8. Radiohead - The Bends

9. The Divine Comedy - Casanova

10. Paul Weller - Wild Wood

11. Belle & Sebastian - If you're felling sinister

12. The Boo Radleys - Wake up!

13. Primal Scream - Give out but don't give up

14. The Auteurs - New Wave

15. The Charlatans - The Charlatans

16. The Verve - Urban Hymns

17. Manic Street Preachers - Everything must go

18. Elastica - Elastica

19. Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix

20. Saint-Etienne - Tiger bay

21. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic

22. Stereophonics - Word gets around

23. Cast - All change

24. Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals

25. The Bluetones - Expecting to fly

26. Kula Shaker - K

27. Sleeper - The It girl

28. Lush - Lovelife

29. Echobelly - On

30. The Trashcan Sinatras - A happy pocket

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Word-Albums 2011

 Una más de las revistas imprescindibles,la penultima de 2011.Como siempre folk,americana,world music.

Siempre interesante

 Top 10
• Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
• Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
• Roots Manuva – 4 Everevolution
• PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
• Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer
• Keren Ann – 101
• Feist – Metals
• Bon Iver – Bon Iver
• Wilco – The Whole Love
• Mickey Newbury – An American Trilogy

el resto…

• Arbouretun – The Gathering
• Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi
• North Sea Radio Orchestra – I A Moon
• Dennis Hopper Choppers – Be Ready
• Amy Lavere – Stranger Me
• Washed Out – Washed Out
• Wolfram – Wolfram
• Nils Frahms – Felt
• Magazine – No Thyself
• The Janks – Hands Of Time
• Justice – Audio Video Disco
• Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
• Metronomy – The English Riviera
• Patrick Wolf – Lupercalia
• Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
• Little Roy – Battle For Seattle
• A Winged Victory For The Sullen – A Winged Victory For The Sullen
• King Midas Sound – Without You
• Danger Mouse And Daniele Luppi – Rome
• Luke Haines – Nine And A Half Psychedelic….
• Various Artists – Late Night Tales: Midlake
• Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
• About Group – Start And Complete
• Orkestra Del Sol – Lung Capacity
• Yacht – Shangri La
• Louis Armstrong – Satchmo
• The Beach Boys – Smile
• June Tabor & Oysterband
• Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys
• Eliza Carthy – Neptune
• Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
• Ry Cooder – Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down
• Martin Simpson – Purse + Grace