El celobert

Celebrem la gosadia d'aquests artistes que han decidit ser m�sics malgrat tenir un pare fam�s, una ombra allargada. 01 Loudon Wainwright III - "Dead skunk" 02 Rufus Wainwright - "Cigarettes and chocolate milk" 03 Simon & Garfunkel - "America" 04 Harper Simon - "Wishes and stars" 05 Adam Cohen - "What other guy" 06 Leonard Cohen - "Hey, that's no way to say goodbye" 07 Frank Sinatra - "Nancy (with the laughing face)" 08 Nancy Sinatra - "These boots are made for walking" 09 The Wallflowers - "One headlight" 10 Bob Dylan - "I want you" 11 Ca�m Riba - "Ja ho tens" 12 Pau Riba - "Can�� 7a en colors" 13 Ben Taylor - "Nothing I can do" 14 James Taylor - "Sweet baby James"

No surten mai a les fotos, per�, sense ells, ni tu ni jo podr�em anar de concert. 01 La Ludwig Band - "Xavier, el t�cnic de so" 02 Jackson Browne - "The load out/Stay" 03 Dr. Hook - "Roland the roadie and Gertrude the groupie" 04 Neil Young - "Tonight's the night" 05 The Byrds - "B.B. class road" 06 Pata Negra - "Los managers" 07 Frank Turner - "Road crew" 08 Mot�rhead - "(We are) the roadies" 09 Noel Gallagher - "The dying of the light" 10 Smash Mouth - "Road man" 11 Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free bird"

Encetem la temporada acomiadant el mes d'agost amb la protagonista indiscutible d'aquest estiu: l'onada de calor. 01 Martha & The Vandellas - "Heatwave" 02 Amics del Bosc - "Dies de massa calor" 03 Mr. Freak Ska & Skatal� - "Onada de calor" 04 Cooper - "Ola de calor" 05 Jeanne Cherhal - "Canicule" 06 Radio Futura - "Escuela de calor" 07 Ant�nia Font - "Fa calor" 08 Renaldo & Clara - "L'amor fa calor" 09 Sly & The Family Stone - "Hot fun in the summertime" 10 Grupo de Expertos Solynieve - "Ola de calor" 11 Kiko Veneno - "Hace calor" 12 Remigi Palmero - "La cal�" 13 Unperro andaluz - "Can�cula en el cerro" 14 The Blue Nile - "Heatwave"

Encara que ho sembli, no tothom est� enamorat de l'estiu. Aqu� teniu un recull d'artistes malagradosos que es pensen passar tots aquests mesos de calor tancats a casa i ben lluny del xiringuito de la platja. 01 Elvis Costello - "The other side of summer" 02 Lana Del Rey - "Summertime sadness" 03 Death Cab for Cutie - "Summer skin" 04 Happy Mondays - "Holiday" 05 The Divine Comedy - "The pop singer's fear of the pollen count" 06 The Decemberists - "Anti-summersong" 07 The Decemberists - "July! July!" 08 Cracker - "Cruel August" 09 Family - "El bello verano" 10 Bright Eyes - "June on the west coast" 11 McEnroe - "Agosto del 94" 12 Green Day - "Wake me up when September ends" 13 Belle and Sebastian - "A summer wasting" 14 The Magnetic Fields - "Summer lies" 15 Los Planetas - "La playa" 16 Crim - "Estiu de merda"

Una de les proves m�s fefaents que el temps passa volant �s mirar enrere i fer un rep�s de les can�ons que fan 30 anys. Avui repassarem el millor del 1996, amb la ressaca del britpop a punt d'arribar i l'Eurocopa de futbol m�s musical del segle passat. 01 Ocean Colour Scene - "The riverboat song" 02 Manic Street Preachers - "A design for life" 03 Lightning Seeds - "Three lions" 04 Beck - "Where it's at" 05 Suede - "Beautiful ones" 06 The Wallflowers - "One headlight" 07 Eels - "Novocaine for the soul" 08 The Bluetones - "Slight return" 09 Kula Shaker - "Hey dude" 10 The Cardigans - "Lovefool" 11 The Beautiful South - "Rotterdam (or anywhere)" 12 Spice Girls - "Wannabe" 13 Underworld - "Born slippy - Nuxx"

Encara que no ho sembli, un quart de segle ha passat des de l'aparici� estel�lar del primer disc de The Strokes i, tanmateix, la seva influ�ncia en el pop de guitarres contemporani continua planant 25 anys despr�s. 01 The Strokes - "Last nite" 02 Makeout Reef - "Drive, don't talk" 03 Kiwi Jr. - "Night vision" 04 The Cribs - "Things you should be knowing" 05 Benches - "Angry lizard noise" 06 Pac�fica - "What you doing" 07 Hundred Plus Club - "Gobsmacked" 08 Arctic Monkeys - "You probably couldn't see for the lights but you were staring straight at me" 09 Franz Ferdinand - "Audacious" 10 The Vices - "At least that's what they're saying" 11 The Walkmen - "Heaven" 12 The Symposium - "Red river" 13 Tennis - "10 minutes 10 years" 14 Alvvays - "Adult diversion" 15 Stone Jackals - "I wish I stayed sedated" 16 The Changcuters - "I love u bibeh"

Aquest nou mil�lenni ens ha regalat una explosi� de talent femen� que ha oxigenat el tarann� intr�nsecament patriarcal del pop i del rock. Ho celebrem amb una tria de les nostres compositores preferides. 01 Sharon Van Etten - "Seventeen" 02 Mitski - "In a lake" 03 Laura Marling - "The end of the affair" 04 Phoebe Bridgers - "Funeral" 05 Julien Baker - "Appointments" 06 Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at best" 07 Adrianne Lenker - "Anything" 08 Maria Arnal - "Que me quiten" 09 Lizzy McAlpine - "Older" 10 Olivia Rodrigo - "Drivers license" 11 Billie Eilish - "When the party's over" 12 Mar Pujol - "Flor de nit" 13 Waxahatchee - "Mud" 14 Weyes Blood - "Andromeda" 15 Lucy Dacus - "Night shift"

Va, no et facis el desmenjat. El Mundial �s aqu� i el millor que pots fer �s apuntar-te a la festa. O sigui, que tria la teva selecci� preferida, posa't la samarreta aquella que et va petita i mira els partits escoltant les millors can�ons sobre futbol. 01 Lightning Seeds - "Three lions" 02 Est�pida Erikah - "Iturralde Gonz�lez" 03 Billy Bragg - "The boy done good" 04 Billy Bragg - "God's footballer" 05 Richard Dawson - "Two halves" 06 Los Directivos - "Nueva ola Guardiola" 07 Tachenko - "1986" 08 Los Campesinos! - "Every defeat a divorce" 09 Kirsty MacColl - "England 2 Colombia 0" 10 Bersuit Vergarabat - "El baile de la gambeta" 11 AJ Tracey - "False 9" 12 Half Man Half Biscuit - "Swerving the Checkatrade" 13 Serious Drinking - "Love on the terraces" 14 Els Amics de les Arts - "4-3-3"

S�, ho sabem, esteu saturats d'autotune. Per� aquest efecte vocal identificat amb el reggaeton i l'urban tamb� s'ha fet servir de manera original i ens ha regalat peces extraordin�ries. 01 Cher - "Believe" 02 Daft Punk - "One more time" 03 Bon Iver - "Woods" 04 James Blake - "I mind" 05 Cat Power - "3,6,9" 06 Vampire Weekend - "Step" 07 Kanye West - "Say you will" 08 Frank Ocean - "Provider" 09 Chance the Rapper - "No problem" 10 Guillem Gisbert - "Hauries hagut de venir" 11 Charli XCX - "Tears" 12 Caroline Polachek - "Bunny is a rider" 13 The Strokes - "Falling out of love"

Amb el seu disc de debut, Tobias Jesso Jr va aconseguir un �xit descomunal i comparacions amb Nilsson i Randy Newman, entre altres. El problema va ser que els directes li provocaven tal ansietat que va desapar�ixer dels escenaris durant deu anys. 01 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Can't stop thinking about you" 02 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "How could you babe" 03 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Without you" 04 HAIM - "Relationships" 05 Adele - "When we were young" 06 Florence & The Machine - "The end of love" 07 Olivia Dean - "Man i need" 08 Justin Bieber - "Daisies" 09 Rosal�a - "La yugular" 10 Bon Iver - "From" 11 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "I love you" 12 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Everything may soon be gone" 13 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Green eyes" 14 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Lullaby"

No t'ho prenguis malament, per� potser ja �s hora que et compris un banyador nou, que aquest que portes est� descolorit, et va petit i fa una mica d'ang�nia. 01 La Iaia - "La platja" 02 David Beck - "Swimsuit" 03 Fernando Alfaro - "Ba�ador negro" 04 Arctic Monkeys - "Golden trunks" 05 Alton - "Por tu ba�ador" 06 Cassandra Jenkins - "New bikini" 07 Caroline Rose - "Red bikini waltz" 08 Julieta - "Bikini rojo" 09 Mildred - "Sauvie's nude beach" 10 Ariel Pink - "Nude beach a go-go" 11 Los Rivera Destino - "Traje de ba�o" 12 Gisella Notte - "Costume da bagno" 13 Coucoucool - "Maillot de bain" 14 B.G. Dunn - "Swimsuit royalty" 15 The Blank Minds - "Swimming trunks" 16 Amyl and the Sniffers - "Tiny bikini" 17 Extraperlo - "Ba�adores"

Diuen que si no has aconseguit triomfar abans dels 30, sobretot en el m�n del pop, el millor que pots fer �s deixar-ho c�rrer. Per� com que ens encanta portar la contr�ria, aqu� teniu una dotzena d'artistes que van aconseguir l'�xit ben granadets. 01 Leonard Cohen - "Hey, that's no way to say goodbye" 02 Charles Bradley - "The world (is going up in flames)" 03 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "How long do I have to wait for you?" 04 Bill Withers - "Ain't no sunshine" 05 Sheryl Crow - "All I wanna do" 06 Jane's Addiction - "Jane says" 07 Blondie - "X Offender" 08 Ian Dury - "Wake up and make love with me" 09 The Police - "Can't stand losing you" 10 Bonnie Raitt - "Nick of time" 11 Garbage - "Only happy when it rains" 12 Victor Jara - "Te recuerdo Amanda" 13 Sia - "Chandelier" 14 Willie Nelson - "Whiskey river"

Som molt fans de les�harmonies vocals que juguen amb la disson�ncia�i l'atonalitat. Per aquest motiu,�avui hem decidit compartir can�ons que s'arrisquen�harm�nicament�i se'n surten amb nota.� 01 Dirty Projectors - "No intention" 02 The Beach Boys - "Girl on the beach" 03 Grizzly Bear - "Two weeks" 04 The B-52's - "Private Idaho" 05 The Roches - "Hammond song" 06 Bj�rk - "Submarine" 07 The A's - "He needs me" 08 Aretha Franklin - "Day dreaming" 09 The Raincoats - "No side to fall in" 10 Grimes - "Oblivion" 11 Tune-Yards - "Water fountain" 12 Car Seat Headrest - "Drunk drivers/Killer whales" 13 Animal Collective - "My girls"

Plorar �s terap�utic i guaridor, d'acord, per� tamb� ho �s eixugar-se les ll�grimes i encarar el present sense pors ni recances. 01 Guillem Gisbert - "Prou de plors" 02 Halsey - "Wipe your tears" 03 Amy Winehouse - "Tears dry on their own" 04 Richard Thompson - "Dry my tears and move on" 05 Neil Young - "Don't cry no tears" 06 The Cure - "A letter to Elisa" 07 Tobias Jesso Jr. - "Crocodile tears" 08 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Big tears" 09 Otis Redding - "That's how strong my love is" 10 Clem Snide - "Tears on my pillow" 11 Frank Sinatra - "Guess I'll hang my tears to dry" 12 The Streets - "Dry your eyes" 13 Prince Fatty - "Dry your tears" 14 Pau Riba - "Ll�grimes i petons" 15 Tindersticks - "Tiny tears"

Si hi ha un pa�s no anglosax� que es mereix ser destacat per la vitalitat de la seva ind�stria sonora, aquest �s, amb molta difer�ncia, It�lia. Per constatar-ho,�us proposem un recull gener�s del�bo�i millor de l'escena musical italiana actual.� 01 Thru Collected - "Tutto lo spazio" 02 I Cani - "Colpo di tosse" 03 Andrea Laszlo De Simone - "La notte" 04 Daniela Pes - "Carme" 05 Colapesce - "Splash" 06 Giulia Mei & Anna Castiglia - "Un tu scuiddari" 07 Angelica Bove - "Mattone" 08 Angelica Bove - "Mi ritroverai" 09 Calcutta - "Cosa mi manchi a fare" 10 Lucio Corsi - "Tu sei il mattino" 11 Baustelle - "L'arte di lasciar andare" 12 Gaia Banfi - "Piazza centrale" 13 Giorgio Poi - "Giochi di gambe" 14 Franco126 - "Futuri possibili" 15 Faccianuvola - "Portarme a ballare in primavera"

Si hi ha un g�nere musical que no va tenir cap recan�a a allargar el metratges�de�le�seves can�ons, va ser el rock progressiu de principis dels 70.�

A finals dels 60,�la m�sica afroamericana va decidir apostar per estructures m�s ambicioses que fugien de la t�pica can�� pop de tres minuts. Els resultats van posar les bases�de�la m�sica soul i el�hip-hop�actual.� 01 The Temptations - "Papa was a rolling stone" 02 James Brown - "People get up and drive your funky soul" 03 Isaac Hayes - "Walk on by" 04 Kanye West - "Runaway" 05 Frank Ocean - "Pyramids"

El segon cap�tol d'aquesta croada sonora per reivindicar les can�ons que necessiten espai i minuts per desenvolupar-se �s en clau d'indie guitarr�stic. Aqu� teniu els nostres exemples preferits. 01 The Stone Roses - "Fools gold" 02 The Smiths - "How soon is now?" 03 Death Cab for Cutie - "Transatlanticism" 04 The Cure - "Alone" 05 The War on Drugs - "Under the pressure" 06 Tame Impala - "Let it happen" 07 Spiritualized - "I think I'm in love"

Hi ha una regla no escrita per la qual les can�ons llargues no s�n�radiables, que avorreixen els oients. Nosaltres hem decidit protestar contra aquesta idea�absurda�i fer-ho reivindicant peces de metratge gener�s i valor indiscutible.� 01 Don McLean - "American pie" 02 Van Morrison - "Listen to the lion" 03 Derek & The Dominos - "Layla" 04 David Bowie - "Station to station" 05 Lou Reed - "Coney Island baby" 06 Pau Riba - "Licors"

La conviv�ncia entre companys de grup �s sempre conflictiva. Massa egos tancats en un mateix espai fan que sovint la cosa acabi en punxa. Us portem casos tan evidents que fins i tot van inspirar can�ons que s�n cartes de comiat i al mateix temps ajustaments de comptes poc dissimulats. 01 Ramones - "The KKK took my baby away" 02 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make me smile (come and see me)" 03 Neil Young - "Thrasher" 04 Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Just a song before I go" 05 Paul McCartney - "Too many people" 06 John Lennon - "How do you sleep?" 07 George Harrison - "Wah-wah" 08 Peter Gabriel - "Solsbury hill" 09 Morrissey - "Angel, angel, down we go together" 10 Lauryn Hill - "Ex-factor" 11 Pink Floyd - "Wish you were here" 12 Keith Richards - "You don't move me" 13 Elvis Costello - "How to be dumb"