Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Best of 2017

1. Núria Graham - Does it Ring A Bell? (Cloud Fifteen)
2. Queens of the Stone Age - Villains (Hideaway)
3. Destroyer - Ken (La Regle du Jeu)
4. Feist - Pleasure (I Wish I didn't Miss You)
5. The XX - I See You (Lips)
6. Spoon - Hot Thoughts (Hot Thoughts)
7. Grizzly Bear - Painted Ruins (Neighbors)
8. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (Pain)
9. Morrissey - Low in High School (I Wish You Lonely)
10. Fleet Foxes - The Crack-Up (On Another Ocean (January - June))

Friday, 1 December 2017

Best of 2017 (Rough Trade, MOJO, Uncut,...)


Rough Trade  (UK, 14th Nov)
1. Aldous Harding – Party
2. Ryan Adams – Prisoner
3. Björk – Utopia
4. Big Thief – Capacity
5. Colter Wall – Colter Wall
6. Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After Sex
7. The Big Moon – Love In The 4th Dimension
8. Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
9. Thundercat – Drunk
10. Here Lies Man – Here Lies Man

Q magazine (UK, 22nd Nov)
1. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
2. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
3. Wolf Alice – Visions of a Life
4. Lorde – Melodrama
5. Gorillaz – Humanz
6. St. Vincent – Masseduction
7. Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
8. Baxter Dury – Prince of Tears
9. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
10. The National – Sleep Well Beast

MOJO (UK, 22nd Nov)
1. LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
2. Nadia Reid – Preservation
3. Queens of the Stone Age – Villains
4. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here…
5. Jane Weaver – Modern Kosmology
6. St. Vincent – Masseduction
7. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
8. Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Navigator
9. Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
10. Aldous Harding – Party

Monday, 30 October 2017

BloggingStone Tenth Anniversary (2007 - 2017)

In November 2007, the first post was published with a selection of ten new songs. During these ten years, lots of good music have been listed in this blog, from different styles and genres with the only restriction that two songs from the same album could not be selected except, of course, in the "Best of" lists posted at the end of the year. Also a lot of great artists have visited Barcelona as partially documented in the Live Music section. Sadly, some talented musicians have left us as well during this period as reflected in our tribute posts.
To celebrate these ten years, here's a personal selection of the best ten albums that appeared in this blog. As in any list, there are artists that did not make the top ten but still deserve a mention: Beach House, Foxygen, Spoon, Mac DeMarco, Cass McCombs, Wilco, etc. Each of these records are worthy of being listened through from beginning to end. Enjoy!



2012 Tame Impala - Lonerism (Keep on Lying)
2008 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (He Doesn't Know Why)
2009 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Ready, Able)
2011 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (In The Dark Places)
2016 David Bowie - Blackstar (Dollar Days)
2007 Radiohead - In Rainbows (Bodysnatchers)
2011 Destroyer - Kaputt (Song For America)
2008 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (Of Moons, Birds & Monsters)
2010 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Deep Blue)
2010 The Black Keys - Brothers (I'm Not The One)