Best Songs of the Year 2019: 25-1

Here we come! After much thinking we haved reached a final verdict (one of the hardest years to do it, the top positions are tunes with a very deep, personal meaning, in a very tough year), and today we are able to reveal you our latest list of Best Songs of 2019!. 25 jewels that you shouldn't miss and should be part of any exceptional musical repertoire. As always, you have the Spotify playlist below, so we encourage you to give it a listen! We also hope you have enjoyed this 'musical tour' as much as we have done preparing it. Here's for a great year of music ahead!
  

25. Alexandra- RVG
24. Red Bull & Hennessy- Jenny Lewis
23. Booksmart- Holiday Ghosts
22. Olympians- Andrew Bird
21. Weird Ways- Strand of Oaks
20. Vagabond- Steve Gunn
19. Old Man- Stella Donnelly
18. The Time We Had- Lachlan Denton & Studio Magic
17. Cattails- Big Thief
16. The Amputees- Tindersticks
15. Norman and Norma- The Divine Comedy
14. Honey- Drugdealer
13. Dylan Thomas- Better Oblivion Community Center
12. In Ceremony- Capitol
11. Bedroom- Hobby Club
10. Holograms- Tiny Ruins
9. Television Screens- Fontaines D.C.
8. Polar Onion- Allah-Las
7. The Barrel- Aldous Harding
6. Seventeen- Sharon Van Etten
5. Head Alone- Julia Jacklin
4. Forever Half Mast- Lucy Dacus
3. All My Happiness is Gone- Purple Mountains
2. One Bird in the Sky- Robert Forster
1. Light Years- The National

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Best Records of the Year 2019: 1-20

As we said yesterday, we now have 40 records for our best of the year list. So, after the first round of LPs, comprising positions between 40 and 21, it’s time to show & rank our Top 20 albums of 2019. Those that we haven't been able to get out of our heads and deserve a standing ovation and, most importantly, constant spins. We’ll have a little break next week for recharging batteries, but we promise that we’ll be back before the year ends… ready to unveil our favorite songs of 2019. So, in the meantime, enjoy the records... and happy Holidays!

20.  Eraserland - Strand of Oaks
19.  In Search of the Miraculous - Desperate Journalist
18.  Better Oblivion Community Center- Better Oblivion Community Center
17. Anxiety Art - The reds, pinks and purples
16. Grass Stains and Novocaine - Seablite
15. Largos Agotadores - El Palacio de Linares
14. Whoosh! - The Stroppies
13. Useless Coordinates - Drahla
12. Time Again - Dumb Things
11. Tallies- Tallies

10. On the Line - Jenny Lewis
9.  Purple Mountains- Purple Mountains
8.  Designer - Aldous Harding
7.  Jeanines- Jeanines
6.  I Am Easy to Find - The National
5.  Quiet Signs - Jessica Pratt
4.  Dead Calm - The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness

3. Olympic Girls - Tiny Ruins 

2. Dogrel - Fontaines D.C. 

1. Crushing - Julia Jacklin

Want to check the best recors of 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011?

Best Songs of the Year 2019...so far

It took us a little while (it has been a really thoughtful decision) but, as promised, here's the second of our "best of the year so far" lists, with our 40 favourite songs halfway through 2019! As in the previous list of records & EPs, the tunes are not ranked, just listed in alphabetical order (only one per group is allowed). The result is, in our humble opinion, an amazing collection of music that needs to be vindicated and celebrated, so we encourage you to hurry up and enjoy the playlist below.

4AM- The Maureens
A Bird a Bee the Humanity- The Leisure Society
Alexandra- RVG
Bad Blood- Working Men’s Club
Booksmart- Holiday Ghosts
Cattails- Big Thief
Cotton & Cane- Olden Yolk
Diary of a Rose- Mega Bog
Dylan Thomas- Better Oblivion Community Center
Either Way- Jeanines
Father Mountain- Calexico and Iron & Wine
For Maurice- Hobby Club
Forever Half Mast- Lucy Dacus
Head Alone- Julia Jacklin
Holograms- Tiny Ruins
Honey- Drugdealer
Kamane Tarhanin- Mdou Moctar
Kennedy Hair- Martha Ffion
Light Years- The National
Love Keeps Kicking- Martha
Marketing- The Black Fever
Nothing at All- The Stroppies
Old Man- Stella Donnelly
Olympians- Andrew Bird
One Bird in the Sky- Robert Forster
Red Bull & Hennesy- Jenny Lewis
Seventeen- Sharon Van Etten
Shitty Ballet- Bleached
Sicilian Crest- The Mountain Goats
Television Screens- Fontaines D.C.
Texas Instruments- Priests
That’s Where the Trouble Started- Rose Elinor Dougall
The Barrel- Aldous Harding
Tumult Around the World- Titus Andronicus
Turtleneck- Elenin
Twelve Divisions of the Day- Drahla
Un Bosque- Pauline en la Playa
Under Your Spell- Annie Taylor

Weird Ways- Strand of Oaks
You’re Not Always On My Mind- Quivers

And if you want to check the previous years, click on 2011,2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 selections!

Best Records and EPs of the year 2019... so far

Last day of June, meaning half of 2019 is about to pass. To be honest, it's been a pretty shitty year so far for us and, among other, much bigger and personal letdowns, it has been a period of time in which we have clearly struggled to keep with our regular frequency of posts. But that doesn't mean we aren't listening to music. By no means. And to prove it, today we are unveiling our traditional 25 best records and EPs of the year so far! Albums are listed in alphabetical order (in December we will rank the final list) as, for now, we are just enumerating the records (don't care about the length either) that we have enjoyed the most during this six months. Endlessly open and ready for suggestions, as it always should be, we hope you like it, encouraging you to listen carefully. And stay tuned, our favourite songs from the fist half of 2019 are just around the corner!

Aldous Harding- Designer
Arista Fiera- Mi Defensa Personal
Bedouine- Birds Songs of a Killjoy
Better Oblivion Community Center- Better Oblivion Community Center
Business of Dreams- Ripe for Anarchy
Butcher the Bar- III
Desperate Journalist- In Search of the Miraculous
El Palacio de Linares- Largos Agotadores
Ex Hex- It’s Real
Fontaines D.C.- Dogrel
Holiday Ghosts- West Bay Playroom
I Was a King- Slow Century
Jeanines- Jeanines
Jenny Lewis- On the Line
Jessica Pratt- Quiet Signs
Julia Jacklin- Crushing
Seablite- Grass Stains and Novocaine
She Keeps Bees- Kinship
Stella Donelly- Beware of Dogs
Strand of Oaks- Eraserland
Swimming Tapes- Morningside
The Boy With the Perpetual Nervousness- Dead Calm
The National- I Am Easy to Find
The Stroppies- Whoosh!
Tiny Ruins- Olympic Girls

More lists? Click on the years to check our 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 selections!

Best Songs of the Year 2017: 25-1

We made it, here's the final round of our Best Songs of the Year! The last 25 songs of our particular list, one that ranges from consecrated artists and supergroups to rising bands, without forgetting most beloved comebacks and Blog favourites. We encourage you to listen the Spotify playlist below, the songs deserve it. And we do hope you have enjoyed this 'musical tour' as much as we have done preparing it. We are taking some days off starting tomorrow, along with the music, we wish you Happy holidays and New Year. See you in 2018!   

25. The Orielles- Sugar Tastes Like Salt
24. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever- Julie’s Place
23. Milk Teddy- Rock‘n’Roll Cretin
22. Land of Talk- This Tim
21. Spinning Coin - Raining on Hope Street
20. Mick Trouble- Second Offence
19. Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett- Over Everything
18. Jeremy Neale- Small Talk
17. Aldous Harding- Imagining My Man
16. Rose Elinor Dougall- Colour of Water
15. Sea Blite- Cerulean
14. U2- Red Flag Day
13. The War on Drugs- Holding On
12. Hater- Mental Haven
11. Cayetana- Mesa
10. Last Leaves- The World We Had
9. The Bats- Rooftops
8. Real Estate- Darling
7. Danny de la Matyr-Lines
6. The Luxembourg Signal- Laura Palmer
5. The National- Day I Die
4. Hurray for the Riff Raff- Pa’lante
3. Protomartyr- A Private Understanding
2. Alvvays- In Undertow
1. Filthy Friends- Any Kind Of Crowd

Agenda of Concerts Fall 2017

Here we are again, ready to begin a new season of concerts! Keeping with one of our traditions, here's our Agenda of Concerts for this Fall. As you could see, there is a name (and a place) that stands out from the rest. YES, we will be in Lisbon seeing The National and their new tunes! But there´s more, with some exciting gigs listed like our beloved Luna, Father John Misty, plus some additional 'bonus', bands that we have discovered this year, like Marika Hackman or Aldous Harding. Not bad for the first three months of the season, right? Obviously, this is a making in progress agenda and we hope to add more proposals soon. Have a look and maybe see you there!

SEPTEMBER
Monday 18th - Molly Burch at Fabra i Coats
Friday 22nd – Girlpool at BAM Festival
Friday 22nd –Marika Hackman at BAM Festival
Renaldo & Clara at BAM Festival

OCTOBER
Wednesday 11th – Luna at Sala Bikini
Friday 20th - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Sala Bikini
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd – Primavera Club Festival*

Saturday 28th - The National at Coliseu dos Recreios (Lisbon)

NOVEMBER
Satuday 4th – BIS Festival at Espai Jove Les Basses
Tuesday 7th - Aldous Harding at La [2]
Tuesday 14th - Spoon at Sala Apolo*
Wednesday 15th- Algiers at Razzmatazz 2*
Saturday 18th - Father John Misty with Weyes Blood at Razzmatazz

Sunday 19th- Julien Baker at La [2]

Listed in yellow. gigs we have doubts about or we have to look into (Primavera Club has just unveiled its line-up)