Saturday, January 25, 2020

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 251

We told you last week, the music year has begun in a most promising way and we already have the "vaults" of tunes completely full, eagerly awaiting to be released. So, without further hesitation, here comes our TOP TEN JUKEBOX, ready to knock you out year comes full of energy and good vibes. A lot to discover in this ten proposals, focused in exciting new findings, so get a listen! Have a great weekend, and remember to join us in our Soundcloud page!




Direct links to 2020 Jukebox playlists

Sunday, January 19, 2020

The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 250

The first TOP TEN JUKEBOX of the year comes full of energy and good vibes, something only the best music can provide. Ten wonderful options to enjoy the free time as it deserves alongside "old friends", such as the new proposals of Nada SurfClose LobstersPia Fraus or The Flatmates. After such an amazing collection of tunes (always in our humble opinion, of course) we can only say: long live to the guitars... and here's hoping for this playlist to be a sign of the music to be discovered in this 2020! Have a very nice Sunday, and remember to join us in our Soundcloud page!




Direct links to 2020 Jukebox playlists

Friday, January 17, 2020

Primavera Sound 2020: first impressions



2019 is over. Lists are over... and here it comes (finally) the heavily anticipated announcement of the Primavera Sound's line-up for 2020. Gone is the tricky label #NewNormal, so let's welcome the #BestFestivalForever... Or it is, really?

At first glimpse, it seems way better than last year. Yes, the traditional eclecticism of the Festival turned into its Coachellisation and the embrace of the so-called urban music is here to stay. But there's plenty to see, with an exciting 90s revival (Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr., Kathleen Hannah and Ms Gordon altogether) and some wonderful surprises, particularly Mavis Staples and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, absolute musts of the Festival for this Blog. Add "surefires" among the headliners, such as The National, or among the 'small class', such as Jessica Pratt or Fontaines D.C. and the result is an edition that, at least on paper, looks happily stacked.

But is there something really special, something that really blows our minds and justifies the promotiong of the Festival as very special edition (20th anniversary of Primavera)? Not to our knowledge/tastes, aside from the aforementioned hero from Hull, to be honest. Moreover, there's the feeling of several painful misses that could have elevated this edition to undeniably one of the best. If you allow us to name a few: Sleater-Kinney, Sharon Van Etten, Julia Jacklin, Vivian Girls, Tiny Ruins (or any of the wonders from 'down under', a familiar, recurring pain), Better Oblivion Community Center, Wilco, Crowded House or Tindersticks (bands that are playing in Barcelona this year for the price of your mortgage)... Plus, there's the fear too much Mordor awaits us compared with the latest, pretty comfortable editions, and that some acts we really want to see, namely Jesus and Mary Chain or Rolling Blackouts are playing on Wednesday. And even more scary than the previous: overlaps could be particularly devastating this edition.

But there's no point wasting much time complaining about what could have been... As, we insist, the overall first impression is pretty positive, taking in mind, as always, there's always something to discover among the vast 'middle and small class' offer to add to 'our' Festival routes. Having said that, let's honour the Blog’s tradition: here’s our rough paint & colour' version of 2020 line-up with the bands we are willing to see. Suggestions are welcomed and as always, a lot to listen ahead!!


CONFIRMED ARTISTS FOR PRIMAVERA SOUND 2020
3 June - 7 June

100 GECS •33EMYBW •ABBATH •AEAEA •AFRODEUTSCHE •AGORAPHOBIA •AKASHA KID •AMAIA •AMELIE LENS •ANIKA KUNST •ARTHUR VEROCAI •AURORA HALAL •AUTOMATIC •BAD BUNNY •BAD GYAL •BAUHAUS •BEACH BUNNY •BECK •BEN UFO •BICEP LIVE •BIG FREEDIA •BIGKLIT •BIKINI KILLBILL CALLAHAN •BISCUIT •BLACK COFFEE •BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD •BLACK LIPS •BLACK MIDI •BLAWAN •BLOND:ISH •BOY HARSHER •BRITTANY HOWARD •BROCKHAMPTON •BUTTECHNO •C. TANGANA •CALL SUPER B2B SHANTI CELESTE •CARIBOU •CARISTA •CARLA •CAROLINA DURANTE •CAROLINE POLACHEK •CHAOS IN THE CBD •CHAQUETA DE CHÁNDAL •CHROMATICS •CIGARETTES AFTER SEX •COMA •CRUDO PIMENTO •CUBAN DOLL •D. TIFFANY •DAVE P. •DESIRE •DIE KATAPULT •DIIVDINOSAUR JR. •DISCLOSURE •DJ COCO •DJ FRA •DJ HARVEY •DJ KELVIN •DJ LIZZ •DJ NARANJITO •DJ PLAYERO •DJ SHADOW •DJ WHOISDUALIPA •DUKI •EARL SWEATSHIRT •EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN •ELA MINUS •FATIMA YAMAHA •FAYE WEBSTER •FERRAN PALAU •FLOATING POINTS •FONTAINES D.C. •FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB •GABBER MODUS OPERANDI •GABRIELA RICHARDSON •GEORGIA •GIRL IN RED •HANNAH DIAMOND •HEALTH •HÉCTOR OAKS •HELADO NEGRO •HICKEYS •HONEY DIJON •IGGY POP •IOSONOUNCANE •ISABELLA •IVY BARKAKATI •JAKUZI •JAMILA WOODS •JANE FITZ •JAWBOX •JEFF MILLS •JEHNNY BETH •JENNY HVAL •JESSICA PRATT •JOAN SHELLEY •JOHN T. GAST •JOSEY REBELLE •JOYHAUSER •JULIETTA FERRARI DJ •KACEY MUSGRAVES •KAMMA & MASALO •KAMPIRE & DECAY PRESENT BUNU BOP •KANO •KHALED •KILLAVESI •KIM GORDON •KIM PETRAS •KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD •KING KRULE •KING PRINCESS •KOFFEE •KURT VILE •L DEVINE •LA FAVI •LANA DEL REY •LAS LIGAS MENORES •LAWRENCE LE DOUX •LE HAMMOND INFERNO •LE NAIS •LEON VYNEHALL •LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUE •LES SAVY FAV •LIGHTNING BOLT •LILA TEQUILA •LINGUA IGNOTA •LITTLE SIMZ •LORENA ÁLVAREZ •LORENZO SENNI •LORY D •LOS HIJOS DE YAYO •LUNA KI •MABEL •MAGGIE ROGERS •MANEL •MANO LE TOUGH •MARIA DEL MAR BONET •MARIAH THE SCIENTIST •MARTHA •MASSIVE ATTACK •MAVIS STAPLES •MECÁNICA POPULAR •METRONOMY •MICA LEVI •MIKE DRED •NAPALM DEATH •ÑEJO •NINA KRAVIZ •NOGA EREZ •NORSICAA •NÚRIA GRAHAM •OKLOU •OM •OSCAR MULERO •OTOBOKE BEAVER •PABLLO VITTAR •PALOMA MAMI •PANTOCRATOR •PARK HYE-JIN •PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTTPAVEMENT •PELADA •PENELOPE ISLES •PILE •PNL •RAPSODY •RICHARD DAWSON •RINA SAWAYAMA •ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER •ROMBO •ROOSEVELT •SAMPA THE GREAT •SANGRE NUEVA •SHAME •SHELLAC •SHERELLE •SHYGIRL •SIDE CHICK •SONIDO LA CHANGA •SOTO ASA •SPECIAL REQUEST •SQUAREPUSHER •SQUID (UK) •STELLAR OM SOURCE •SUDAN ARCHIVES •TEKI LATEX •TETO PRETO •THE CARETAKER •THE JESUS AND MARY CHAINTHE NATIONALTHE STROKES •TIM BURGESS •TOPS •TRAPANI •TROPICAL FUCK STORM •TYLER, THE CREATOR •UNIFORMS •VAGINA DENTATA ORGAN •VIOLET •VTSS •WEYES BLOOD •WILLIAM DJOKO •YO LA TENGO •YOUNG DOLPH •YOUNG MARCO •YOUNG THUG •YUNG BEEF & PABLO CHILL-E •ZA •ZOZO

Green- Definetely seeing them. Absolute must
Orange- If there are no overlaps (in particular with the green ones), I'll be there for sure
Yellow- Curious about it/on "research mode"/nice option if there's no overlap

Sunday, January 5, 2020

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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Friday, January 3, 2020

Best Songs of the Year 2019: 50-26

As the world keeps its quest towards total madness & extinction (thanks again, orange monkey), we don't have time to waste so, here's the third chapter of our Favorite Songs of 2019! Today we "enter" the last rounds of our list, with tunes comprised between positions 50 to 26. Getting closer to the end of the road, you can imagine difficulty increases, so we hope you like our choices as much as we do. Have a nice Friday, and stay tunned. The final post it's already in the pipeline!

50. Bad Blood- Working Men’s Club
49. Texas Instruments- Priests
48. Blankenship- DIIV
47. Human- Molly Sarlé
46. Enemies- Egoism
45. Tumult Around the World- Titus Andronicus
44. Nothing at All- The Stroppies
43. A Bird a Bee the Humanity- The Leisure Society
41. Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You- Julia Jacklin
42. You’re Not Always On My Mind- Quivers
40. Walking on a String- Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers
39. Hero- Michael Kiwanuka
38. Anhedonia- Ducks Unlimited
37. There Flies a Seagull- Grace Cummings
36. Marketing- The Black Fever
35. Olympic Girls- Tiny Ruins
34. Shitty Ballet- Bleached
33. The Lotts- Fontaines D.C.
32. We’re All Fucking Morons- Comet Gain
31. Morning in America- Durand Jones & The Indications
30. Mother- Tallies
29. Father Mountain- Calexico and Iron & Wine
28. Cotton & Cane- Olden Yolk
27. Not- Big Thief
26. Rylan- The National







Thursday, January 2, 2020

Best Songs of the Year 2019: 75-51

Already back working? Or still in holidays? Don't worry, we have the remedy for either your hangover or our post-holiday depression: the second chapter of our Best Songs of the Year! Following yesterday's post with the first twenty five tunes of the list, today we are unveling the songs comprised between 75 and 51, alongside its mandatory playlist (see & listen below). And don't go too far, more music gems about to come with the last chapters of the list!

75. Turtleneck- Elenin
74. Love Is Gonna Test You- Jordan Moser
73. Letters to the Girl- The Proctors
72. Everyday - Weyes Blood
71. Flash- Gauche
70. Sleight of Hand- Flying Fish Cove
69. Raging River- Sebadoh
68. That’s Where the Trouble Started- Rose Elinor Dougall
67. You Lift Me Up- Deadbeat Beat
66. Either Way- Jeanines
65. Stimulus for Living- Drahla
64. In the Capital- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
63. Reasonable Man- Adam Green
62. In Your Head- Nilüfer Yanya
61. Kamane Tarhanin- Mdou Moctar
60. Memory- Program
59. Please Please Please- Yawners
58. Taking On Time- Sinead O’Brien
57. A Solitary Slip- Will Johnson
56. For Maurice- Hobby Club
55. Diary of a Rose- Mega Bog
54. Today Tonight- Dumb Things
53. Kennedy Hair- Martha Ffion
52. Under Your Spell- Annie Taylor
51. Help- Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Best Songs of the Year 2019: 100-76

Happy New Year! We are back and, as we promised last week, after the lists of EPs and Records, we are ready to unveil our Best Songs of 2019! If you are a regular follower of the Blog you'll probably know our "rules", but let us remind you anyway. A) We divide our favourite 100 tunes in four different posts of 25 songs each. B)  We limit the maximum number of songs from the same group/artist to just two. C) Bands/artists can only have one tune per "round". And, of course, we compile the songs on playlists (see below), so you can enjoy them as many times as you like (follow us in Spotify!). Hope you enjoy our selection and stay tuned, next round coming very soon!


100. Kansas Plains- Future Silence
98. I Will Never Let You Down- Whoa Melodic
97. Let Go- Angela Perley
96. Family Portrait Revisited- Kool Aid
95. Write Home- Rose Hotel
94. The Other Side of Midnight- Star Tropics
93. In the Dark- Summer Flake
92. New Reality- Patio
91. Eye 2 Eye- Witching Waves
90. Foot of Afrikka- Sambassadeur
89. Take the Journey- Molly Tuttle
88. 4AM- The Maureens
87. Un Bosque- Pauline en la Playa
86. Only a Traveler- Itasca
85. Fortune Teller- Night Flowers
84. Away- Molly Linen
83. Everyone Hides- Wilco
82. Love Keeps Kicking- Martha
81. Sicilian Crest- The Mountain Goats
80. Chasing a Feeling- Business of Dreams
79. No Bullets Spent- Spoon
78. Love in Lunacy (Saturn in Return)- Purple Pilgrims
77. Aspiring to Be a Bloke- Possible Humans
76. Used to Be Lonely- Whitney