Balanç musical 2005, molt personal i sempre discutible

Millors discs internacionals

Antony and the Johnsons “I’m a bird now” (Secretly canadian)
Eels "Blinking lights and other revelations" (Vagrant)
LCD Soundsystem “LCD Soundsystem” (DFA)
Lightning Bolt “Hypermagic mountain” (Load)
Smog “A river ain’t too much” (Domino)
Spoon "Gimme fiction" (Matador)
The New Pornographers "Twin Cinema" (Matador)
Ry Cooder “Chávez Ravine” (Nonesuch)
Devendra Banhart “Cripple Crow” (XL)
Stephen Malkmus “Face the truth” (Domino)
Rufus Wainwright “Want two” (Dreamworks-Geffen)
Kanye West "Late Registration" (Rock-a-fella/universal)
The Arcade Fire “Funeral” (Rough Trade/Sinnamon)
Sufjan Stevens “Illinois” (Rough Trade)
Vic Chesnutt “Ghetto bells” (New west)
Silver Jews “Tanglewood numbers” (Drag City)
Campbell Brothers "Can you feel it?" (Ropeadope/Naïve)
The Evens "the evens" (Dischord)
M.I.A. “Arular” (XL/Everlasting)
Bright Eyes “I’m wide awake it’s morning” (Saddle Creek)

Millors cançons internacionals

Antony and the Johnsons “You are my sister”
Ry Cooder “Chinito chinito”
The New Pornographers “Star Bodies”
Stephen Malkmus “Pencil Rot”
Smog “Rock Bottom Riser”
Rufus Wainwright “The one you love”
Spoon “I turn my camera on”
LCD Soundsystem “Too much love”
Andrew Bird “Measuring cups”
Devendra Banhart “I feel just like a child”
Silver Jews “Punks in the beerlight”
Kanye West “Drive Slow”
Vic Chesnutt “what do you mean?”
The Arcade Fire “Crown of love”
Lightning Bolt “Captain Caveman”
Big Star “Hung up with summer”
Bright Eyes & Emmylou Harris “We are nowhere and it’s now”
Josh Rouse “My love has gone”
John Cale “In a flood”
Sufjan Stevens “The man of metropolis steals our hearts”

Millors concerts internacionals

Wilco (Razzmatazz, Bcn)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (FIB)
Rufus Wainwright (Razzmatazz, Bcn)
Matthew Sweet (Bikini, Bcn)
Elvis Costello (Razzmatazz, Bcn)
Spoon (Apolo, Bcn)
Rogue Wave (Apolo, Bcn)
Bright Eyes (Apolo, Bcn)
Deus (Apolo, Bcn)


Millor disc nacional

Beef “Victoria principal” (Ejército Rojo)
Love of lesbian “Maniobras de escapismo” (Naïve)
Refree “La matrona” (Acuarela)
Mercromina “Desde la montaña más alta del mundo” (Subterfuge)
Clovis “Respira” (Sinnamon)
Gallygows “Safari” (K ind)

Millors cançons nacionals

12 twelve “3001” (inédito incluido en el recopilatorio Made in Barcelona)
Beef “Nos plagian”
Love of lesbian “Houston, tenemos un problema"
Standstill “La risa funesta” (inédito incluido en el rec. Made in Bcn)
Refree “Faltas leves”
Humo “El Liceu”
El Hijo “Esa música sombría”

Millors directes nacionals

inq (Mercat de Música Viva de Vic)
12twelve (sala Zero, Tarragona)