Cosas varias:
Cuando creías que las cosas no podían ser peor… La lista de singles del Reino Unido esta semana:

1. Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy-What A Wonderful World
2. Leona Lewis-Bleeding Love
3. Soulja Boy-Crank That
4. Mariah Carey-All I Want For Christmas Is You
5. Girls Aloud-Call The Shots
6. Timbaland Feat One Republic-Apologize
7. Take That-Rule The World
8. The Pogues-Fairytale Of New York
9. T2 & Jodie-Heartbroken
10. Cascada-What Hurts The Most

Y ahora otra de listas (si es que a estas alturas uno tiene ganas de mirarlas)

Blender (USA)

25. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad
24. Bright Eyes, Cassadaga
23. Lily Allen, Alright, Still...
22. Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin
21. Okkervil River, The Stage Names
20. Brad Paisley, 5th Gear
19. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank
18. Justice, †
17. Bruce Springsteen, Magic
16. Jay-Z, American Gangster
15. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant, Raising Sand
14. The White Stripes, Icky Thump
13. Feist, The Reminder
12. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
11. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
10. Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
9. Miranda Lambert, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
8. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black
7. The Dream, Lovehate
6. Radiohead, In Rainbows
5. Against Me!, New Wave
4. Kanye West, Graduation
3. Lil Wayne, The Carter 3 Sessions
2. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
1. M.I.A., Kala

Spin (USA)

40. Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
39. Turbonegro, Retox
38. Dizzee Rascal, Maths + English
37. Ted Leo & The Pharmicists, Living With The Living
36. Bonde Do Role, With Lasers
35. Say Anything, In Defense Of The Genre
34. Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold
33. The Wildhearts, The Wildhearts
32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Baby 81
31. Handsome Furs, Plague Park
30. Brother Ali, Undisputed Truth
29. Panda Bear, Person Pitch
28. Iron And Wine, The Shepherd's Dog
27. Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin
26. Bright Eyes, Cassadaga
25. Queens Of The Stone Age, Era Vulgaris
24. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away
23. Peter Bjorn & John, Writer's Block
22. Elliott Smith, New Moon
21. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
20. of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
19. Arctic Monkeys, Favourite Worst Nightmare
18. Feist, The Reminder
17. The National, Boxer
16. Lily Allen, Alright, Still...
15. Justice, †
14. Bruce Springsteen, Magic
13. The Hives, The Black And White Album
12. Prince, Planet Earth
11. Lil Wayne, Da Drought 3
10. The White Stripes, Icky Thump
9. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
8. Jay-Z, American Gangster
7. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black
6. Radiohead, In Rainbows
5. M.I.A., Kala
4. Kanye West, Graduation
3. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
2. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
1. Against Me!, New Wave


The Onion (USA)

1. Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
2. The National, Boxer
3. Radiohead, In Rainbows
4. LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
5. Band Of Horses, Cease To Begin
6. M.I.A., Kala
7. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black
8. Tegan And Sara, The Con
9. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
10. Bloc Party, A Weekend In The City
11. Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
12. Jesu, Conqueror
13. Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
14. PJ Harvey, White Chalk
15. Les Savy Fav, Let's Stay Friends
16. The White Stripes, Icky Thump
17. Low, Drums And Guns
18. Ted Leo, Living With The Living
19. Against Me!, New Wave
20. Rilo Kiley, Under The Blacklight
21. Grinderman, Grinderman
22. Bat For Lashes, Fur And Gold
23. Fall Out Boy, Infinity On High
24. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, FabricLive 36
25. Iron And Wine, The Shepherd's Dog

Magic (FR)
Albums :

1. Chromatics "Night Drive"
2. Caribou - Andorra
3. The Coral - Roots & echoes
4. Benjamin Biolay - Trash Yéyé
5. Gravenhurst - The Western Lands
6. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
7. Klaxons - Myths of The Near Future
8. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. Faris Nourallah - Gone
11. Étienne Daho - L'Invitation
12. The Embassy - Tacking
13. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
14. Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decoy Sustain Release
15. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
16. Tim Keegan - Foreign Domestic
17. The Thrills - Teenager
18. Feist - The Remainder
19. The Rakes - Ten New Messages
20. Au Revoir Simone - The Bird Of Music
21. Gruff Rhys - Candylion
22. Single - Pio Pio
23. Blonde Redhead - 23
24. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
25. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
26. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over kartelada
27. Justice †
28. Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle - Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle
29. Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
30. Panda Bear - Person Pitch

Top 15 singles

1. Chromatics - Shining Violence
2. Justice - D.A.N.C.E
3. Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent adolescent
4. Fabio Viscogliosi & Amedeo Pace - Logo/Il Nostro Caro Angelo
5. Lightspeed Champion - Galaxy Of The Lost
6. Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows
7. 1990S : See You At The Lights
8. Robert wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat - This Summer Night
9. She's Spanish, I'm American - She's Spanish, I'm American
10. Battles - Atlas
11. Hatcham Social - Til The Dawn/Penelope (Under My Hat)
12. The Teenagers - Homecoming
13. The Cribs - men's Needs
14. Sébastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear
15. Von Sûdenfed - The Rhinohead

The Times publicó también una lista con lo mejor del año, pero al menos en el terreno del pop era terrible. Estas son las votaciones y valoraciones de los críticos que trabajan por allí. En realidad sólo conozco a Bob Stanley.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3047196.ece
Oh, y el sr. Reynolds ha publicado su lista de lo mejor del año. De lo realmente interesante me sobra uno (el de Panda Bear (mejor diseño de sonido del año, sigo sin saber si hay algo aparte de eso detrás)) y me falta otro. Y las canciones, como no podía ser de otro modo, montones y montones de bassline house. Pues bueno (yo puse dos). También quiero oír esa reedición de Trunk Records.

De verdad, tenía que haber hecho ese post de seis grados de separación entre Dolly Parton y La Monte Young.