2014 Review

SINGLE OF THE YEAR ?
mister french: Funnel of love par SQÜRL & Madeline Follin
rocketsfallonrocketfalls: Blank Realm - Falling down the stairs
achylles brown: Touch the Leather - Redux by Fat White Family (not proud of it but it's the single I spend the longest listening to.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR ?
m: The Grey Catalog par K Leimer
r: Atomos - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
a: To Beat by COH

GIG OF THE YEAR?
m: Nisennenmondai à la Villette Sonique 2014
r: RIEN à la Maroquinerie
a: Einsturzende Neubauten at Koko, London

BOOK OF THE YEAR?
m: Recreativité par Simon Reynolds (Texte hors commerce, à se procurer avec Retromania de Simon Reynolds par exemple)
r:
a: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty. At least that's what I've heard.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR?
m: Wrong Cops by Quentin Dupieux
r: Under the skin by Jonathan Glazer
a: The Gambler by Karel Reisz (1974). And let's see if Robert Wyatt's The Gambler is the best film of 2015.

SOUNTRACK OF THE YEAR :
m: The Rover par Antony Partos
r: Under the skin par Mica Levi
a: 71' by David Holmes

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR?
m: thelovecraftmonument.com
r: www.theuselessweb.com
a: I wish I knew

SWINDLE OF THE YEAR?
m: Les #!'?X! de double solos de Ty Segall Band
r: Caribou
a: Time

HOT IN 2014?
m: Putain mais kesskiss pass (enfin ?)
r: Landing a probe on a rock 500 millions km from here, pretty impressive
a: Vintage butt plugs

2011 review

SINGLE OF THE YEAR?

p : Trouble Books & Mark McGuire - Song for Reinier Lucassen's Sphinx
r : Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love
a : Dorian Concept - Her Tears Taste Like Pears
o : Brandon Biondo - Sleeve

ALBUM OF THE YEAR?
p : Elodie (Timo van Luijk & Andrew Chalk) - Echos Pastoraux
r : The Sea and Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
a : Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
o : John maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR?
p : Triton - Joue avec le fonds, part 5 (mix & remixes)
r : ...c'est un peu 2010 les mixtapes non ?
a : Spoti shuffle
o : Toro y moi - Made in bed mix

ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK OF THE YEAR?
p : Ben Frost - Sleeping Beauty
r : Portal 2
a : Beer burping
o : Clint Mansell - Black swan

RE-EDITION OF THE YEAR?
p : Eugene Kelly - Lady (in CAROLINE NOW!: The Songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys)
r : Nirvana - Nevermind
a : ...'re-edited' is probably not the right word but I'd say 'The Killing of a Chinese Bookie' by John Cassavetes at the Genesis cinema in Stepney. I missed it by the way, but not without regrets. Thank schmob for dvds.
o : Serge Gainsbourg - L'histoire de Melody Nelson

BOOK OF THE YEAR?
p : Raphael Sorin - Les Terribles - entretiens (éditions Finitude)
r : Camille Landais, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez - Pour une révolution fiscale (Le Seuil/République des idées)
a : ...it's got to be the one I haven't finished writing yet... sorry, haven't read a book published in 2011 but I have read about a lot of them in the London Review of Books and they seemed pretty good so go on their website and take your pick.
o : Jonathan Coe - La vie très privée de Mr Sim (Gallimard)

MOVIE OF THE YEAR?
p : True Grit - Joel & Ethan Coen
r : Essential Killing - Jerzy Skolimowski
a : ...it's weird to say but with a bit of perspective, if you put the choice on a scale of expected disappointment vs stupefying satisfaction, it has to be We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lynne Ramsay. Have you noticed the RED theme?
o : Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

GIG OF THE YEAR?
p : Water Signs and Stay+ - Point Ephemere
r : Aphex Twin - La Route du Rock
a : Evan Parker - Southbank
o : Baxter Dury - Le Trianon Paris

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR?
p : bandcamp.com
r : internetkhole.blogspot.com
a : spotify.com
o : nissan-stagejuk3d.com

SWINDLE OF THE YEAR?
p : AA... A ?
r : Radiohead
a : The swindle question.
o : Nolwenn Leroy - Bretonne : Edition Deluxe

HOT IN 2011?
p : The Offline People in mutation...
r : DSK, toujours...
a : Piles
o : Japan Disaster...


* p : pardon my french / r : rocketsfallonrocketsfall / a : achylles brown / o : overchill

2010 review

SINGLE OF THE YEAR ?
pardon my french : Dean & Britta - not a young man anymore (robot friend remix)
rocketsfallonrocketsfall : Tame Impala - Jeremy's Storm
achylles brown : Moon Duo - Motorcycle, I Love You
overchill :  Evenings - Babes

ALBUM OF THE YEAR ?
p : Ultra Milkmaids - Medicine
r : Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
a : Dios - We Are Dios
o : Caribou - Swim

MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR ?
p : Dr Vince feat. Gérard Baste - Saveyourself#8
r : J'écoute pas ces trucs là moi
a : Michael Fakesch - Exchange
o : Gildas & Masaya - Tokyo continuous mix

ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK OF THE YEAR ?
p : Sebastian - Notre jour viendra
r : Sonic Youth - Simon Werner a disparu
a : George S Clinton - Tooth Fairy
o : Daft Punk - Tron Legacy

RE-EDITION OF THE YEAR?
p : Sand - Golem (1974 ; blue & white LP ; rotorelief.com)
r : Les Beatles sur iTunes (ah ah ah)
a : Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare (1988)
o : Duran Duran

BOOK OF THE YEAR ?
p : Valère Novarina - devant la parole
r : La carte et le territoire - Creative Commons edition
a : Lydia Davis - Collected Stories
o : Greg Shaw - Travelling Square District  éditions Sarbacane

MOVIE OF THE YEAR ?
p : Les infectés (Carriers)
r : The American - Anton Corbijn
a : The Rum Diary - Bruce Robinson (if they'd fucking released it in 2010)
o : Air Doll (Kûki Ningyô) de Hirokazu Kore-Eda

GIG OF THE YEAR ?
p : Black diamond heavies, à la boule noire
r : Lee Ranaldo @ Fondation Cartier
a : ZZ Top @ hollywood Bowl (apparently)
o : Beach House,  à la Maroquinerie

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR ?
p : spotify.com
r : lescraypiondor.com
a : spotify.com
o : isleoftune.com

SWINDLE OF THE YEAR ?
p : ipad and others useless and expensive apple products
r : Autechre
a : Mgmt @ Brixton Academy (from experience)
o :  Mgmt

HOT IN 2011 ?
p : everything mash with everything (again... but better, faster, stronger): prog hip hop, dub gabber, avant world, dark ambient pop, chanson française minimale, glitch folk...
r : MORE PSYCH / ironic mustache
a : Taking photos of your friends with RetroCamera in London Fields
o : Chillwave, chili con carne, hot peper