Scocca l’ora dell’ormai abituale seconda parte del nostro Referendum. Quella riservata agli ADDETTI AI LAVORI. Come sempre esce spontaneo e doveroso un ringraziamento a tutti gli amici e colleghi che si sono divertiti a inviarci tempestivamente le “difficoltose” TOP 5. Impresa ardua racchiudere un anno in cinque posizioni senza fare torti e senza dimenticare qualcuno. Ma l’importante è partecipare! Tra booking agent, agenzie al completo, musicisiti, giornalisti, speaker, tecnici, redattori, zii australiani, prelati e portaborse hanno prevalso (di poco) i pronosticabili GRIZZLY BEAR sulla sorpresa Il Teatro Degli Orrori. Scarto importante sui fashionist scozzesi Franz Ferdinand e sull’italianissimo Dente arrivato prima degli Horrors. Animal Collective, Fine Before You Came, Fuck Buttons, Them Crooked Vultures, Dirty Projectors e Flaming Lips chiudono il cerchio delle prime posizioni. Buona visione e non perdete la TERZA e ultima parte del Referendum 2009 che decreterà i 5 migliori lavori dell’anno.
Gabriele BARONE
[Jam]
1. HEAVY TRASH – Midnight Soul Serenade
2. IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI – A Sangue Freddo
3. NEW CHRISTS – Gloria
4. PISSED JEANS – King Of Jeans
5. RADIO MOSCOW – Brain Cycles
Nora BENTIVOGLIO
[Fleisch Agency]
1. MEW – No More Stories…
2. FUCK BUTTONS – Tarot Sport
3. Patrick WOLF – The Bachelor
4. MONO – Hymn To The Immortal Wind
5. PHOENIX – Wolfang Amadeus Phoenix
Michele BONELLI DI SALCI
[Promoter]
1. The VIRGINS – The Virgins
2. GOLDEN SILVERS – True Romance
3. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS – Exploding Head
4. The PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5. The GRANNIES – One Night Stand
Christian BRIZIOBELLO
[Kick Agency]
1. DIRTY PROJECTORS – Bitte Orca
2. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
3. FUCK BUTTONS – Tarot Sport
4. FINE BEFORE YOU CAME – Sfortuna
5. MASERATI – Passages
Valentina CATALUCCI
[Radio Città Futura]
1. LOCAL NATIVES – Gorilla Manor
2. FRANZ FERDINAND – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
3. FLORENCE & THE MACHINE – Lungs
4. PHOENIX – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. The ANTLERS – Hospice
Cristiano CERVONI
[Radio Città Futura]
1. FLAMING LIPS – Embryonic
2. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
3. ZU – Carboniferous
4. MONSTERS OF FOLK – Monsters Of Folk
5. Andrew BIRD – Noble Beast
Emiliano COLASANTI
[42 Records]
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
3. FLAMING LIPS – Embryonic
4. EYEDEA & ABILITIES – By The Throat
5. The BIG PINK – A Brief History Of Love
Luca COLLEPICCOLO
[Blow Up]
1. Helena ESPVALL & Masaki BATOH – Overloaded Ark
2. FIRE! – You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago
3. MULATU/HELIOCENTRICS – Inspiration Information
4. OM – God Is Good
5. TALIBAM! – Boogie In The Breeze Blocks
Ivano COLOMBI
[Lunatik Stampa]
1. IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI – A Sangue Freddo
2. Vinicio CAPOSSELA – Solo Show Alive
3. DENTE – L’amore Non è Bello
4. Giorgio CANALI – Nostra Signora della Dinamite
5. CHAOS PHYSIQUE – The Science Of Chaotic Solution
Francesco CONTE
[Klimt 1918]
1. AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE – Young Fight EP
2. The TWILIGHT SAD – Forget The Night Ahead
3. Julian PLENTI – …is Skyscraper
4. WHITE LIES – To Lose My Life
5. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – The Crying Light
Simone COSIMI
[Inside Art, Excite]
1. THEM CROOKED VULTURES – Them Crooked Vultures
2. DENTE – L’amore Non è Bello
3. MODERAT – Moderat
4. MINISTRI – Tempi Bui
5. EDWARD SHARPE & The MAGNETIC ZEROS – Up From Below
DAVIDE
[Staypunk]
1. TOUGH – Class Of 76
2. ANTARES – Start Your Engine
3. SKUMA – Non Ho Mai Imparato Il Sudoku
4. CANI PAZZI/LOBELLO – Split
5. EVOLUTION SO FAR – Dylar
Giancarlo DE CHIRICO
[Extra Music Magazine]
1. Iggy POP – Preliminaires
2. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS – The Crying Light
3. The DECEMBERISTS – The Hazards Of Love
4. Bill CALLAHAN – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
5. HOPE SANDOVAL & THE WARM INVENTIONS – Through The Devil Softly
Luca DEL MURATORE
[Locusta Booking]
1. DM STITH – Heavy Ghost
2. BOREDOMS – 77 Boa Drum
3. Richard SWIFT – The Atlantic Ocean
4. GIARDINI DI MIRO’ – Il Fuoco
5. The ZEN CIRCUS – Andate Tutti Affanculo
Francesco DONADIO
[Extra Music Magazine]
1. FEVER RAY – Fever Ray
2. Bill CALLAHAN – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
3. THEM CROOKED VULTURES – Them Crooked Vultures
4. PHOSPHORESCENT – To Willie
5. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Stefano DORO
[Shyrec Records]
1. EFTERKLANG & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra – Performing Parades
2. PROJECT KOMAKINO – The Struggle For Utopia
3. SAY HI – Oohs And Aahs
4. UOCHI TOKI – Libro Audio
5. The PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
ELECTRICPRIEST Staff
1. Roland S HOWARD – Pop Crimes
2. SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – Luminous Night
3. SUNN O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
4. OM – God Is Good
5. Martin REV – Stygmata
Andrea ESU
[L-Ektrica]
1. The HORRORS – Primary Colors
2. SOPHIA – There Are No Goodbyes
3. Sondre LERCHE – Heartbeat Radio
4. ARCTIC MONKEYS – Humbug
5. The XX – The XX
FRIGOPOP Staff
1. GIRLS – Album
2. DENTE – L’amore Non è Bello
3. ATLAS SOUND – Logos
4. FITNESS FOREVER – Personal Trainer
5. The XX – The XX
Nicola GERUNDINO
[Zero]
1. RONE – Spanish Breakfast
2. BIRDY NAM NAM – Manual For Successful Rioting
3. Jon HOPKINS – Insides
4. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
5. DIRTY PROJECTORS – Bitte Orca
Lele GIRAUDO
[Smartz Records]
1. FINE BEFORE YOU CAME – Sfortuna
2. M QUESTIONMARK – One For All And All For One
3. CAMILLAS – Le Politiche Del Prato
4. NEO – Water Resistance
5. FLAP – Trees Are Talking While Birds Are Singin
Davide IURLANO
[Grinding Halt]
1. The HORRORS – Primary Colors
2. WOODEN SHIJPS – Dos
3. CRYSTAL ANTLERS – Tentacles
4. The VANDELLES – Del Black Aloha
5. SLEEPY SUN – Embrace
LAST NITE PARTY Staff
1. The JUAN MACLEAN – The Future Will Come
2. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS – The Crying Light
3. IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI – A Sangue Freddo
4. EBONY BONES! – Bone Of My Bones
5. DÄLEK – Gutter Tactics
Manuela LONGHI
[Mescal]
1. EDITORS – In This Light And On This Evening
2. PLACEBO – Battle For The Sun
3. MUSE – The Resistance
4. FRANZ FERDINAND – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
5. EMPIRE OF THE SUN – Walking On A Dream
Fabio LUZIETTI
[Radio Città Futura]
1. WILD BEASTS – Two Dancers
2. FRANZ FERDINAND – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
3. The CRIBS – Ignore The Ignorant
4. LOCAL NATIVES – Gorilla Manor
5. VELVET – Nella Lista Delle Cattive Abitudini
Monica MELISSANO
[Suiteside Records]
1. The ANTLERS – Hospice
2. APSE – Eras
3. FRANZ FERDINAND – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
4. KASABIAN – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
5. VIVIAN GIRLS – Everything Goes Wrong
Annachiara PIPINO
[DNA Concerti]
1. WILCO – Wilco (The Album)
2. GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest
3. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion
4. DIRTY PROJECTORS – Bitte Orca
5. Alasdair ROBERTS – Spoils
Marco POLONI
[La Calle Mojada]
1. FUCK BUTTONS – Tarot Sport
2. ATLAS SOUND – Logos
3. ENGINEERS – Three Fact Fader
4. FINE BEFORE YOU CAME – Sfortuna
5. The PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Barbara SANTI
[Rumore]
1. DENTE – L’amore Non è Bello
2. IL TEATRO DEGLI ORRORI – A Sangue Freddo
3. GUANO PADANO – Guano Padano
4. MASSIMO VOLUME – Bologna Nov. 2008
5. VEGETABLE G – Calvino
Mirko SPINO
[Wallace Records]
1. PONTIAK – Maker
2. PAJO – Scream With Me
3. UOCHI TOCHI – Libro Audio
4. MESMERICO – Magnete
5. ZU – Carboniferous
Enirco VERONESE
[Blow Up]
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. KILL THE VULTURES – Ecce Beast
3. Jason LYTLE – Yours Truly, The Commuter
4. CLUES – Clues
5. JUNIOR BOYS – Begone Dull Care