Call it jangle pop, call it college rock. What Junco Y Mimbre lack in ambition they compensate it in quality of songwriting.
39. El Lobo En Tu Puerta "Santana Bendita" (p)SpindaOne of the best metal releases of the year - I mean, one of the best worldwide. Quirky, heavy, inventive, sarcastic and ultra-melodic record whose creators should be proud of.
38. Arista Fiera "Cromatismo Domestico" (p)El Genio EquivocadoThe dreampop band from Malaga. There are songs where you think: "Wow, it's the best release of the year!" There is a couple of songs that leave you less enthusiastic. But the weighted average is undoubtedly high.
37. Ana Bejar "Sahara Star" (p)Discos Belamarh
What you see is what you get. Hot, dry, scorched like a world's most famous desert - that's what this music is.
36. Llum "Los Anos Liquidos" (p)Discos De PaseoIt took 8 years for indie pop singer/songwriter Jesus Saez to release the successor to "Limelight" (his previous LP) though he released some singles and EPs in the meantime. What could I say - for sure it was worth waiting for Llum's return.
35. Nueva Vulcano "Ensayo" (p)La Castanya/ BCore Disc 34. Kracauer "Diferencia Y Repeticion" (p)SubterfugeThis name is abolutely new for me. I mean, I know that "kracauer" or "krakauer" means "from Krakow" in German. I know who Jon Krakauer is. But as a band, the name is new. This band is from Murcia, they successfully blend guitars with synths to get a pack of potential hits.
33. Breis "On" (p)Sweet Song/ Producciones Acaraperro 32. Atlantic "Volem Els Ponts" (p)self-releasedThis is how to make Weezer's music better than Weezer themselves. The two-faced band (with Maria Lopez as frontwoman they perform as Moonflower) shows considerable progress against their debut record as Atlantic ("1976") which was good in its own right but sounded less concentrated.
31. Nucli "Ephemeral Water Courses" (p)Hidden Track/ La Plana SolaWith links to Nueva Vulcano, Bullitt, Cala Vento, Power Burkas and Bad Religion the Catalan band Nucli has created the ultimate punk rock album of the year.