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Tag: Anniversary

  • Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the Illinoise – Reseña de Esencialidad

    Sufjan Stevens invites you to: Come on feel the Illinoise – Reseña de Esencialidad

    El álbum por excelencia de Sufjan Stevens cumplió 20 años el pasado 4 de Julio. Por fin se me hizo dedicarle unos párrafos.

  • In Colour de Jamie xx – Reseña de Esencialidad

    In Colour de Jamie xx – Reseña de Esencialidad

    El (literal y metafóricamente) colorido debut de Jamie xx cumple 10 años. Les comparto una reflexión sobre porque fue uno de mis 10 álbumes preferidos de la década de los 2010s.

  • To Pimp A Butterfly de Kendrick Lamar – Reseña de Esencialidad

    To Pimp A Butterfly de Kendrick Lamar – Reseña de Esencialidad

    En 2019 dije que To Pimp A Butterfly es simplemente una obra maestra. ¿Qué es entonces a 10 años de su lanzamiento? Aquí mi reseña de esencialidad.

  • Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain de Pavement – Reseña de Esencialidad

    Pavement ya no sonaba tan ruidoso ni con la composición radical de su debut, Slanted and Enchanted, pero la canalización de su sonido y su nueva tendencia a melodías de alto impacto creó en Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain una receta sinigual. Mi reseña en su 30 aniversario.

  • Kill The Moonlight by Spoon – Essentiality Review

    I said it in my review of their great 2022 release Lucifer on the Sofa, Spoon is more than one of the most consistent rock bands of the 21st Century. The most amazing proof of this? Kill the Moonlight, which turned 20 years old this month. Coming after their first quintessential Spoon release, Girls Can…

  • Channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean – Essentiality Review

    Frank Ocean’s bright and spellbinding debut album, Channel ORANGE turns 10. The first showcase of an artist like no other in the last decade, is an essential listen still to this day.

  • Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco – Essentiality Review

    Wilco’s best album turns 20 years old. An endlessly replayable record that hasn’t lost any of its imperfect sheen.

  • Neon Golden by The Notwist – Essentiality Review

    20 year anniversary review of one of the most important albums of my 21st century.

  • Hunky Dory by David Bowie – Essentiality Review

    Fun fact: I just discovered a few weeks ago what ‘hunky-dory’ actually means. An expression to denote something that is going ‘fine’ or ‘well’, I find curious that I never assumed that there was a deeper meaning behind it, for me it was always the title of one of David Bowie’s most highly regarded albums,…

  • Is This It by The Strokes – Essentiality Review

    I was on the verge of not writing this Essentiality Review. 2021 has been a very weird year in the sense that I thought I would write more, especially reviews of new albums, but it hasn’t been like that. Writer’s block? Laziness? Stress? Whatever it is, I hope 2022 comes with more, I guess, inspiration,…

  • Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver – Essentiality Review

    This year, a particular reminder appeared in my Facebook memories. A random March 7th in 2016 I wrote a few paragraphs about Bon Iver’s second album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver, which turns 10 today (curiously, that same year Bon Iver would announce its follow up after five years). Not only that is the one first…

  • What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye – Essentiality Review

    Born in 1939 in Washington DC to a domestic worker mother and a church minister father, Marvin Gaye started singing gospel music at a young age, before becoming an essential part of the influential recording label Motown in the 60’s, as a drummer. On 1971 Gaye, who had already a substantial and celebrated career in…

  • Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes – Essentiality Review

    “I was raised up believing, I was somehow unique/Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes/Unique in each way you can see”. There’s no folk band like Fleet Foxes, I dare to say. They’ve been around for almost 15 years now, adding with each release, layer after layer to their textured and pristine musical world. I can…

  • Discovery by Daft Punk – Essentiality Review

    The context for this review has changed dramatically. I first drafted it just one day before Daft Punk announced their separation after a 28 year career, 4 studio albums, 2 live albums and a film score. The news of course was widley covered by the music press and commented by fans all over the world.…

  • Kid A by Radiohead – Essentiality Review

    Kid A by Radiohead – Essentiality Review

    Succintly is not a way someone could describe Radiohead’s career; one of the most succesful and well-renowned bands of the 21st century. Trying to do it with Kid A certainly isn’t an easy task either. Anyway, I’ll try: The fourth album of the Oxford quintet is the one left-turn of an already beloved rock band…