Jobic de Calan

A 8-year new yorker from Paris

No albums stood out but Cat Power's Sun, Grizzly Bear's Shileds or Michael Kiwanuka's Home Again are solid contenders to be remembered in 5, 10, 15 years.

We are young by fun. Maybe because my wife played it over and over again. And I barely felt pop fatigue.
Taylor Swift's We are never ever getting back together perfectly captures teenage girls' psyche "like ever". And it's a damn good pop song.

Maybe I'm getting old but I can't name one.Promise, in 2013, I will listen to Soundcheck every single day.

The ability of musicians to find ways to create and celebrate, despite never ending plunging sales.

More than a disappointment, a confirmation: Madonna's performance at the Superbowl. After two minutes on stage, she was looking more tired than the combined Giants and Patriots team at the end of the game.
On paper, it was a match made in heaven. In real life, Rufus Wainwright's Out of the games produced by Mark Ronson never leveraged Rufus' generous sense of melody and Ronson's post-modern art of music production.

Even if, according to the biggest wagnerian authorities, the Met's Ring disappointed, few experiences beat 20 hours of live music in a week performed by one of the best orchestras in the world. Richard from Bayreuth is the ultimate rock star.
The Olympics opening and closing ceremonies reminded us why we must, no matter what, love the English. Because for them, popular -as in popular music- rhymes with quality.

The virality of memes. Now anyone can snap the latest song, change it, and share it with the world (cf. Jimmy Fallon's and NPR crew's version of Call me maybe).

Gangnam Style, a song that uses the most tired cliches of dance music. How do you say Max Martin in Korean?