As we have reached a little bit past the halfway point of the year, it's about that time to look back on some of the releases of 2014 and highlight some of our favorites, jazz and non-jazz alike (and maybe a few you may have missed).Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint After his remarkable, and often unsettlingly emotive debut (see: "My Tear … [Read more...]
Nextbop’s Best Everything Else Albums of 2011
I knew this list was going to be interesting. We've got a pretty diverse staff of writers with different sorts of taste. As diverse as our jazz list is for this year, when lumping every other genre of music together and giving everything a ranking, it doesn't lead to the typical lockstep decisions. We had a lot of ties. It's a sort of interesting list.--ADHTie 9) PJ … [Read more...]
Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Marc Antunes’ Everything Else Picks
The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine.10. Adele - 21 (Columbia)Adele has got a strong voice and uses it powerfully and gut-wrenchingly. And it is the slow, lamenting bal … [Read more...]
Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Anthony Dean-Harris’ Everything Else Picks
The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine.10) James Blake - James Blake (ATLAS)I didn’t get James Blake when I first heard him. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention or maybe I wasn … [Read more...]