Maybe it’s not saying much, as I feel like I have been coming to this conclusion often yearly, but there were some truly fantastic records released this year. It would be a bit dishonest if I didn’t mention that as someone who fell in love with music through hip-hop, the genre is definitely the one that I keep up with the most. Left-field hip hop - the more lyrically abstract an … [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...]