But when Chromatics’ fourth album Kill for Love was released in 2012, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect: Jewel's nocturnal aesthetic had just served as the primary sonic influence for Nicolas Winding Refn's stylish hit film Drive. Kill for Love is a pitch-perfect and impeccably ...
” with a short ambient track inserted between. While not entirely released in 2021, more than half of the material was put out this year, so I thought it appropriate to include the album on this list.
Now Iswas released in the Fall of 2022 and it offered listeners a rich palette of emotions and experiences. While one might find Rival Console’s signature sound in some compositions, his 6th album is an absolute success when it comes to offering a peak into the evolution of Ryan as a mu...
After a series of CD-Rs and cassettes released in tiny editions, Los Angeles-based composer/songwriter Julia Holter raised her profile with 2011's Tragedy and broke through with this year's Ekstasis. Her latest full-length straddled the worlds of high art and pop, moving easily between the ...
Night In Tunisia Click to load video Gregory Porter:Nat “King” Cole & Me(2017) Following in the footsteps ofDiana Krall(whoseAll For You: A Dedication To The Nat “King” Cole Triowas released by Impulse! in 1996, and itself stands among the best tribute albums to Cole), this loving...
There were many great rap albums released in the 00s. The albums on this list are all influential works that are still inspiring hip-hop today. I have ranked the albums in order of the dates they were released, not in order of importance (that would just be too hard). So here they ...
This fine, top-to-bottom California country album also led to an ACM Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year and CMA Award for New Artist of the Year in 2017. Though Pardi, who released his debut albumWrite You a Songin 2014, wasn’t exactly “new,” the awards, built on the back...
Swami SWA2001 2xLP/CD, released 2000/2012 (U.S.) ...And from the pit of blackness emerges the Swami with a slab of greatness. This collection followed in the footsteps of the first All Systems Go. It is another collection of b-sides and lost tracks. The majority of the material on...
When Decca Records first released Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars’ 1947 concert, recorded at Boston’s Symphony Hall in the summer of 1951, the album became an instant best-seller. The best version to check out is the 2012 reissue, which included more than half an hour of music unheard...
Remastered and re-released in 2010 Songs: Don’t Talk Now Something’s Wrong Knocking ‘Round the Zoo Sunshine Sunshine Taking It In Something In the Way She Moves Carolina In My Mind Brighten Your Night With My Day Night Owl Rainy Day Man ...