the votes are in, the numbers have been crunched and the records have been obsessed over. here, in no particular order, is our comprehensive list of the best albums of 2023.the physical booklet of our top albums & films of the year is available in store for free! what did we get wrong?
2022’s “Ceilings.” McAlpine referred toOlderas “the rawest and most honest version of me,” revealing in a statement that she hoped to move away from the “heavily produced and perfected” sound of her first two albums. After some self-...
Tasjan was once heralded more as an Americana artist, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that straight off from hearing the shiny stylistic range of “Stellar Evolution,” which veers from cheeky glam-rock to luscious, Fountains of Wayne-style power-pop balladry to funky MTV-era sy...
Tasjan was once heralded more as an Americana artist, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that straight off from hearing the shiny stylistic range of “Stellar Evolution,” which veers from cheeky glam-rock to luscious, Fountains of Wayne-style power-pop balladry to funky MTV-era synth-pop. ...
AMERICANA, FOLK, COUNTRY & ALT-COUNTRY – – Meg Baird:Furling Shana Cleveland:Manzanita Cut Worms:s/t Iris DeMent:Workin’ On a World Margo Price:Strays Paul Simon:Seven Psalms Kassi Valazzi:Kassi Valazzi Knows Nothing Jamila Woods:Water Made Us ...
Americana music belongs to queer women. Russell, along with other artists like Brandi Carlile and Brandy Clark, is leading a new vanguard of alt-country and American roots musicians who remind us that women, queer people, and Black people have always been, and will always be, inseparable from...
In 2023, the year was largely defined by pop hitmakers who ruled the year without releasing original albums — our top three GreatestPopStarsfor ’23 all spent the period touring and/or building off of LPs they had released the second half of the year before. This year: We’ve got ourse...
“Americana” ideals, emphasizing her acknowledgment and pride in her legal name, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Grant. She muses on the importance of family, singing in the final verse “My sister’s first-born child […] My grandmother’s last smile […] It’s a beautiful life/ Remember that too...
[7.8 / Americana, Country, Singer-Songwriter] 26. PinkPantheress - Heaven knows [7.9/ Alt-Pop, Contemporary R&B] 25. Yaeji - With A Hammer [8.1/ Glitch Pop, Electronic, Alternative R&B] 24. Laufey - Bewitched [7.4 / Traditional Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Vocal Jazz] ...
We rank the highest-scoring new albums released during the first half of 2024. by Jason Dietz — June 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM PDT Which albums impressed critics during the first half of the year? In the gallery on this page we rank the highest-scoring LPs of 2024 released through June ...