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The Top 25 Albums of 2024 ... So Far - Berkeley Place
Here's what I've been diggin' so far, roughly in order building up to my favorite album of the year so far. Several of these I haven't had a ton of time to re-listen to, so I suspect the list will change in December... 25. J. Cole, Might Delete Later 24.…
KISS THE RING by ROME STREETZ - Berkeley Place
He can brag better than you. "I smoke your whole top twenty, fuck five that’s definite/Choke the rap game out til ain’t no life left in it..." He's funny and creative. "I built a castle out of a pile of bricks...I'm peddlin' but I don't ride no kind of bike..."…
THE 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023 - Berkeley Place
50. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek. Indie. 49. Escalation by Guilty Simpson x Uncommon Nasa. Smart street rap. 48. Scaring the Hoes by Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA, Alt rap. 47. Blondshell by Blondshell. Indie rock. 46. Stoned Cold Country by Various Artists. No less than Elle…
MY TOP 50 RAPPERS OF ALL TIME - Berkeley Place
Note that the title of this post is MY top 25. Not yours. I welcome all feedback and comments, below, but say this only because there are going to be some guys you're not going to see here that you'll get all upset about. Black Thought, Common, Mos Def, and…
MY TOP 50 RAPPERS OF ALL TIME - Berkeley Place
Note that the title of this post is MY top 25. Not yours. I welcome all feedback and comments, below, but say this only because there are going to be some guys you're not going to see here that you'll get all upset about. Black Thought, Common, Mos Def, and…
The Top 25 Albums of 2024 ... So Far - Berkeley Place
Here's what I've been diggin' so far, roughly in order building up to my favorite album of the year so far. Several of these I haven't had a ton of time to re-listen to, so I suspect the list will change in December... 25. J. Cole, Might Delete Later 24.…
THE 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2023 - Berkeley Place
50. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek. Indie. 49. Escalation by Guilty Simpson x Uncommon Nasa. Smart street rap. 48. Scaring the Hoes by Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA, Alt rap. 47. Blondshell by Blondshell. Indie rock. 46. Stoned Cold Country by Various Artists. No less than Elle…
THE BEST MUSIC OF 2023 ... SO FAR - Berkeley Place
I'm not updating this blog regularly anymore, but here's some of the stuff that has my ear-attention this year. Misadventures of Doomscroller by Dawes Come Get Your Wife by Elle King I Am the River, the River Is Me by Jen Cloher Noir or Never by Che Noir and Big…
THE TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2022 - Berkeley Place
I liked way too many albums this year, so to avoid listing 100 albums, I’m just picking a select few albums that were best in their classes–and then noting others that are “genre adjacent,” which would have made my list if it were longer or if I were willing to…
KISS THE RING by ROME STREETZ - Berkeley Place
He can brag better than you. "I smoke your whole top twenty, fuck five that’s definite/Choke the rap game out til ain’t no life left in it..." He's funny and creative. "I built a castle out of a pile of bricks...I'm peddlin' but I don't ride no kind of bike..."…
2022'S TOP 15 COVER ALBUMS, REISSUES AND ALBUMS WHERE ARTISTS COVER...THEMSELVES! - Berkeley Place
For the best albums of 2022 go here. This list is just reissues, cover projects, and artists reissuing their own material, recorded anew (quite a few of these this year!). 15. Remote Transmissions Volume 1 by Band of Heathens, including covers of Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, and others. For…
THE TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2022 - Berkeley Place
I liked way too many albums this year, so to avoid listing 100 albums, I’m just picking a select few albums that were best in their classes–and then noting others that are “genre adjacent,” which would have made my list if it were longer or if I were willing to…
2022'S TOP 15 COVER ALBUMS, REISSUES AND ALBUMS WHERE ARTISTS COVER...THEMSELVES! - Berkeley Place
For the best albums of 2022 go here. This list is just reissues, cover projects, and artists reissuing their own material, recorded anew (quite a few of these this year!). 15. Remote Transmissions Volume 1 by Band of Heathens, including covers of Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, and others. For…
EVERY ICE-T ALBUM...RANKED - Berkeley Place
It’s remarkable to me that Ice-T’s biggest fan base is probably white, low-to-medium income senior citizens who enjoy seeing criminals get arrested—based on his work on Law and Order—given that his early work was about the violent overthrow of institutional racism and especially of bad cops. He then took a…
MY HEART by NORA O'CONNOR - Berkeley Place
Nora O'Connor is a member of Bloodshot Records' Flat Five has toured and recorded supporting bands and artists like Neko Case, Robbie Fulks, the New Pornographers, Andrew Bird, the Decemberists, and more. When COVID hit, she decided to make a solo album (it's her third). It's really good. My Heart…
Rolling Golden Holy by Bonny Light Horseman - Berkeley Place
Don't listen to this if you hate: Original Americana folk. Lush harmonies. Songs that are fully crafted, so that they sound as if they've been around for decades instead of a year or so. "Small" moments that stay with you for hours. Unselfish performers who form together like a single…