Albums
of the year
2014
Last year my goal was to shorten the reviews in my annual top albums post, but I failed miserably. This year, however, time was more limited – in a good way luckily (maybe because I interviewed two of my favorite bands: Lush, and Slowdive!) – and I’ve finally reached my goal. That’s even with 20 albums reviewed, up four from last year. I think I’ll keep this introductory shorter as well. As you can see, to the left is a playlist of a song from each of the albums that I think represents what makes each album great. Oh, and it’s Spotify, so you may need to have an account or something, not entirely sure how that works. Figure it out, or check out the song titles to find them somewhere else. Lastly, note these are in no particular order. They’re all great in their own individual ways, and thus albums at the bottom are JUST as important as those at the top. Enjoy, and feel free to comment if you want – and thanks for reading! Or not.
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Dutch ReBelle
ReBelle Diaries
Have you heard the track, which is called either ‘Boston Shit’, or ‘Boston-ish’? I’m not sure what the actual title is, but it really doesn’t matter, it’s a great track. It’s a bit cheesy at times, and a bit sweet with this strange naivety to it, but it has a fantastic sound to it, and frankly it was refreshing to see a rapper – a FEMALE rapper – from BOSTON – showing some pride for where she is from, and over a killer beat. I was a total sucker for it. Sadly that song is not on this, the second album from Dutch ReBelle. It’s an old song now, but since I am so new to her, I wish it was on here. But anyway THIS album. Again, it’s a bit cheesy, but this feels like the next step towards what I feel will be a brilliant album on her next go around. But for now, this is great, and fun, diverse, catchy, and really from one track to the next is a potential hit, and the passion in her voice shows the important mix of sounding really confident and wanting the success bad, and to have the ultimate tune. But she comes across relaxed as she’s doing it, which is why I think her next will be big. In the meantime, this is a great into to an up and coming rapper. And from Boston no less!