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Year-End Best-Of Lists
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Keith Creighton
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Albums from the previous year don’t turn to dust at the stroke of Midnight on New Year’s Eve, so why rush a love letter to the best albums and artists of 2022 — here is your playlist for an epic 2023.
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Keith Creighton
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Once again, the Aging Hipster presents 50 or so amazing albums from the year that was, 2021 — a retro-leaning list of artists you probably actually heard of (if you’re over 40).
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Keith Creighton
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With no offense to all those year-end lists filled with artists you’ve never heard of, this list should include lots of familiar names for listeners of a certain age…
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Keith Creighton
23 Min Read
While it’s safe to say most of us want to forget all about 2018, there are hundreds of incredible albums by stellar artists across the complete spectrum of genres that…
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Keith Creighton
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Friends, robots, Kardashians, lend me your ears. Remember the days when you didn’t rely on a streaming algorithm to turn you onto new music? That’s right, back when your parents,…
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Ken Shane
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In early 2015 I published a list of my favorite albums of the previous year. In my story, I chastised writers who had rushed to get their lists out early…
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Keith Creighton
8 Min Read
In the age of streaming, does anyone still care about someone else’s top albums list when every album in the known universe is at your fingertips 24/7 (if you have…
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Justin Vellucci
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Yeah, yeah, putting the final nail in the coffin of 2017 is a little premature, seeing as there’s still more than 30 days left in the year. But, I’m the…
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Dw. Dunphy
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It’s the best (and some not-so-best) of 2016, a year when we really needed it.
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Keith Creighton
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Year end album round-ups are no longer a consensus of the nation’s listening experience. We live in a hyper fragmented world — a total niche fest. I’ve read about 50…
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Rob Smith
10 Min Read
Rob Smith reviews sounds that sustained him in 2015, in his new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Ross
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So it’s the time of the season, when I get into that reflective mood and begin working my way backwards over the year’s music, books, movies, etc. And 2015 was…
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Keith Creighton
26 Min Read
Give 50 music writers a forum to tout their top 50 albums of the year and you’ll probably see 45 or so unique bands and albums on every person’s list. You’ll immediately…
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Ken Shane
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Ken Shane’s favorite albums of 2014
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Rob Ross
5 Min Read
Since I didn’t do this last year, I’m throwing my hat in with every one of the fine folks here at Popdose as 2014 was one of the most interesting,…
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Keith Creighton
13 Min Read
Most year-end “Best of” lists are about wrapping up the year in a tidy bow and moving on, this list celebrates amazing albums that deserve new fans, continued spins and deeper listening…
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Pete Chianca
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Yes, at WickedLocal.com I’ve already run down my picks for the year’s standout albums, my 2014 mixtape suggestions and my ratings for new albums by artists over 50. But that’s not…
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Rob Smith
13 Min Read
Rob Smith explores some fine 2014 vinyl releases.
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Dw. Dunphy
4 Min Read
Before this year closes, here are some more releases we should talk about…
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Keith Creighton
13 Min Read
There’s no shortage of scrape the vaults, lost demos saturated, resist the urge overkill, 10-pound, 20-disc, collector’s edition reissues designed to take the hardcore fan by the ankles to shake…
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Dw. Dunphy
8 Min Read
Top Ten lists are inherently flawed in that they are based completely upon subjective opinion. So don’t start complaining that I didn’t mention your favorite album!
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Rob Smith
6 Min Read
If these records could talk … 1. Jason Isbell, Southeastern The last time I saw her, she was standing in a doorway, about to go inside and do something—something,…
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Dan Wiencek
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One Popdoser’s personal best-of playlist.
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Dw. Dunphy
9 Min Read
Dw Dunphy provides seven and two for you from 2013. None of them are Yeezus.
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Keith Creighton
13 Min Read
More than 70,000 albums likely hit the market this year — along with just as many year-end “Best Of” lists. While word “best” is subjective at best, here are the…
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Mike Duquette
9 Min Read
Every year, while lording over an impressive amount of music catalogue news and views at my site, The Second Disc, I think the same thing at the end of every…
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Michael Fortes
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Due to the extreme length of this 2012 year-end recap, Michael Fortes recommends that you skip ahead to the entry on Joey Dosik.
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Chris Holmes
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Chris Holmes breaks it down to give you his favorite albums of the year that was 2012.
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