Friday, January 10, 2025

Thursday, January 9, 2025

writhing in the wind



I'm looking forward to serpentwithfeet's next record GRIP SEQUEL, a follow-up to GRIP, which drops February 28th.




Here is a short, breezy track that just dropped, "WRITHING IN THE WIND."




The official visualizer was directed by serpentwithfeet.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

orlando in love



The much-anticipated new album from Japanese Breakfast is scheduled to drop March 21st.



Their new track, "Orlando in Love," per press release is "a riff on John Cheever’s riff on Orlando Innamorato, an unfinished epic made up of 68 ½ cantos by the Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo—the hero is a well meaning poet who parks his Winnebago by the sea and falls victim to a siren’s call."





Wednesday, January 1, 2025

jeffery berg's top 10 albums of 2024!



Here goes my Top 10 Albums of 2024!





10.


ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US

Vampire Weekend




Stellar musicianship! Stirring and delightfully volatile. 









9.


PRELUDE TO ECSTASY

The Last Dinner Party





Impressively-mounted (especially for a debut!), operatic, wide-ranging rock record. 






8.


THOUGHTS OF NEVER

LYLO





Smooth, dreamy, Sade-esque tracks from Glasgow-based ambient pop trio.












7.


OPTIMISM

Michael Gray





Legendary producer / DJ crafts a rich, enveloping piano boogie dance album. "Fly Away," a partial cover of Stevie Wonder's "As", soars.  








6. 

IMAGINAL DISK

Magdalena Bay




Big, sweeping, melodic synthpop tunes from the Los Angeles duo.









5.


BRAT

Charli XCX




Clubby, earworm glo-pop ride for an increasingly automated world.








4.


GANGBUSTERS MELODY CLUB

Caravan Palace




Fun, spicy confection from the French electro-swing group.










3.

COWBOY CARTER

Beyoncé





Starts off with a bang with the riveting "American Requiem," then nestles into one of the great Beatles' covers. A diverse, rambling epic, a reclamation of and play with genre.








2.


AFFECTION

Bullion




A hooky, sparkly, and disarmingly affecting album. 











1.


NONETHELESS

Pet Shop Boys        




Pet Shop Boys are still going strong with this unclockable set of fresh, wise, melancholic dance-pop disco.




Check out my Top 10 Singles of 2024 here.


A look back to the Top 10 Albums of 2023 where Jessie Ware reigned.


My epic Spotify playlist of 2024 favorite tracks here & below.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

jeffery berg's top 10 singles of 2024!




Farewell to 2024. 

Here are my Top 10 Singles of the year. 







10.


"Caesar on a TV Screen"

The Last Dinner Party



Dramatic, torchy howl.









9.


"Cry for Me"

Magdalena Bay



Tragic, magic tempest.








8.


"Connect"

Vampire Weekend



Kinetic piano whirlwind.










7.


"Good Luck, Babe!"

Chappell Roan



Groovy, Doobie world-stopper.









6.


"The End of the Contender"

Everything Everything



Toxic masculinity crusher.








5.


"Monopoly"

yndling



Crystalline electropop perfection.








4.


"Nostalgia"

Yot Club



Haunted, cheery pop-rock.








3.


"Why am I dancing?"

Pet Shop Boys



Towering disco inferno.








 2. 


"Not Like Us"

Kendrick Lamar



Anthemic diss track. 









1. 

"Affection"

Bullion


Simple done well.






Check my 600+ 2024 favorites here & below!


Friday, December 20, 2024