martha
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The Official B&C Best Albums of 2014 thread
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mikal
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LM, no Cymbals Eat Guitars?
LemonMelon
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A lot of gems for you on there especially (and Phanan, depending on how much shoegaze he's heard this year).
Not quite top 15, no, and they get enough love to keep them out of overlooked territory. Album rules though.
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I should have mentioned Warpaint somewhere in my list. I'm eager to see where they go next.
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Ashley, are you just going to let this slide?
Martha got a lot of nerve, posting that here in public instead of a PM.
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Decided to go ahead and make a list, despite how lousy I've felt about music for months, now. My emotions are really tied into things I love, and I've been struggling to enjoy a few things lately, Interference included, because I was in such a lousy place for about three months of the end of the year. Never mind how big of a change for me, personally, 2014 was. Regardless, I'm starting 2015 off positively, and I couldn't stand the idea of keeping a list all year and then suddenly not posting it.
I will be disappointed, though, if Cobbler doesn't find some replacement for the quote thing Peef did. That was a highlight for me.
1) The War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream (11)
I've had this album in my number one slot basically all year. Right at the last moment I almost moved it. It's not a slight to LitD, necessarily, but more that this album was just great, but never left some kind of impression on me. It wasn't the soundtrack to my year, it wasn't even something I went back to regularly. But whenever I listen to any one track from it, I just can't help but think, "Hot damn, they really just have this rock thing nailed." So, I'm leaving it here, because you can't argue with competence.
2) Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (10)
A last minute move to second, where it was previously at 4, but I couldn't help myself. All year this album wouldn't go away, for me, but in the last few weeks, it's been painfully apt to listen to. Transgender issues are clearly moving at a slower pace than other facets of the LGBT movement, and I, for one, love the fact that there's now a punk-rock album about it.
3) Sun Kil Moon – Benji (9)
Benji is just too much to take. Every time I turn it on, I get some new level from it. Whether its from lyrics I didn't catch the first few times around, or some different facet of the vocal delivery. I certainly hope I'm not this bummed out when I'm in my 40s.
4) Phantogram - Voices (8)
I moved this down from #2 because I just haven't returned to it much at all. It's so much fun, and prompted my first time seeing them live, but again, not necessarily the soundtrack to my year, just a great album.
5) Common - Nobody's Smiling (7)
I've recounted this story so many times in different ways this year, that I'll just leave it at this: I'm not from Chicago's south side, I'm not even from Chicago, but I can't begin to express how important that city is to me. How much it spills over into NW Indiana, where I am from. How much seeing a weekend death toll on Twitter breaks my heart. I couldn't be happier that one of my favorite MCs decided to try and expose these issues a little brighter to the world at large. It's not a perfect record, but I've never heard a record from the genre that resonated with me stronger.
6) U2 - Songs of Innocence (7)
I "hated" NLOTH (I don't really hate any album of theirs at all, I'm a superfan, whatever), I guess it was therefore inevitable that I enjoy this one?
7) Nothing - Guilty of Everything (7)
8) Stars - No One Is Lost (7)
Easily my favorite band since The Killers (though I'm pretty sure they've been around longer, I just wasn't aware of them), they just keep releasing albums I love. This one, no exception. It's equally impressive that they continue to release my favorite song of the year, this time being "Trap Door".
9) White Sea - In Cold Blood (6)
Sometimes you just hit a level of 80s cheese where the nostalgia factor takes over and I can't help but fall in love. If this were an album from the 80s, I probably wouldn't love it as much, but it just ticks all of my boxes.
10) Eagulls - Eagulls (6)
11) Trust - Joyland (6)
I'm actually listening to this album again right now. The reason why I put emphasis on again is because this is probably the album I have heard most from 2015. So why is it this low, relatively speaking? I just can't wrap my head around my feelings for it. While White Sea is my 80s album for the year, Joyland was the album that opened my eyes to the idea that 90s dance music was making a comeback. I don't know how I didn't notice that before, but suddenly in 2014 I was surrounded by the evidence. I'm not sure how I feel about that. 90s dance music, especially the Euro variety, has always been my biggest guilty pleasure. So should I relish in the fact that I found an album that makes me feel that same surge of happiness all over again? Or should I continue to be guilty about enjoying it? I'm not sure, so it ends up only moving a few spots up in my final tally.
12) Casket Girls - True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (5)
13) Beck - Morning Phase (4)
14) Electric Youth - Innerworld (4)
I'd be remiss in not pointing out just how much fun, and how good this record is. Yeah, it's the album with that song from Drive, but it's so much more than that, and I really think it might be the most overlooked album of the year. If nothing else, I hope maybe one or two more people choose to give this a spin.
15) The Horrors - Luminous (3)
Man, I had this at number 3, but I can't even remember how it goes, truth be told. I think I might've had it there just because I love this band so much. And lest anyone think that's an admission that I listened to it once and rated it, I've heard it at least three, maybe four times. It's just not the last two records, despite being very good throughout. If you already like The Horrors, then why haven't you heard this? If you don't already like The Horrors, this is definitely the third album you should hear, after you fall in love with LPs number 2 and 3.
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MORE FUN STUFF:
WORST ALBUM OF 2014: Robin Thicke - Paula.
This album isn't actually that bad, surface-level, but it's the creepiest thing I've ever listened to and I feel dirty knowing that much about some poor woman's personal life.
Worst Album of 2014 that wasn't creepy as fuck: Planningtorock - All Love's Legal
I just can't leave here without pointing out that this album is an atrocity.
Best Debut Album: Eagulls - Eagulls
Worst Collaboration: Nick & Knight - Nick & Knight
Honestly, I don't know what I was expecting here, besides a laugh.
Honorable Mentions: Albums 16-20, because I always feel bad leaving stuff off.
Cunninlynguists : Strange Journey Vol 3
Tycho - Awake
The Jezabels - The Brink
Gruff Rhys - American Interior
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
And for good measure, a few of my favorite songs, list taken directly from LN7's thread:
1) Stars - "Trap Door" - No One Is Lost
2) RAC - "Let Go (Ft. Kele & MNDR)" - Strangers
3) Bombay Bicycle Club - "It's Alright Now" - See You Tomorrow
4) White Sea - "Warsaw" - In Cold Blood
5) Tycho - "L" - Awake
6) Against Me! - "Dead Friend" - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
7) CunninLynguists - "In the City" - Strange Journey Vol. 3
8) The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" - Lost in the Dream
9) Eagulls - "Possessed" - Eagulls
10) The Jezebels - "Look of Love" - The Brink
11) Katie Herzig - "Summer" - Walk Through Walls
12) Sun Kil Moon - "Micheline" - Benji
13) Casualties of Cool - "Flight" - Casualties of Cool
14) Joyce Manor - "Victoria" - Never Hungover Again
15) Trust - "Icabod" - Joyland
(Is this post long enough?
)
I will be disappointed, though, if Cobbler doesn't find some replacement for the quote thing Peef did. That was a highlight for me.
1) The War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream (11)
I've had this album in my number one slot basically all year. Right at the last moment I almost moved it. It's not a slight to LitD, necessarily, but more that this album was just great, but never left some kind of impression on me. It wasn't the soundtrack to my year, it wasn't even something I went back to regularly. But whenever I listen to any one track from it, I just can't help but think, "Hot damn, they really just have this rock thing nailed." So, I'm leaving it here, because you can't argue with competence.
2) Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (10)
A last minute move to second, where it was previously at 4, but I couldn't help myself. All year this album wouldn't go away, for me, but in the last few weeks, it's been painfully apt to listen to. Transgender issues are clearly moving at a slower pace than other facets of the LGBT movement, and I, for one, love the fact that there's now a punk-rock album about it.
3) Sun Kil Moon – Benji (9)
Benji is just too much to take. Every time I turn it on, I get some new level from it. Whether its from lyrics I didn't catch the first few times around, or some different facet of the vocal delivery. I certainly hope I'm not this bummed out when I'm in my 40s.
4) Phantogram - Voices (8)
I moved this down from #2 because I just haven't returned to it much at all. It's so much fun, and prompted my first time seeing them live, but again, not necessarily the soundtrack to my year, just a great album.
5) Common - Nobody's Smiling (7)
I've recounted this story so many times in different ways this year, that I'll just leave it at this: I'm not from Chicago's south side, I'm not even from Chicago, but I can't begin to express how important that city is to me. How much it spills over into NW Indiana, where I am from. How much seeing a weekend death toll on Twitter breaks my heart. I couldn't be happier that one of my favorite MCs decided to try and expose these issues a little brighter to the world at large. It's not a perfect record, but I've never heard a record from the genre that resonated with me stronger.
6) U2 - Songs of Innocence (7)
I "hated" NLOTH (I don't really hate any album of theirs at all, I'm a superfan, whatever), I guess it was therefore inevitable that I enjoy this one?
7) Nothing - Guilty of Everything (7)
8) Stars - No One Is Lost (7)
Easily my favorite band since The Killers (though I'm pretty sure they've been around longer, I just wasn't aware of them), they just keep releasing albums I love. This one, no exception. It's equally impressive that they continue to release my favorite song of the year, this time being "Trap Door".
9) White Sea - In Cold Blood (6)
Sometimes you just hit a level of 80s cheese where the nostalgia factor takes over and I can't help but fall in love. If this were an album from the 80s, I probably wouldn't love it as much, but it just ticks all of my boxes.
10) Eagulls - Eagulls (6)
11) Trust - Joyland (6)
I'm actually listening to this album again right now. The reason why I put emphasis on again is because this is probably the album I have heard most from 2015. So why is it this low, relatively speaking? I just can't wrap my head around my feelings for it. While White Sea is my 80s album for the year, Joyland was the album that opened my eyes to the idea that 90s dance music was making a comeback. I don't know how I didn't notice that before, but suddenly in 2014 I was surrounded by the evidence. I'm not sure how I feel about that. 90s dance music, especially the Euro variety, has always been my biggest guilty pleasure. So should I relish in the fact that I found an album that makes me feel that same surge of happiness all over again? Or should I continue to be guilty about enjoying it? I'm not sure, so it ends up only moving a few spots up in my final tally.
12) Casket Girls - True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (5)
13) Beck - Morning Phase (4)
14) Electric Youth - Innerworld (4)
I'd be remiss in not pointing out just how much fun, and how good this record is. Yeah, it's the album with that song from Drive, but it's so much more than that, and I really think it might be the most overlooked album of the year. If nothing else, I hope maybe one or two more people choose to give this a spin.
15) The Horrors - Luminous (3)
Man, I had this at number 3, but I can't even remember how it goes, truth be told. I think I might've had it there just because I love this band so much. And lest anyone think that's an admission that I listened to it once and rated it, I've heard it at least three, maybe four times. It's just not the last two records, despite being very good throughout. If you already like The Horrors, then why haven't you heard this? If you don't already like The Horrors, this is definitely the third album you should hear, after you fall in love with LPs number 2 and 3.
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MORE FUN STUFF:
WORST ALBUM OF 2014: Robin Thicke - Paula.
This album isn't actually that bad, surface-level, but it's the creepiest thing I've ever listened to and I feel dirty knowing that much about some poor woman's personal life.
Worst Album of 2014 that wasn't creepy as fuck: Planningtorock - All Love's Legal
I just can't leave here without pointing out that this album is an atrocity.
Best Debut Album: Eagulls - Eagulls
Worst Collaboration: Nick & Knight - Nick & Knight
Honestly, I don't know what I was expecting here, besides a laugh.
Honorable Mentions: Albums 16-20, because I always feel bad leaving stuff off.
Cunninlynguists : Strange Journey Vol 3
Tycho - Awake
The Jezabels - The Brink
Gruff Rhys - American Interior
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
And for good measure, a few of my favorite songs, list taken directly from LN7's thread:
1) Stars - "Trap Door" - No One Is Lost
2) RAC - "Let Go (Ft. Kele & MNDR)" - Strangers
3) Bombay Bicycle Club - "It's Alright Now" - See You Tomorrow
4) White Sea - "Warsaw" - In Cold Blood
5) Tycho - "L" - Awake
6) Against Me! - "Dead Friend" - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
7) CunninLynguists - "In the City" - Strange Journey Vol. 3
8) The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" - Lost in the Dream
9) Eagulls - "Possessed" - Eagulls
10) The Jezebels - "Look of Love" - The Brink
11) Katie Herzig - "Summer" - Walk Through Walls
12) Sun Kil Moon - "Micheline" - Benji
13) Casualties of Cool - "Flight" - Casualties of Cool
14) Joyce Manor - "Victoria" - Never Hungover Again
15) Trust - "Icabod" - Joyland
(Is this post long enough?
)
mikal
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Thanks for posting. There are several albums here that I haven't heard that I will now have to check out.
PS. Here's to 2015 being a better year than 2014!
Thanks for posting. There are several albums here that I haven't heard that I will now have to check out.
PS. Here's to 2015 being a better year than 2014!
bono_212
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Thanks 
, same to you, of course. It was actually a really good year, in total, but it was ridiculously stressful. Moving, changing jobs several times, job security issues, etc. All of it was definitely worth it, but I'm glad for a new number to cleanse everything.
, same to you, of course. It was actually a really good year, in total, but it was ridiculously stressful. Moving, changing jobs several times, job security issues, etc. All of it was definitely worth it, but I'm glad for a new number to cleanse everything.
mikal
Blue Crack Addict
Thanks
Thanks! Yeah, I'm all about having 2014 behind me for obvious reasons. It's funny how stress can come in different shapes and forms. My career is going better than ever but the family went through major challenges. 2015 is all about new beginnings and extra awesome parenting.
Glad you're hitting 2015 swinging as well!
Oh no way, Blue finally realises heaps of the potential that was evident on Kin and Bounty. By far the best thing she has done.
I'm going to have to give this trainwreck a similar shout-out.
RaisedByWolves
War Child
Informal? I didn't realize there was an "official" thread posted every year. Does that mean a newer Interference member can't start a (Best of.....insert year) thread and have it accepted by the general populous? I didn't know an established monopoly on this subject was in play. I guess it is one of those "unspoken" rules that us "newbies" have to learn.
bono_212
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As you might have noticed there is a system to this thread, and we do it every year, yes.
lazarus
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Seems pretty clear to me what the difference is.
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cobl04
45:33
Informal? I didn't realize there was an "official" thread posted every year. Does that mean a newer Interference member can't start a (Best of.....insert year) thread and have it accepted by the general populous? I didn't know an established monopoly on this subject was in play. I guess it is one of those "unspoken" rules that us "newbies" have to learn.
Way to get worked up over nothing
Any member can start a thread and it's fine, yours was readily accepted, we just have an official thing that we've been doing for several years.
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The Official B&C Best Albums of 2014 thread
Just because you're not going by "stray dog" anymore, doesn't mean we don't know it's you.
And by know, I just mean strongly assume since the timing and overreacting fit pretty well.
Just because you're not going by "stray dog" anymore, doesn't mean we don't know it's you.
And by know, I just mean strongly assume since the timing and overreacting fit pretty well.
Danny Boy
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Here's my list.
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (15)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (15)
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers (11)
RAC - Strangers (10)
Beck - Morning Phase (9)
Real Estate - Atlas (8)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (7)
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (6)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (4)
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal (4)
Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything (3)
The Antlers - Familiars (3)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (1)
St. Vincent - St. Vincent (15)
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream (15)
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers (11)
RAC - Strangers (10)
Beck - Morning Phase (9)
Real Estate - Atlas (8)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (7)
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (6)
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (4)
Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal (4)
Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything (3)
The Antlers - Familiars (3)
Jack White - Lazaretto (2)
The Black Keys - Turn Blue (2)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (1)
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
Good call.
HeartlandGirl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I've enjoyed reading everyone's lists and write-ups so far.
I feel like I need a bit more time to put my list together...still listening to albums. So like Axver, let me know if there's a deadline.
Also, can we include EPs?
I feel like I need a bit more time to put my list together...still listening to albums. So like Axver, let me know if there's a deadline.
Also, can we include EPs?
OP
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cobl04
45:33
no deadline yet. just get em in when you can. feel absolutely free to include EPs. got some fun plans for the countdown.
My list is finally ready. I'll probably feel differently about certain albums in a few weeks time but that's just how it is with these things.
1. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were - 15
2. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 - 13
3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji - 13
4. FKA Twigs - LP1 - 10
6. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream - 8
7. The Antlers - Familiars - 7
8. Interpol - El Pintor - 7
5. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else - 5
9. Wild Beasts - The Present Tense - 5
10. Spoon - They Want My Soul - 5
11. Cheatahs - Cheatahs - 5
12. Arsenal - Furu - 3
13. Aphex Twin - Syro - 2
14. Oscar & the Wolf - Entity - 1
15. Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was the Golden Age - 1
Best older albums I've discovered this year:
Fennesz - Endless Summer
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
1. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were - 15
2. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 - 13
3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji - 13
4. FKA Twigs - LP1 - 10
6. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream - 8
7. The Antlers - Familiars - 7
8. Interpol - El Pintor - 7
5. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else - 5
9. Wild Beasts - The Present Tense - 5
10. Spoon - They Want My Soul - 5
11. Cheatahs - Cheatahs - 5
12. Arsenal - Furu - 3
13. Aphex Twin - Syro - 2
14. Oscar & the Wolf - Entity - 1
15. Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was the Golden Age - 1
Best older albums I've discovered this year:
Fennesz - Endless Summer
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
prbiker15
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Nice lists and write-ups. 
U2 - Songs of Innocence (14 points)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (13 points)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (13 points)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (12 points)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (10 points)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (7 points)
Bleachers - Strange Desire (5 points)
Foster the People - Supermodel (5 points)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (4 points)
The Script - No Sound Without Silence (4 points)
AC/DC - Rock or Bust (3 points)
Imogen Heap - Sparks (3 points)
Maroon 5 - V (3 points)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2 points)
Walk the Moon - Talking is Hard (2 points)
Didn't make the cut: American Authors - Oh, What a Life
U2 - Songs of Innocence (14 points)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (13 points)
Spoon - They Want My Soul (13 points)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (12 points)
Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End (10 points)
Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways (7 points)
Bleachers - Strange Desire (5 points)
Foster the People - Supermodel (5 points)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (4 points)
The Script - No Sound Without Silence (4 points)
AC/DC - Rock or Bust (3 points)
Imogen Heap - Sparks (3 points)
Maroon 5 - V (3 points)
Taylor Swift - 1989 (2 points)
Walk the Moon - Talking is Hard (2 points)
Didn't make the cut: American Authors - Oh, What a Life
PhilsFan
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1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (15)
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (15)
3. Spoon - They Want My Soul (11)
4. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers (11)
5. Lykke Li - I Never Learn (9)
6. Phantogram - Voices (8)
7. Stars - No One Is Lost (7)
8. The Antlers - Familiars (6)
9. Dum Dum Girls - Too True (6)
10. U2 - Songs of Innocence (5)
11. Warpaint - Warpaint (3)
12. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (1)
13. Zola Jesus - Taiga (1)
14. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (1)
15. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (1)
Honorable Mention:
Haunted Hearts - Initiation
TV on the Radio - Seeds
Beck - Morning Phase
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (15)
3. Spoon - They Want My Soul (11)
4. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers (11)
5. Lykke Li - I Never Learn (9)
6. Phantogram - Voices (8)
7. Stars - No One Is Lost (7)
8. The Antlers - Familiars (6)
9. Dum Dum Girls - Too True (6)
10. U2 - Songs of Innocence (5)
11. Warpaint - Warpaint (3)
12. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (1)
13. Zola Jesus - Taiga (1)
14. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (1)
15. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (1)
Honorable Mention:
Haunted Hearts - Initiation
TV on the Radio - Seeds
Beck - Morning Phase
Alright time to pull finger on this. As I think I said earlier, this was one hell of a year, especially for shoegaze/dream pop and post-rock/post-metal. I've thrown around a few albums that I don't think have got much or any mention on B&C, so I've noted genres in case anybody who really liked, say, the new Sleepmakeswaves album wants some more post-rock in a similar vein. 2014 was probably my favourite year in quite some time, and I had great difficulty narrowing down my selections to fifteen and then distributing the points. Probably if I did this again in an hour it would be a bit different - the only part that's absolutely stable is the top four.
1. Alcest: Shelter (15) [shoegaze, dream pop]
2. Eagulls - Eagulls (13) [post-punk]
3. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (12) [emo]
4. White Lung - Deep Fantasy (12) [punk]
5. Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere (7) [doom metal, atmospheric black metal]
6. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent (7) [synth pop, neo-psychedelia, dream pop]
7. Royal Blood - Royal Blood (7) [alt rock]
8. Kerretta - Pirohia (6) [post-metal]
9. Sleepmakeswaves - Love of Cartography (6) [post-rock]
10. Hundreds - Aftermath (4) [ambient pop]
11. Helms Alee - Sleepwalking Sailors (3) [sludge metal]
12. La Dispute - Rooms of the House (3) [post-hardcore]
13. Phantogram - Voices (3) [synth pop, dream pop]
14. Cheatahs - Cheatahs (1) [shoegaze]
15. Little Daylight - Hello Memory (1) [synth pop]
Honourable mentions:
Audrey Fall - Mitau (post-metal)
The Casket Girls - True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (noise pop, dream pop)
Cassie - Old Light EP (post-rock)
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (garage rock, noise rock)
EMA - The Future's Void (indie rock)
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature (ethereal wave, post-rock)
Gold Zebra - Gold Zebra (synth pop, minimal synth)
Jakob - Sines (post-rock)
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (indie pop)
Maybeshewill - Fair Youth (post-rock)
Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (pop rock)
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel (black metal, progressive metal)
Nothing - Guilty of Everything (shoegaze)
Robert Scott - The Green House (indie rock)
Shihad - FVEY (alt metal)
Tuber - Desert Overcrowded (post-rock)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (indie rock)
Whirr - Sway (shoegaze)
Wolvhammer - Clawing Into Black Sun (black metal, sludge metal)
2:54 - The Other I (dream pop, shoegaze)
1. Alcest: Shelter (15) [shoegaze, dream pop]
2. Eagulls - Eagulls (13) [post-punk]
3. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (12) [emo]
4. White Lung - Deep Fantasy (12) [punk]
5. Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere (7) [doom metal, atmospheric black metal]
6. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent (7) [synth pop, neo-psychedelia, dream pop]
7. Royal Blood - Royal Blood (7) [alt rock]
8. Kerretta - Pirohia (6) [post-metal]
9. Sleepmakeswaves - Love of Cartography (6) [post-rock]
10. Hundreds - Aftermath (4) [ambient pop]
11. Helms Alee - Sleepwalking Sailors (3) [sludge metal]
12. La Dispute - Rooms of the House (3) [post-hardcore]
13. Phantogram - Voices (3) [synth pop, dream pop]
14. Cheatahs - Cheatahs (1) [shoegaze]
15. Little Daylight - Hello Memory (1) [synth pop]
Honourable mentions:
Audrey Fall - Mitau (post-metal)
The Casket Girls - True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (noise pop, dream pop)
Cassie - Old Light EP (post-rock)
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (garage rock, noise rock)
EMA - The Future's Void (indie rock)
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature (ethereal wave, post-rock)
Gold Zebra - Gold Zebra (synth pop, minimal synth)
Jakob - Sines (post-rock)
Lykke Li - I Never Learn (indie pop)
Maybeshewill - Fair Youth (post-rock)
Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (pop rock)
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel (black metal, progressive metal)
Nothing - Guilty of Everything (shoegaze)
Robert Scott - The Green House (indie rock)
Shihad - FVEY (alt metal)
Tuber - Desert Overcrowded (post-rock)
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (indie rock)
Whirr - Sway (shoegaze)
Wolvhammer - Clawing Into Black Sun (black metal, sludge metal)
2:54 - The Other I (dream pop, shoegaze)
1. D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah (15)
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (13)
3. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (12)
4. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (9)
5. Beck - Morning Phase (9)
6. Spoon - They Want My Soul (7)
7. Lykke Li - I Never Learn (7)
8. Real Estate – Atlas (5)
9. Rufus Reid – Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project (5)
10. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (5)
11. Dum Dum Girls - Too True (4)
12. Interpol - El Pintor (3)
13. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (3)
14. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (2)
15. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (1)
The next 10:
16. Phantogram - Voices
17. Warpaint - Warpaint
18. The New Pornographers - Bill Bruisers
19. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
20. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
21. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
22. Jack White - Lazaretto
23. U2 – Songs of Innocence
24. FKA Twigs - LP1
25. Tweedy - Sukierae
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent (13)
3. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (12)
4. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (9)
5. Beck - Morning Phase (9)
6. Spoon - They Want My Soul (7)
7. Lykke Li - I Never Learn (7)
8. Real Estate – Atlas (5)
9. Rufus Reid – Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project (5)
10. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (5)
11. Dum Dum Girls - Too True (4)
12. Interpol - El Pintor (3)
13. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (3)
14. Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (2)
15. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (1)
The next 10:
16. Phantogram - Voices
17. Warpaint - Warpaint
18. The New Pornographers - Bill Bruisers
19. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
20. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
21. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
22. Jack White - Lazaretto
23. U2 – Songs of Innocence
24. FKA Twigs - LP1
25. Tweedy - Sukierae
HeartlandGirl
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
1. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (15)
2. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (13)
3. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (12)
4. Black Atlass - Young Bloods EP (10)
5. U2 - Songs of Innocence (9)
6. The Antlers - Familiars (8)
7. ††† - s/t (7)
8. Frnkiero andthe Cellabration - Stomachaches (6)
9. Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien (5)
10. Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (4)
11. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (3)
12. Interpol - El Pintor (3)
13. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else (3)
14. Foster the People - Supermodel (1)
15. Ryan Adams - s/t (1)
Favorite Song of 2014: Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (It happens when you live in Mexico for awhile)
Biggest Disappointment: Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Fun 2014 Tracks by Folks without Albums:
Chloe Howl - Girls and Boys
Peking Duck - High
The M Machine - Pluck Pluck
TIANN - Dive Deep
Last Lynx - Curtains
2. Perfume Genius - Too Bright (13)
3. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (12)
4. Black Atlass - Young Bloods EP (10)
5. U2 - Songs of Innocence (9)
6. The Antlers - Familiars (8)
7. ††† - s/t (7)
8. Frnkiero andthe Cellabration - Stomachaches (6)
9. Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien (5)
10. Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines (4)
11. Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (3)
12. Interpol - El Pintor (3)
13. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else (3)
14. Foster the People - Supermodel (1)
15. Ryan Adams - s/t (1)
Favorite Song of 2014: Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (It happens when you live in Mexico for awhile)
Biggest Disappointment: Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Fun 2014 Tracks by Folks without Albums:
Chloe Howl - Girls and Boys
Peking Duck - High
The M Machine - Pluck Pluck
TIANN - Dive Deep
Last Lynx - Curtains
