Top Twenty Albums of 2014

[rimjobflashmob]

There was a lot to digest this year in music! Even now I'm fairly certain we're all discovering new shit that we missed because the sheer volume of new material was so large. But ya gotta make that year-end list sometime, right?

Here's what I've got, subject to change.

1. Aphex Twin - Syro
2. Tycho - Awake
3. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
4. Future Islands - Singles
5. Kevin Drew - Darlings
6. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - High Life
7. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
8. Excepter - Familiar
9. Museum of Love - Museum of Love
10. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
11. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags
12. The Juan MacLean - In A Dream
13. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
14. Reagenz - The Periodic Table
15. Spoon - They Want My Soul
16. Röyksopp - The Inevitable End
17. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
18. Kishi Bashi - Lighght
19. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
20. S - Cool Choices

[Pea]

Fucking hilarious dude. I was literally a minute behind you in making this exact thread. Great timing!

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Odesza - In Return
The 2 Bears - The Night is Young
Behemoth - The Satanist
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
Caribou - Our Love
Ásgeir - In the Silence
Kiasmos - Kiasmos
Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Are
Rich Aucoin - Ephemeral
Yelle - Complètement Fou
Max Cooper – Human
Alvvays – Alvvays
Kishi Bashi – Lighght
White Sea - In Cold Blood
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
Young Fathers - Dead
Climates - Body Clocks

[rimjobflashmob]

Dec 24, 2014 12:52:51 GMT -8 Pea said:

Fucking hilarious dude. I was literally a minute behind you in making this exact thread. Great timing!

I am everywhere.

[wonk]

Pea's hipster cred > nick's hipster cred

[Dr. Crane]

+19 others that I will tell you about later.

[Nadine Hurley]

1. Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks-Enter the Slasher House
2. Panda Bear- Mr. Noah EP
3. Caribou- Our Love
4. Deerhoof- La Isla Bonita
5. Inventions- Inventions
6. Tune-Yards- Nikki Nack
7. Beck- Morning Phase
8. Little Dragon- Nabuma Rubberband
9. The War On Drugs- Lost in The Dream
10. Excepter- Familiar
11. Beyonce- Beyonce
12. Liars- Mess
13. St. Vincent- St. Vincent
14. Mogwai- Rave Tapes
15. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - High Life
16. Swans- To Be Kind
17. Sisyphus - Sisyphus
18. Pharrell Williams- G I R L
19. TV on the Radio- Seeds
20. Flying Lotus- You’re Dead!

The last 5 are questionable and will probably be replaced by some that I still need to hear or have only heard once/twice.

[Dr. Crane]

Excepter are making the fucking rounds this year. Palace to palace. About time.

[rimjobflashmob]

Dec 25, 2014 5:39:15 GMT -8 Dr. Crane said:

Excepter are making the fucking rounds this year. Palace to palace. About time.

It's all because of you, my dude. Grinning In Your Face.

[Dr. Crane]

You just bear this in mind, a true friend is hard to find

[badchoices]

20. Couch Slut - My Life As A Woman
19. Qui - Life, Water, Living...
18. Ngozi Family - Day Of Judgement
17. Drunk Dad - Ripper Killer
16. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
15. Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate
14. Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio
13. Survival Knife - Loose Power
12. The Grasshopper Lies Heavy - All Sadness, Grinning Into Flow
11. Code Orange - I Am King
10. Helms Alee - Sleepwalking Sailors
9. Rabbits - Untoward
8. Ty Segall - Manipulator
7. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
6. Constant Lovers - Experience Feelings
5. Oozing Wound - Earth Suck
4. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
3. Deadkill - No, Never!
2. Caribou - Our Love
1. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata

Favorite EP/Split/Reissue:
5. Black Pus/Oozing Wound 12" Split
4. Hammerhead - Global Depression
3. Playing Enemy - I Was Your City
2. UGLYFRANK - Bobby Hill EP
1. Wild Throne - Blood Maker

[Blacksmile]

1. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
2. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
3. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
4. The Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast
5. Strand of Oaks – Heal
6. Reigning Sound - Shattered
7. Iceage – Plowing Into the Fields of Love
8. Spoon – They Want My Soul
9. Pink Mountaintops – Get Back
10. Helms Alee – Sleepwalking Sailors
11. Deadkill – No, Never!
12. Mogwai – Rave Tapes
13. Mark Lanegan Band – Phantom Radio
14. Ought – More Than Any Other Day
15. TV on the Radio - Seeds
16. Unearth – Watchers of the Rule
17. Beck - Morning Phase
18. Bob Mould – Beauty and Ruin
19. Elliot BROOD – Work and Love
20. Weezer – Everything Will Be Alright in the End

Runners Up:
The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams
Future Islands - Singles
Fucked Up – The Glass Boys
Constant Lovers – Experience Feelings
Motel Beds – These are the Days Gone By
The Rentals – Lost in Alphaville
Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers
Guardians of the Galaxy – Soundtrack
Hozier – Hozier
Lagwagon – Hang

[Jefferin Jeffotash]

20. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Lose
19. La Roux – Trouble In Paradise
18. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
17. Broken Bells – After The Disco
16. Ty Segall – Manipulator
15. Blonde Redhead – Barragan
14. Interpol – El Pintor
13. Temples – Sun Structures
12. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
11. Phantogram – Voices
10. The Antlers – Familiars
9. Dan Croll – Sweet Disarray
8. Ben Howard – I Forgot Where We Were
7. Caribou – Our Love
6. Real Estate – Atlas
5. Jack White – Lazaretto
4. Ex Hex – Rips
3. Spoon – They Want My Soul
2. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
1. TV On The Radio – Seeds

[jefftrap 3.33]

On mobile so excuse the non-italicized album titles.

1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
3. Aphex Twin - Syro
4. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
5. Swans - To Be Kind
6. Caribou - Our Love
7. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
8. Arca - Xen
9. Spoon - They Want My Soul
10. Panda Bear - Mr. Noah EP
11. Iceage - Plowing into the Field of Love
12. James Blake - 200 Press EP
13. CyHi the Prynce - Black Hystori
14. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
15. Rustie - Green Language
16. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait EP
17. BADBADNOTGOOD - III
18. TV on the Radio - Seeds
19. Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
20. iLoveMakonnen - iLoveMakonnen EP

[Dr. Crane]

Dec 24, 2014 20:05:18 GMT -8 Dr. Crane said:

+19 others that I will tell you about later.

1. Excepter - Familiar / The Stand
2. Inventions - Inventions
3. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
4. Swans - To Be Kind
5. Damaged Bug - Hubba Bubba
6. Bradford Cox - Teenage OST
7. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
8. Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
9. Koen Holtkamp - Motion
10. Thee Oh Sees - Drop
11. Ty Segall - Manipulator
12. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
13. Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
14. Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea
15. Actress - Ghettoville
16. Eric Copeland - Logo My Ego / Ms Pretzel
17. United Nations - The Next Four Years
18. Caribou - Our Love
19. Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io
20. Zammuto - Anchor

[matt]

1. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
2. Spoon- They Want My Soul
3. Alvvays- Alvvays
4. The Preatures- Blue Planet Eyes
5. The New Pornographers- Brill Bruisers
6. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks- Wig Out at Jagbags
7. Real Estate- Atlas
8. Angel Olsen- Burn Your Fire for No Witness
9. Philip Selway- Weatherhouse
10. Damien Rice- My Favourite Faded Fantasy
11. Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams
12. Kevin Drew- Darlings
13. Owen Pallett- In Conflict
14. The Rural Alberta Advantage- Mended With Gold
15. Vince Staples- Hell Can Wait
16. Dum Dum Girls- Too True
17. Strand of Oaks- Heal
18. Elbow- The Take Off and Landing of Everything
19. Thom Yorke- Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
20. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib- Piñata

Honorable Mentions: Merchandise- After the Dream, S- Cool Choices, Sharon Van Etten- Are We There, Sisyphus- Sisyphus, and The War On Drugs- Lost In the Dream.

Most Played Artists of 2014:
1. OutKast
2. Sleater-Kinney
3. Queens of the Stone Age
4. Radiohead
5. Spoon
6. Kanye West
7. The National
8. Modest Mouse
9. Run the Jewels
10. The Replacements