Crack Magazine: http://crackmagazine.net/albums-of-the-year-2014/
1. Dean Blunt: Black Metal (Rough Trade) 2. The Bug: Angels & Devils (Ninja Tune) 3. Iceage: Plowing Into the Field of Love (Matador) 4. Wild Beasts: Present Tense (Domino) 5. Scott Walker + Sunn O))): Soused (4AD) 6. Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt 1 (Cash Money) 7. FKA Twigs: LP1 (Young Turks) 8. Todd Terje: It's Album Time (Olsen) 9. Ought: More Than Any Other Day (Constellation) 10. Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence (UMG) 11. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 (Mass Appeal) 12. Swans: To Be Kind (Mute) 13. Pharmakon: Bestian Burden (Sacred Bones) 14. Kassem Mosse: Workshop 19 (Worksho) 15. Popcaan: Where We Come From (Mixpak) 16. Untold: Black Light Spiral (Hemlock) 17. Sharon Van Etten: Are We There (Jagjaguwar) 18. Ratking: So It Goes (HXC) 19. Grouper: Ruins (Kranky) 20. Wildest Dreams: Wildest Dreams (Smalltown Supersound) 21. Andy Stott: Faith in Strangers (Modern Love) 22. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness (Jagjaguwar) 23. Eagulls: Eagulls (Partisan) 24. Roman Flugel: Happiness Is Happening (Dial) 25. Sleaford Mods: Divide and Exit (Harbinger Sound) 26. Behemoth: The Satanist (Nuclear Blast) 27. Sd Laika: That's Harakiri! (Tri Angle) 28. Actress: Ghettoville (Ninja Tune) 29. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Pinata (Madlib Invazion) 30. Future Islands: Singles (4AD) 31. Perc: The Power and the Glory (Perc Trax) 32. Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else (Carpark) 33. Traxman: Da Mind of Traxman Vol 2 (Planet Mu) 34. YG: My Krazy Life (CTE World/Def Jam) 35. Theo Parrish: American Intelligence (Sound Signature) 36. Alex G: DSU (Lucky Number) 37. Millie & Andrea: Drop the Vowels (Modern Love) 38. Eno + Hyde: High Life (Warp) 39. Sun Kil Moon: Benji (Caldo Verde) 40. Fatima Al Qadiri: Asiatisch (Hyperdub) 41. Ben Frost: Aurora (Mute) 42. Goat: Commune (Sub Pop) 43. Torn Hawk: Through Force of Will (Not Not Fun) 44. Lust for Youth: International (Sacred Bones) 45. Gesloten Cirkel: Submit X (Murder Capital) 46. Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love (Captured Tracks) 47. Tinashe: Aquarius (RCA) 48. Caribou: Our Love (City Slang) 49. Moodymann: Moodymann (KDJ) 50. Aphex Twin: Syro (Warp) 51. The Antlers: Familiars (Anti-/Transgressive) 52. J Mascis: Tied to a Star (Sub Pop) 53. Young Marco: Biology (ESP Institute) 54. Tom Vek: Luck (Moshi Moshi) 55. The Wytches: Annabel Dream Reader (Heavenly) 56. Lower: Seek Warmer Clilmes (Matador) 57. Objekt: Flatland (Pan) 58. Greys: If Anything (Carpark) 59. Mac DeMarco: Salad Days (Captured Tracks) 60. Metronomy: Love Letters (Because Music) 61. Hookworms: The Hum (Weird World) 62. Flying Lotus: You're Dead! (Warp) 63. Schoolboy Q: Oxymoron (Top Dawg Entertainment) 64. Session Victim: See You When You Get There (Delusions of Grandeur) 65. Little Dragon: Nabuma Rubberband (Because Music) 66. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian) 67. Fatima: Yellow Memories (Eglo) 68. Liars: Mess (Mute) 69. Richard Dawson: Nothing Important (Weird World) 70. Real Estate: Atlas (Domino) 71. St Vincent: St Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic) 72. Mykki Blanco: Gay Dog Food (Uno NYC) 73. East India Youth: Total Strife Forever (Stolen) 74. Shellac: Dude, Incredible (Touch and Go) 75. Arca: Xen (Mute) 76. Wiley: Snakes & Ladders (Big Dada) 77. Lil Herb: Welcome to Fazoland (self-released) 78. Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestite (Artemesia) 79. Neneh Cherry: Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound) 80. White Fang: Full Time Freaks (Metal Postcard) 81. Mogwai: Rave Tapes (Rock Action) 82. White Lung: Deep Fantasy (Domino) 83. Joey Anderson: After Forever (Dekmantel) 84. Warpaint: Warpaint (Rough Trade) 85. Manic Street Preachers: Futurology (Columbia) 86. Philipp Gorbachev: The Silver Album (Comeme) 87. HTRK: Psychic 9-5 Club (Ghostly International) 88. Merchandise: After the End (4AD) 89. Oliver Wilde: Red Tide Opal in the Loose End Womb (Howling Owl) 90. Interpol: El Pintor (PIAS) 91. Death Grips: Niggas on the Moon (Harvest/Third Worlds) 92. Lee Bannon: Alternate/Endings (Ninja Tune) 93. Tops: Picture You Staring (Arbitus) 94. Nehruviandoom: NehruvianDOOM (Lex) 95. Max Greaf: Rivers of the Red Planet (Tartelet) 96. The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Revelation (A) 97. Brody Dalle: Diploid Love (Queen of Hearts/Caroline) 98. Kiasmos: Kiasmos (Erased Tapes) 99. Spooky Black: Black Silk (self-released)100. Mariah Carey: Me. I Am Mariah . . . the Elusive Chanteuse (Def Jam)
― m todorov, Sunday, 7 December 2014 08:20 (nine years ago) link
ah, a rare sighting of the elusive chanteuse herself
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 08:43 (nine years ago) link
that eno.hyde hasn't shown up much either. kind of a jerry-built feel to the whole thing, but if you can deal with the u2-ish opener (which I actually quite like), it's pretty good
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 09:01 (nine years ago) link
The Twilight Sad win best Scottish album of 2014http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/the-twilight-sad-win-best-scottish-album-of-2014-1-3627430
A BAND famed for their dark and gothic lyrics have won the accolade of best Scottish album of 2014, as rated by the world’s top music critics.The Twilight Sad have emerged as the most-lauded act in the survey, which was based on review ratings in newspapers, magazines and online internationally over the past 12 months.
The Twilight Sad have emerged as the most-lauded act in the survey, which was based on review ratings in newspapers, magazines and online internationally over the past 12 months.
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 09:47 (nine years ago) link
top music critics online internationally
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 09:49 (nine years ago) link
PopCrush - 10 Best Albums of 2014http://popcrush.com/best-albums-2014/
10 'Ultraviolence,' Lana Del Rey9 'Talk Dirty,' Jason Derulo8 'The New Classic,' Iggy Azalea7 'X,' Ed Sheeran6 'Meet the Vamps,' The Vamps5 'Nick Jonas,' Nick Jonas4 'My Everything,' Ariana Grande3 '5 Seconds of Summer,' 5 Seconds of Summer2 'Four,' One Direction1 '1989,' Taylor Swift
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 09:55 (nine years ago) link
Somehow I can't imagine anything called 'The Twilight Sad' being any good.
i really like the marissa nadler album that came out this year, but one beautiful, beautiful record that everybody should hear which is kind of in the same vague ballpark is melanie de biasio' 'no deal', a gorgeous, spacious jazz album which has had reviewers invoking both billie holiday and talk talk
Both of these sound like the sort of thing I've been missing all year.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 7 December 2014 11:06 (nine years ago) link
De Biasio album is good but it was 2013.
On Louder Than War's page, I asked what happened to Joe Whyte’s “album of the year contender” The Sea Kings – Woke In The Devil’s Arms Their review is what turned me on to the album, and it’s amazing, will make my top 10, and I thought it would at least make their top 50 let alone 200.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 7 December 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
I was dismissive of The Twilight Sad too, despite enjoying their first album years back, but this one is their best, and has a bit more post-punk feel. It's grown on me.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 7 December 2014 13:15 (nine years ago) link
De Biasio album is good but it was 2013
oh shit, it is as well. thinking it might only have got a push in the anglophone world this year though, cos all the reviews I found were from april.
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
as i thought. take the example of Swans. In lots of lists but not in the top 25 in that above link
Those Swans poll placings in full: 3/3/4/4/5/8/11/12/13/13/14/18/22/31/36/42, plus two unranked lists.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 7 December 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
Time Out New York: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/the-20-best-albums-of-2014
20. Alvvays - 'Alvvays'19. Clark - 'Clark'18. Nude Beach - '77'17. Schoolboy Q - 'Oxymoron'16. Mark McGuire - 'Along the Way'15. Antemasque - 'Antemasque'14. Sia - '1,000 Forms of Fear'13. Future - 'Honest'12. TV on the Radio - 'Seeds'11. Mac DeMarco - 'Salad Days'10. Spoon - 'They Want My Soul'9. St. Vincent - 'St. Vincent'8. FKA Twigs - 'LP1'7. Run the Jewels - 'Run the Jewels 2'6. Caribou - 'Our Love'5. Cloud Nothings 'Here and Nowhere Else'4. Future Islands - 'Singles'3. Angel Olsen - 'Burn Your Fire for No Witness'2. Beck - 'Morning Phase'1. Todd Terje - 'It's Album Time'
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 7 December 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
weird looking fedora--Evanthat's a top hat man
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:00 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That was the joke- in reference to "good sirs"
― Evan, Sunday, 7 December 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
At what point am I allowed to go into excruciating detail about the many ways that the LDR album is steaming garbage and how everyone supporting it is wrong?
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Sunday, 7 December 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
i'd like to hear that, to be honest.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 7 December 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
just read some tweets last night making a case for it as one of the best albums of the year.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Sunday, 7 December 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
big ol box at the bottom of this window just waiting for your contributions xxp
― j., Sunday, 7 December 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
You know what, I'll bet ILX user DJP doesn't know how this site works...
― aenaon genesis aevangelist (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 7 December 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
save it for when it places in the eoy poll, djp
― VOTE in metal poll. Voting ends Friday 12th December (Cosmic Slop), Sunday, 7 December 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
Goddamn, this Sturgill Simpson album is great! I love the end of the year when I get to bump into like five dozen utterly genius pieces of art I somehow missed and everyone at once says HEY ASSHOLE LISTEN TO THIS
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 December 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
Goddamn, this Sturgill Simpson album is great! I love the end of the year when I get to bump into like five dozen utterly genius pieces of art I somehow missed and everyone at once says HEY ASSHOLE LISTEN TO THIS --a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu)
exactly how I felt abt missing the sturgill record bc it sure is dope
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 7 December 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
DeRo's #6 is pretty great!
The Gotobeds, Poor People Are Revolting (12XU)https://thegotobeds.bandcamp.com/album/poor-people-are-revolting
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 8 December 2014 04:53 (nine years ago) link
AV Club - 20 best albumshttp://www.avclub.com/article/20-best-albums-2014-212282
1. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness 2. Run The Jewels - RTJ2 3. St. Vincent - St. Vincent4. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream5. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There 6. FKA Twigs - LP1 7. Protomartyr - Under Color Of Official Right 8. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else9. Flying Lotus - Your Dad! 10. Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo 11. Strand Of Oaks - Heal 12. Vince Staples - Shyne Coldchain Vol. 213. Spoon - They Want My Soul14. Beck - Morning Phase15. Taylor Swift - 1989 16. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days 17. Perfume Genius - Too Bright 18. Swans - To Be Kind 19. White Lung - Deep Fantasy 20. Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 07:33 (nine years ago) link
yawn except for protomartyr which is probably the best record in that top ten
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 8 December 2014 07:38 (nine years ago) link
falling asleep just seeing the beck and spoon records next to each other
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 8 December 2014 07:43 (nine years ago) link
DO NOT SLEEP ON THE OUGHT ALBUM PEOPLE!
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Monday, 8 December 2014 10:02 (nine years ago) link
DO NOT SLEEP ON THE OUGHT ALBUM PEOPLE! --dive inside water and you will know (dog latin)
what about sleeping as a result of their music bc that's more or less what happened when I tried it :/
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 11:48 (nine years ago) link
it's the one you've all been waiting for...
Blues Rock Review - Top 20 Albums of 2014http://bluesrockreview.com/2014/12/top-20-albums-of-2014.html
20. Count’s 77: Count’s 7719. Paul Rodgers: The Royal Sessions18. No Sinner: Boo Hoo Hoo17. The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer: A Real Fine Mess16. David Michael Miller: Poisons Sipped15. Walter Trout: The Blues Came Callin’14. Ty Curtis: Water Under The Bridge13. The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band: Goin’ Home12. Matt Schofield: Far As I Can See11. The Black Keys: Turn Blue10. Joanne Shaw Taylor: The Dirty Truth9. Danny Bryant: Temperature Rising8. Rival Sons: Great Western Valkyrie7. Virgil and the Accelerators: Army of Three6. Philip Sayce: Influence5. Thorbjørn Risager and the Black Tornado: Too Many Roads4. Bernie Marsden: Shine3. Devon Allman: Ragged & Dirty2. Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades of Blue1. Dan Patlansky: Dear Silence Thieves
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 11:57 (nine years ago) link
what about sleeping as a result of their music bc that's more or less what happened when I tried it :/― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, December 8, 2014 11:48 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, December 8, 2014 11:48 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Aha!
― dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Monday, 8 December 2014 11:58 (nine years ago) link
9. Flying Lotus - Your Dad!
otm
― r|t|c, Monday, 8 December 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
lol
― MikoMcha, Monday, 8 December 2014 12:07 (nine years ago) link
/9. Flying Lotus - Your Dad! /otm --r|t|c
otm --r|t|c
lulz. I'm sure others have said this before & certainly with greater eloquence but it is stunning how unabashedly that album is stoner-dad jazz, like it's aiming for on the corner but ends up hitting mid period weather report
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link
Drowned In Sound: best debut albums:http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4148543-discover--the-20-best-debut-albums-of-2014
1) ††† - Crosses 2) Eagulls - Eagulls3) Alvvays - Alvvays4) FKA twigs - LP15) East India Youth - Total Strife Forever6) Ought - More Than Any Other Day7) Kiasmos - Kiasmos8) Inventions - Inventions9) Young Fathers - DEAD10) Annie Eve - Sunday ‘9111) Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love12) Broken Twin - May13) Woman’s Hour - Conversations14) Thumpers - Galore15) Douglas Dare - Whelm16) Sisyphus - Sisyphus17) Ex Hex - Rips18) Fear of Men - Loom19) Martha - Courting Strong20) Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
― mike t-diva, Monday, 8 December 2014 13:04 (nine years ago) link
That would be funny if there were a kernal of truth to it, but nope, you're just wrong on both ends. There's a lot going on with Flying Lotus, but not much of On The Corner or Weather Report.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 8 December 2014 13:08 (nine years ago) link
That would be funny if there were a kernal of truth to it, but nope, you're just wrong on both ends. There's a lot going on with Flying Lotus, but not much of On The Corner or Weather Report. --Fastnbulbous
in general or on that album? bc for previous albums i wouldn't say that but you're dead is pretttaayyyy jazz-fusion indebted, and I really don't think I'm the only person to say so. if those specific examples aren't proper in yr book, that's fine, I suppose.
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:14 (nine years ago) link
DeRo and his binaries:
On album number three, 28-year-old Lykke Li Zachrisson straddles a fascinating line between chart-topping pop diva and soul-baring underground
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:21 (nine years ago) link
17. The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer: A Real Fine Mess
i'm intrigued, i'll admit it
― call all destroyer, Monday, 8 December 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2014http://www.npr.org/2014/12/08/368731400/npr-musics-50-favorite-albums-of-2014
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
Spin Magazine: The 101 Best Songs of 2014http://www.spin.com/articles/101-best-songs-2014/
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link
^ keeps crashing my browser so i couldn't tell you what was in it. kozelek's face is in the main graphic though - did spin really go there?
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
no sign of the rock-a-rolla list yet
― VOTE in metal poll. Voting ends Friday 12th December (Cosmic Slop), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
91. Toni Braxton & Babyface, "The D Word"
glad this made the SPIN list
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:51 (nine years ago) link
Exclaim!'s Best of 2014: Top 20 Pop & Rock Albumshttp://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best_of_2014-top_20_pop_rock_albums_part_onehttp://exclaim.ca/News/exclaims_best_of_2014-top_20_pop_rock_albums_part_two
1. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days 2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent 3. Owen Pallett - In Conflict 4. Alvvays - Alvvays 5. Swans - To Be Kind 6. White Lung - Deep Fantasy 7. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams 8. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 9. Future Islands - Singles 10. Tanya Tagaq - Animism
11. Ought - More Than Any Other Day 12. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 13. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else 14. How to Dress Well - "What is This Heart?" 15. Beck - Morning Phase 16. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness 17. Real Estate - Atlas 18. Spoon - They Want My Soul 19. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues 20. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Monday, 8 December 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
That's the most boring list yet, hands down. 11-20 is just so drab.
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 December 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
nice to see that against me! album pop up in a few of these
― nxd, Monday, 8 December 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
Nice to see Popcaan (dancehall), Jorge Drexler (Uruguayan pop-singer-songwriter), and Noura Mint Seymali Mauritanian Afro-psychedelic-desert) in that NPR list
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 December 2014 14:21 (nine years ago) link
You're not the only person who's only reference points to jazz fusion are On The Corner and Weather Report. Reducing the album to aiming at OTC and ending up in bland Weather Report territory is just wrong. What I'm hearing is that as someone who's just not into jazz fusion and has no clue as to what FlyLo is referencing, it all kind of blends into a gray stonery wash for you. That's valid enough I guess.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 8 December 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
I'll let Ellison speak for himself:
I don't want to make a record that Miles Davis could make, though; I wanted to make something that only I could make. I really want to go as far into my own ideas as possible. There's all these people out there trying to sound the same, trying to sound like the other guy, so I wanted to do the most “me” thing that I can do right now.Thundercat and I listened to a lot of metal in the beginning of making this album, believe it or not, just trying to approach things from a different space. I listened to a lot of Soft Machine, but I also listened to fucking Slayer. I got really into Brendon Small's stuff, and he got me into Mastodon and Gojira. That shit was tight.
Thundercat and I listened to a lot of metal in the beginning of making this album, believe it or not, just trying to approach things from a different space. I listened to a lot of Soft Machine, but I also listened to fucking Slayer. I got really into Brendon Small's stuff, and he got me into Mastodon and Gojira. That shit was tight.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 8 December 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
...i do like some jazz fusion, although mostly just the miles records that are sometimes categorized under that umbrella and some mahavishnu orchestra stuff, admittedly i have never done deep dives into chick corea's back catalog or attempted to have the definitive understanding of what the pat matheny group was really trying to convey through the use of synth. i don't even DISlike the bloody new flylo album, despite liking cosmogramma and until the quiet comes a bit more.
but ok, i bow down in everlasting reverence to yr supreme knowledge, i have been fully dunked on & I wish you peace and happiness.
*waits on response that more or less equates to LOL U STILL DON'T GET IT DUMMY*
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 8 December 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
Swear to god, my first reaction was, "Los Del Rio has a new album?"
― Hamhole and Fly Eyes (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 December 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link