Year-End Critics' Polls 2014

FACT 50 Best Albums 2014

50. CHARLES BARABÉ - Insultes (hommage à John Cage)
49. CELESTIAL TRAX - Production Mix
48. DJ DODGER STADIUM - Friend of Mine
47. FRANK & TONY - You Go Girl
46. l s d x o x o - w h o r e c o r e
45. MIX-O-RAP - I am the DMR
44. SD - Truly Blessed
43. HR GIGER’S STUDIOLO - HR Giger’s Studiolo
42. KIT- Lownt God Rising
41. ANGEL 1 - Allegra Bin 1
40. THE CYCLIST - Flourish
39. SUPREME CUTS - Divine Ecstacy
38. EKOPLEKZ - Unfidelity
37. SD LAIKA - That’s Harakiri
36. ROME FORTUNE - Beautiful Pimp II
35. MOIRÉ - Shelter
34. KANE WEST - Western Beats
33. SHABAZZ PALACES - Lese Majesty
32. LEON VYNEHALL - Music for the Uninvited
31. BEATKING - Gangster Stripper Music 2
30. SUSANNA / JENNY HVAL - Meshes of Voice
29. FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB - Piñata
28. KASSEM MOSSE - Workshop 19
27. FATHER - Young Hot Ebony
26. VIA APP - Dangerous Game
25. DEAN BLUNT - Black Metal
24. ANGEL OLSEN - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
23. UNTOLD - Black Light Spiral
22. LAWRENCE ENGLISH = Wilderness of Mirrors
21. THE BUG - Angels and Devils
20. BEATRICE DILLON & RUPERT CLAIRVAUX - Studies I-XVII for Samplers and Percussion
19. DAVINCHE & KATIE PEARL - Unreleased LP
18. ITAL - Endgame
17. YOUNG THUG & BLOODY JAY - Black Portland
16. FKA TWIGS - LP1
15. LOTIC - Damsel in Distress
14. BING & RUTH - Tomorrow was the Golden Age
13. VALERIO TRICOLI - Miseri Lares
12. ARIEL PINK - pom pom
11. GROUPER - Ruins
10. SHINICHI ATOBE - Butterfly Effect
09. SICKO MOBB - Super Saiyan Vol. 1
08. MICA LEVI - Under The Skin
07. POPCAAN - Where We Come From
06. YG - My Krazy Life
05. LORENZO SENNI - Superimpositions
04. ANDY STOTT - Faith in Strangers
03. PC MUSIC - PC Music x DISown Radio Mix
02. MR MITCH - Parallel Memories
01. SUN KIL MOON - Benji

Yeah, that number one almost felt like a joke at the end.

43. HR GIGER’S STUDIOLO - HR Giger’s Studiolo

OK, I'm intrigued.

good to see the Jenny Hval & Susanna record popping up on these lists. have found previous Susanna albums a bit too precious, but this one is flat-out great

i never got beyond "admire" to "love" with that hval/susanna but it was def impressive

a little surprised to see frank & tony (a very good album) but not francis harris's (incredible) solo

Anyone wanna type up the SPIN list? My Kindle keeps crashing every time I try to click through it

never change, SPIN

10. SHINICHI ATOBE - Butterfly Effect

Didnt know he was still making records(!)

Yeah, that number one almost felt like a joke at the end.

almost?

or...didnt know he ever released anything other than that great 12"

francis harris would be a good one for the soft sad techno thread if it's not already there

17. Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin, Nomadic

This one off the Burning Ambulance jazz list probably won't get much love but I think it is excellent. It is a middle eastern sounding psyche/drone/jazz collaboration, it sounds like a jazz Ensemble Pearl with sitars.

like a jazz Ensemble Pearl with sitars

yeah you can just put that one straight in the bag cheers

cosign

Sorry for my tone; I was just frustrated. I don't really care that much. Here's the list for anyone who wants to see.

http://m.spin.com/articles/50-best-albums-2014/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook

There's usually a couple African albums in many of these lists, but never Brazilian, which is kind of odd. People are missing out on some great music. First Nação Zumbi in seven years, Tom Zé, Moreno Veloso, etc. People here may dig this with some squanky guitars:

Juçara Marçal - Encarnado
http://dedicatedearsfreealbumlist.blogspot.com/2014/03/jucara-marcal-encarnado-free-dl.html (Free DL)

Has anyone played a track/album from these end of year lists that they hadn't otherwise heard and found something amazing?
--djh

that patrick topping track at no 2 on the dj mag list is WHOA

SPIN 50 Best Albums of 2014

50 ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron
49 Tacocat, NVM
48 Ben Frost, A U R O R A
47 TV on the Radio, Seeds
46 Hundred Waters, The Moon Rang Like a Bell
45 Eric Church, The Outsiders
44 Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty
43 Charli XCX, Sucker
42 Mac DeMarco, Salad Days
41 Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence
40 Real Estate, Atlas
39 Afghan Whigs, Do to the Beast
38 Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste
37 Cymbals Eat Guitars, LOSE
36 Young Thug & Bloody Jay, Black Portland
35 Homeboy Sandman, Hallways
34 Taylor Swift, 1989
33 Andy Stott, Faith in Strangers
32 Joyce Manor, Never Hungover Agai
31 Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso
30 Ariel Pink, pom pom
29 Flight Facilities, Down to Earth
28 Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
27 Pallbearer, Foundations of Burden
26 St. Vincent, St. Vincent
25 Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Piñata
24 Protomartyr, Under Color of Official Right
23 Aphex Twin, Syro
22 Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere Else
21 FKA Twigs, LP1
20 ASTR, Varsity EP
19 Miranda Lambert, Platinum
18 YG, My Krazy Life
17 Swans, To Be Kind
16 Todd Terje, It's Album Time
15 Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear
14 Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues
13 How to Dress Well, "What Is This Heart?"
12 Spoon, They Want My Soul (
11 Betty Who, Take Me When You Go
10 The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers
9 tUnE-yArDs, Nikki Nack
8 Tinashe, Aquarius
7 Future Islands, Singles
6 Sun Kil Moon, Benji
5 Caribou, Our Love
4 Jenny Lewis, The Voyager
3 Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
2 Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal
1 The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream

tacocat

Has anyone played a track/album from these end of year lists that they hadn't otherwise heard and found something amazing?
--djh

Yes, Goat's album Commune is absolutely fantastic, as well as their earlier work.

at least YG keeps continually popping up in the top 20 of multiple lists

I feel like Richard Dawson, Swans, Scott Walker/Sunn O))), Einsturzende Neubauten, Godflesh, could fit into a new sub-genre, Difficult Listening for Old Men. We need a more succinct/affectionate name though.

wrinkle rock.

Difficult Listening For Old Men is better and more accurate than most new genre names

Ha ha ha

I forgot to vote in The Wire's poll. I'm not saying it would have changed much, but you never know. At least one of the records I reviewed for them (Pharmakon) made the list.

And thanks for the tip on new Nação Zumbi! I had no idea!

avant fogey

slippergaze

richard dawson gets a pass though, he's a young 'un. and it's a mistake to think these people's audience that is solely either old or male, but you know that anyway right?

"spin"

avant aliedown

alien avant farm

lex must be getting close to aging out of desireable advertising demos by now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGAVwQAmAHs

not understanding that youth is only a mentality means yr old, cmon everyone

50. CHARLES BARABÉ
Insultes (hommage à John Cage)
(La Cohu)

started listening to this and lolololol, fact magazine.

DiLiFOM

speaking of olden tymes wierdos, Chrome - Half Machine from the Sun (Lost Tapes 79-80) is worthy of your consideration

oh my yes, didn't think about that in terms of EOY stuff

it's newly released though right?

I had been thinking for a while about starting a sort of avant-rock Uncut called "No Country For Old Men".

09. SICKO MOBB - Super Saiyan Vol. 1

im wuts real

yes, correct xxp

(definitely voting for it in ILM EOY poll)

I would buy that mag! Rock=A-Rolla kinda covers that, along with brighteyed bushytailed young noise and avant rockers aged 30s-40s.

how dare anyone over 40 make or like music damn dinosaurs

Yeah, I'll def vote for Sicko Mobb as well. Amazingly consistent tape. Fact had it on their top 100 2010-14 list as well.

the FACT list is really horrible despite having some absolute gems on it just because it feels like such a dated way of thinking abt music

there was one list that was really excellent but then it had perfect pussy as the last one listed and it kinda bummed me out. probably the best non-cosmo list posted so far

why dated

this, though....

Gangster Gibbs is as old school as they come, in the sense that his realness is verified (with the proverbial battle scars to prove it)