yet another very good year in music

in no particular order:

Mac Demarco- Salad Days
Alvvays- Alvvays
Future Islands- Singles
The War on Drugs- Lost In The Dream
Caribou- Our Love
Sylvan Esso- Sylvan Esso
Angel Olsen- Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Parquet Courts- Sunbathing Animal
Run The Jewels- Run The Jewels 2
Hospitality- Trouble
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright in the End (I, too, am still in shock)

12/1/2014 11:59:34 AM

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2014-20141201/u2-songs-of-innocence-20141201

lol

12/1/2014 12:22:53 PM

alphabetical order

caribou
earth
the murlocs
the new pornographers
perfume genius
sturgill simpson
sun kil moon
swans
todd terje
war on drugs
woods

12/1/2014 12:24:53 PM

Mac Demarco was easily my favorite this year.

I'd probably say FI and War on Drugs are my other two most listened to.

12/1/2014 12:28:57 PM

if I did rank them, I'd put Mac Demarco #1 for all of the hours I've spent going down a Mac Demarco wormhole on YouTube.

12/1/2014 12:32:00 PM

swans was the only thing that blew me away this year, so all the things I listened to the most in no particular order after that:

swans - to be kind
the war on drugs - lost in the dream
the new pornographers - brill bruisers
ty segall - manipulator
st vincent - st vincent
sharon van etten - are we there
smashing pumpkins - adore reissue

a lot of solid albums this year, but 2012 and 2013 were a little better, I think

[Edited on December 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM. Reason : forgot run the jewels 2]

12/2/2014 11:18:28 AM

Black Pistol Fire - Hush or Howl
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
John the Conqueror - The Good Life

12/2/2014 11:28:22 AM

Alraune - The Process of Self-Immolation (Probably my favorite)
Bastard Sapling - Instinct Is Forever
Blut Aus Nord: Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry
Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
Mutilation Rites - Harbinger (this one fucking RIPS doe)


I'm sure theres more

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12/2/2014 12:17:38 PM

Thanks walls, I did not know that Bastard Sapling had a new album. Time to go check that out.

In the meantime,

Empyrium - The Turn of the Tides
Darkspace - Dark Space III I
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Anathema - Distant Satellites
Rob Sonic - Alice in Thunderdome
Aphex Twin - Syro

[Edited on December 2, 2014 at 7:14 PM. Reason : ]

12/2/2014 7:01:51 PM

the war on drugs - lost in the dream
future islands - singles
wye oak - shriek
trust - joyland
warpaint - warpaint
the new pornographers - brill bruisers
mac demarco - salad days
frankie rose - herein wild
st. vincent - st. vincent
fucked up - glass boys

12/3/2014 8:10:23 PM

Chromeo - White Women
Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Cold War Kids - Hold My Home
311 - Stereolithic
Pharrell - GIRL
Spoon - They Want My Soul
Cormega - Mega Philosophy
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars
Run the Jewels - RTJ2
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
Lagwagon - Hang

pending:
Ghostface Killah - 36 Seasons
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
PRhyme - PRhyme

12/4/2014 1:30:33 PM

12/4/2014 2:07:48 PM

12/4/2014 2:34:50 PM

Cold War Kids - Hold My Home
Sylvan Esso - (self titled)
Alt-J - This is All Yours
Misterwives - Reflections

I need to check out some of the other albums y'all have mentioned - I'm really behind.

The Misterwives lead singer is smoking hot too.



[Edited on December 4, 2014 at 3:12 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2014 3:08:35 PM

I need to go back and refresh my memory some on what I got this year vs late last year. Some off the top of my head that would be on my list though:

St. Vincent
Alraune
Trioscapes
Weezer
Sun Kil Moon
Snarky Puppy
Low Roar

[Edited on December 4, 2014 at 3:17 PM. Reason : ]

12/4/2014 3:15:44 PM

Quote :

"Thanks walls, I did not know that Bastard Sapling had a new album. Time to go check that out."

Yo if you like Bastard Sapling you should DEFINITELY check out Alraune.

^You should check out Yautja if you haven't. The drummer from Alraune plays in a post sludge/hardcore type band that is pretty rad. They also released an album this year that is great. https://yautja.bandcamp.com/track/of-descent

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12/4/2014 4:43:53 PM

cool, thanks. I'll check em out

12/4/2014 4:45:36 PM

how did i forget cymbals eat guitars - LOSE. that one would be up near the top for me.

12/6/2014 9:32:20 AM

gotta add Caribou as one of my favorites. Can't stop listening to it lately.

12/9/2014 9:54:23 AM

that's also the best sounding album of the year, especially on vinyl

12/9/2014 10:36:31 AM

Definitely. Bought it last weekend actually.

12/9/2014 11:02:40 AM

Can I add that Obliterations album to my shit? I forgot about it but its rad

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12/10/2014 11:35:44 AM

Chromeo - White Women
Logic - Under Pressure

12/10/2014 12:02:23 PM

Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere
Opeth - Pale Communion

Maybe (Just started listening to it)
Devin Townsend - Z²

12/10/2014 1:49:52 PM

welcome to the list, D'Angelo

12/16/2014 12:16:49 PM

I forgot Steve Gunn

Even though his last album was way better

12/16/2014 12:25:43 PM

The Lees of Memory album may be working its way onto my list

12/16/2014 1:04:36 PM

adding d'angelo to my list. missed out on eno/hyde - high life til today and am kind of mad that i haven't been listening to it for the last 6 months because it would've been really high up there for me

12/20/2014 7:32:38 PM

Listed to a good bit of Pitchfork's top 10 albums, honestly the only one that got me to perk up at my desk was FKA Twigs. A couple of the tracks on RTJ2 were nice too.

Although listening to Caribou now, that's pretty good.

[Edited on December 20, 2014 at 9:19 PM. Reason : :]

12/20/2014 9:11:48 PM

yeah but the first half of RTJ2 rules so fucking hard

12/20/2014 10:08:26 PM

how did this thread go so long without mentioning taylor swift

12/20/2014 10:57:39 PM

Too bad there is no Drake this year

12/21/2014 7:34:56 AM

Not only was RTJ2 one of the best albums of the year, it's a reminder that Zach de la Rocha is still alive.

12/21/2014 3:50:07 PM

i don't think it got a lot of love around here or anywhere else, but the men's new one was probably my favorite album to start drinking to after work on fridays for a while. and it was probably the best album with a rolling stones exile on main street style song

12/21/2014 4:07:57 PM

12/21/2014 6:36:37 PM

Cloud Nothings had the only one album that kept me intrigued front to back.

Can't Do Without You is my favorite single.

12/21/2014 11:44:13 PM

Woods - With Light and with Love
Wye Oak - Shriek
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Caribou - Our Love
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - High Life

12/29/2014 4:57:05 PM

^^^ the vocal is a bit off, but I couldn't agree more.

also, fuck tat racist shit clint2

[Edited on December 29, 2014 at 6:58 PM. Reason : w]

12/29/2014 6:58:09 PM

1. St. Vincent-St. Vincent
2. The Antlers-Familiars
3. Beck-Morning Phase
4. Sturgill Simpson-MetaModern Sounds in Country Music
5. Wye Oak-Shriek
6. Sharon Van Etten-Are We There?
7. Lost in the Trees-Past Life
8. Perfume Genius-Too Bright
9. Alvvays-Alvvays
10. Spoon-They Want My Soul
11. Damien Rice-My Favourite Faded Fantasy
12. Weezer-Everything Will Be Alright in the End
13. TVOTR-Seeds
14. The New Pornographers-Brill Bruisers
15. Sun Kil Moon-Benji
16. Caribou-Our Love
17. The Hold Steady-Teeth Dreams
18. Sylvan Esso-Sylvan Esso
19. Lykke Li-I Never Learn
20. Warpaint-Warpaint

12/29/2014 7:18:32 PM

I'm going to go ahead and add Ultraviolence :^)

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12/30/2014 5:16:19 PM