Favorite Albums of 2014

1. TV on the Radio - Seeds

2. Strand of Oaks - HEAL

 

3. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

 

4. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

5. Spoon - They Want My Soul

 

6. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

 

7. Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else

 

8. Kevin Drew - Darlings

 

9. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams

 

10. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

 

11. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness

 

12. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

 

13. Vogue Dots - Toska/Mauka

 

14. Real Estate - Atlas

 

15. Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers

 

16. Marissa Nadler - July

 

17. Beck - Morning Phase

 

18. Jon Autry - beautifully broken

 

19. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Sling Shot to Heaven

 

 

20. Cory Branan - The No-Hit Wonder

 

21. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager

 

22. Old 97's - Most Messed Up

 

23. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Mended with Gold

 

24. John Fullbright - Songs

 

25. Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours

 

26. Robert Ellis - The Lights from the Chemical Plant

 

27. Damien Jurado -Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son

 

28. Maggie Bjorklund - Shaken

 

29. Robert Francis - Heaven

 

30. Lily & Madeleine - Fumes

31. Tweedy - Sukierae

 

32. Ex Hex - Rips

 

33. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

 

34. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

 

 

35. The Antlers - Familiars

 

36. Lykke Li - I Never Learn

37. Bahamas - Bahamas Is Afie

 

38. Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy

39. Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers

40. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes

 

41. Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans

 

42. Centro-matic - Take Pride in Your Long Odds

 

43. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain

 

44. Simone Felice - Strangers

 

45. Delta Spirit - Into the Wide

 

46. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

 

 

47. Mike Adams at His Honest Weight - Best of Boiler Room Classics

 

48. Hozier - Hozier

 

49. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

 

50. Veseria - Voyager

 

 

Honorable Mentions

 

Caribou - Our Love

Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

 

We Are Hex - Bleach Brigade

 

Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World

 

Scanlines - Scanlines

Jack White - Lazaretto

 

Interpol - El Pintor

Bonesetters - Figure It Out

The Men - Tomorrow's Hits

 

Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso

 

 

EMA - The Future's Void