OK so what is your top 10 best albums of the year? Or the ones that have seen heavy rotation on your ipod, Spotify account or if you're old school your turntable? Rules are it has to be an album with a release date in 2014. Secretly I'd like to find something I've not heard this year that might be good.
I'll get started here's mine. It's a bit of an odd mix of North American indie, a couple of more mainstream picks and a UK band with huge potential. Maybe there's something here you haven't heard, who knows you may even like some of this.
10. Woods - With Light and With Love. [Folk Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: With Light and With Love
9. Kishi Bashi - Lighght [Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Carry on Phenomenon
8. The Men - Tomorrow's H its [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Different Days
7. Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again [Pop Punk, Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Victoria
6. Spoon - They Want My Soul [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Inside Out
5. Real Estate - Atlas [Jangle Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Had to Hear
4. The War on Drugs - Lost in a Dream [Heartland Rock, Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Red Eyes
3. Happyness - Weird Little Birthday [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Anything I do is Alright
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent [Art Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Digital Witness
1. The New P ornographers - Brill Bruisers [Power Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: War on the East Coast
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-- Edited by S8Miller on Sunday 21st of December 2014 05:56:30 PM
-- Edited by S8Miller on Sunday 21st of December 2014 05:58:06 PM
looks like it's just me and you on this thread Ian, I thought there were more musos on here. Oh well
Could only find a couple of tracks by Thumbscrew on youtube and nothing on Spotify so pretty obscure and although jazz really isn't my thing I did quite like Gerardo Frisina a nice latin vibe going on in Movement that was quite moreish.
Tom Petty of course more well known. As a huge admirer of Jeff Lynne (hence The New ****ographers) I preferred the albums that Jeff co wrote and produced. But the new album is very strong, liked it a lot and of course he's now riding on the wave of the heartland rock revival that's going on at the moment.
The Manics are another band I've neglected for a while so was nice to get to listen to Futurology it's not an album to change the world but it was ok.
Stick with Happyness nice to see promising British talent coming through, they remind me of several of my favourite bands; Yo La Tengo, Apples in Stereo and Pavement I was very excited when I first heard Weird Little Birthday.
Atomos by A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Pop Ambient 2015, a compilation on Germany's Kompakt label
C Batter C by The Orb
How We Used To Live Soundtrack by Saint Etienne
The Violet Flame by Erasure
Weightless by Marconi Union
4 by Boozoo Bajou
Sea Island by Loscil
A Long Way To Fall by Ulrich Schnauss
Frank Eddie by Frank Eddie
Well I don't get to much time to listen to as much music as I would like,there's a couple that are currently on my radar from this year year.
Anathema - Distant Satellites
Opeth - Pale Communion
OK so what is your top 10 best albums of the year? Or the ones that have seen heavy rotation on your ipod, Spotify account or if you're old school your turntable? Rules are it has to be an album with a release date in 2014. Secretly I'd like to find something I've not heard this year that might be good.
I'll get started here's mine. It's a bit of an odd mix of North American indie, a couple of more mainstream picks and a UK band with huge potential. Maybe there's something here you haven't heard, who knows you may even like some of this.
10. Woods - With Light and With Love. [Folk Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: With Light and With Love
9. Kishi Bashi - Lighght [Art Pop, Psychedelic Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Carry on Phenomenon
8. The Men - Tomorrow's H its [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Different Days
7. Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again [Pop Punk, Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Victoria
6. Spoon - They Want My Soul [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Inside Out
5. Real Estate - Atlas [Jangle Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Had to Hear
4. The War on Drugs - Lost in a Dream [Heartland Rock, Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Red Eyes
3. Happyness - Weird Little Birthday [Indie Rock] Will you like it? Listen to: Anything I do is Alright
2. St. Vincent - St. Vincent [Art Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: Digital Witness
1. The New P ornographers - Brill Bruisers [Power Pop] Will you like it? Listen to: War on the East Coast
Some titles I have had to edit (put spaces in) due to this sites overly cautious language filter
-- Edited by S8Miller on Sunday 21st of December 2014 05:56:30 PM
-- Edited by S8Miller on Sunday 21st of December 2014 05:58:06 PM
I'm currently returning the gesture S8 and I'm quietly impressed with the St. Vincent and Kishi Bashi stuff, it's really good. I'm a fan of ambient music and I'm currently listening to an album called 'Carte De Visite' by Stars Of The Lid. It's compelling and moving drone and ambient. It includes a tribute to the late John Peel, a link to this is here as a taster:
