On top of all the junk we had going on this year we still somehow had time to fit in some quality listening time. 2014, despite its troubles, turned out some great tunes. With that said here's our individual top album picks, in no particular order, cause thats dumb.
Alex's Picks:
Ought - More Than Any Other Day (Constellation)
PHORK - High End (NNA)
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP A Sea of Split Peas (Mom+Pop)
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God)
Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs (Orchid Tapes)
Posse - Soft Opening (BADH Records)
Junior Pande - The Red Tape (Spring Break Tapes)
Nehruviandoom - Nehruviandoom (Lex)
BadBadNotGood - III (Innovative Leisure)
Daniel Bachman - Orange Co. Serenade (Bathetic)
Geoff's Picks:
White Suns - Totem (Flenser)
Oozing Wound - Earth Suck (Thrill Jockey)
Fennesz - Becs (Editions Mego)
Woods - With Light and With Love (Woodsist)
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (Caldo Verde)
The Skull Defekts - Dances in the Dreams of the Known Unkown (Thrill Jockey)
The Fresh and Onlys - House of Spirits (Mexican Summer)
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata (Madlib Invazion)
Electric Wizard - Time to Die (Spinefarm/Witchfinder)
Eastlink - s/t (In the Red)
The Blind Shake - Breakfast of Failures (Goner)
The Cosmic Dead - Easterfaust (Sound of Cobra)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (4AD)
Alex's Picks:
Ought - More Than Any Other Day (Constellation)
PHORK - High End (NNA)
Courtney Barnett - The Double EP A Sea of Split Peas (Mom+Pop)
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God)
Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs (Orchid Tapes)
Posse - Soft Opening (BADH Records)
Junior Pande - The Red Tape (Spring Break Tapes)
Nehruviandoom - Nehruviandoom (Lex)
BadBadNotGood - III (Innovative Leisure)
Daniel Bachman - Orange Co. Serenade (Bathetic)
Geoff's Picks:
White Suns - Totem (Flenser)
Oozing Wound - Earth Suck (Thrill Jockey)
Fennesz - Becs (Editions Mego)
Woods - With Light and With Love (Woodsist)
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (Caldo Verde)
The Skull Defekts - Dances in the Dreams of the Known Unkown (Thrill Jockey)
The Fresh and Onlys - House of Spirits (Mexican Summer)
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata (Madlib Invazion)
Electric Wizard - Time to Die (Spinefarm/Witchfinder)
Eastlink - s/t (In the Red)
The Blind Shake - Breakfast of Failures (Goner)
The Cosmic Dead - Easterfaust (Sound of Cobra)
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (4AD)
