Best albums of 2014 (1 Viewer)

[Fly]

Ought - "More Than Any Other Day"

Like the music, really trying to accept the "vocals". It's an album that will probably grow on me the more I listen to it. If you like Parquet Courts then you should at least give it a spin or two.

Damon Albarn - "Everyday Robots"

Yep, the same guy from Blur/Gorillaz ilk. It surrounds you in loneliness and melancholy but still allows you to bob your head. It's not bad but If I was going to listen to music like this I'd just throw on The National instead.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Ought - "More Than Any Other Day"

Like the music, really trying to accept the "vocals". It's an album that will probably grow on me the more I listen to it. If you like Parquet Courts then you should at least give it a spin or two.

Love the quasi title track. I hear Talking Heads at times.

 

[kupcho1]

I hear Talking Heads at times.

In

 

[trogg78]

Buffalo Killers- heavy Reverie just released. Just started listening to it, but I already know this will be one of my favorites this year.

 

[Ilov80s]

Lots of solid rap albums: Monch, Smoke DZA, Future, Mob Deep, Stepbrothers.

 

[Rushmore]

I hear Talking Heads at times.

In

Just heard this album today. The more I listened, the more I liked it. Kind of a "Talking Heads-Violent Femmes" vibe. I'm anxious to go back to it, and I haven't felt inclined to do that to a whole lot of this year's albums.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Pink Mountaintops new album Get Back has some nice tracks. Nice groove on this one: Ambulance City

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Pink Mountaintops new album Get Back has some nice tracks. Nice groove on this one:

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Pink Mountaintops new album Get Back has some nice tracks. Nice groove on this one:

I thought to myself "Oh, Nige's exaggerating again" but yeah, this is pretty dreadful.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Pink Mountaintops new album Get Back has some nice tracks. Nice groove on this one:

lol Again?!

 

[Northern Voice]

New Lykke Li is very interesting. It's much less polished and the electronic stuff (i.e. like Little Bit) is gone, replaced by wall of sound Spector sound. There are still a couple poppier moments but for the most part its mid-tempo and awesome. It's also a breakup album, so you probably have to be in the right mood for it... but it's also so good I kind of want to go back in time a few years, breakup with someone and play the #### out of it.

Gunshot

Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone

 

[Long Ball Larry]

New pixies is pretty good.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

anyone into/checkout Ages and Ages' Divisionary?

http://www.npr.org/event/music/312718166/ages-and-ages-tiny-desk-concert

caught my attention as part of the Newport Folk Fest rollout.

 

[wazoo11]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

 

[El Floppo]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

:boing!: .....?

 

[El Floppo]

the new Bob Mould singles aren't breaking any new ground, but they're good.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules. http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

 

[JZilla]

the new Bob Mould singles aren't breaking any new ground, but they're good.

Bob hasn't broken any ground since he lost all that weight

 

[El Floppo]

the new Bob Mould singles aren't breaking any new ground, but they're good.

Bob hasn't broken any ground since he lost all that weight

I may have found some of it.

 

[Disco Stu]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

It's on the spotify.

 

[El Floppo]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

It's on the spotify.

only 3 songs of it so far.

 

[Ilov80s]

I need to catch up on a lot. Almost all I have been listening to lately is classical music.

 

[Fiddles]

New Elbow seems super mellow and less anthemic than their past few after a couple listens.

First half of the album is amazing but the second half seemed more swoony and lost my interest. Need more spins coulda been my attenention span.

NV what are your thoughts on this album a few months later? I love it and am not listening to much else besides these guys lately.

 

[kupcho1]

New Elbow seems super mellow and less anthemic than their past few after a couple listens.

First half of the album is amazing but the second half seemed more swoony and lost my interest. Need more spins coulda been my attenention span.

NV what are your thoughts on this album a few months later? I love it and am not listening to much else besides these guys lately.

For the record, I'm not NV, but I like the Take Off and Landing of Everything. First half is stronger (love Charge) but 2nd half still good. Title track I like.http://open.spotify.com/user/kupcho1/playlist/5IA91MhBcFB95p05nSnGeD

 

[Rushmore]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

It's on the spotify.

only 3 songs of it so far.

And Black And White listed twice, although a pretty killer song.

 

[Northern Voice]

New Elbow seems super mellow and less anthemic than their past few after a couple listens.

First half of the album is amazing but the second half seemed more swoony and lost my interest. Need more spins coulda been my attenention span.

NV what are your thoughts on this album a few months later? I love it and am not listening to much else besides these guys lately.

For the record, I'm not NV, but I like the Take Off and Landing of Everything. First half is stronger (love Charge) but 2nd half still good. Title track I like.http://open.spotify.com/user/kupcho1/playlist/5IA91MhBcFB95p05nSnGeD

Yeah, it's probably my favourite album so far this year.

 

[rockaction]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

 

[Fiddles]

New Elbow seems super mellow and less anthemic than their past few after a couple listens.

First half of the album is amazing but the second half seemed more swoony and lost my interest. Need more spins coulda been my attenention span.

NV what are your thoughts on this album a few months later? I love it and am not listening to much else besides these guys lately.

For the record, I'm not NV, but I like the Take Off and Landing of Everything. First half is stronger (love Charge) but 2nd half still good. Title track I like.http://open.spotify.com/user/kupcho1/playlist/5IA91MhBcFB95p05nSnGeD

Yes I totally came around on the second half. Love sad captains and colour fields. Charge is amazing and the song that hooked me when I first heard the album.

 

[Abraham]

A few months in and The War on Drugs is still my favorite of the year.

I don't know if I just noticed it or it just released, but there is a massive rarities collection from rEm in spotify. Man, those guys were really good.

 

[Fiddles]

It :dropped: Tuesday

 

[TheWalkmen]

Tycho - Awake is really cool.

Loving Cloud Nothings, but I might be a biased fanboy. There isn't hard hooky rock that's good anymore, or that has that kinda 90s angst to it. I think Cloud Nothings has done it well twice in a row now.

Love this album; only problem is it's too short.

 

[Northern Voice]

8 That I keep coming back to so far:

Cloud Nothings

Elbow

Future Islands

Hold Steady

Hospitality

Lykke Li

War on Drugs

Wild Beasts

 

[kupcho1]

Love Parquet Courts "Black and White", could be a song of the year contender along with ... "Jealous (I Ain't With It) by Chromeo (potential loss of credibility here, but it is an earworm).

http://open.spotify.com/track/3R5FA1Ay1NxgtwbElR78by

Also wearing out the Spotify on Tune-Yards - nikki nack

http://open.spotify.com/user/kupcho1/playlist/7gCxw2G5yLcwRSyD9ExiRY

New TPOBPAH "Days of Abandon"

http://open.spotify.com/user/kupcho1/playlist/0pxUJnSDdeScndq5hzHJSK

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

 

[Possum]

So far this year my top picks would be:

Future Islands

War On Drugs

Doug Paisley

Sturgill Simpson

 

[El Floppo]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Savages and Parquet Courts are my two favorite albums from last year. I think a little more garagey/less-clever than Pavement.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Savages and Parquet Courts are my two favorite albums from last year. I think a little more garagey/less-clever than Pavement.

I meant Hockey Night sounded like Pavement. I liked Light Up Gold too.

 

[El Floppo]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Savages and Parquet Courts are my two favorite albums from last year. I think a little more garagey/less-clever than Pavement.

I meant Hockey Night sounded like Pavement. I liked Light Up Gold too.

yeah. i dont read good.

will check out hockey night due to wubbing pavement

 

[rockaction]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Yeah, Hockey Night sounds a lot like Pavement.

Back in 2005 (?) fusing Pavement and garage-punk hit a sweet spot for me.

I do really like Parquet Courts. No doubt. Did not like the first track off of their new album, though.

Funny your kids like Free Energy. I can't judge it, I just heard them and went...argh. I really liked Hockey Night's sound.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Yeah, Hockey Night sounds a lot like Pavement.

Back in 2005 (?) fusing Pavement and garage-punk hit a sweet spot for me.

I do really like Parquet Courts. No doubt. Did not like the first track off of their new album, though.

Funny your kids like Free Energy. I can't judge it, I just heard them and went...argh. I really liked Hockey Night's sound.

Free Energy is dumb roller rink rock, but they know their way around a hook IMO.

 

[wazoo11]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Yeah, Hockey Night sounds a lot like Pavement.

Back in 2005 (?) fusing Pavement and garage-punk hit a sweet spot for me.

I do really like Parquet Courts. No doubt. Did not like the first track off of their new album, though.

Funny your kids like Free Energy. I can't judge it, I just heard them and went...argh. I really liked Hockey Night's sound.

Free Energy is dumb roller rink rock, but they know their way around a hook IMO.

I feel the same way about Manchester Orchestra.

 

[rockaction]

Parquet Courts new album - is it streaming yet?

This song rules.http://m.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16936-parquet-courts-instant-disassembly/

Parquet Courts reminds me so much of Hockey Night. Remember them? Before the crappy Free Energy stuff. When they were on Lookout!?

http://www.musicline.de/de/player_flash/0763361931528/0/10/50/product

Better link: http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Hockey%20Night%20Angel%20Hair

I've heard one album. Thought they sounded like Pavement. I have a soft spot for Free Energy. My kids love them. Parquet Courts leaked btw.

Yeah, Hockey Night sounds a lot like Pavement.

Back in 2005 (?) fusing Pavement and garage-punk hit a sweet spot for me.

I do really like Parquet Courts. No doubt. Did not like the first track off of their new album, though.

Funny your kids like Free Energy. I can't judge it, I just heard them and went...argh. I really liked Hockey Night's sound.

Free Energy is dumb roller rink rock, but they know their way around a hook IMO.

I feel the same way about Manchester Orchestra.

I swoon over that song. You know the one.

I just love it. Saw a guy wearing their shirt at a concert the other day and couldn't stop singing it to myself.

 

[El Floppo]

Searching Hockey Night on Spotify is pretty grim (for a non-NHL fan)

 

[rockaction]

Searching Hockey Night on Spotify is pretty grim (for a non-NHL fan)

Yeah, sorry about that. It was a weird reference, but they were one of the first to do garage/Pavement. I'm not an obscurantist, I just knew of them because of the label and fell in love with that album, especially the closer "Angel Hair." It'll probably take a physical CD copy to get them. I can barely find them anywhere.

 

[Northern Voice]

Searching Hockey Night on Spotify is pretty grim (for a non-NHL fan)

Yeah, sorry about that. It was a weird reference, but they were one of the first to do garage/Pavement. I'm not an obscurantist, I just knew of them because of the label and fell in love with that album, especially the closer "Angel Hair." It'll probably take a physical CD copy to get them. I can barely find them anywhere.

Their 2 albums and EP are on the internet if you know where to look.

 

[rockaction]

Searching Hockey Night on Spotify is pretty grim (for a non-NHL fan)

Yeah, sorry about that. It was a weird reference, but they were one of the first to do garage/Pavement. I'm not an obscurantist, I just knew of them because of the label and fell in love with that album, especially the closer "Angel Hair." It'll probably take a physical CD copy to get them. I can barely find them anywhere.

Their 2 albums and EP are on the internet if you know where to look.

Just found it, GB.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/hockeynight

 

[ericttspikes]

Hurray For The Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes. New Orleans band. Bluegrass/Folk murder ballads and travelin' songs

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

anyone into/checkout Ages and Ages' Divisionary?

http://www.npr.org/event/music/312718166/ages-and-ages-tiny-desk-concert

caught my attention as part of the Newport Folk Fest rollout.

no one? My banana is most sad

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Hurray For The Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes. New Orleans band. Bluegrass/Folk murder ballads and travelin' songs

I dig.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Tycho - Awake is really cool.

Love this album; only problem is it's too short.

I like short albums, but then I grew up on sub 40 minute slabs of vinyl.