2014: First 1/4 Top 5

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 11:39 am

Or Top 3 or Top 10 or Top 46 or whatever

What have you got? Here's mine:

Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
Chad VanGaalen – Shrink Dust
Real Estate – Atlas
Indian – From All Purity

close: Blank Realm - Grassed Inn

Not really loving anything yet. Looking forward to hearing the new Swans, but no high hopes based on the last two (both good not great). Really anticipating the Viet Cong album, but that probably won't be out until the fall.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 11:49 am

• Future Islands - Singles
• Phil Ajjarapu - Sing Along Until You Feel Better
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want
• The Thons - Thirty Foot Snake
• Roxy Swain - Restless Hearts

Still need to hear a couple more times before deciding where it goes:
Beck - Morning Phase

And arriving sometime in a a week or so, but expected to land somewhere on this list:
Gruff Rhys - American Interior

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 1:05 pm

top 3 are interchangeable dependent on the day. today i'll rank em:

1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. Wye Oak - Shriek
3. Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
4. Real Estate - Atlas

i'm having a hard time picking out a clear #5 as a bunch of the rest seems to bleed into "pretty good" territory at this point.

not enough listens to rank yet, but really digging the William Tyler EP and Ryley Walker's album.

oh, i'm also borderline obsessed with the tune "Habit" by Ought, but still not sure how i feel about the album as a whole

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 1:06 pm

Afghan Whigs - Do To The Beast
Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica
Woods of Desolation - As The Stars
Agalloch - The Serpent & the Sphere
Bohren & der Club de Gore - Piano Nights
Chevelle - La Gargola
Chiodos - Devil
Daggers - It's Not Jazz, It's Blues

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I've only bought three 2014 albums and a bunch of compilations.

I like all of them to some extent.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags. Old favourite. Will devour anything he does.
Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow. Favourite still going band. Not their best LP but still glad it exists
Withered Hand - New Gods. Scottish band of the moment. OK, a couple of better than average highlights.

Will probably pick up a few more records soon as I'm salaried again after 'resting' for a while.

bort · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 4:44 pm

Haven't nearly listened to enough new music this year. Just Beck and Damien Jurado. I'll hopefully dig into more after I'm done with my current round of mixes.

FT · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 5:17 pm

no order yet, but...

The Both
DBTs
Real Estate

not sure about two others right now

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 7:11 pm

I'm liking lot's of stuff this year, but these are my favorites so far I guess...

Houndmouth - From The Hills Below The City (2013 release but its new to me in '14)
Bobby Bare Jr - Undefeated
Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
The Men - Tommorrow's Hits
DBT - English Oceans

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 8:14 pm

Not a whole lot of consensus here.
Interesting.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:29 pm

First five:

Nicole Atkins - Slow Phaser
Sweet Apple - The Golden Age of Glitter
Pink Mountaintops - Get Back
The Both - The Both
Curtis Harding - Soul Power

Next five:

The Men - Tomorrow's Hits
The Breakdowns - Rock 'n' Roller Skates
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
The Cry! - Dangerous Game
Chains of Love - L.P.

Biggest disappointment so far is Foxy Shazam's Gonzo

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:31 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Houndmouth - From The Hills Below The City (2013 release but its new to me in '14)

I've been sitting on the song "Casino (Bad Things)" for an upcoming monger mix.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:37 pm

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Real Estate - Atlas
Sylvan Esso - s/t
Liars - Mess
Tycho - Awake

Lrr · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 9:43 pm

Coathangers
Lawrence Arms
Tweens

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 10:02 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

The Men - Tommorrow's Hits

I keep forgetting this exists. I need to listen to it. I liked New Moon a lot.

I also should listen to the new Liars even though I didn't like the single.

Couple of other things I've liked:
Each Other - Being Elastic
Posse - Soft Opening

Plus the Mac DeMarco, Woods, and Sun Kil Moon albums are all pretty good.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 10:19 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Pink Mountaintops - Get Back

i liked this album so much more once i finally deleted the "ooey-gooey cum" song.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2014 10:35 pm

The Pixies - Indie Cindy (f the haters. It's good, and I'm old)
Afghan Whigs - Do To the Beast
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate

mcaputo · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 11:30 am

The Delines – Colfax
Nicole Atkins – slow phaser
The New Mendicants – into the lime
Woods – with light & with love
Cheap Star – rosetta stone
The Both – the both

jsh · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 12:35 pm

This has been a really slow start to the year for me. One through three are records that I get to work on, and they are amazing, so you have to hear them.

1. Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun - Gord Downie, The Sadies, And The Conquering Sun
2. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
3. Fucked Up - Glass Boys
4. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
5. Bill Callahan - Have Fun With God

FT · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 12:49 pm

mcaputo Wrote:

The Both – the both

I had really high hopes for this, and it actually surpassed my expectations. GREAT record!

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

if anyone wants a digital copy of mine, let me know.

Interested in how it stacks up. Thanks for the props, Todd.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 3:31 pm

Prince of Darkness Wrote:

if anyone wants a digital copy of mine, let me know.

Interested in how it stacks up. Thanks for the props, Todd.

Dig it.

It's damn good, Phil.

And if you have the FLAC files that have the artwork attached to it, I would love it.
Otherwise, I'll just make mp3s.

Prince of Darkness · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:41 am **Posts:** 11048

Todd, now that it's on the iTunes store, the artwork is linked to gracenote (used to be cddb) so if you're listening in itunes, you should just be able to click get artwork and it should find it.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 3:47 pm

Cool. Thanks!
EDIT: That was easy.

seafoam · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 4:03 pm

FT Wrote:

mcaputo Wrote:

The Both – the both

I had really high hopes for this, and it actually surpassed my expectations. GREAT record!

wouldn't have thought it but they go well together

Pure X - Angel
Admiral Freebee - The Great Scam
War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Natural Child - Dancin' with Wolves
Hospitality - Trouble

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2014 4:42 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Houndmouth - From The Hills Below The City (2013 release but its new to me in '14)

I've been sitting on the song "Casino (Bad Things)" for an upcoming monger mix.

Yeah, that's a good one for that.

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