So, here’s my final list, and probably my final post of 2014. Looking back as I have been doing I feel like the last twelve months or so have produced some truly brilliant pieces of music, and I’m optimistic about 2015’s chances of doing the same. I haven’t listened to many EP’s this year, or… Read More Top 25 EP’s / Mini-Albums of 2014
25) Growing Up A Ghost – Burnt Out 24) Mathien – You’ve Made A Stone Outta Me 23) Against Me! – Paralytic States (Listen) 22) Mongol Horde – Stillborn Unicorn (Listen) 21) Pup – Reservoir 20) The Ghost Inside – Dear Youth (Day 52) [Listen] 19) Forever Came Calling – Indebted 18) Empire! Empire! (I… Read More My Favourite Tracks of 2014
Released: February Genre: Punk Metacritic Rating: N/A CRM Rating: 9.5/10 I’ve been waiting to write this since February, and for a guy who isn’t particularly patient the fact that I made it without publishing my AOTY in March is quite the achievement. Not as much of an achievement, however, as Still, which is by some… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 1: Nouns – Still
Released: February Genre: Singer-songwriter / folk Metacritic Rating: 72 There’ve been plenty of releases from the singer-songwriter genre which I’ve enjoyed this year, but there haven’t been any that I’ve enjoyed anywhere near as much as Noah Gundersen’s debut LP. If you’ve been watching Sons Of Anarchy as religiously as I have in 2014 you’ll… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 2: Noah Gundersen – Ledges
Released: March Genre: Rock Metacritic Rating: N/A The second release from Tiny Engines to make my top five records of the 2014, Somos’ Temple Of Plenty never really felt like an obvious inclusion. Listening to it, as I am doing now, it doesn’t necessarily sound like an ‘album of the year’, which may sound odd… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 3: Somos – Temple Of Plenty
“There’s totally a bearded guy’s head in the picture right, on the vinyl? That isn’t just me?” Released: February Genre: Indie-Rock / Emo Metacritic Rating: 91 CRM Rating: 9.5/10 Yes, it’s only at number 4, I’m a little surprised as well. In Home, Like NoPlace Is There The Hotelier… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 4: The Hotelier – Home, Like NoPlace Is There
Released: July Genre: Hardcore Metacritic Rating: 92 CRM Rating: 9/10 Seven records in, Buffalo heavyweights Every Time I Die were never going to disappoint, with From Parts Unknown keeping up the bands consistent brilliance. With Every Time I Die you know exactly what you’re going to get, and it’s always exactly what you want. From… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 5: Every Time I Die – From Parts Unknown
Released: April Genre: Indie Rock Metacritic Rating: N/A A lot of people have been talking about Lonely The Brave this year, and rightly so, but fewer have been talking about Fatherson, which is a shame. In I Am An Island I found my favourite British release of the year, and I personally think the band… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 6: Fatherson – I Am An Island
Released: October Genre: Rock / Emo Metacritic Rating: N/A CRM Rating: 9/10 There were plenty of reasons why Baltimore’s Have Mercy scored my AOTY for 2013, and a lot of those reasons exist on its follow-up, which claims spot No.7 this time around. The main… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 7: Have Mercy – A Place Of Our Own
Released: March Genre: Metalcore Metacritic rating: 79 CRM Rating: 9/10 Architects are the best thing to happen to heavy British music in what feels like a long time, and their sixth LP is with little doubt the strongest release from the scene in… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 8: Architects – Lost Forever // Lost Together
Released: June Genre: R&B Metacritic Rating: 69 You can probably gather from my list that I’m not a particularly big R&B fan, it’s no secret. I didn’t even listen to How To Dress Well (project of Tom Krell)’s What Is This Heart? until three months after its release date, despite knowing full well that it… Read More Top 20 of 2014, Number 9: How To Dress Well – What Is This Heart?
Released: March Genre: Indie / Rock Metacritic Rating: 79 CRM Rating: 9/10 A surprise in almost every regard, Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only saw Seahaven continue to grow as artists, blossom even. A delightfully relaxed and absorbing listen, the bands third record was… Read More Top 10 of 2014, Number 10: Seahaven – Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only
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