Cheers to a supa-great year in music! The votes are in… and here are our fave, most super dope, top dawg albums of 2014! Arranged by release date – these are the records that pushed us in new directions, stuck to our ears like glue, and got us boppin’ through the days! Peep below for our picks, and a corresponding playlist of top tracks from each!
Cherry Glazerr – Haxel Princess – Jan 14, 2014 – Burger Records
Together Pangea – Badillac – January 21, 2014 – Harvest Records
Various Artists – Suicide Squeeze Records Presents: Singles Forever – March 4, 2014 – Suicide Squeeze Records
Nick Waterhouse – Holly – March 4, 2014 – Innovative Leisure Records
The Coathangers – Suck My Shirt – March 18, 2014 – Suicide Squeeze Records
Mac DeMarco – Salad Days – April 1, 2014 – Captured Tracks
Mystic Braves – Desert Island – April 29, 2014 – Lolipop Records
La Sera – Hour of Dawn – May 13, 2014 – Hardly Art Records
EYEHATEGOD – EYEHATEGOD – May 26, 2014 – Housecore Records / Century Media
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal – June 3, 2014 – What’s Your Rupture?
The Orwells – Disgraceland – June 3, 2014 – Atlantic/Canvasback
White Fence – For The Recently Found Innocent – July 22, 2014 – Drag City
Ty Segall – Manipulator – August 21, 2014 – Drag City Records
WAND – Ganglion Reef – August 26, 2014 – God?
Shellac – Dude Incredible – September 16, 2014 – Touch and Go Records
The Growlers – Chinese Fountain – September 23, 2014 – Everloving Records
Youth Code – A Place To Stand – September 23, 2014 – Dias Records
King Tuff – Black Moon Spell – September 23, 2014 – Sub Pop Records
GOAT – Commune – September 23, 2014 – Sub Pop Records
Corners – Maxed Out On Distractions – October 2014 – Lolipop Records
Ex Hex – Rips – October 7, 2014 – Merge Records
Meatbodies – Meatbodies – October 14, 2014 – In The Red Redords
Iceage – Plowing Into The Field Of Love – October 21, 2014 – Matador Records
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz – November 11, 2014 – Castle Face Records
Ty Segall – $ingle$ 2 – November 18, 2014 – Drag City Records
Cheers to the new year and more rad tunes!
[Note: WAND, Ty Segall, White Fence, and King Gizzard albums ain’t on the Spotify, but we still recommend getting any and all of these on fresh vinyl from your local store!]