Here it is. My favorite albums and EPs of 2014. Unranked, because playing favorites is way too hard. 2014 brought many good things. As abundant and fulfilling as the year was for me personally, so it was musically. This year brought my favorite Ty Segall album, ever. He just keeps getting better with age and still gives me goosebumps.
The Australian music simply blew me away as well. They’re killing it. And you can see the influence of their prolific music scene in my best of list. With the success of Tame Impala, the Aussie music scene has become the embodiment of psychedelic rock. It has become a signature sound. And it sounds sooo good.
Newcomers Ultimate Painting, Glycerine Queens, Ladada, Billy Changer and Los Angeles Police Department simply delighted me this year and I look forward to hearing more from this talented crop of new artists. But I honor and give thanks to all of the artists on this list for your soul-satisfying musical creations. 2014 maybe coming to an end, but your creations will live on – filling my soul and inspiring me with each and every listen.
Thank you. Onward, 2015.
Artist: Ty Segall
Album: Manipulator
Hails From: LA, CA (formerly SF)
Artist: The Murlocs
Album: Loopholes
Hails From: Australia
Artist: Amen Dunes
Album: Love
Artist: Real Estate
Album: Atlas
Hails From: New Jersey
Artist: Thee Oh Sees
Album: Drop
Hails From: San Francisco, CA
Artist: BRONCHO
Album: Just Enough Hip To Be Woman
Hails From: Tulsa,OK
Artist: Foreign/National
Album: Foreign/National EP
Hails From: Australia
Artist: Courtney Barnett
Album: The Double EP
Hails From: Australia
Artist: Kevin Morby
Album: Still Life
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: Tame Impala
Album: Tame Impala Live Album
Hails From: Australia
Artist: Glycerin Queens
Album: Sleep Deprivation
Hails From: New Jersey
Artist: Los Angeles Police Department
Album: Forged Artifacts
Hails From: Duh!
Artist: Allah-Lahs
Album: Worship the Sun
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Album: Oddments
Hails From: Australia
Artist: Straight Arrows
Album: Rising
Hails From: Australia
Artist: The Blank Tapes
Album: Holy Roller EP
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: Billy Changer
Album: Billy Changer
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: Francisco the Man
Album:Loose Ends
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: Heaters
Album: Solstice
Hails From: Grand Rapids, MI
Artist: Cool Ghouls
Album: A Swirling Fire Burning Through the Rye
Hails From: San Francisco, CA
Artist: Wampire
Album: Baazar
Hails From: Portland
Artist: Froth
Album: Patterns
Hails From: LA, CA
Artist: Caribou
Album: Our Love
Hails From: Canada
Artist: Ultimate Painting
Album: Ultimate Painting
Hails From: UK
Artist: Angel Olsen
Album: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Hails From: North Carolina
Artist:Ladada
Album: Ladada
Hails From: Virgina
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