Best Music Releases of 2014
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Best Music Releases of 2014
1. Bob Dylan and the Band - The Bootleg Series 11: The Basement Tapes: Complete
2. Rancid - ...Honor is All We Know
3. Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm
4. OFF! - Wasted Years*
5. Fugazi - First Demo*
6. J Mascis - Tied to a Star
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2. Rancid - ...Honor is All We Know
3. Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm
4. OFF! - Wasted Years*
5. Fugazi - First Demo*
6. J Mascis - Tied to a Star
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
Songs or albums? Haven't listened to too many albums this year, but I am compiling an awesome Tasty Cutz: 2014 mix.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
Albums.matedog wrote:Songs or albums? Haven't listened to too many albums this year, but I am compiling an awesome Tasty Cutz: 2014 mix.
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Albums I've enjoyed this year:
Paws - Youth Culture Forever
White Sea - In Cold Blood
Beck - Morning Phase
Run the Jewels - 2
Paws - Youth Culture Forever
White Sea - In Cold Blood
Beck - Morning Phase
Run the Jewels - 2
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
I won't rank these, but when I had iTunes spit out shit by year, these 2014 albums stood out:
Bug Eyed Hi-Fi - Strange Sounds and Odd Frequencies / Simulations and Sci-Fi Space Junk
The Clash - London Calling Remixed
The Durutti Column - Chronicle XL:LX
Graham Lewis - All Over/All Under
Johnny Marr - Playland
Liars - Mess
Pixies - Indie Cindy
The Primitives - Spin-O-Rama
Roddy Frame - Seven Dials
Silo - Work
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind
The Durutti Column and Graham Lewis discs are the ones I've probably liked the most.
Bug Eyed Hi-Fi - Strange Sounds and Odd Frequencies / Simulations and Sci-Fi Space Junk
The Clash - London Calling Remixed
The Durutti Column - Chronicle XL:LX
Graham Lewis - All Over/All Under
Johnny Marr - Playland
Liars - Mess
Pixies - Indie Cindy
The Primitives - Spin-O-Rama
Roddy Frame - Seven Dials
Silo - Work
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind
The Durutti Column and Graham Lewis discs are the ones I've probably liked the most.
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I probably can't up with enough complete musical releases new for the calendar year of 2014 which I have listened to in greater depth than a smattering of YouTube clip, but I will say Doc's posting here of the A+ quality Metal Box in Dub soundboard from Village Underground, London 5/25/2012 is hands-down best thing I heard for the first time in 2014.
Dr. Medulla wrote:Okay, jerks and jerkettes, here's something that will knock your figurative socks off: a magnificent-sounding boot of a Metal Box in Dub show (Village Underground, London, 25 May 2012). I've only listened to bits and pieces so far, but it is *amazing*. It puts to shame the official PiL (even acknowledging that Lydon's put together a fantastic backing band). Seriously, this is exceptional shit. The vocals are a bit buried, but that may have been in the performance mix. But if you love Wobble-era PiL, you will eat this up.
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
No new Hank 3 so no automatic best album of the year. Still, a lot to like. It was a pretty good year in pop music, but I mostly haven't snatched up those albums since the singles suffice. Trying not to include expanded reissues and whatnot, but will include archival releases and compilations. My top pick sort of skirts the line but it's a totally different beast than anything released before, so I'm including it. Sort of like Heston's Top 5s, the #1 pick signifies... something... but otherwise it's all just tossed up there.
1. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Bootleg Series 11: The Basement Tapes: Complete
2. Slapshot - Slapshot
3. OFF! - Wasted Years
4. Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars
5. The Interrupters - The Interrupters
6. Various Artists - TAANG! Records: The First 10 Singles
7. Rosanne Cash - The River and The Thread [Deluxe Edition]
8. Beck - Morning Phase
9. Adam WarRock - The Doctor EP
10. Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm
11. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
12. Fugazi - First Demo
13. Run The Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
14. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Still haven't heard a few albums I'd like to (new Wu-Tang, por ejemplo) but there was a lot to like this year. And, as I said, I thought the general pop trend this year was pretty good. Hell, Taylor fuckin' Swift put out a pretty good album this year.
1. Bob Dylan & The Band - The Bootleg Series 11: The Basement Tapes: Complete
2. Slapshot - Slapshot
3. OFF! - Wasted Years
4. Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars
5. The Interrupters - The Interrupters
6. Various Artists - TAANG! Records: The First 10 Singles
7. Rosanne Cash - The River and The Thread [Deluxe Edition]
8. Beck - Morning Phase
9. Adam WarRock - The Doctor EP
10. Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm
11. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
12. Fugazi - First Demo
13. Run The Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
14. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Still haven't heard a few albums I'd like to (new Wu-Tang, por ejemplo) but there was a lot to like this year. And, as I said, I thought the general pop trend this year was pretty good. Hell, Taylor fuckin' Swift put out a pretty good album this year.
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I have the same list as you.Chuck wrote:1.
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We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
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We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
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Every god damn Ariana Grande single that came out was awesome. Great pop tunes:Flex wrote:And, as I said, I thought the general pop trend this year was pretty good. Hell, Taylor fuckin' Swift put out a pretty good album this year.
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Nick Jonas - Jealous
Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (counts as pop right?)
Ariana Grande - Break Free
Ariana Grande - Problem
Jesse J/Ariana Grande - Bang Bang
One Direction - No Control (fuck all y'all)
Sia - Chandelier
Mark Ronson w/ Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
More I'm missing for sure. My nomination for worst song of 2014: John Legend's "All of Me."
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Okay, "All of Me" was 2013, not 2014. Still fucking awful.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I recognize some of those names. I have not heard a single one of those songs (unless they were played on that Satanic station the wife has the car radio bolted to).matedog wrote:Every god damn Ariana Grande single that came out was awesome. Great pop tunes:Flex wrote:And, as I said, I thought the general pop trend this year was pretty good. Hell, Taylor fuckin' Swift put out a pretty good album this year.
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Nick Jonas - Jealous
Lil Jon - Turn Down For What (counts as pop right?)
Ariana Grande - Break Free
Ariana Grande - Problem
Jesse J/Ariana Grande - Bang Bang
One Direction - No Control (fuck all y'all)
Sia - Chandelier
Mark Ronson w/ Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
More I'm missing for sure. My nomination for worst song of 2014: John Legend's "All of Me."
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I'm waiting for a Latina porn star with big nips who calls herself Areola Grande.matedog wrote: Ariana Grande
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
tepista wrote:I have the same list as you.Chuck wrote:1.
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Chuck Mangione
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Re: Best Music Releases of 2014
Tentative list, of course.
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I think that's about 40 years too late.tepista wrote:I'm waiting for a Latina porn star with big nips who calls herself Areola Grande.matedog wrote: Ariana Grande
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.