These are not the ‘best’ albums of 2014, because that is nigh on impossible to judge objectively – and everyone’s taste is different. Instead, this is a list (arranged alphabetically rather than in any specific order or rank) of the albums that I particularly enjoyed or was particularly struck by over the last year. I’ve ignored all the magazine/blog/website ‘best of’ lists and gone for the albums I actually like, not the ones that are considered especially hip or cool (because, let’s face it, I’m neither of those things!). Feel free to let me know what you think….
Antemasque – Antemasque
Aphex Twin – Syro
Behemoth – The Satanist
Earth – Primitive & Deadly
Electric Wizard – Time To Die
First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
Goat – Commune
Hookworms – The Hum
Inspiral Carpets – Inspiral Carpets
Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey – Going Back Home
Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed
King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
Johnny Marr – Playland
Mogwai – Rave Tapes
Thurston Moore – The Best Day
Bob Mould – Beauty & Ruin
Grant Nicholas – Yorktown Heights
Pharmakon – Bestial Burden
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
The Juan McLean – In A Dream
The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Wo Fat – The Conjuring
Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
Other interesting things released in 2014 that are also worth a mention:
Pantera – Far Beyond Bootleg: Live From Donington 1994
Pixies – Doolittle 25
Soundgarden – Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path
Teeth of the Sea – A Field in England: Re-Imagined [EP]
Another Kind Of Mind 