ITT: AOTY 2014 contenders
loom loom
iceage - plowing into the field of love
For its genre
1. Circulatory System - Mosaics Within Mosaics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYjQfjQITU
2. Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILTZ8qZbNK0
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Oz8UmUXbg
4. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQKttFRKBI
5. King Buzzo - This Machine Kills Artists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esA6bbd7xts
6. St. Vincent - s/t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmfZvAnksA
7. Die Antwoord - Donker Mag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZx4cGvh_8
8. Hundred Waters - Moon Rang Like A Bell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ph13QzfQHU
9. Death From Above - Physical World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBNxadj-25c
10. Holy Moses - Redefined Mayhem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcgn_lZMM_o
>>51582907
this
>>51582907
>>51584112
best mixing
mitski- bury me at makeout creek
I love this shit
Bear in Heaven - Time is Over One Day Old
most underrated band of the 10's
![artworks-000097885866-abulqa-t500x500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2M5TUmo.jpg "artworks-000097885866-abulqa-t500x500[1].jpg")
Definite contender for me.
>>51582887
>>51584704
>>51584801
Definitely seconding all of these. Fantastic records.
music
Boring choice, but I love this fucking album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psUZnApnPEc
Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNWdfo12Mio
chart
Still this
>Tfw /mu/ never discusses Anna Calvi.
>>51586461
that's 2013 m8
Let's all agree to disagree here.
>>51586605
Deluxe Edition, m8.
>>51583019
This is it without question.
>>51586662
>To Be Kind
>>51586788
and I finally listened to hotellier
holy fucking cringe
>>51586802
>I'm too patrician for pop punk
>>51586841
depends on your definition but death from above blows this shit away
Fucking dope
>>51586841
The word pop shouldn't be anywhere near punk you shit. It defeats the entire point.
>>51586884
thanks but please don't help
>>51586872
I guess, but DFA1979 is just about as pop punk as LCD Soundsystem, but that's just in my opinion.
Plus their new album wasn't even all that great anyways compared to their debut.
>>51586899
I'm just stating facts.
>>51586909
I'm listening to both dfa and hotelier right now and they are both very comparable the biggest difference being hotelier is more "emotional"
>>51584286
Opening track is so damn good and then it all goes downhill and back up again.
>>51584704
You were grade A.
Now and then
soundcloud.com/liiioosha
>>51586914
that scene was really funny. Ratatouille was a good ass movie
This is one of mine for pop music.
>>51586884
pop is not the antithesis of punk.
maybe the antithis of prog, but not punk.
>>51586884
>muh pop punk isn't real punk
So fucking what? Go cry some more about how punk rock's "aesthetics" have been pretty much dead for the past 30 years.
With that being said, I'm not really a big fan of pop punk either (and most of the stuff that comes out of it nowadays is cringeworthy as fuck), but the Hotelier is probably the only band I'll say that I can really enjoy out of the whole genre.
Kinda up there with 100m100m for me.
>>51586841
its getting a little better but that album intro is cringetastic especially as an intro thats 4.5 minutes
![stvcover[3].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/QVTMKdT.jpg "stvcover[3].jpg")
shit NOTM was 2014..
Benjamin by Star Murder Natural Satellite
>>51584131
is this a meme now
>>51587740
name an album with better mixing
I fucking love this.
![54676[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/SuOvhrG.jpg "54676[1].jpg")
i'm usually not big on having an aoty, but i think this one takes the cake this year.
>>51587003
loom loom and intro bonito are the cutest albums of the year e_e
>>51587787
I can't wait to listen to this. Gonna make an event of it.
I've still got a lot of stuff to catch up on but right now this takes it, I don't think It'll hold though.
>>51586882
>>51587781
>>51587787
these also
>>51587781
this really took me by surprise. Not my favorite this year but probably in my top 10
>>51586802
Did it make you cringe inside yourself, anon?
>>51586882
I really enjoyed it, but then my head hurt.
What are the best 2014 albums that are catchy and not pretentious?
>>51588364
taylor swift - 1989
>>51588364
Salad Days
>>51584605
link?
>>51582867
Best album I heard all year
>>51588394
https://mega.co.nz/#!qoki1bQT!TiYCqi0lWKedjI9qxhgD1H7Cq6t0tr6eYtj8CznKeuM
>>51588364
Broke with Expensive Taste
>>51588364
pom pom
>>51588476
>ariel pink
>not pretentious
pick one
>>51585126
thissss
>>51582887
>>51584801
>>51585126
>>51587781
>>51588400
Good choices.
The Coral - The Curse of Love
http://youtu.be/JXULT0-gN8A
This
>>51582867
>>51582937
>>51584801
>>51587100
>>51588400
like it
>>51584296
>>51585126
>>51586427
>>51586882
>>51586969
>>51587027
meh
my aotysf was already posted
so here's another contender
>>51588792
I like yr taste
>>51586956
>What is progressive pop?
>>51586662
>The Satanist
AOTY has just arrived
>>51586983
Wasn't that from 2013? Not hating though, amazing pop album
dont make me say it
>>51587787
Either this or pic related or O: Konstellaatio
Can't choose.
>>51586893
Gangalion Reef was good but not AOTY soorry
>>51587100
If not the champion, a clear contender
>>51587787
Really like this album but not as good as Luxury Problems. Not sure what to make of the trap influence
>>51587837
Could be up there with one of the greatest rap albums ever but not sure how it stands up to other releases this year.
>>51589381
**other releases in general
>>51584296
>>51587100
>>51588635
Yes
>>51582937
>>51583360
>>51585101
>>51586882
Still need to listen to these
this by far
i'm surprised that this wasn't already posted.
>>51582887
nope
>>51582904
maybe
>>51582937
lalalalalala no
>>51583019
ehh no, but it's not bad man, just what
>>51583265
no god why
>>51583360
at least you clarified. p cool
>>51583406
*noodly noodly noodly needly nuuuuu* fucking never.
>>51589571
>criticizes peoples opinions
>doesn't provide an AOTY
You're doing this wrong m8
>>51588635
>>51588518
>>51588400
>>51587100
>>51584801
>>51582887
Great pics
>>51589966
>>51589957
>>51589430
>>51589134
>>51588925
>>51588667
>>51588630
>>51588518
>>51587787
>>51586893
still need to listen to these
>>51586884
You're an idiot
>>51586763
so are you
>>51586802
and you
>>51582887
yes
>>51589957
BOOB
>>51590004
Cloud Nothings, Ben Frost, Clipping don't touch Iceage. They don't even come close.
> these idiots who quote half the thread
No one fucking cares about your 3 word opinion, you fucking retard. Make better posts
>>51584704
this
>>51590121
nice m8 you tell em
can you get me a can?
>>51582867
>>51585101
>>51586882
>>51587787
>>51589134
>>51589430
>>51589966
All in my AOTY list + a few others.
>>51589329
it's okay :^)
Cities Aviv - Come To Life
>>51584801
only valid answer here
This is my album of the year, really liked it. IMO this year has been really bad compared to 2013
>>51590004
nice
how has this not been posted yet?
>>51591605
Because it's nowhere near as good as real AOTY candidates:
Amen Dunes - Love
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Anne Guthrie - Codiaeum variegatum
Anne Hytta - Draumsyn
Beck - Morning Phase
Ben Frost - A U R O R A
Copeland - Because I'm Worth It
Cremation Lily - Fires Frame the Silhouette
Cut Hands - Festival of the Dead
Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
Death Blues - Ensemble
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Goat - Commune
Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like a Bell
Ian William Craig - A Turn of Breath
Idylls - Prayer for Terrene
James Vincent McMorrow - Post Tropical
Liars - Mess
Marissa Nadler - July
Maxwell August Croy & Sean McCann - I
Oren Ambarchi - Quixotism
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Sleep Party People - Floating
Swans - To Be Kind
Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
Thaw - Earth Ground
The Antlers - Familiars
The Body - I Shall Die Here
Trepaneringsritualen - Perfection & Permanence
jizue - Shiori
>>51591605
I agree with your choice. I've only listened to around 100 new albums this year and I usually do 200+ though.
Have you listened to the B-Sides?
>>51591605
Incredible album. This is in my top 5 at least.
>>51591650
downloading now. i didn't even know it existed :/
![Esben-A-New-Nature-lo-res[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Ocj86Fs.jpg "Esben-A-New-Nature-lo-res[1].jpg")
no love for the 2014 albini produced crescendocore postrock meets ethereal wave masterpiece?
>>51582887
this is good too
>>51591728
You're welcome.
>>51591752
I this was labeled 'indie rock' when I downloaded it and didn't know a thing about this band. Was pleasantly surprised by their style.
>>51582867
>>51585126
>>51586969
>>51587837
>>51589430
and these
>>51591801
>this was labeled 'indie rock' when I downloaded it
i actually discovered it through RYM and the genres listed were pretty varied (as i mentioned before, post rock meets ethereal wave). i've never heard it discussed here either
>>51591752
I thought albini hated post rock
>>51591856
didn't know that but he certainly worked on the album
anyways it's not *exactly* post rock. just listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-m1NxD_V3E and tell me that's the work of a shitty GYBE or sigur ros knockoff
>>51583227
anyone has a link for this one? thanks
>>51591752
>Albini produced
This is interesting to me, but Wash The Sins Not Only The Face was not good.
Like, very not good. Two good songs at best.
I'm gonna need more selling than that.
>>51582937
Say what you want about Le Goofball (and I certainly think his antics are pretty stupid/immature, etc.) but people that write his music off because of that are really missing out. This is one of the best 'guitar' albums of the year. Listen to the subtlety of his playing. He ties every single lick with a pretty bow, lets the open strings ring out, bends and holds the notes. This guy is one of the best rhythm guitar players in indie music right now, and it's a real shame he's only really known for having bad teeth and wearing shitty clothes.
>>51591892
Oh, this is good. Don't really see anything that says "post rock" immediatly, but it does have some GY!BE-ish vibes. Lovely vocals. Thanks for pointing me in their direction.
>>51592014
>Wash The Sins Not Only The Face
i've never listened to that. hell, i just discovered this band through this release. however, RYM seems to claim that A New Nature is a pretty great leap forward. again, i've never heard anything off Wash the sins but i'd expect it to be a bit different
>>51591907
this isn't a worst albums thread m8
To be kind for sure
>>51592062
>Don't really see anything that says "post rock" immediatly, but it does have some GY!BE-ish vibes
yeah i agree. it builds slowly (for a 4 minute pop song anyway), which is primarily why i referenced GYBE in the first place. but regardless, i'm glad you like it.
my AOTY
these are favorites as well:
>>51585084
>>51582937
>>51587100
>>51591579
along with
Grouper - Ruins
Spoon - They Want My Soul
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
Panopticon - Roads to the North
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
yet to listen to:
Mt Silver Zion - Fuck Off Get Free
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos
currently listening to:
Kairon; IRSE! - Ujubasajuba. and so far its great
Grouper - Ruins
How come nobody mentioned that yet?
>>51592134
Just yesterday I started listening to this one, I'm fucking addicted now.
>>51592299
wow the weakest HH releases of this year
>>51591579
My AOTY. There are some other good ones, but I just really enjoy this band.
>>51592326
do enlighten us
>>51591814
respectable
dean blunt - black metal
>>51587781
The only good track on this was that uk garage one
>>51592415
>>51592326
Yes, please do.
>>51592299
i think these are some of the best this year, but it does feel like a thin year
rtj2 is weaker than the original, asher roth is a wack mc, wiz is doing his thing - but still not at the top of his game, atmosphere is so backpack my lumbar explodes every time i see his name, apathy is so mediocre that i can't be angry about it
i liked some of this stuff, but none of it stuck out to me.
i would add the father's brawl ep to your img. one the better releases this year imo
https://soundcloud.com/liquor-cabinet/sets/brawl-ep-1
>>51584704
if you go off by # of listens then this is probably my AOTY
![JNR153_serengeti_kenny_dennis-web[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/kOc6L5p.jpg "JNR153_serengeti_kenny_dennis-web[1].jpg")
>>51586882
>>51585127
>>51584704
These were good, too.
