AOTY 2014
Last day of November, the year is basically over. Let's see 'em, mu.
The glove opens the door.
>>51785684
"Weak Waves" by Sea of Dogs
![stvcover[4].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ccCVxh3.jpg "stvcover[4].jpg")
>>51785684
Lots of solid releases this year, but Bestiary for me was just so damn fucking good, I was not expecting that at all.
>>51787429
No way, Strange Mercy is way better anyways.
>>51787639
Strange Mercy didn't come out this year.
Joplin Rice - Spine Adagio Part II & The Prince
http://joplinrice.bandcamp.com/album/spine-adagio-part-ii-the-prince
>>51785684
that's definitely in my top 5
great pick OP
>>51787670
I meant A) that is not the best album that came out this year and B) That couldn't be the best album this year because it doesn't even top her last album, but I guess I have to spell everything out for you guys.
>>51787725
>That couldn't be the best album this year because it doesn't even top her last album,
I don't see what not topping the last album has to do with being the AOTY for this year.
>A) that is not the best album that came out this year
I disagree. Hence why I posted it in this thread, which is about what album you thought was the best of this year. You seem to be confused, anon.
>>51787725
>Best album ever comes out
>There can never be another AOTY
>>51787725
If you meant that, you should have sad that. Don't get annoyed when people can't read minds
>>51787778
That's cute you think it's the aoty, you probably think like at least a DOZEN albums came out this year, maybe more! That's quite a few albums! Surely too many to listen to!
>>51785684
>the year is basically over
jenny death when
also hungry ghosts is AOTY for me
>>51787940
This thread is about posting what album you think is the best this year, not for complaining about other people's AOTY unless you're going to make some actual points.
>>51785684
Either Nikki Nack or III by BBNG
>>51788002
I find it incredibly boring till Against the Moon.
>>51787980
The point of forums is to discuss and debate and you're upset because I disagreed with you.
>>51788002
+1 for AOTY
>>51788123
>The point of forums is to discuss and debate
All you did was say "nuh-uh" and made no valid points for me to argue back.
I liked Christmas Island too
This
PUSSY I BEEN REAL GOOD ON ANY STREET UP SHITS CREEK IN SHITSVILLE, NIGGA
>>51788145
Welcome to /mu/
>>51788123
>The point of forums is to discuss and debate
pure conjcture and implication
You know, before he went crazy.
The obvious answer
right now I'm undecided between this...
>>51788175
hell no dude
This year was pretty great..
>>51788342
this...
Disappointing year really
anyone else think Transgender Dysphoria Blues was actually pretty good?
>>51788145
I think rattlesnake is a good stripped down track, Birth in Reverse is a catchy single, Huey Newton is a cool gritty song and Digital Witness plays with a new sound for Annie Clark I think she should explore more. However, I think Prince Johnny is extremely half baked and the album might as well end after Psychopath because the last two tracks are forgettable. I think she's a good musician who is experimenting with a new style but the album doesn't fully realize it. Strong 7/10
Is that what you wanted, Anon?
>>51788374
hell yes man
>tfw theres only a month left
>tfw still have so many albums left to listen to
>tfw not enough time
also, TBK is AOTY obviously
>>51788439
I didn't want anything, but if you're going to call someone out at least give an explanation. Especially if you want people to take you seriously.
It just couldn't be more fun and catchy, while remaining unique enough to be interesting throughout.
>>51788462
hell maybe bruh
Probably one of the best ambienty albums I've ever heard, really impressed
haven't been around looking for music lately. anything worthwhile in the rap department released lately ? I loved Kill Bill's Ramona and pic related
here's a list of some of the things I enjoyed this year
>http://retrograde-renegade.tumblr.com/tagged/2014
Sensei - Return To The Village 1998 (2014)
>trap / playstation 1
http://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-the-village-1998
I love every song, but try Supressed Uzi or Gold Katanas. I think the beat from Symmetry is from Metal Gear Solid but I haven't confirmed it, anyone know for sure ?
>>51788439
But Severed Cross Fingers is the best song off that
>>51788558
its probably the worst song on there. Uninteresting in every way, and it exposes how limited her range as a singer is
>>51788558
I agree with this. The last three songs are actually some of the best I think, and work really well together. Severed Crossed Fingers is a fantastic closing song and probably my favorite closing song off of any of her albums.
This year is so disappointing. I feel like I'm asking "Is...is that it?"
>>51788380
and this
one of 'em
>>51788652
I like Psycopath too but ehh i dont really enjoy Every Tear Disappears
>>51788602
Really? I Prefer Your Love and Bring Me Your Loves are way more uninteresting and borderline tiring imo
>>51788173
that's a nice choice
My AOTY
>>51789222
Trips don't lie
>>51788511
hell for sure bud
>>51788375
ruins is shit tho
>>51788528
My nigga
That outro
![unnamed-3[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/GMkQjgN.jpg "unnamed-3[1].png")
this year sucked.
last year was GOAT
fuck da h8rs
>>51789610
>only '13s bids will remember
>>51789610
Last year was alright until Sunbather was released and every other thread was an fight about whether it was good or not
>>51789522
>>51789653
agree
>>51789693
nah the argument was over whether or not it was black metal
it's a bad album tho, that's obvious lol
>>51789768
Well obviously it's chillwave not black metal
>>51789768
nah you just have rlly bad taste
>>51790154
dude, you're a dick
and since i don't give a fuck about what assholes think, you can get off my dick and do something productive
>>51789653
If there wasn't so much trash in the middle of the album is agree. The first and last tracks on here are some of the finest from this year
obviously
>>51787429
Drone.
>>51788002
Haha, yeah right.
>>51788175
You surely jest.
>>51788212
Don't even make me laff.
>>51788262
KEK!!!!
>>51788475
Try again.
>>51788504
Not even close!
>>51788175
correct answer, I'm going to be listening to this for a long time
This, but there were a bunch of great albums this year.
>>51790417
>there were a bunch of great albums this year.
liar
>>51790295
Was lame compared to swim
Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y09xlZUn2k
This dub verison of Hot Dreams makes me so happy.
>>51785684
>>51788173
>>51788212
>>51788521
nice choices anons
note: RTJ2 replaced w/ Shabazz Palace's Lese Masjesty & Flatland replaced with Lee Gamble's Koch
This and the new Hey Rosetta album.
>tfw underrated
>>51790593
rad list, but i don't see what's so special about run the jewels
>Movie Magick
>Electronic AOTY
>>51785684
>>51787612
>>51788212
>>51788342
>>51788375
>>51789840
>>51790398
>>51790577
definitely up there
>>51790635
found the east coast canadian
Unicorn Porn for the fucking win.
THere's still some i've yet to listen to, but so far it looks like its gonna be this
Essem - Pool & Wild Ivy League were contenders
>>51791012
Detroit here, I actually saw both play a show together last week. It was the greatest.
>>51788262
YES!
>>51788175
Pretty good
>>51788212
Please don't
>>51787429
Pretty fun album.
>>51788475
Not even the best album of the month it was released.
>>51790577
I like it but it's not something I would listen to that much.
>>51790730
After listening to it for a while I agree.
>>51789840
>no album titles for other people to find he albums
>>51790988
I don't get the hype over this. It sounds like a 14 year old discovered fl studio
>>51791244
>rockist
Dropped
>>51791379
well u sending a meme arrow my way isnt helping ur case really
>>51790330
What a badass! I'm so jealous of you! I wish I could be as cool as you anon.
>>51791417
you're not that far off
>>51788375
>>51789840
>>51790398
>>51790593
>charts
This is my third year keeping a yearlong "best of" list. I've been doing a ton of re-listening in the past few weeks and I still have a to listen to a ton of other albums.
>>51789693
yeah, but then Sunbather existed, so at least I could listen to Sunbather while reading the shitposts
>>51787429
Solid album. Her best for sure. I'm happy to see her move past indie.
>>51788002
>>51788785
Pretty good, if not a bit overrated
>>51788262
Yep, this is awesome. Screw you guys.
>>51788283
>>51791068
What We Loved is not Enough is such a great song.
>>51788375
Ruins is the only great one there. Well... To Be Kind is good too.
BBNG are so good live
>>51788475
>>51788718
It's a good album, but The Seer is so damn good and I can't help but compare them. To Be Kind is like The Seer without variety.
>>51788521
Good stuff. Recently picked that up on vinyl. Second best ambient album of the year (behind Kyle Bobby Dunn & the Infinite Sadness)
>>51789653
I liked it quite a lot, but I don't know where those crazy high ratings are coming from. It's not THAT good...
>>51789840
How's the new Cibo Matto? Haven't heard it yet. I love Viva La Woman.
The new Vashti is lovely, and Dva is cool too.
>>51790398
Niggas on the Moon is amazing, but I'm avoiding rating it until I've heard both discs.
>>51790577
This is awesome. They'd be my concert of the year.
I have a tie between pic-related and the new Tujiko Noriko album.
>>51788262
Came here to post this
>>51791575
>move past indie
what the fuck do you even mean by that? What a redundant fucking remark
>>51791038
Confrimed for GOAT.
>>51791575
>and the new Tujiko Noriko album
checking this out and damn, what was I sleeping on
>>51791631
Her earlier albums were a bit of a bland indie pop. Nothing too original there.
She's completely changed genres now, and sounds a lot more original which is to her favor.
I didn't really mean to put down indie, even if I'm not a fan of the genre.
>>51791658
It's her best yet IMO! The 15 minute opening track is fantastic, and the 10 minute closer is just beautiful. The songs in between them are nice too.
>>51791723
>Actor
>Bland indie pop
No
>>51791735
Did I hurt your feelings?
>>51791575
>Niggas on the Moon is amazing
lol
>>51790730
>Those firework samples on Dead Celeb
>tfw it's summer again for few seconds
Good pick!
>>51788504
Pitchfork gave it a bad review, we have to hate it now m80
>>51791774
A little bit, sorry.
>>51791777
It is though. As someone who prefers glitchy experimentation over hip hop, this is the album I've been waiting for them to release. It's so all over the place and exciting, and the lyrics (not to mention the fantastic delivery of them) are so cryptic.
>>51791855
Cryptic lyrics are for people who have nothing to say but still want to sound intelligent. The music itself is alright but the aesthetic is wearing thin and the "all over the place" style verges on annoying more than interesting
>>51791932
>I don't understand it so it doesn't mean anything
>>51789641
my negro
>>51787709
fuck yeah! wish he would play some shows
>>51791973
>why write meaningful lyrics when i can just make random strings of words and have my fans attribute meaning to them for me
I'm sure no artist needs you to be their defense force, stop pretending this shit is deep.
easily this
>>51790295
idk this album was pretty dull imo
>>51790394
this however might be my pick....
or >>51791068
.....or >>51789641
>>51792439
lyrics and vocals are for fucking children.
>>51792936
this
NotM and Perfect Hair are the best albums out this year.
Nothing ended up topping this, nothing.
In 2-3 years people will likely realize just how otherworldly it truly is.
>>51788521
>>51788002
>>51788173
>>51788283
All good choices. This is certainly up there
>>51793142
would this be a good place to start with Busdriver?
>>51789610
Last year was a disaster, other than the obvious top 5 of the year:
>Push the Sky Away
>Psychic
>Tomorrow's Harvest
>...Like Clockwork
>Perils From the Sea
with Government Plates as an honorable mention.
Just erase the record books for that year other than those albums.
>>51791575
>tujiko noriko
you just went full aspie. I'll give you a pass if you speak Japanese
>>51793142
Sure. It shouldn't matter what album from an artist you listen to first.
1. Circulatory System - Mosaics Within Mosaics
2. Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
3. Flying Lotus - You're Dead
4. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
5. King Buzzo - This Machine Kills Artists
6. St. Vincent - s/t
7. Die Antwoord - Donker Mag
8. Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell
9. Death From Above - The Physical World
10. Holy Moses - Redefined Mayhem
11. Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare
12. Savage Messiah - Fateful Dark
13. Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
14. Omnihility - Deathscapes of the Subconscious
15. Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall
16. Dead Milkmen - The Last Two Years
17. Eyehategod - s/t
18. Floor - Oblation
19. Free Man - s/t
20. Fresh and Onlys - House of Spirits
21. Godflesh - A World Lit Only By Fire
22. Tennis - Ritual In Repeat
23. Reverend Horton Heat - Rev
24. Swans - To Be Kind
25. Vacationer - Relief
26. Iron Reagan - Tyranny of Will
27. J Macis - Tied To A Star
28. John Zorn - Psychomagia
29. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
30. Behemoth - The Satanist
31. Cannabis Corpse - From Wisdom To Baked
32. Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
33. Earth - Primitive and Deadly
34. Flying Colors - Second Nature
35. Goatwhore - Constricting Rage
36. Hirax - Immortal Legacy
37. Interpol - El Pintor
38. Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls
39. Killer Be Killed - s/t
40. OFF! - Wasted Years
>>51793202
Well she doesn't live in Japan, the album wasn't recording in Japan, the label isn't from Japan, most of the musicians on the album aren't Japanese, and a great deal of the lyrics aren't in Japanese... I think you might have no idea what you're talking about.
>>51791575
>What We Loved is not Enough is such a great song.
that voice lol. and no, it's not a good song.
>>51793306
Not the guy you're responding to, but his voice on that song is the best that it's ever been, and that track is an easy SOTY candidate.
>>51793292
I was browsing her new album and that shit was in Japanese bro, or whatever language that is - pretty sure its Japafuckinese
>>51787709
>http://joplinrice.bandcamp.com/album/spine-adagio-part-ii-the-prince
lol nice job spamming your own album
>>51793306
It's true, he's not the best vocalist. But he's gotten better, and I now consider his vocals to be...okay. He writes great emotion filled lyrics though, and his vocals do carry a lot of that emotion with them.
>>51793401
So do you just refuse to listen to any foreign music or what?
>>51793000
Have you listened to A New White by Subtle?
My aoty. Wood Spider - Decadence
>>51785684
Why can't people fucking say what the album is when it's some obscure-ass shit, jesues
>>51793441
No, i've listened to very little hip-hop this year.
Niggas on the Moon, being the disappointment that it was, really drubbed my enthusiasm for the genre this year. Lese Majesty single-handedly saved hip-hop in 2014. RTJ2 ended up being a nice addition, too.
>>51793463
because of that little icon next to [Reply]
130+ posts and no one mentioned USA Out Of Vietnam?
definitely my aoty
>>51793328
Yeah ok, it's the best it's ever been. It's still weird/shitty. And 11 minutes of weird droning repetitive shit is not my preference, that's all. It's hard to write good songs though, so I mean I don't want to be too hard on anyone, but at the same time, I'm not just going to accept whatever shit people put out there.
>>51793426
>So do you just refuse to listen to any foreign music or what?
All I'm saying is for me personally, a woman singing Japanese over some weird Postal Service type electronic beats ain't for me. To be honest holy fucking christ I had to turn that shit off
>>51792987
except, this;>>51791038
and Uicorn Porn's The White Stag are obviously the best instrumental releases this year. The leaked version of the white stag is fucking GOAT. Goddamn, best psych/prog album I've heard in years.
>>51793463
welcome to /mu/ bro
obscure bullshit 24/7 with your occasional Yeezy thread
this year aint been so bad
>>51793616
pic totally related
hnngggg those textures...
http://youtu.be/KNjAzoLwNVA
>>51788521
Would have been a better score to Interstellar than Zimmer's derivative trash.
>>51788262
>>51788283
Mah niggas
>>51793463
kassem mosse - workshop 19
in the future, google image search is your escort for the night
>>51793423
eehhh, actually a lot of people really liked that album. I doubt it was Joplin who posted it, especially since I and other people have been championing it since he released it.
>>51793631
>GOAT
those backup vocals completely ruin it for me. a little would be ok but its just way too much. Its in my bag right now ready to go back to the store.
>be me
>entry level /mu/tant
>have no idea what most of these albums are
I want to be 2deep too ;_;
>>51793723
1. Circulatory System - Mosaics Within Mosaics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYjQfjQITU
>>51793441
Not gonna lie, downloading this right now because I think that album artwork is amazing.
>>51788262
this album has so many references to the area of Northeast Ohio where i live and it makes it even better/more depressing to me
and he says my birthday on Ben's My Friend
fuck everyone i love this album
loved it in january, still love it now
>>51793723
don't sweat it little buddy. Just right click on em' and press 'search google for this image'. Some anons are good enough to label their charts >>51788375, >>51790398, >>51790593, >>51791490, >>51791919; and you'll see that these threads contain repeat posters, so you WILL see the same charts over & over again. After about ~5ish of these threads you'll see which albums /mu/ creams themselves for.
>>51793699
fair enough. i've just been bitter because of all the bandcamp spammers lately that have made BC threads look like fossilized copypasta.
>>51793706
she's pretty annoying but i can deal with it, it kind of fits with the freak out vibe.
>>51793574
>And 11 minutes of weird droning repetitive shit is not my preference, that's all.
confirmed 2deep4u
>>51793880
yeah dude, the bandcamp threads are gay as hell these days. There is a bunch of great artist self releases on BC though, regardless of the shitty Foliage types out there.
>>51793936
have you heard the new Earth?
>>51793949
oh, absolutely! i was definitely not trying to imply the contrary
>>51793978
no, i've been meaning to listen to it though. how is it?
>>51793481
It's not a new album by any means, but I feel like people who really liked Lese Majesty should listen to A New White.
>>51793752
It's an incredible album. You won't be disappointed. I think it's one of the most slept on albums this year.
>>51794028
liking it more and more and feel that I've finally come all the way around on it but I still think the 4th song is a total throw away
>>51794176
ill have to see what its all about, im not too much a fan of their drone stuff but im starting to get more into their other stuff like The Bees Made Honey
>>51785684
absolutely terrible, boring and generic. sounds like muzzak that would be playing in the background of a hair salon.
>>51787429
sounds like a poor man's Lady Gaga going indie rock
>>51787612
pretty good. RTJ2 is better by far, but its still a great album.
>>51787709
ultra generic 'sad guy with acoustic guitar' garbage
>>51788002
more generic indie rock. only standout feature is the singer slurring his vocals over the bland music instead of actually singing
>>51788173
good choice. strange mix of noise, industrial, hardcore/grindcore. sounds like early swans.
>>51788175
fucking trash. can't stand the whiney vocals. sounds like emo blink 182.
>>51788212
bland music that belongs in the background of a super market. boring, uncreative, cliche rap lyrics that don't even really match the music.
>>51788262
yet another bland 'sad guy with acoustic guitar' album. is there a factory somewhere mass producing this stuff?
>>51788283
not exactly my cup of tea, but i do like some other Mt Zion stuff. i do like the musical variety going on here.
>>51788342
not bad, but nothing really special either.
>>51788380
courtney love 2.0
>>51788521
not bad for ambient i guess, but i just went through and listened to Eno's entire catalog so this doesn't sound like anything unique or interesting
>>51789222
sad guy with acoustic guitar + drums
>>51789522
generic garage rock
>>51789641
sad guy with acoustic guitar + drums + occasional distortion pedal
