Here are my favorite albums of 2014:
- Chris Staples – American Soft
- Wye Oak – Shriek
- Phantogram – Voices
- Big Scary – Not Art
- Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
- Beck – Morning Phase
- The War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream
- Spoon – They Want My Soul
- Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
- Real Estate – Atlas
- Kishi Bashi – Lighght
- Mac Demarco – Salad Days
- Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
- Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack
- Future Islands – Singles
- Delta Spirit – Into the Wide
- Cold War Kids – Hold My Home
- Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
- Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
- Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter
- Tweedy – Sukierae
- Sego – Kitsune: Wicket Youth
- Vacationer – Relief
- Owen Pallett – In Conflict
- Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain
Honorable Mentions
- Pixies – Indie Cindy
- Lana Del Ray – Ultraviolence
- Andrew Bird – Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…
- Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
- Various Artists – Beck Song Reader
- Dum Dum Girls – Too True
- Lykke Li – I Never Learn
- Nels Cline Singers – Marcoscope