RECKLESS RECORDS 2014 BEST OF LISTS
Whitney Mercer
(in no real order)
Ariel Kalma – “An Evolutionary Music” (RVNG)
Nils Frahm – “Spaces” (Erased Tapes)(technically end of 2013)
Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper – “FRKWYS Vol. 11: Cantos de Lisboa” (RVNG)
Ryley Walker – “All Kinds of You” (Tompkins Square)
Watter – “This World” (Temporary Residence)
Death Blues – “Ensemble” (Rhythmplex)
Hailu Mergia & the Walias – “Tche Belew” (Reissue, Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Grouper – “Ruins” (Kranky)
Ben Frost – “A U R O R A” (Mute)D
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange – “Dreams: Inventions for Radio”
Shellac – “Dude Incredible” (Touch & Go)
Goat – “Commune” (Sub Pop)
Budos Band – “Burnt Offering” (Daptone)
Fugazi – “First Demo” (Dischord)
Ought – “More Than Any Other Day” (Constellation)
Hookworms – “Hum” (Weird World)
Flying Lotus – “You’re Dead” (Warp)
Ex Hex – “Rips” (Merge)
Sleater Kinney REISSUES!
Poison Girls REISSUES!
BEST PERFORMANCE AT AN EERIE NON-VENUE: Wrekmeister Harmonies (at Bohemian National Cemetery)
FAVORITE NEW (legit) VENUE: Thalia Hall
Charles Taylor
Captain Beefheart – Sun Zoom Spark
John Coltrane – Offering
Large Unit – Erta Ale
Steve Lehman – Mise En Abime
Sun Ra – Sign Of The Myth
Mary Halvorson – Reverse Blue
Ken Vandermark – The Midwest School
Anthony Braxton – Trio 2013
Augustus Pablo – Born To Dub You
Gussie Presenting: The Right Tracks
Jim Magas
Theo Parrish – American Intelligence 3LP (Sound Signature)
Consumer Electronics – Estuary English 2LP (Dirter)
Beau Wanzer – Beau Wanzer LP (Beau Wanzer)
Beau Wanzer – Power Outage 10″ (Nation)
Quintron – Spellcaster II: Death In Space LP (Pizza Burglar)
Da Sampla – Westside Sessions 2LP+7″ (Wild Oats)
Bobby Beausoleil – Lucifer Rising Suite 4CD (Anja)
Destroy All Monsters – Hot Box 1974-1994 3LP (Munster)
Jay Denham – Karmatic Equations 2LP (Wild Oats)
Raspberry Bulbs – Privacy LP (Blackest Ever Black)
Jack Ruby – Hit & Run 2CD (St. Cecilia Knows)
Various Artists – Science Fiction Park Bundesrepublik 2LP (Cache Cache)
Omar S. – FXHE mix CDs (FXHE)
Sleaford Mods – Divide & Exit LP (Harbinger Sound)
Sleaford Mods – Chubbed Up+ CD (Ipecac)
Oren Ambarchi – Stacte Karaoke 12″ (Black Truffle)
Ninos Du Brasil – Novos Mistérios (Hospital)
Reagenz – Periodic Table 3×12″ (The Bunker NY)
Objekt – Flatland 2LP (Pan)
Larry Heard – Alien 2LP (Alleviated)
Billy Smith
DAMIEN JURADO “BROTHERS & SISTERS OF THE ETERNAL SON” (SECRETLY CAN)
WARPAINT “WARPAINT” (ROUGH TRADE)
JOHANN JOHANSSON “MCCANICK (SOUNDTRACK)” (MILAN)
SKY FERREIRA “NIGHT TIME, MY TIME” (CAPITOL)
BAPTISTS “BLOODMINES” (SOUTHERN LORD)
DUSTIN O’HALLORAN “BREATHE IN (SOUNDTRACK)” (MILAN)
VARIOUS ARTISTS “GIPSY RHUMBA” (SOULJAZZ)
STEFAN WESOLOWSKI “LIEBESTOD” (IMPREC)
SOUNDGARDEN “SUPERUNKNOWN 20TH ANNIVERSARY” (A&M)
CHEAP GIRLS “FAMOUS GRAVES” (XTRA MILE)
CORY BRANAN “NO-HIT WONDER” (BLOODSHOT)
BENJAMIN BOOKER “BENJAMIN BOOKER” (ATO)
OLD 97’S “MOST MESSED UP” (ATO)
MAGGIE BJORKLUND “SHAKEN” (BLOODSHOT)
WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN “ATOMOS” (KRANKY)
JON HOPKINS “ASLEEP VERSIONS EP” (DOMINO)
Dave Hofer
Benighted – Carnivore Sublime (Season of Mist)
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury LP (Get on Down) first time on vinyl
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata LP (Madlib Invazion)
Gridlink – Longhena LP (Handshake, Inc)
Iron Reagan – Tyranny of Will LP (Relapse)
Lawrence Arms – Metropole LP (Epitaph)
Jason Netherton – Extremity Retained BOOK (Handshake, Inc)
Plebeian Grandstand – Lowgazers LP (Throatruiner)
Run the Jewels – RTJ2 LP (Mass Appeal)
Suicide Machines – Destruction By Definition LP (Asbestos) first time on vinyl
Teitanblood – Death LP (Ajna Offensive)
Sarah Frier
SBTRKT – WONDER WHERE WE LAND
TOM PETTY – HYPNOTIC EYE
J MASCIS – TIED TO A STAR
UNWOUND – NO ENERGY
EX HEX – RIPS
HORRORS – LUMINOUS
WOO – INTO THE HEART OF LOVE (REISSUE)
HOLY WAVE – RELAX
FUTURE ISLANDS – SINGLES
WAR ON DRUGS – LOST IN THE DREAM
GOAT – COMMUNE
ANGEL OLSEN – BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS
LIARS – MESS
TY SEGALL – MANIPULATOR
SHELLAC – DUDE INCREDIBLE
Matt Orenstein
Bitchin Bajas – s/t
Ex Hex – Rips
Shellac – Dude Incredible
Slushy – Pastime Gardens
Aphex Twin – Caustic Window
Michael Jackson – Xcape
People Under the Stairs – 12 Step Program
Chromeo – White Women
Loscil – Sea Island
Run The Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
CHRIS W.
MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2014 (non Hip-Hip/R&B)
25) ZOLA JESUS “Taiga” (MUTE)
24) LIARS “Mess” (MUTE)
23) GOAT “Commune” (Sub Pop)
22) WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM “Celestite” (ARTEMISIA)
21) LEYLAND KIRBY “Breaks My Heart Each Time” (APOLLO)
20) MELVINS “Hold It In” (IPECAC)
19) TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS “Gone Girl (soundtrack)” (COLUMBIA)
18) INVENTIONS (MATTHEW COOPER & MARK T. SMITH) “Inventions” (TEMPORARY RESIDENCE)
17) BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE “Piano Nights” (IPECAC)
16) THOM YORKE “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” (SELF-RELEASED)
15) FKA twigs “LP1” (YOUNG TURKS)
14) DUM DUM GIRLS “Too True” (SUB POP)
13) ANGEL OLSEN “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” (JAGJAGUWAR)
12) CLIFF MARTINEZ “The Knick (Music from the Original Series) (soundtrack)” (MILAN RECORDS)
11) BRYAN FERRY “Avonmore” (BMG)
10) WARPAINT “Warpaint” (ROUGH TRADE)
9) MICA LEVI “Under the Skin (soundtrack)” (MILAN RECORDS)
8) THE ACID “Liminal” (MUTE/INFECTIOUS)
7) DEAN BLUNT “Black Metal” (ROUGH TRADE)
6) EDWARD KA-SPEL & PHILIPPE PETIT “Are You Receiving Us, Planet Earth?” (RUSTBLADE)
5) EARTH “Primitive and Deadly” (SOUTHERN LORD)
4) JANE WEAVER “The Silver Globe” (FINDERS KEEPERS)
3) LANA DEL REY “Ultraviolence” (UMG RECORDINGS)
2) ST. VINCENT “St. Vincent” (LOMA VISTA/ REPUBLIC)
1) FUTURE ISLANDS “Singles” (4AD)
MY FAVORITE HIP HOP/R&B ALBUMS OF 2014
15) DIE ANTWOORD “Donker Mag” (ZEF)
14) BLACK KNIGHTS “Medieval Chamber” (RECORD COLLECTION)
13) BLACK MILK “If There’s a Hell Below” (COMPUTER UGLY)
12) SHABAZZ PALACES “Lese Majesty” (SUB POP)
11) THEOPHILUS LONDON “Vibes” (WARNER BROS.)
10) GHOSTFACE KILLAH “36 Seasons” (SALVATION/TOMMY BOY)
9) GIRL TALK & FREEWAY “Broken Ankles EP” (DATPIFF.COM)
8) TREE “The MCTREEG EP” (SCION AV PRESENTS)
7) PRINCE & 3rdEYEGIRL “PlectrumElectrum” (NPG/WARNER BROS.)
6) HOMEBOY SANDMAN “White Sands EP” (STONES THROW)
5) KID CUDI “Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon” (WICKED AWESOME/REPUBLIC)
4) ROME FORTUNE “Beautiful Pimp 2” & “Small VVorld” (DATPIFF.COM)
3) FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB “Piñata” (MADLIB INVAZION)
2) THE ROOTS “…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin” (DEF JAM)
1) PRINCE “Art Official Age” (NPG/WARNER BROS.)
Lea Board
(In no particular order)
1. Ty Segall “Manipulator”
2. Cloud Nothings “Here and No Where Else”
3. Balduin “All in a Dream”
4. Zig Zags “Zig Zags”
5. Pink Mountaintops “Get Back”
6. Twin Peaks “Wild Onion”
7. Temples “Sun Structures”
8. Taylor Swift “1989”
9. Ex Hex “Rips”
10. Angel Olsen “Burn Your Fire For No Witness”
11. Meatbodies “Meatbodies”
12. Flying Lotus “You’re Dead!”
13. Various Artists “Killed by Deathrock Vol. 1”
14. Hookworms “Hum”
15. White Fence “For the Recently Found Innocent”
Steven Rahman
In no particular order:
1) Mello Music Group’s 2014 Catalog
I tried really hard to narrow this down, but after really thinking about it, I could make a year end list of just stuff from this label. If you like Hip Hop, you WILL find something in this year’s releases that you will be listening to for years to come. Probably my most favoritest of the group is the Castle “Return of the Gasface: the Has-Lo Passages.” DOPE!
2) Hari Kondabolu “Waiting for 2042”
I don’t think I’ve ever included a comedy record, but Hari is not just funny, he’s funny, poignant, deeply relevant, & totally worth a listen.
3) The Internet “Feel Good”
Technically this was released at the end of last year, but for whatever reason there was a re-release issued this year, so… yeah. The Internet (OFWGKTA) is Syd the Kyd & Matt Martians. Many know of Syd as the engineer for a number of the early OF tapes, but here she serves as lyricist & vocalist. She’s got this really soft, sweet voice that really works well to compliment the grooves that Matt Martians put down on the bass & synthesizers. So cleanly produced, it sounds wonderful.
4) Robert Ellis “Lights from the Chemical Plant”
I’d include this just for the absolutely amazing cover of Paul Simon’s “Still Crazy After All These Years,” but this album is more than that. The writing is amazing. And while this is a much more Pop album than his prior work, but it’s still so very purely country & I really really like it.
5) Otis Brown III “The Thought of You”
Excellent Jazz record. There’s a lot of action happening on this record, it’s very deep & layered, & beautiful. Brown leads from the drums without overwhelming the other wonderful musicians he’s playing with: Subtle fills & elaborations that give weight to the percussion in a way that makes him the star while he carries the weight of the rhythm.
6) Kimbra “The Golden Echo”
Probably best known for here collaboration with Gotye on the most ubiquitous song of last year & her incredibly colorful, quirky videos, she came to my attention through a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop til You Get Enough” she did with Janelle Monae. “The Golden Echo” is a combination of R&B ideas with electronic instrumentation & big pop elements, & her voice is big & beautiful & expertly manipulated for some really cool textures.
7) Run the Jewels “RTJ2”
The internet’s immediate response to this record? Pictures of cars exploding. That’s it that’s all. Just a bunch of people telling the world that the “RTJ2” record was so awesome, it was destroying vehicles, & while the internet is prone to exaggeration… it’s actually that good.
8) The Roots “& Then You Shoot Your Cousin”
The Roots are in a whole new place, slowly but surely making strides in the incorporation of elements we’ve never heard in Hip Hop. They’re breaking down & rebuilding the genre before our very eyes & while it’s not the jazzy boom bap of the early days, there’s something about this record that when you hear it sort of screams the Roots.
9) Cyhi the Prynce “Hystori: Black History Project”
Every crew has a member that just sort of comes off weak… Until this record I thought Cyhi was the weak link of the G.O.O.D. Music label, but this right here, BANGS. This is two 15s in a Cadillac music. Straight up punchlines, street talk, & a lot of references to Black historical figures.
10) Big K.R.I.T “Cadillactica”
Speaking of 2 15s & a Cadillac music… Krizzle’s “Cadillactica” takes all the mixtape promise & puts it together for a Def Jam release that will have you rattling windows, & cruising through the hood at 12mph. Amazing, powerful rap music with one foot in the church & one foot in the shake joint.
P.S. Childish Gambino “Because the Internet”
I know, I know this actually came out in December of last year, & I was gonna leave it off the list, but it totally deserves a spot. This one was good from the first listen, it also has a very weird feel to it, Gambino is already left of center, but this is worlds better than “Camp” or the mixtapes. It draws from a lot of sources, there’s some Yeezus in there; a whole lot of Drake; a little “Channel Orange” for good measure, but this record owes as much to the major players in pop today as it does to Andre 3000 & the “Love Below.” Yeah Gambino can be corny, but the music’s still dope.
Honorable mentions:
Ana Tijoux “Vengo,” Oasis “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory [Reissue],” Lee Corey Oswald “Regards,” Schoolboy Q “Oxymoron,” Cheap Girls “Famous Graves,” Jose James “While You Were Sleeping,” Weezer “Everything Will Be Alright in the End,” Homeboy Sandman “Hallways”
Thor Jorgenson
EYEHATEGOD – EYEHATEGOD
ST. VINCENT – ST. VINCENT
CASTLE & HAS-LO – RETURN OF GASFACE
FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB – COCAINE PINATA
FLOOR – OBLATION
Derek Medley
Aphex Twin — “Syro”
Atom TM — “Ground Loop”
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma — “Songs of Forgiveness/ Songs of Remembrance”
Jordan de la Sierra — “Gymnosphere”
Delia Derbyshire/ Barry Bermange — “The Dreams: Inventions for Radio”
Tom Dissevelt — “Fantasy in Orbit”
Future Sound of London — “Environment 5”
Roberto Gerhard — “Electronic Explorations”
Angus MacLise — “New York Electronic, 1965”
Aleksi Perälä — “Colundi Sequence”
Jean-Claude Risset — “Music from Computer”
VHS Head — “Persistence of Vision”
Reilly Gill
not in any particular order…
– ex cult “midnight passenger” (goner records)
– gap dream “shine your light” (burger records)
– shabazz palaces “lese majesty” (sub pop)
-d’angelo & the vanguard “black messiah” (rca)
– king tuff “black moon spell” (sub pop)
– interpol “el pintor” (matador)
– white fence “for the recently found innocent” (drag city)
– j fernandez “memorize now” (Atelier ciseaux)
– liars “mess” (mute)
– todd terje “it’s album time” (olsen)
– war on drugs “lost in the dream” (secretly canadian)
– freddie gibbs & madlib “pinata” (madlib invazion)
– ninos de brasil “novos misterios” (hospital)
– black milk “if there’s a hell below” (computer ugly)
– christopher owens “a new testament” (turnstile)
-pure x “angel” (fat possum)
Karissa Talanian
01 – Balduin – All In A Dream (LP/cass, Sunstone Records/Eye Vybe)
Little-known studio magician churns out glimmering baroque psych pop nuggets from his village in Bern, Switzerland.
02 – Wand – Ganglion Reef (LP, Drag City)
Cal Arts students get the Ty Segall production treatment and blow everyone out of their seats with this majestic explosion of wizard-defeats-mountain psych. FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Raises the bar for the hard rock/psych community.
03 – Perfume – s/t (Cass, Maximum Pelt)
Ex member of local punk legends Snacks (drummer moved to LA and joined the aforementioned Wand) forms a band with his best friend and the result is teenage angst & apathy perfection. Whatever forever.
04 – King Tuff – Black Moon Spell (LP&CD/cass, Sub Pop/Burger)
With legendary producer Bobby Harlow (one half of THE GO) at the helm, this swirling inferno of searing guitars, driving drums and a generous amount of hand claps and tambourine is a hit for teenyboppers and hardened guitar-pop fans alike.
05 – The People’s Temple – Weekend’s Time (LP/cass, State Capital/Eye Vybe)
Lazy summer tunes from Michigan’s kings of garagey psych surf. Their second full length of 2014 and their most dynamic release since their debut “Sons of Stone”.
06 – MAMA – Speed Trap (Cass, Postcaring Recordings)
Explosive power-pop-rawk’n’roll from Chicago’s underground. “Open Secret” might has well have been oozing from every car radio set to 97.1 since 1983. These guys rock and rule. Recorded by George and Alex of People’s Temple no less!
07 – John Krautner – Northwood/Lion’s Eye (45, Chatham)
Bubblegum goodness from the other half of THE GO’s new solo project.
08 – Pink Floyd – The Endless River
C’mon, Pink Floyd released an album in 2014. Pretty nutty, eh?
09 – REISSUE: Can – Monster Movie/Tago Mago/Ege Bamyasi/Delay/Soundtracks/Future Days/etc (LP, Mute)
Any self respecting music fan needs only two things: a decent stereo system, and every CAN album on vinyl. MUTE makes this attainable with affordable remastered versions of every record in their catalog.
10 – REISSUE: Led Zeppelin – I/II/III/IV/Houses of the Holy
Reissues like this can always be hit or miss, but these genuinely sound better, are beautiful, and each come with a bunch of extra material that is totally worth the extra cash. The alternate version of “Immigrant Song” on the deluxe reissue of III kills.
TOP 10 SHOWS
March 21 – NEST EGG at Wally World
March 24 – KRAFTWERK at the Riviera
April 27 – LOOP & THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE at the Bottom Lounge
May 18 – ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE at Double Door
June 6 – THE MEMORIES at Wally World
June 13 – SILVER APPLES at Bohemian National Cemetery
July 25 – MEXICAN SLANG, LIL TITS, THUNDERS & PCWSYNDICATE at Wally World
August 23 – JACCO GARDNER at the Empty Bottle
September 18 – NIK TURNER (of Hawkwind) with Hedersleben at the Beat Kitchen
October 11 – OUTER MINDS with FRED SCHNEIDER (of the B-52’s) at Logan Square Auditorium
Jake Lingan
Best of the past year, in no particular order-
Records-
“Blank Project” by Neneh Cherry
“Chills on Glass” by Dead Rider
“Traces Three” Recollection GRM compilation
“The Honeymoon Workbook” by Goodwill Smith
“Flatland” by Objekt
“Wrong Intersection”/ “Trouble” by Kevin Drumm
“Shriek” by Wye Oak
“No Energy”/ “Rat Conspiracy” by Unwound
“Then It All Came Down” by Wrekmeister Harmonies
“Offering: Live At Temple University” by John Coltrane
“12 Stations/ Tolv Stationer 1978 – 2001” by Ákos Rózmann
“Hidden Cities” by Horse Lords
“Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose” by Jordan De La Sierra
“Black Metal” by Dean Blunt
“All Kinds of You” by Ryley Walker
“Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics” reissue by Brian Eno and Jon Hassell
“Sun, Zoom, Spark: 1970 to 1972” by Captain Beefheart
“Car & Freezer” by Eiko Ishibashi
“Divide and Exit” by Sleaford Mods
“First Demo” by Fugazi
“Commissions I” by Oneohtrix Point Never
Live-
Fred Frith at Constellation
Sun Ra Arkestra at Jazz Fest
Swans at Lincoln Hall
Dead Rider at Hideout and Empty Bottle
Charlemagne Palestine at Constellation
Nazoranai at Empty Bottle
Wrekmeister Harmonies scoring “Häxan” at Double Door
Peter Brötzmann at Constellation
Angela Ziles
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
Total Control – Typical System
D’angelo & the Vanguard – Black Messiah
Viet Cong – Cassette
Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers
White Fence – For The Recently Found Innocent
Earth – Primitive & Deadly
Liars – Mess
Shellac – Dude Incredible
Aphex Twin – Syro
Melkbelly – Pennsylvania
SQÜRL – EP #3
Nazoranai – the most painful time happens only once has it happened already..?
Mac Miller – Faces
Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste
Bitchin Bajas – Bitchin Bajas
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
Oozing Wound – Earth Suck
Marissa Nadler – July
Ex Hex – Rips
Black Hippies – Black Hippies
Austerity Program – Beyond Calculation
Reissues and Compilations:
Sun Ra & His Arkestra – Marshall Allen Presents: In the Orbit of Ra
Unwound – No Energy and Rat Conspiracy
V/A I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70
V/A Only Lovers Left Alive (Soundtrack)
Soul Jazz Records: (killing it as always! my list could go on forever with this label)
V/A Black Fire! New Spirit!: Radical & Revolutionary Jazz In The USA 1957- 1982
V/A New Orleans Soul: The Original Sound Of New Orleans Soul 1960- 1976
V/A Studio One Rocksteady
V/A Studio One Dancehall: Sir Coxsone in the Dance
V/A Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955- 1969
V/A Gipsy Rhumba: the Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965- 1974
Mississippi Records: (same could be said about Mississippi, shining a beautiful light on music history’s past)
Lori Goldston: Creekside: Cello Solo
Dezurik Sisters – Yodel & Sing Their Greatest Hits
V/A Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 1-4
V/A Emotional, Cosmic & Occult World of Joe Meek
V/A My Intention Is War: Trinidad Calypsos 1928- 1948
V/A Ghost Woman Blues: Country Blues 1927- 1952
Michael Gillilan
some records I really enjoyed from this year, in no particular order!
Actress – Ghettoville (Werk Dics)
Grouper – Ruins (Kranky)
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)
Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 9 (Kompakt)
Donato Dozzy and Nuel – Aquaplano Sessions (Spectrum Spools)
Vesuvio Solo – Favors (Atelier Ciseaux)
Traxman – Da Mind of Traxman, vol. 2 (Planet Mu)
Lee Gamble – Koch (PAN)
Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes Volumes 3 & 4 (Type)
Dirty Beaches – Stateless (Zoo Music)
Voices from the Lake – Velo Di Maya (Bunker New York)
Reissues/ Compilations
The Clientele – Suburban Light (Merge)
Luciano Cilio – Dell’Universo Assente (Die Schachtel)
Francis Bebey – Psychedelic Sanza 1982-84 (Born Bad)
K. Leimer – A Period of Review (RNVG)
Angus Maclise – New York Electronic, 1965 (Sub Rosa)
Woo – When the Past Arrives (Drag City)
Matt Jencik
The Acid Liminal
Aphex Twin Syro
At the Gates Red in the Skies is Ours LP reissue
Black Hippies s/t LP reissue
Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry
John Coltrane Offering
Miles Davis Live at the Fillmore 1970: Bootleg Series Volume 3
Jordan De La Sierra Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange Dreams: Inventions for Radio
Tom Diabo Dark Star
DJ Rashad Double Cup (late 2013 R.I.P.)
Don Caballero Five Pairs of Crazy Pants: Wear ‘Em
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde Someday World
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno Live in Paris
Fugazi First Demo
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Pinata
Philip Glass How Now Strung Out
Grouper Ruins
Heron s/t LP reissue
Icecross s/t LP reissue (late 2013)
J&Y s/t
Ariel Kalma An Evolutionary Music: Original Recordings 1972-79
Last Ex s/t
Led Zeppelin all reissues
Harry Manfredini Friday the 13th soundtrack
Nasheim Solens Vemod
Tara Jane O’Neil Where Shine New Lights
Outsiders Close Up LP reissue
Psalm Zero Drain
Scharpling & Wurster Rock, Rot & Rule on vinyl!!
Scream Factory Blu-Ray releases
Del Shannon Further Adventures of Charles Westover LP reissue
Slint Spiderland boxset
Space Lady Greatest Hits
Total Control Typical System
Laurence Vanay Evening Colours & Galaxies reissues
Winterfylleth Divination of Antiquity
Woods of Desolation As the Stars
Thom Yorke Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
Various Artists I’m Just Like You: Sly Stone’s Flower 1969-70
Various Artists Only Lovers Left Alive soundtrack & film
Various Artists Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
Shows
Neko Case
The Cure
Kim & Kelley Deal at Reckless
Hot Snakes
Kraftwerk
Angel Olsen
Slowdive
Spires That in the Sunset Rise
Wrekmeister Harmonies/ Ryley Walker/ Circuit Des Yeux
Neil Young
Kevin Hein
In no particular order:
Trevor Luikart- Angelica
Aphex Twin- Syro
Sun Kil Moon- Benji (also War On Drugs Suck My Cock)
Angel Olsen- Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Eyehategod- s/t
Sky Ferreira- Night Time, My TIme
Ant’lrd- Biblioteca Nod Out
Bob Mould- Beauty & Ruin
Floor- Oblation
Mac Demarco- Salad Days
Jefre Cantu Ledesma- Songs Of Forgiveness
J Mascis- Tied To A Star
Goatwhore- Constricting Rage of the Merciless
Cheatahs- s/t
Godflesh- A World Lit Only By Fire
Yellow River Boys- Urinal Street Station
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib- Pinata
Iron Reagan- Tyranny Of Will
Tom Walczyk
(in no particular order)
Bob Mould- Beauty & Ruin (Merge Records)
Shellac- Dude, Incredible (Touch & Go)
Damaged Bug- Hubba Bubba (Castle Face)
Pink Mountain Tops – Get Back (Jagjaguwar)
Morgan Delt- S/T (Trouble in Mind)
Ty Segall- Manipulator (Drag City)
Temples- Sun Structures (Fat Possum)
White Fence- For the Recently Found Innocent (Drag City)
Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else (Carpark)
Black Angels-Clear Lake Forest
Chris Connelly
1:COCKSURE “T.V.M.A.L.S.V.”
2:SARAH SILVERMAN “WE ARE MIRACLES”
3:MORRISSEY “WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS”
4:”THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SOCIETY” PUNK 45 VOL 2-VARIOUS ARTISTS
5:SBTRKT “WONDER WHERE WE LAND”
6:COCKSURE “TKO MINDFUCK EP”
7:FINI TRIBE “DETESTIMONY REMIXES”
8:MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO “COMET, COME TO ME”
9:REVOLTING COCKS “BEERS STEERS AND QUEERS” REMASTER/REISSUE
10:RUBY “WAITING FOR LIGHT”
11:REBECCA PIDGEON “BAD POETRY”
12:CONSUMER LECTRONICS “ESTUARY ENGLISH”
13: ROBERT WYATT “DIFFERENT EVERY TIME”
14:POP GROUP “WE ARE TIME”
15:BLOCKADER “RECORDINGS 83-88”
16:SCOTT WALKER & SUNN O))) “SOUSED”
Ben Crowell
Killed By Deathrock vol.1 – V/A – Sacred Bones
Psychedelic Sanza – Francis Bebey – Born Bad
Dark Star – Tom Diabo – Captured Tracks
Then It All Came Down – Wrekmeister Harmonies – Thrill Jockey
Evilspeak Blu-Ray – Scream Factory
Live in Paris 28.05.1975 – Fripp & Eno – Opal
Tche Belew – Hailu Mergia & The Walias – Awesome Tapes
Dreams – Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange – Psychic Sound
Libertine – Silkworm – Comedy Minus One
Witchboard – Blu-Ray -Scream Factory
Anthony Illarde
BALDUIN – All In A Dream (Sunstone/Eye Vybe)
FRANCIS BEBEY – Psychedelic Sanza 1982-84 (Born Bad)
BUDOS BAND – Burnt Offering (Daptone)
MELANIE DE BIASIO – No Deal (Play It Again Sam)
ENERGY GOWN – Evening Molasses (Alona’s Dream)
HUSHDROPS – Tomorrow (HD)
HAILU MERGIA & THE WALIAS – Tche Belew (Awesome Tapes From Africa, reissue)
SEX PISTOLS – Spunk (Ingrooves, reissue)
ERIC SIDAY – Ultra Sonic Perception (Dual Planet, reissue)
NIKKI SUDDEN – Texas & Robespierre’s Velvet Basement (Secretly Canadian, reissues)
SUN RA – In The Orbit Of Ra (Strut)
FILMAGE: THE STORY OF DESCENDENTS/ALL (Rogue Elephant, DVD)
SACRIFICIAL YOUTH (Regressive Films, DVD)
SUPER DUPER ALICE COOPER (Eagle Vision, DVD)
TIMMY QUINLAN’S FAVORITES OF 2014
D’angelo & the Vanguard – Black Messiah
People Under the Stairs – 12 Step Program
Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else
Madlib – Pinata Beats
King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
The Budos Band – Burnt Offering
Shellac – Dude Incredible
Hailu Mergia & The Walias – Che Belew
Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead3
Chromeo – White Women
The Black Angels – Clear Lake Forest
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
Aphex Twin – Syro
Souls of Mischief & Adrian Younge – There is Only Now
Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
Taylor Swift – 1989
IF IT’S RELEASED BEFORE THE YEAR’S END: Kendrick Lamar “TBA”
Eric Lipe
FUTURE ISLANDS—-SINGLES
IGGY AZALEA–THE NEW CLASSIC
LYKKE LI—I NEVER LEARN
CHROMEO—WHITE WOMEN
BETTY WHO—TAKE ME WHEN YOU GO
JESSIE WARE—TOUGH LOVE
HOSIER—HOSIER
ANNIE LENNOX—NOSTALGIA
TAYLOR SWIFT—1989
RUN THE JEWELS—RTJ2
Stephen Sowley
2014 (no rank/I miss DJ Rashad)
MadGibbs—Cocaine Pinata
Yi—Crying
Minutes—Roland
Run The Jewels—RTJ 2
Good Throb—Fuck Off
Millie & Andrea—Drop The Vowels
Actress—Ghettoville
Protomartyr—Under Color Of Official Right
Obnox—Louder Space
The Gotobeds—Poor People Are Revolting
Total Control—Typical System
Lowest Form—Negative Ecstasy
John Coltrane—Offering: Live At Temple University
Lee Gamble—Koch
V/A—Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles
Numbers Band—Jimmy Bell’s Still In Town (reissue)
SND—TPlay/Newtables/Travelog (Reissues)
Transillusion—The Opening Of The Cerebral Gates (Reissue)
Powell—Club Music 12”
Demdike Stare—Test Pressing #006 12”
DJ Rashad—We On One 12”
Frau—Punk Is My Boyfriend 7”
Hysterics—Can’t I Live? 7”
Permanent Ruin—San Jose 7”
Kim Deal—Biker Gone 7”
Nots—Fix/Modern 7”
Bad Canoes—Sisterhood Is Powerful (Cassette)
Live: Split Feet/Perfect Pussy/Haki/The Repos/Institute/Bad Canoes/Una Bestia Incontrolable/DJ Spinn/Ratka/No Statik/Cold Beat/Flesh World/The Sun Ra Arkestra/Forward Antenna Technologies/Theo Parrish/Ex Hex/Broken Prayer/Bad Side/Speedy Ortiz
Kip Mccabe
1. Shellac “Dude Incredible”
2. A Winged Victory For The Sullen “Atomos”
3. Loscil “Sea Island”
4. Cliff Martinez “The Knick” (Soundtrack)
5. Grouper “Ruins”
6. Liars “Mess”
Mark Lux
15 for 2014
watery Love decorative feeding
fugazi demo tapes
budos band burnt offering
junzo suzuki 7
beck morning phase
electric wizard time to die
steve gunn way out weather
koudede guitars from agadez 7
truth & janey erupts (reissue)
todd rundgren bbc session
solaris (lauries planet of sound reissue)
laurence vanay galaxies (reissue)
sadahiro yamada ok to exist do nothing
brainiac five when silence was sound
chris forsyth intensity ghost
Gar Brandt
1. Fur Coats “League of extraordinary Octopuses”
2. Liars “Mess”
3. Mysteries “New Age Music Is Here”
4. Raspberry Bulbs “Privacy”
5. Skull or The Skull “For Those Which Are Asleep”
6. Mogwai “Rave Tapes”
7. Lawrence Arms “Metropole”
8. Ru Paul “Born Naked”
9. Behemoth “Satanist”
10. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib “Pinata”
11. EMA “Future’s Void”
12. Future Islands “Singles”
13. OFF! “wasted Years”
14. Swans “To Be Kind”
15. Warm Soda “Young Reckless Hearts”
16. Goat “commune”
17. Spoon “They Want My Soul”
18. Thee Oh Sees ” Drop”
19. Horrors “luminous”
20. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) “Soused”
21. War on Drugs “Lost In The Dream”
Books:
Dave Hofer “Perpetual Conversation: 30 Years & Counting In the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker”
Brian Czarnik “Just Words”
SHOWS
Marc Ruvolo Solo New Years Eve 12/31/13 Fireside Bowl
Fuck You Pay Me, Pillage, Full on & Glov 3/29/14 5PM
Township
Most Played Live Album on “Friday Night Live With Gar Brandt”
Millie Jackson’s “Live & Outrageous” 🙂
Bryan Smith
25 years of Reckless in Chicago!
20 years of Reckless in Wicker Park! (October 1994)
Aphex Twin – Syro 2lp
Built To Spill – Ultimate Alternative Wavers on LP finally!
Crime – Murder BY Guitar reissue
Earth – Primitive & Deadly 2lp
Entombed – Wolverine Blues LP reissue (finally!)
Ex Hex – Rips
Fix – Vengeance 2×7″ reissue
Floor – Oblation 2LP
Folk Music of the Sahel Vol.1: Niger 2lp
Frantix – My Dad’s A Fuckin’ Alcoholic reissue
Lecherous Gaze – Zeta Reticuli BLues
Lord Mantis – Death Mask
Mayhem – Esoteric Warfare
Ngozi Family – Day of Judgement reissue
The Shrine – Bless Off
The Skull – For Those Which Are Asleep
Triptykon – Melana Chasmata LP
used classical CDs (so cheap these days!)
forgot to put on the 2013 list:
Arnold Dreyblatt & Megafaun – Appalachian Excitation
Risa Tolentino
Aphex Twin “Syro”
William Onyeabor – Box Set
Sun Kil Moon “Benji”
Theo Parrish “American Intelligence”
Amen Dunes “Love”
Bing & Ruth “Tomorrow Was the Golden Age”
Rich Gang “Tha Tour Part 1”
Woo “Into The Heart of Love”
Bedhead “Transaction de Novo”/”1992-1998”/”WhatFunLifeWas”/”Beheaded”
War On Drugs “Lost In A Dream”
Swans “To Be Kind”
Brian Eno & Karl Hyde “High Life”
Bitchin Bajas (2xLP on Drag City)
Moodymann S/T
Emerald Web “Whispered Visions”
Dan Maloney
My favorite New Records of 2014
1.) D’angelo & the Vanguard – Black Messiah
2.) War On Drugs- Lost In a Dream
3.) Total Control- Typical System
4.) Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
5.) Todd Terje- It’s Album Time
6.) Freddie Gibbs/ Madlib- Pinata
7.) Run The Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
8.) Angel Olsen- Bury Your Fire For No Witness
9.) Sun Kil Moon- Benji
10.) Courtney Barnett- Double Ep- A Sea of Split Peas
11.) Horrors- Luminous
12.) Sharon Van Etten- Are We There
13.) Taylor Swift- 1989
14.) Hiss Golden Messenger- Lateness of Dancers
15.) Beck- Morning Phase
16.) Scott Walker/ Sunn O)))- Soused
Reissues (in no particular order)
1.) Ned Doheny- Separate Oceans
2.) Woo- Into The Heart of Love
3.) Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange- Dreams: Inventions for Radio
4.) Country Funk Vol. 2- Various Artists
5.) Bobby Charles- S/t
6.) Mark Lanegan- Has God Seen My Shadow?
7.) Mike Cooper- Trout Steel/ Places I Know/ Machine Gun
8.) South Side Story vol 23- Various artists
9.) Unwound- Rat Conspiracy/ No Energy
10.) New Orleans Soul- Original Sound Of New Orleans Soul 1966-76
11.) Thor’s Hammer- If You Knew: Icelandic Punk & Beat ’65-’67
12.) Colored Balls- Heavy Metal Kid
13.) The Moles- Flashbacks and Dream Sequences: Story of The Moles
14.) X (Australian Band)- Aspirations
15.) Silver Roads: Australian Country Rock & Singer-Songwriters of the 70’s- Various Artists
16.) Captain Beefheart- Sun Zoom Spark 1970 to 1972
17.) Mineral- Power of Failing
18.) Jawbreaker- 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
19.) Bob Dylan- The Basement Tapes- Bootleg Series vol. 11
20.) Led Zeppelin (all the reissues)
21.) Del Shannon- Further Adventures of Charles Westover
Colin Blanton
BEST OF 2K14 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA- “SONGS OF FORGIVENESS” (baro)
OLLI AARNI- “KOITTAA AIKA” (SUNSHINE LTD.)
BILLY GOMBERG- “CERTAIN WORDS AGAIN & AGAIN” (SUNSHINE LTD.)
BITCHIN BAJAS- S/T CS EDITION (DRAG CITY)
SYMBOL- “ONLINE ARCHITECTURE” (HOLODECK)
ASHAN- “BREATHKNOW” (CONSTELLATION TATSU)
FRIPP & ENO – “LIVE IN PARIS 28.05.1975” (OPAL)
ANGEL OLSEN- “BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO WITNESS” (JAGJAGUAR)
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM – “CELESTITE” (ARTEMISIA RECORDS)
HAKOBUNE/FORMER SELVES/PANABRITE/OLIWA- “OCEANIC TRIANGULATION” (INNER
ISLANDS)
Emily Elhaj
ALBUMS
Viet Cong – Cassette (Mexican Summer)
Rodrigo Amarante – Cavalo (Rough Trade) 2013
Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights (Pias)
Lord Mantis – The Death Mask (Profound Lore)
D’Angelo & the Vanguard – Black Messiah (RCA)
Only Lovers Left Alive OST (ATP)
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead (Warp)
Grouper – Ruins (Kranky)
Music Blues – Things Haven’t Gone Well (Thrill Jockey)
Pure X – Angel (Fat Possum)
COIN – Inside Palace (Opal Tapes)
The Paperhead – Africa Avenue (Trouble In Mind)
Loops Haunt – Exits (Black Acre)
Zath – Black Goat Razor 7″ (Drag City)
Ryley Walker – All Kinds of You (Tompkins Square)
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
Amen Dunes – Love (Sacred Bones)
Cian Nugent & The Cosmos – Born With the Caul (No Quarter)
Spooky Black (Lil Spook) – Black Silk (self-release)
Mac Demarco – Salad Days (Captured Tracks)
Toupée – Yeehaw Grandma 7″ (Lake Paradise Records)
Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles (Numero Group)
Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas (Mom & Pop) 2013
Morgan Delt – s/t (Trouble in MInd)
Hailu Mergia – Tche Belew (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
REISSUES
Craig Leon – Nommos/Visiting (RVNG)
Lambchop – Nixon (Merge)
Heron – s/t (Mapache)
Icecross – s/t (Rockadrome)
Del Shannon – The Further Adventures of Charles Westover (Trouble In Mind Records)
Orange Juice – Rip It Up (Domino)
SHOWS
Judas Priest – Fun Fun Fun
Lauryn Hill – Vega, Copenhagen
Kelela – SXSW
Guerilla Toss – SXSW
Thee Oh Sees – La Route du Rock
William Tyler – Transfigurations
Juana Molina – Primavera
Grouper – Primavera
Slint – El Rey, L.A.
Pharmakon – Baby’s All Right, NYC
Danafest – Foo Bar Too, Nashville
Marissa Nadler/ Rodrigo Amarante – Le 106, Rouen
La Luz – Euro buds
Courtney Barnett – Fun Fun Fun
A$AP Rocky – Capitol Hill Block Party
The War On Drugs – Picathon
Jonathan Richman – Picathon
Mac Demarco – Øya
FKA Twigs anything
Angel Olsen
Brett Andrew Grossman
Angel Olsen “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” (Jagjaguwar)
The Humble Bee & Players “Snowflake” (Other Ideas)
Grouper “Ruins” (Kranky)
The Advisory Circle “From Out Here” (Ghost Box)
Johann Johannsson & Bjnilsen “I am Here” (Ash International)
New Pornographers “Brill Bruisers” (Matador)
Morgan Delt “Morgan Delt” (Trouble in Mind)
Kim Deal “Solo Series” (Kim Deal Music)
Inventions “Inventions” (Temporary Residence)
Orcas “Yearling” (Morr Music)
Bing & Ruth “Tomorrow was the Golden Age” (Rvng Intl)
Chad Van Galen “Shrink Dust” (Sub Pop)
Papercuts “Life Among Savages” (Easy Sound Recording Co./ Memphis Industries)
Woods “With Light and With Love” (Woodsist)
Mica Levy “Under the Skin” soundtrack (Invada)
White Fence “For the Recently Found Innocent” (Drag City)
Hushdrops “Tomorrow” (Hushdrops)
Ian Humberstone & David Chatton Barker “Two Witches” (Devon Folklore Tapes)
Ty Segall “Manipulator/ $ingles 2 (Drag City)
Alessandro Cortini “Sonno” (Hospital Productions)
Thom Yorke “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes” (Self)
Tape “Casino” (Häpna)
Real Estate “Atlas” (Domino)
Elisa Ambrogio “The Immoralist” (Drag City)
Auburn Lull “Hiber” (Geographic North)
Bibio “Green Ep” (Warp)
Peter Sculthorpe / Del Sol Quartet “The Complete String Quartets with Didjeridu” (Sono Luminus)
The Advisory Circle “From Out Here” (Ghost Box)
Sloan “Commonwealth” (Yep Roc)
Symbol “Online Architecture” (Holodeck)
Reissues
Alexis Zoumbas “A Lament for Epirus 1926-1928” (Angry Mom Records)
Bruce Lacey “Spacey Bruce Lacey: Film Music and Improvisations Vol.1 & 2” (Trunk Records)
Science Fiction Park; German Home Recordings Tape Music of the 1980s: Bundesrepblik (Anost)
Lead Kindly Light: Pre-War Music & Photographs from the American South (Dust-to-Digital)
Francis Bebey “Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984” (Born Bad Records)
Else Marie Pade “Et Glasperlespil (Electronic Music 1958-1964)” (Important Records)
Jes Skolnik
Good Throb – Fuck Off LP
Cold Beat – Over Me LP
Kurraka – Kurraka LP
Total Control – Typical System LP
Protomartyr – Under Color Of Official Right LP
Low Life – Dogging LP
Leather – Easy LP
Dark Times – Give LP
Mere Women – Your Town LP
Raspberry Bulbs – Privacy LP
Shellac – Dude Incredible LP
The Gotobeds – Poor People Are Revolting LP
Watery Love – Decorative Feeding LP
East Link – East Link LP
Yi – Crying LP
Rat Columns – Leaf LP
Nun – Nun LP
Born – Born LP
Orden Mundial – Obediencia Debida LP
Juanita y Los Feos – Nueva Numancia LP
Nots – We Are Nots LP
Tercer Mundo – Ser Nosotros Mismos LP
Ex Hex – Rips LP
Siamese Twins – Still Corner LP
Musk – Musk LP
D’Angelo – Black Messiah LP
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata LP
Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2 LP
Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers LP
Pharmakon – Bestial Burden LP
York Factory Complaint – Lost in the Spectacle LP
Ivy – Ivy 12”
DJ Rashad – We On 1 EP
Institute – Giddy Boys EP
Rakta – People 7”
In School – Conquest 7”
Permanent Ruin – Mas Alla De La Muerte 7”
Frau – Punk Is My Boyfriend 7”
Primetime – Primetime 7”