Breakingthefragile's 2014: First Half
Apologies for this list being tardy, but I had to re-listen to a lot of stuff rjust to be sure. This isn't restricted to just studio albums, I have 2 rOSTs, a live album, and 5 EPs. It's basically just a list of my 50 rfavorite music releases from the last 6 months. Objectivity plays no part rin this, and if an "essential" from the year is missing, just remember that I rcan't listen to everything in such a short amount of time. Cheers! |
50 | | Lakutis 3 Seashells
Alternative Hip Hop / Underground Hip Hop |
49 | | Katy B Little Red
House |
48 | | Broken Twin May
Indie Pop / Minimal |
47 | | Mica Levi Under The Skin OST
Score music / Ambient Noise |
46 | | Brian Blade Landmarks
Avant-garde Jazz |
45 | | Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed
Metalcore / Sludge Metal / Groove Metal |
44 | | Kool A.D. Word O.K.
Alternative Hip Hop / Post-Ironic Rap |
43 | | Tobacco Ultima II Massage
Experimental Electronic / Psychedelic |
42 | | Priests Bodies and Control and Money and Power
Post-Punk / Hardcore Punk |
41 | | Liam Finn The Nihilist
Indie Rock / Dream Pop / Experimental Rock |
40 | | Self Defense Family Try Me
Post-Hardcore / Noise Rock |
39 | | Alcest Shelter
Shoegaze / Post-Rock |
38 | | Archie Bronson Outfit Wild Crush
Psychedelic Rock / Blues Rock / Garage Rock |
37 | | Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World
Slowcore / Shoegaze / Gothic Rock |
36 | | Les Claypool's Duo de Twang Four Foot Shack
Experimental Folk / Alternative Country / Americana |
35 | | Broods Broods
Synthpop / Indie Pop |
34 | | Kangding Ray Solens Arc
IDM / Downtempo |
33 | | Nothing Guilty of Everything
Shoegaze / Dream Pop |
32 | | Linda Perhacs The Soul of All Natural Things
Folk / Psychedelic Folk |
31 | | Eagulls Eagulls
Post-Punk |
30 | | YG My Krazy Life
Hardcore Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap |
29 | | Jamie Isaac Blue Break
Downtempo / Minimal |
28 | | Chevelle La Gargola
Alternative Metal |
27 | | CunninLynguists Strange Journey Volume Three
Alternative Hip Hop |
26 | | Fennesz Becs
Noise / Experimental Ambient |
25 | | Damon Albarn Everyday Robots
Alternative Rock / Electronic |
24 | | Lantlos Melting Sun
Post-Metal / Shoegaze |
23 | | Freddie Gibbs and The World's Freshest The Tonite Show
Hardcore Hip Hop / Gangsta Rap |
22 | | Taylor McFerrin Early Riser
Electronic / Downtempo |
21 | | Boris Noise
Noise Rock / Experimental Metal / Sludge Metal |
20 | | Bohren & Der Club Of Gore Piano Nights
Ambient / Jazz |
19 | | Temples Sun Structures
Neo-Psychedelic Rock / Indie Rock |
18 | | Carla Bozulich Boy
Experimental Folk / Psychedelic Folk |
17 | | Tycho Awake
Ambient / IDM |
16 | | EMA The Future's Void
Noise Rock / Art Pop |
15 | | Asher Roth Retro Hash
Psychedelic Hip Hop / Stoner Rap |
14 | | Fucked Up Year of the Dragon
Hardcore Punk / Progressive Rock |
13 | | Pharoahe Monch PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Underground Hip Hop |
12 | | Dum Dum Girls Too True
Shoegaze / Dream Pop |
11 | | Hiss Tracts Shortwave Nights
Post-Rock / Ambient / Drone |
10 | | St. Vincent St. Vincent
Noise Pop / Baroque Pop: .5 for hair. |
9 | | The Flaming Lips 7 Skies H3
Experimental Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Drone: This is so good that it actually
makes the idea of listening to the 24-hour version not life-destroying. |
8 | | A/T/O/S A/T/O/S
Trip Hop / Alternative R&B: Trip Hop makes a comeback. |
7 | | Thee Silver Mount Zion Hang On to Each Other
Acid Techno / Industrial Dance: I actually like this better than their studio outing
this year. Probably because I'm a sucker for gritty electronica remixes. |
6 | | Mongol Horde Mongol Horde
Hardcore Punk: Frank should shred his ass off more often. |
5 | | D'Angelo Live at the Jazz Cafe, London [Reissue]
R&B / Soul / Jazz: The complete set, and actually in the order performed this time
around. |
4 | | Sevendust Time Travelers and Bonfires
Acoustic Rock / Alternative Metal: In which they finally do away with those bone-headed nu metal riffs, exchange them for
some crisp acoustic sounds, and let nothing get in the way of Lajon's incredible voice. |
3 | | RATKING So It Goes
Alternative Hip Hop / Underground Hip Hop: Fuck clipping., Hip Hop AOTY. "Canal"
basically goes harder than anything. |
2 | | Arcade Fire Her
Score music / Orchestral / Chamber Pop: The fact that something as minimal and
delicate as this was made in the same year as their most grandiose and ambitious
studio album is a testament to how dynamic this is. Absolutely beautiful. |
1 | | Swans To Be Kind
Experimental / Post-Rock / Post-Punk: Better than The Seer. Fuck it. |
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