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And here’s post #2 of 2 as part of my Friends Of Indie Music Filter poll.  My jury weighs in on their top albums of 2014, listed in order received by IMF.  Head a little further down to put on the soundcloud playlist and listen while you read on.

Jonathan Palmer (SONGS Music Publishing)

1. St. Vincent – “St. Vincent” 2. Sharon Van Etten – “Are We There” 3. Temples – “Sun Structures” 4. St. Paul and The Broken Bones – “Half the City” 5. Dum Dum Girls – “Too True”

Tej Jordan Sandhu (Co-Founder / FANATIC inc.)

1. Jessie Ware – “Tough Love”  2. Sam Smith – “In The Lonely Hour”  3. Spoon – “They Want My Soul” 4. James Vincent McMorrow – “Post Tropical” 5. Jon Bellion – “The Definition”

Geoff Nelson (Staff Writer, IMPOSE magazine)

1. Mac Demarco – “Salad Days” 2. Spoon – “They Want My Soul” 3. The War On Drugs – “Lost in the Dream” 4. Mitski – “bury me at makeout creek” 5. Los Angeles Police Department – “S/T”

David Hayman (Music Supervisor, Super Sonic Creative)

1. Spoon – “They Want My Soul” 2. The War On Drugs – “Lost in The Dream” 3. Run The Jewels – “RTJ2” 4. Mac Demarco – “Salad Days” 5. The Barr Brothers – “Even the Darkness Has Arms”

Rebecca Rienks (Music Supervisor, E! Entertainment)

1. Run the Jewels – “Run the Jewels 2”  2.  Cloud Nothings – “Here and Nowhere Else”  3. The Orwells –  “Disgraceland” 4.  Glass Animals – “Zaba” 5. Single Mothers – “Negative Qualities”

Laura Katz (Music Supervisor, Cutting Edge Group)

1. Spoon – “They Want My Soul” 2. Ex Hex – “Rips” 3. Broncho – “Just Enough Hip to be a Woman” 4. Parkay Quarts – “Content Nausea” 5. Todd Terje – “It’s Album Time”

Greg Danylyshyn (Music Supervisor, Go Big Entertainment)

1. Broncho – “Just Enough Hip to Be A Woman” 2. Castle Project – “The Aftermath of Murder” 3. Obliterations – “Poison Everything” 4. Dawn Golden – “Still Life” 5. Interpol – “El Pintor”

Chris Restivo (Music Supervisor / Toy Box)

TIE For 1st: 1) Caribou – “Our Love” & Run The Jewels – “Run The Jewels 2”  2. BadBadNotGood – “III” 3. Death From Above 1979 – “The Physical World” 4. Little Dragon – “Nabuma Rubberband” 5) Ty Segall – “Manipulator”

Jill Stewart (Musicmill – Music Sup Assistant)

1. The War on Drugs – “Lost In A Dream” 2. Beck – “Morning Phase” 3. Damon Albarn – “Everyday Robots” 4. Steve Gunn – “Way out Weather” 5. Thom Yorke – “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”

Jennifer Smuckler (TV Music Lionsgate)

1. First Aid Kit – “Stay Gold” 2. Warpaint – “Warpaint” 3. Jungle – “Jungle” 4. Empires – “Orphan” 5. Flight Facilities – “Down to Earth”

Marc Z. Gold (Gold Soundz)

1. Spoon – “They Want My Soul” 2. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – “Sea When Absent” 3. Nothing – “Guilty Of Everything” 4. Operators – “EP1” 5. Sun Kil Moon – “Benji”

Dondrea Erauw (Instinct Entertainment)

1. Ryan Adams – “Ryan Adams”  2. Taylor Swift – “1989” 3.  Lights – “Little Machines” 4. General Ghost – “Drifter Painter Drinker Sinker” 5.  The Apache Relay – “The Apache Relay”

Carly Evans (Music Coordinator at All3 Media)

1. Royal Blood – “Royal Blood” 2. Phil Beaudreau – “Ether” 3. Tove Lo – “Queen of the Clouds” 4. Mystery Skulls – “Forever” 5. Ray Lamontagne – “Supernova”

Lisa Lagace (Turn The Record Over)

1. Kevin Drew – “Darlings” 2. Jenny Lewis – “The Voyager” 3. The War On Drugs – “Lost In A Dream” 4. Taylor Swift – “1989” 5. Pink Mountaintops – “Get Back”

Nisha Lakhani (Music Supervisor, Storyboard Music)

1. Ben Khan – “1992”  2. Royal Blood – “Royal Blood” 3. Lana Del Rey – “Ultraviolence” 4. Angel Olsen – “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” 5. The Acid – “Liminal”

Ben Hochstein (Music Supervisor)

1. Cloud Nothings – “Here and Nowhere Else” 2. FKA Twigs – “LP1”  3. The War on Drugs – “Lost in the Dream” 4.  Twin Peaks – “Wild Onion” 5. Sylvan Esso – “Sylvan Esso”

Amine Ramer (States of Sound)

1. Seinabo Sey – “For Madeleine” 2. Caribou – “Our Love” 3. Tom Vek – “Luck” 4. SBTRKT – “Wonder Where We Land” 5. Classixx – “Hanging Gardens”

Zach Hart (We Listen For You)

1. Woods – “With Light And With Love” 2. Sharon Van Etten – “Are We There” 3. Angel Olsen – “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” 4. Antlers – “Familiars” 5. Marissa Nadler – “July”

Tom Hutch (Apollo Studios)

1. Riff Raff – “Neon Icon” 2. Iggy Azalea – “The New Classic” 3. Keys and Krates – “Every Night” EP 4. Odesza – “In Return” 5. Alt-J “This is All Yours”

Heather Guibert (Music Supervisor / Francium Enterprises)

1. SOHN – “Tremors” 2. Jessie Ware – “Tough Love” 3. First Aid Kit – “Stay Gold” 4. Zola Jesus – “Taiga” 5. Sir Sly – “You Haunt Me”

Amanda Krieg Thomas (Music Supervisor, Format)

1. First Aid Kit – “Stay Gold” 2. tUnE-yArDs – “nikki nack” 3. Taylor Swift – “1989” 4. RAC – “Strangers Pt. 1” 5. Lykke Li – “I Never Learn”

Joel C. High (Music Supervisor – creative control)

1. Lowell – “We Loved Her Dearly” 2. Benjamin Booker – “Benjamin Booker” 3. Shakey Graves – “And The War Came” 4. Death From Above 1979 – “The Physical World” 5. St. Vincent – “St Vincent”

Lueda Alia (Founder @ Made of Chalk)
1. Arms and Sleepers – “Swim Team” 2. Raised By Swans – “Öxnadalur” 3. East Forest – “Orbits” 4. Kiasmos – “Kiasmos” 5. Sharon Van Etten – “Are We there”