Friends Of Indie Music Filter: Albums Of 2014
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”