Tis the season for best-of-2014 lists.
In the din and clamor of indulgently long staff-list best-ofs on Pitchfork, artist lists on Boomkat, and self-important blogger bloviating, I thought I’d get in on some of the latter action and add to the noise with my own little rundown of stuff I liked.
You can find further ramblings concerning some of the titles below in my latest Confessions of a Part-Time Audiophile post. Again, I’d like to thank Scot at COAPTA for making space for my writing, and for his continued, gracious, linking-back to this blog.
Happy holidays and thanks for reading. Here’s to a peaceful, productive, kinder and gentler 2015.
FAVORITES OF 2014
Christina Vantzou No2 (Kranky) LP
Slint Spiderland box set reissue (Touch & Go) DVD/LP/FLAC
A Winged Victory For The Sullen Atomos (LP) and Atomos VII (EP) (Kranky/Erased Tapes) LP/WAV
Loscil Sea Island (Kranky) LP
K. Leimer A Period Of Review (RVNG Intl) LP
Janet Feder and Paul Fowler Leavings (self-released) FLAC
Daniel Bachman Orange Co. Serenade (Bathetic) LP
Inventions s/t (Temporary Residence) LP
Hildur Guðnadóttir Saman (Touch) LP
Bryce and Aaron Dessner/Jonny Greenwood St Carolyn By the Sea; Suite from There Will Be Blood (Deutsche Grammophon) FLAC
Steve Gunn Way Out Weather (Paradise of Bachelors) LP
