Darkocean's Best Of '14 (so Far)
I haven't heard near the amount of stuff I would have liked to by this point
in the year, but that's dat adult lyfe for ya. :) |
| 1 |  | Crosses
Crosses
Chino Moreno does electro-rock, what can I say? |
| 2 | | Mastodon
Once More Round the Sun
A true mix of Crack the Skye and The Hunter, IMO |
| 3 |  | '68
In Humor and Sadness
Having never heard any of Josh Scogin's projects before this, this album melted my
face. |
| 4 |  | Kishi Bashi
Lighght
Hey I just met you. And this is crazy. But this is a good album. By K. Ishibashi. |
| 5 |  | White Sea
In Cold Blood
Morgan Kibby = dat voice. |
| 6 |  | Mekong Delta
In a Mirror Darkly
Complex riffage with great vox, just how I like my prog thrash. Also, the
instrumental is amazeballs. |
| 7 |  | Say Anything
Hebrews
Best SA album since In Defense and the best moments of the self-titled |
| 8 |  | St. Vincent
St. Vincent
I'm pretty sure "Digital Witness" describes half of my Facebook friends. |
| 9 |  | The Horrors
Luminous
Yes, they ape other bands' sounds, but execution is everything and this album has it. |
| 10 |  | Bo Ningen
III
Absolutely insane vox (dem shrieks), heavy, droney, punky, Japanese, yeah :) |
| 11 |  | Tomas Barfod
Love Me
One of the more enjoyable electronic records I've heard this year. Nice textures. |
| 12 |  | The Fresh & Onlys
House of Spirits
Slightly shoegazey with great production. |
| 13 |  | The Menzingers
Rented World
They don't want to be assholes anymore. I can identify with that. |
| 14 |  | Lone
Reality Testing
Having not heard Galaxy Garden, I am loving the mix of house and hip-hop.
Glorious 7th chords all over this thing. |
| 15 |  | School of Language
Old Fears
"In order to preserve sonic fidelity, this album has been mixed and mastered using
significantly less compression and limiting than most contemporary records. For
maximum listening pleasure, please turn your stereo system UP!" OMG YES |
| 16 |  | Every Time I Die
From Parts Unknown
Deserves all the hype it gets. That instrumental jam at the end of El Dorado hell yea |
| 17 |  | Syd Arthur
Sound Mirror
An homage to the early Canterbury prog/psych scene. |
| 18 |  | clipping.
CLPPNG
Best hip-hop album I've heard in a while, much better than you-know-who's recent
album (although it does kinda suck they broke up). |
| 19 |  | Animals as Leaders
The Joy of Motion
Much more consistent than Weightless, one of my top prog records of the year |
| 20 |  | YG
My Krazy Life
Hilarious concept album. Never thought I'd enjoy something like this, but YG's
commitment to making this an album and not just a collection of songs makes this
a winner in my book. |
| 21 |  | Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed
How to Do a Modern Supergroup 101 |
| 22 |  | The Front Bottoms
Rose
The lyrics on this one make me laugh out loud in the most "that is so true" sense
possible. |
| 23 |  | Eyehategod
Eyehategod
Sludgesludgesludgesludgesludgesludgesludge |
| 24 |  | stOrk
Broken Pieces
R.I.P. Shane Gibson, you went out on a high note |
| 25 |  | Jack White
Lazaretto
Greatest analog production I've heard in quite some time. IMO this tops
Blunderbuss in every way. "Sounds like the Black Keys" my ass, Jack deserves his
place at the top of the garage/psych throne. |
| 26 |  | Epica
The Quantum Enigma
Band name is basically what it says on the tin. power metalzzzzzz m/ |
| 27 |  | Trap Them
Blissfucker
A Kurt Ballou production, what could go wrong? Thought this sounded more like
Converge than ETID anyway |
| 28 | | Shinobi Ninja
Escape from New York
Highly talented rap-rock group. And speaking of rap rock.... |
| 29 |  | Linkin Park
The Hunting Party
The return of my lifelong favorite band does not disappoint |
| 30 |  | Son of Aurelius
Under a Western Sun
These guys are crazy talented, instrumentally and vocally. Prog death with an edge |
| 31 |  | Skindred
Kill the Power
Laugh all you want, these guys are truly their own genre. Increasing the electronic
elements actually helps this band's sound. |
| 32 |  | Voyager
V
Probably the best djent-centric album I've heard this year (besides Intervals' A
Voice Within) |
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