Miscellaneous - Albums of the Year 2014

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published: 8 / 12 / 2014

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Our writers and photographers reflect upon their favourite albums and also their favourite gig of 2014

CARL BOOKSTEIN 1. St. Vincent- St. Vincent 2. Lucinda Williams- Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone 3. Jack White- Lazaretto 4. Beck- Morning Phase 5. Tweedy- Sukierae 6. David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights- End Times Undone 7. War On Drugs- Lost in the Dream Favourite Live Gig: Gary Clark Jr.: Saint Andrews Hall, Detroit, 7/9/2014 MALCOLM CARTER (In no particular order) 1. Dodson and Fogg - In a Strange Slumber 2. Otis Gibbs - Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth 3. Elin Ruth - Here Comes the Storm 4. Simone Felice - Strangers 5. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain 6. Groovy Uncle - Persuaded 7. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold 8. Gypsy Fingers - Circus Life 9. Blues Pills - Blues Pills 10. Deacon Blue - A New House ANDREW CARVER (In no paricular order) 1. Zaum - Oracles 2. Zola Jesus - Taig 3. Zig Zags - Zig Zags 4. Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused 5. Night Satan - Night Satan and the Loops of Doom 6. Ides of Gemini - Old World New Wave 7. Howlin Rain - Live Rain 8. High Spirits - You Are Here 9. Ex Hex - Rips 10. Anthroprophh - Outside The Circle JOHN CLARKSON 1. Band of Holy Joy - Easy Listening 2. Delines- Colfax 3. Morton Valence - Left 4. Billy Idol - Kings and Queens of the Underground 5. V/A - There Must Be a Hole in Your Memory 6. Little Sparrow -Wishing Tree 7. Louise Rutkowski -Diary of a Lost Girl 8. Amber Herd -Our Only Eden 9. Stella Burns/Stella Burns Loves You 10. Claudia Brucken/Where Else Favourite Live Gig: Madam, Morton Valence and Rotifer, The Lexington, London, 31/5/2014 DANIEL CRESSEY 1. Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics 2. Buck 65 - Neverlove 3. Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy 4. Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader 5. Scott H. Biram - Nothin' But Blood 6. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 7. Gruff Rhys - American Interior 8. Slow Club - Complete Surrender NICK DENT-ROBINSON (In no particular order) 1. James Vincent McMorrow - Port Tropical 2. Lana del Rey - UItraviolence 3. Charlie Dore - Milk Roulette 4. Tim Edey - Sailing Over the Seventh String 5. Charlie Wood - New Souvenirs 6. Mo Evans - Spilled My Love 7. Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes DIXIE ERNILL Favourite Live Gig: Brilliant Corners, Popfest, Madrid, 8/3/2014) and Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 5/7/2014 GILLIAN FISH 1. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 2. Sivu - Something On High 3. George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage 4. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animals 5. Merchandise - After the End 6. Temples - Sun Structures 7. Horrors - Luminous 8. Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge 9. Lykke Li - I Never Learn 10. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence Favourite Live Gig: Libertines, Alexandra Palace, London, 27/9/2014 DAVE GOODWIN 1. Future Islands - Singles 2. Die! Die! Die! - Swim 3. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down 4. Mama Kin - The Magician's Daughter 5. Churches - The Bones of What You Believe 6. Lois - The Polperro Horse Bus Company 7. Amber Herd - Our Only Eden 8. Uncle Frank - Smiles For Miles 9. Anna Calvi - One Breath 10. Polica - Shulamith MARIE HAZELWOOD 1. Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony Favourite Live Gig: Miles Kane, Olympia, Liverpool, 30/3/2014 BENJAMIN HOWARTH 1. Roddy Woomble Band – Live in the Inner Hebrides 2. John Howard – Hello My Name Is 3. Ezio – Adam and the Snake 4. Dodson and Fogg – In a Strange Slumber 5. Papernut Cambridge – There's No Underground 6. Kate Rusby – Ghosts 7. Robert Ellis – The Lights from the Chemical Plant 8. Otis Gibbs – Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth 9. Anais Mitchell – xoa 10 Dodson and Fogg – After the Fall Favourite Live Gig: Idlewild (Acoustic), Old Market Theatre, Hove, 22/8/2014 ADRIAN HUGGINS 1. Conan - Blood Eagle 2. Swans - To Be Kind 3. Electric Wizard - Time to Die 4. Bongripper - Miserable 5. Eagulls - Eagulls 6. Aphex Twin - Syro 7. Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs - Psychopomp 8. Future Islands - Singles 9. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World 10. Night Flowes - EP Favourite Live Gig: 65 Days of Static, The Foundry, Sheffield, 20/1/2014 ADRIAN JANES (In no particular order) 1. Morgan Delt - Morgan Delt 2. Black Keys - Turn Blue 3. Engineers - Always Returning 4. Silo - Work 5. This Will Destroy You - Another Language 6. Nightingales - For F**k’s Sake 7. Cool Ghouls - A Swirling Fire Burning through the Rye Favourite Live Gig: Loop, Godflesh, Heaven, London, 4/6/2014 CHRIS JONES 1. Bracken - Exist Resist 2. Comet Gain - Paperback Ghosts 3. Pye Corner Audio - Black Mill Tapes Vol. 3 & 4 4. Real Estate - Atlas 5. Memory Drawings - There is No Perfect Place 6. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation 7. Millie & Andrea - Drop the Vowels 8. Shellac - Dude Incredible 9. Aphex Twin - Syro 10. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers RICHARD LEWIS 1. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 2. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager 3. Jack White - Lazaretto 4. Engineers- Always Returning 5. Cheatahs - Cheatahs 6. Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather 7. Real Estate - Atlas 8. Vacant Lots - Departure 9. By the Sea - Endless Days Crystal Sky 10. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation Favourite Live Gig: Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool, 26/9/2014...27/9/2014 MARY O'MEARA (In no particular order) 1. Johnny Marr - Playland 2. Manic Street Preachers -Futurology 3. Little Sparrow -Wishing Tree 4. Ben Howard - Forgot Where We Are 5. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold Favourite Live Gig: Manic Street Preachers - Apollo, Manchester, 1/4/2014 JAMIE ROWLAND (In no particular order) 1. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There? 2. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness 3. Busdriver - Perfect Hair 4. Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy 5. Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours 6. St Vincent - St Vincent 7. of Arrowe Hill - A Conspiracy of Clocks 8. Aphex Twin - Syro 9. New Pornographers - Bill Bruisers 10. Perfume Genius - Too Bright Favourite Live Gig: Future Islands, Field Day, Victoria Park, London, 8/6/2014 MARK ROWLAND 1. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead! 2. Beck – Morning Phase 3. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days 4. Caribou – Our Love 5. Aphex Twin – Syro 6. St Vincent – St Vincent 7. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There 8. Future Islands – Singles 9. New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers 10. Ty Segall – Manipulator MAARTEN SCHIETHART 1. Fumaça Preta - Fumaça Preta 2. Kasai All Stars - Beware the Fetish 3. Ergo Phizmiz - The Peacock 4. Roll the Dice - Until Silence 5. Xylouris White - Goats 6. Lutine - White Flowers 7. Teho Teardo - Ballyturk 8. Half Man Half Biscuit - Urge For Offal 9. Black Bananas - Electric Brick Wall 10. The Use - What's The Use DOMINIC SIMPSON (In no particular order) 1. Grouper - Ruins 2. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atomos 3. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever 4. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 5. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 6. Aphex Twin - Syro 7. Swans - To Be Kind 8. Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting MELANIE SMITH 1. Jack White – Lazaretto 2. Billy Idol – Kings and Queens of the Underground 3. Ghost Of A Saber Toothed Tiger – Midnight Sun 4. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues 5. Little Sparrow – Wishing Tree 6. Band of Holy Joy – Easy Listening 7. Struts – Everybody wants 8. Brody Dalle – Diploid Love 9. Pierces - Creation 10. Joan as Police Woman - The Classic Favourite Live Gig: Camille O’Sullivan, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 15/8/2014 ANTHONY STRUTT 1. Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm 2. Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business 3. Nick Drake - A Day Gone By 4. Temples - Sun Structures 5. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems 6. R.E.M - Unplugged 7. Echo and the Bunnymen - Meteorites 8) Raveonettes - Pe'AHl. 9. Johnny Marr - Playland. 10. Gene - Remasters Favourite Live Gig; Slowdive, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen, London, 18/5/2014 LISA TOREM 1. Dave Davies - Rippin' It Up 2. Ian McLagan - United States 3. Monster Magnet- Milking the Stars: The Reimagining of Last Patrol 4. Ed Sheeran - x 5. Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out 6. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness 7. Afghan Whigs - Do To the Beast 8. Alfredo Rodriguez - The Invasion Parade 9. Passenger, Whiskers 10. Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear Favourite Live Gig: Ian McLagan, Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, 30/10/2014 PAUL WALLER 1. Conan - Blood Eagle 2. Pontiak - Innocece 3. Wolfmother - New Crown 4. Cosmic Thoughts - Cosmic Thoughts 5. HARK - Crystalline 6. Mastodon- Once More Round the Sun 7. Floor - Oblation 8. Body Hound - Rhombus Now 9. Hang the Bastard - Sex in the Seventh Circle 10. Mars Red Sky - Stranded in Arcadia DENZIL WATSON 1. Philip Parfitt - I'm Not The Man I Used to Be 2. Everlasting Yeah - Anima Rising 3. Spear of Destiny - Thirty One 4. Luke Haines - New York in the '70s 5. Soft Hearted Scientists - The Slow Cyclone 6. Baxter Dury - It's a Pleasure 7. Pete Fij and Terry Bickers - Broken Heart Surgery 8. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 9. Eagulls - Eagulls 10. Sleaford mods - Divide and Exit Favourite Live Gig: Gogol Bordello, O2 Academy, Sheffield, 12/12/2014

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