50 albums of 2014

yeah, i'm one of those jerks who makes lists....at least with music. it started at the WOXY forums several years back and carried over with less fanfare to another website, but now i can just post it here. here are my favorite from 2014.

1) total control- typical system
2) ex-cult- midnight passenger
3) colourmusic- may you marry rich
4) thee oh sees- drop
5) the raveonettes- pe'ahi
6) phantogram- voices
7) war on drugs- lost in the dream
8} dark horses- hail lucid state
9) the drums- encyclopedia
10) ty segall- manipulator
11) teledrome- teledrome
12) spoon- they want my soul
13) afghan whigs- do to the beast
14) trust- joyland
15) sharon van etten- we are there
16) future islands- singles
17) swans- to be kind
18) bear in heaven- time is over one day old
19) operators- EP1
20) pixies- indie cindy
21) liars- mess
22) casket girls- true love kills the fairy tale
23) honeyblood- honeyblood
24) the amazing snakeheads- amphetamine ballads
25) apache dropout- heavy window

26) king tuff- black moon spell
27) trin tran- far reaches EP
28) alvvays- alvvays
29) odonis odonis- hard boiled soft boiled
30) aphex twin- syro
31) beverly- careers
32) dum dum girls- too true
33) milagres- violent light
34) parquet courts- sunbathing animals
35) dub thompson- 9 songs
36) mogwai- rave tapes
37) jungle- jungle
38) temples- sun structures
39) tv on the radio- seeds
40) damaged bug- hubba bubba
41) eagulls- eagulls
42) daughters of the sun- ride to die
43) haley bonar- last war
44) bob mould- beauty and ruin
45) hidden cameras- age
46) tycho- awake
47) lydia ainsworth- right from real
48) carseat headrest- how to leave town
49) shellac- dude incredible
50) vulkano- live wild die free

honorable mention:
garagepunk hideout vol 10- countdown to a breakdown,
adhering to whatever "rules" we used to observe, compilations didn't count but of course it gets a nod!