1. Tree to Grow – The Lone Bellow
The Lone Bellow (Descendant; 2013)
2. Red Eyes – The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian; 2014)
3. Traveling Alone – Jason Isbell
Southeastern (Southeastern; 2013)
4. Afraid of Nothing – Sharon Van Etten
Are We There (Jagjaguwar; 2014) (best album of the year)
5. Waitress Song – First Aid Kit
Stay Gold (Columbia; 2014)
6. Late Bloomer – Jenny Lewis
The Voyager (Warner; 2014)
7. Poor Howard – Robert Plant
Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch; 2014) (despite the distracting song title…)
8. The Devil Is All Around – Shovels & Rope
Swimmin’ Time (Dualtone; 2014)
A short one, but distilled down, this was what my 2014 sounded like…turns out there’s a pretty clear theme, with the roll call going Brooklyn (albeit transplanted from the south), Pennsylvania, Alabama, Brooklyn again, Sweden, California/Nevada, England, South Carolina, with even the two who aren’t ‘from’ there showing a clear yen towards American music.
The Lone Bellow (Descendant; 2013)
2. Red Eyes – The War on Drugs
Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian; 2014)
3. Traveling Alone – Jason Isbell
Southeastern (Southeastern; 2013)
4. Afraid of Nothing – Sharon Van Etten
Are We There (Jagjaguwar; 2014) (best album of the year)
5. Waitress Song – First Aid Kit
Stay Gold (Columbia; 2014)
6. Late Bloomer – Jenny Lewis
The Voyager (Warner; 2014)
7. Poor Howard – Robert Plant
Lullaby and … the Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch; 2014) (despite the distracting song title…)
8. The Devil Is All Around – Shovels & Rope
Swimmin’ Time (Dualtone; 2014)
A short one, but distilled down, this was what my 2014 sounded like…turns out there’s a pretty clear theme, with the roll call going Brooklyn (albeit transplanted from the south), Pennsylvania, Alabama, Brooklyn again, Sweden, California/Nevada, England, South Carolina, with even the two who aren’t ‘from’ there showing a clear yen towards American music.
