Owen Pallett

Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2014

First tracks, then honorable mentions, and now Pitchfork has put out their Top 50 Albums of 2014. There’s nothing entirely out of left field, but there’s definitely some surprises here…

Jason of Fang Island forms new band Wins, remixed A Sunny Day in Glasgow (stream) who told us their Top 10 of 2014

A Sunny Day In Glasgow returned this year with Sea When Absent, arguably their most ambitious record to date, and perhaps their most acclaimed too…

Caribou gives us his Top 10 LPs & tracks of 2014

Caribou‘s most recent album, Our Love, has gotten much acclaim this year, showing up on a number of publications’ Best of 2014 lists. If you’re wondering what Caribou main man Dan Snaith’s favorite albums and songs of the year are, you’re in luck — he was nice enough to give us his lists for both…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2014

Pitchfork have begun rolling out their year-end coverage, and today they posted their Top 100 Tracks of 2014. Like every year, it’s a very diverse list, with songs from Taylor Swift, The New Pornographers, iLoveMakonnen, Protomartyr, Cloud Nothings, Rae Sreummurd, Makthaverskan, Ty Segall, Parquet Courts, Azealia Banks, White Lung, Perfect Pussy, Dej Loaf, Migos, Alvvays, Against…

The Guardian's Top 40 Albums of 2014

Sleaford Mods at their US debut (more by PSquared) The Guardian has been sloooowwwlllyyyy revealing their Top 40 Albums of 2014, having rolled out the top 10 one by one over the past 1…

UK site Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2014

UK music site Drowned in Sound is kinda the British equivalent of Pitchfork, albeit with a very strong community aspect to it. They just published their 50 Favourite Albums of 2014 list and while it contains many of the LPs we’ve been seeing on a lot of these lists, it’s a distinctly not-American point of view…

The Quietus list their Albums Of The Year 2014

Now that it’s December, Best of Lists Season is in full swing. If you’re already tired of seeing ones that have The War on Drugs at the top (or near it), you can always rely on UK website The Quietus to offer up something different…

Rough Trade's favorite albums of 2014

Rough Trade NYC on Record Store Day 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As they usually are, Rough Trade Shops are one of the first this year to post their favorite albums of 2014 l…

Owen Pallett made a new video, announced a tour, spoke about Jian Ghomeshi allegations

Owen Pallett at Fuji Rocks 2014 (more by Erina Uemura) Chamber pop musician and violin wizard Owen Pallett released the great In Conflict earlier this year and he’s now back with the video for its title track which was directed by Jason Last and premiered over at Nowness…

Jennifer Castle released an album, touring (dates, LP stream)

Canadian folk singer Jennifer Castle released Pink City, the followup to her 2011 debut Castlemusic, this week (9/2) via No Quarter Records…
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