Photo: Grouper @ the Guggenheim in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Tiny Mix Tapes posted their Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014, and as TMT lists usually are, it’s a pretty eccentric one with a lot of stuff that wasn’t making everyone’s list this year. Sure you’ve got Grouper, Andy Stott, Sun Kil Moon, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Arca, Pharmakon, Perfume Genius, Ariel Pink, Swans and FKA twigs, but you’ve also got Ninos Du Brasil, Gem Jones, James Ferraro, Call Super, C L E A N E R S, Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet and more.
Read their entertaining intro and commentary on the albums here, and browse their full list below…
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Tiny Mix Tapes’s Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014
50. Lil Herb – Welcome to Fazoland (NLMB)
49. The Body – I Shall Die Here (RVNG Intl.)
48. T C F – 486669f0e9b8990384108f3d54c6a8f… (Self-Released)
47. Ai Aso – Lone (Ideologic Organ)
46. Ninos Du Brasil – Novos Mistérios (Hospital)
45. Lee Gamble – Koch (PAN)
44. Death Grips – niggas on the moon (Third Worlds)
43. The Soft Pink Truth – Why Do the Heathen Rage? (Thrill Jockey)
42. Gem Jones – Admiral Frenchkiss (Goaty Tapes)
41. Burial Hex – The Hierophant (Handmade Birds)
40. Beyoncé – Beyoncé (Columbia)
39. Sun Araw – Belomancie (Sun Ark/Drag City)
38. Objekt – Flatland (PAN)
37. James Ferraro – SUKI GIRLZ (Self-Released)
36. Fear Of Men – Loom (Kanine)
35. Dean Blunt – Skin Fade (Self-Released)
34. White Suns – Totem (The Flenser)
33. FKA Twigs – LP1 (Young Turks)
32. Fennesz – Bécs (Editions Mego)
31. Kane West – Western Beats (PC Music)
30. Swans – To Be Kind (Young God/Mute)
29. Call Super – Suzi Ecto (Houndstooth)
28. Aphex Twin – Syro (Warp)
27. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom (4AD)
26. Magic Eye – Babylon (Not Not Fun)
25. Perfume Genius – Too Bright (Matador)
24. Jenny Hval & Susanna – Meshes Of Voice (SusannaSonata)
23. Actress – Ghettoville (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune)
22. Pharmakon – Bestial Burden (Sacred Bones)
21. 18+ – Trust (Houndstooth)
20. Arca – Xen (Mute)
19. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata (Madlib Invazion)
18. Valerio Tricoli – Miseri Lares (PAN)
17. Lil B – 05 Fuck Em (Self-Released)
16. Lotic – DAMSEL in DISTRESS (Janus)
15. PC Music – PC Music x DISown Radio (PC Music/DIS Magazine)
14. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde)
13. E+E – The Light That You Gave Me To See You (Self-Released)
12. copeland – Because I’m Worth It (Self-Released)
11. C L E A N E R S – Real Raga Shit Vol. 1 (Bootleg Tapes)
10. iLoveMakonnen – iLoveMakonnen EP (Self-Released)
09. Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)
08. D/P/I – MN.ROY (Leaving)
07. Giant Claw – DARK WEB (Orange Milk/Noumenal Loom)
06. Ian William Craig – A Turn Of Breath (Recital)
05. Kevin Drumm / Jason Lescalleet – The Abyss (Erstwhile)
04. Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused (4AD)
03. GFOTY – Secret Mix (PC Music)
02. Grouper – Ruins (Kranky)
01. Dean Blunt – Black Metal (Rough Trade)
