Another bumper year of music eases to a close with pretty much all the year’s albums now released. This year we’ve collated our 40 favourite LPs that we heard over the last 12 months. Of course there are bound to be a few gems that we didn’t get round to hearing that we’ll discover in the months to come but as of now these are the ones that hit the spot for us here at Doubtful Sounds. Americana music was a big part of what we listened to in 2014 and that is represented in the make-up of our list. If that is your musical cup of tea you can find our full folk and alt-country best-of list over at our Post To Wire blog. That aside, there are still plenty of other styles from brutal metallic riffing to woozy indie gems, primitive electronic poetry and doomy post rock. Hopefully there are a few records here that you haven’t heard yet and might feel inclined to check out. We’d love to hear your favourites in the comments section or on our Facebook page.
- Sun Kil Moon – Benji
- Protomarytr – Under Color of Official Right
- Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
- The Delines – Colfax
- The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
- Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
- Tiny Ruins – Brightly Painted One
- The Felice Brothers – Favorite Waitress
- Little Bastard – Little Bastard
- Infinity Broke – River Mirror
- Earth – Primitive and Deadly
- Dan Michaelson and The Coastguards – Distance
- Blank Realm – Grassed Inn
- Nikki Lane – All Or Nothin’
- Rosanne Cash – The River and the Thread
- Robert Scott – The Green House
- Bernie Griffen & The Thin Men – Salvation
- Tami Neilson – Dynamite!
- Shihad – FVEY
- East Brunswick All Girls Choir – Seven Drummers
- Aldous Harding – Aldous Harding
- Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
- Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans
- Frazey Ford – Indian Ocean
- Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
- David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights – End Times Undone
- J Mascis – Tied to a Star
- Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – Intensity Ghost
- Doug Paisley – Strange Feelings
- Spoon – They Want My Soul
- Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
- Robert Ellis – The Lights From The Chemical Plant
- Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
- Jep and Dep – Word Got Out
- Malcolm Holcombe – Pitiful Blues
- You Beauty – Jersey Flegg
- Peter Bibby – Butcher/Hairstylist/Beautician
- Donny Benet – Weekend At Donny’s
- Sleaford Mods – Divide & Exit
- Shellac – Dude Incredible
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