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I'm going to write about music here.

Music that I like, how I think about appreciating music, and my explorations in creating my own music.

For now, here's a copy/paste from an Evernote I keep track of music with that I need to clean up:

Favorite Artists of All Time:

  1. Red Hot Chili Peppers

  2. Kanye West

  3. Glass Animals

  4. Whitney

  5. Lemaitre

  6. Tom Misch

  7. King Krule

  8. Chet Faker / Nick Murphy

  9. Kendrick Lamar

  10. Courtney Barnett

 

Honorable Mentions:

  1. The Beatles

  2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra

  3. The Whitest Boy Alive

  4. Arctic Monkeys

  5. Young the Giant

  6. The Black Keys

  7. Mumford and Sons

  8. Peter Bjorn and John

  9. Alabama Shakes

  10. Tame Impala

  11. Anderson .Paak

  12. Childish Gambino

  13. Eminem

  14. Peter Bjorn and John

  15. Alt-J

  16. Two Door Cinema Club

  17. Jungle

  18. Passion Pit

  19. The Shins

  20. Miike Snow

  21. Bob Moses

  22. Mura Masa

  23. Flume

  24. Gramatik

  25. Pretty Lights

  26. JMSN

  27. GoldLink

  28. The Internet

  29. Snail Mail

  30. Solange

  31. Mac DeMarco

  32. Green Day

  33. Blood Orange

  34. Saba

  35. Tyler, The Creator

  36. Frank Ocean

  37. boy pablo

  38. Mild High Club

 

Best Concerts I’ve Been To:

  1. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stadium Arcadium tour) at Oracle Arena

  2. Mumford and Sons at Bonnaroo 2015

  3. Jack White at Coachella 2015

  4. Mac DeMarco at The Independent (OSL after party) in August 2018

  5. Anderson .Paak at Coachella 2016

  6. Lemaitre at The Regency in October 2016

  7. Bob Moses at Coachella 2016

  8. Flume at OSL 2014

  9. Jungle at Fox Theater 2019

  10. LCD Soundsystem at Greek Theater 2018

  11. Alabama Shakes at Greek Theater 2016

  12. Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Fox Theater 2018

  13. Tom Misch at Rickshaw Stop 2017

  14. Jen Cloher + Courtney Barness at Cafe Du Nord 2018

  15. Solange at Greek Theater 2017

  16. Whitney at The Independent 2017

  17. Peter, Bjorn, and John at Rickshaw Stop 2016

  18. Gramatik at Coachella 2015

  19. Afrojack/Sebastian Ingrosso/Martin Solveig at EDC 2011

 

Favorite Albums of All Time:

  1. Light Upon The Lake - Whitney

  2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

  3. ZABA - Glass Animals

  4. The Ooz - King Krule

  5. Thinking in Textures - Chet Faker

  6. Malibu - Anderson .Paak

  7. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

    • Untitled, Unmastered - Kendrick Lamar

  8. Beat Tape 2 - Tom Misch

  9. Chapter One - Lemaitre

  10. IGOR - Tyler, The Creator

  11. Yeezus - Kanye West

  12. Good Kid M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar

  13. Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa

  14. Settle - Disclosure

  15. Flume - Flume

  16. CARE FOR ME - Saba

  17. IGOR - Tyler, The Creator

  18. All in All - Bob Moses

  19. Anything in Return - Toro y Moi

  20. Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder

  21. Writer’s Block - Peter, Bjorn, and John

  22. Taking up Your Precious Time - Pretty Lights

 

Favorite Electronic Albums:

  1. Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa

  2. Settle - Disclosure

  3. Flume - Flume

  4. All in All - Bob Moses

  5. Taking up Your Precious Time - Pretty Lights

 

Favorite Genres:

  1. Jazz Fusion

  2. Neo Soul

  3. Nu Jazz

  4. Americana (folk/blues/bluegrass)

  5. Indie Rock

  6. Funk Fusion

  7. Future Bass

  8. Electro Funk / Glitch Hop

  9. Chillwave

  10. Shoegaze

  11. Alternative R&B / Neo Soul

  12. To explore more:

    1. Punk Jazz

    2. Chamber Pop

    3. Post Punk

    4. Free Jazz

    5. Trip Hop

    6. Jazz Funk

 

Favorite Record Labels:

  1. Future Classic

  2. Ingrid

  3. House Anxiety / Marathon Artists

  4. Bubbles Records

  5. Jagjaguwar

  6. White Room Records

  7. Secretly Canadian

  8. XL

  9. Milk Records

  10. Domino Recording Company

 

Best concerts of 2019

  1. Jungle (Fox Theater)

  2. Tyler, The Creator (Bill Graham)

  3. Brijean (Amnesia)

  4. Khruangbin (Coachella)

  5. Parcels (Coachella)

  6. boy pablo (Coachella)

  7. Whitney (The Independent)

  8. Gesaffelstein (Coachella)

  9. Maribou State (Great American Music Hall)

  10. Haley Heynderickx (Swedish American Hall)

  11. HOMESHAKE (Great American Music Hall)

  12. FKJ (The Warfield)

  13. Explosions in the Sky (Fox Theater)

  14. Superorganism (Coachella)

  15. Anderson .Paak (Coachella)

  16. HYUKOH (Coachella)

  17. Bob Moses (Coachella, OSL)

  18. Aphex Twin (Coachella)

  19. Omni Sight (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)

  20. DJ Koze (OSL)

  21. Yves Tumor (The Chapel)

  22. Avey Tare (The Chapel)

  23. Redline (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)

  24. Chet Faker (The Fillmore)

  25. Christian Scott (Bandcamp)

  26. Anderson .Paak (Bill Graham)

  27. Brittany Howard (The Fillmore)

  28. Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock (Greek Theater)

  29. Pond (The Independent)

  30. Crumb (Slim's)

  31. White Denim (The Independent)

  32. Four Tet (Great American Music Hall)

  33. Kassa Overall (Black Cat)

  34. Blood Orange (Bill Graham)

  35. Superorganism (Great American Music Hall)

  36. Sasha Berliner and James Francies (Blue Note NYC)

  37. half*alive (The Independent)

  38. Paul Simon (OSL)

  39. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (OSL)

  40. Thumpasaurus (Starline Social Club)

  41. Snail Mail (The Fillmore)

  42. Toro y Moi (The Fillmore, OSL)

  43. Anderson Paak (August Hall)

  44. Gesafelstein (Bill Graham)

  45. Boiler Room

  46. Leon Bridges (OSL)

  47. Saba (Showbox Seattle)

  48. Yo La Tengo (Playtime Festival, Mongolia)

  49. The Kooks (Fox Theater)

  50. Cass McCombs (The Fillmore)

 

Best concerts of 2018

  1. Mac DeMarco (The Independent)

  2. LCD Soudsystem (Greek Theater)

  3. Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Fox Theater)

  4. Jen Cloher + Courtney Barnett (Cafe Du Nord)

  5. Lemaitre (August Hall)

  6. Jamie XX (OSL)

  7. James Blake (OSL)

  8. What So Not (Fox Theater)

  9. Bonny Doon + Snail Mail (Starline Social Club)

  10. Jay Som + Courtney Barnett (August Hall)

  11. King Krule (Fox Theater)

  12. Tom Misch (Fox Theater)

  13. Tycho (OSL)

  14. The Internet (Fox Theater)

  15. Tash Sultana (Fox Theater)

  16. Big Gigantic (OSL)

  17. Tame Impala (Pitchfork Music Festival)

  18. Poolside (OSL)

  19. Men I Trust (The Independent)

  20. Bermuda Triangle (The Independent + Bimbo’s 365)

  21. Polo & Pan (The Independent)

  22. Tash Sultana (OSL)

  23. Winter + Anna Burch (Cafe Du Nord)

  24. Mount Kimbie (The Chapel)

  25. Jungle (Brooklyn Steel)

  26. Snarky Puppy (SFJAZZ)

  27. Fleet Foxes (Greek Theater)

  28. STRFKR (The Regency)

  29. Soundbox (SF Symphony)

  30. St Vincent (Bill Graham)

  31. Gramatik (The Midway)

  32. Rex Orange County (The Regency)

  33. boygenius (Fox Theater)

  34. Courtney Barnett (Pitchfork Music Festival)

  35. Future Islands (Fox Theater)

  36. Vacationer (The Independent)

  37. Too Many Zooz (Cornerstone)

  38. Alt-J (Bill Graham)

  39. Moses Sumney (The New Parish)

  40. Tom Misch (The Warfield)

  41. Flight Facilities (MEZZANINE)

  42. Maggie ROgers (The Fillmore)

  43. Tyler, The Creator (Armory)

  44. Arctic Monkeys (Hollywood Forever)

  45. yaeji (1015 Folsom)

  46. 1-800-DINOSAUR (Public Works)

  47. The Decemberists (Fox Theater)

 

"Most prolific" albums from 1960s-2000s, in my favorite order (truly exploring for the first time now in 2020):

  1. This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem

  2. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

  3. Abbey Road - The Beatles

  4. In Rainbows - Radiohead

  5. Kid A - Radiohead

  6. People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest

  7. Please Please Me - The Beatles

  8. On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel

  9. Speaking in Tongues - Talking Heads

  10. Revolver - The Beatles

  11. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

  12. Talking Heads ’77 - Talking Heads

  13. Remain in Light - Talking Heads

  14. Rubber Soul - The Beatles

  15. Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

  16. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

  17. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles

  18. Nevermind - Nirvana

  19. In Utero - Nirvana

  20. Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan

  21. Behind The Front - The Black Eyed Peas

  22. OK Computer - Radiohead

  23. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

  24. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

  25. Disintegration - The Cure

  26. London Calling - The Clash

  27. Amnesiac - Radiohead

  28. Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah

  29. Minimum-Maximum - Kraftwerk

  30. 1999 - Prince

  31. Purple Rain - Prince

 

Albums of 2020, in my favorite order:

  1. I Feel Alive - TOPS

  2. My Vibe - Mt. Joy

  3. 2017 - 2019 - Against All Logic

  4. Sixteen Oceans - Four Tet

  5. Music for Silence - Nick Murphy

  6. Suddenly - Caribou

  7. The New Abnormal - The Strokes

  8. The Slow Rush - Tame Impala

  9. Man Alive! - King Krule

  10. The Neon Skyline - Andy Shauf

  11. Hold Space For Me - Orion Sun

  12. color theory - Soccer Mommy

  13. New Me, Same Life - Little Dragon

  14. Future Past Life - STRFKR

  15. Simulcast - Tycho

  16. Heavy Light - U.S. Girls

  17. juneunit - juneunit

  18. Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

  19. It Is What It Is - Thundercat

  20. Miss Anthropocene - Grimes

  21. 3.15.20 - Childish Gambino

  22. No One Else Can Wear Your Crown - Oh Wonder

 

Albums of 2019, in my favorite order:

  1. IGOR - Tyler, the Creator

  2. Forever Turned Around - Whitney

  3. Oncle Jazz - Men I Trust

  4. Walkie Talkie - Brijean

  5. KIWANUKA - Michael Kiwanuka

  6. Miss Universe - Nilüfer Yanya

  7. This Is How You Smile - Helado Negro

  8. Designer - Aldous Harding

  9. Wild + Everyday - Tourist

  10. Jaime - Brittany Howard

  11. When I Get Home - Solange

  12. Cows on Hourglass Pond - Avey Tare

  13. Twenty Twenty - Djo

  14. Deceiver - DIIV

  15. Close it Quietly - Frankie Cosmos

  16. Apollo XXI - Steve Lacy

  17. Bae 5 - Yung Bae

  18. House of Sugar - (Sandy) Alex G

  19. GREY Area - Little Simz

  20. CASE STUDY 01 - Daniel Caesar

  21. placeholder - Hand Habits

  22. Free Company - Boy Scouts

  23. Immunity - Clairo

  24. Salt - Angie McMahon

  25. SASAMI - SASAMI

  26. HAN - Berhana

  27. Juicebox - Mac Ayes

  28. Free Nationals - Free Nationals

  29. Anak Ko - Jay Som

  30. BUBBA - Kaytranada

  31. Basic Love - Jade Imagine

  32. Beware of the Dogs - Stella Donnelly

  33. Jinx - Crumb

  34. Chastity Belt - Chastity Belt

  35. VALIS - Repaliens

  36. Not Waving, But Drowning - Loyle Carner

  37. All Mirrors - Angel Olsen

  38. Dolphine - Mega Bog

  39. It Rains Love - Lee Fields & The Expressions

  40. Reward - Cate le Bon

  41. Two Hands + U.F.O.F. - Big Thief

  42. GINGER - BROCKHAMPTON

  43. uknowhatimsayin¿ - Danny Brown

  44. Tomb - Angelo De Augustine

  45. A Bath Full of Ecstasy - Hot Chip

  46. Ventura - Anderson .Paak

  47. Fatterludes- More Fatter

  48. Rat’s Spit - Julian Lynch

  49. Cola - A Beacon School

  50. basking in the glow - Oso Oso

  51. Tasmania - Pond

  52. Lately EP - Still Woozy

  53. soraya - slenderbodies

  54. Ylang Ylang EP - FKJ

  55. Lux Prima - Karen O and Danger Mouse

  56. Better Oblivion Community Center - Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst

  57. Remind Me Tomorrow - Sharon Van Etten

  58. Heaven Surrounds You - Surf Curse

  59. The Dip Delivers - The Dip

  60. Water - Dehd

  61. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish

  62. Ode to Joy - Wilco

  63. Run Fast Sleep Naked - Nick Murphy / Chet Faker

  64. Infest The Rats' Nest - King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard

  65. Echo Earth - Akasha System

  66. Face to Phase - rRoxymore

  67. Flamagra - Flying Lotus

  68. Here Comes The Cowboy - Mac DeMarco

  69. My Finest Work Yet - Andrew Bird

  70. La Linda - Tei Shi

  71. Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz - Kassa Overall

  72. 1123 - BJ The Chicago Kid

  73. LOVE AND COMPROMISE - Mahalia

  74. Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? - Deerhunter

  75. Europe - Marc Rebillet

  76. Olympic Girls - Tiny Ruins

  77. A Wall Becomes a Bridge - Kendrick Scott Oracle

  78. Heritage II - Mark de Clive-Lowe

  79. Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend

  80. Oh My God - Kevin Morby

  81. Scholars - Buke & Gase

  82. Emily Alone - Florist

  83. Thresholds - Mike Edel

  84. direct line to My Creator - duendita

  85. A Dream Is U - Francis Lung

  86. The Anymal - Suchmos

  87. Text While Driving If You Want To Meet God! - Vegyn

  88. The Lost Boy - YBN Cordae

  89. Demolish - Mr. Carmack

  90. Hasta El Cielo (Con Todo El Mundo In Dub) - Khruangbin

  91. Crush - Floating Points

  92. Closer to Grey - Chromatics

  93. WTBL EP - Charles Murdoch

  94. The Oldest Sons of the Oldest Sons - Lights Fluorescent

  95. II - TNGHT

  96. Bird Songs of a Killjoy - Bedouine

  97. Dedicated - Carly Rae Jepsen

  98. Now, Not Yet - half*alive

  99. Miami Memory - Alex Cameron

  100. MAGDALENE - FKA Twigs

  101. Where Does The Love Go? - Thumpasaurus

  102. Resonant Body - Octo Octo

  103. Hyperion - Gesaffelstein

  104. The Unseen In Between - Steve Gunn

  105. Hey, I’m Just Like You - Tegan and Sara

  106. Wall of Eyes - Sweet Plot

  107. Outer Peace - Toro y Moi

  108. TIM - Avicii

  109. Angel’s Pulse - Blood Orange

  110. Diaspora - GoldLink

  111. False Alarm - Two Door Cinema Club

  112. Hot Motion - Temples

  113. Pony - Rex Orange County

  114. Lullaby Rock - Ings

  115. Phantom Rhythm - Gong Gong Gong

  116. Mirrorland - EARTHGANG

  117. FEET OF CLAY - Earl Sweatshirt

  118. JESUS IS KING - Kanye West

  119. Lover - Taylor Swift

  120. Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey

  121. Goes West - William Tyler

  122. Heard It In A Past Life - Maggie Rogers

  123. Hectic Shakes - Christoph De Babalon

  124. Assume Form - James Blake

  125. new breed - Dawn Richard

 

Albums of 2018, in my favorite order:

  1. CARE FOR ME - Saba

  2. Foxwarren - Foxwarren

  3. Lush - Snail Mail

  4. Hive Mind - The Internet

  5. Negro Swan - Blood Orange

  6. Superorganism - Superorganism

  7. Sex & Food - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

  8. For Ever - Jungle

  9. Safe In The Hands of Love - Yves Tumor

  10. Room 25 - Noname

  11. Flow State - Tash Sultana

  12. I Need To Start A Garden - Haley Heynderickx

  13. Parcels - Parcels

  14. Clean - Soccer Mommy

  15. Something to Feel - Mac Ayres

  16. I’m All Ears - Let’s Eat Grandma

  17. "2012 - 2017" - Against All Logic

  18. boygenius EP - boygenius

  19. Geography - Tom Misch

  20. Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett

  21. Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin

  22. Historian - Lucy Dacus

  23. Longwave - Bonny Doon

  24. Caravelle - Polo & Pan

  25. Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture

  26. Lost & Found - Jorja Smith

  27. The Ashtray - Suchmos

  28. Parts - Ohmme

  29. 7 - Beach House

  30. Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest

  31. DAYTONA - Pusha T

  32. Hill Climber - Vulfpeck

  33. Mac DeMarco - Old Dog Demos

  34. Young Sick Camellia - St. Paul & The Broken Bones

  35. Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Tyler, the Creator

  36. WARM - Jeff Tweedy

  37. Honey - Robyn

  38. Be The Cowboy - Mitski

  39. Free Yourself Up - Lake Street Dive

  40. Who is Donny Flamingo? - CAPYAC

  41. Knock Knock - DJ Koze

  42. Kingdoms in Colour - Maribou State

  43. Oxnard - Anderson .Paak

  44. iridescence - BROCKHAMPTON

  45. Love Me / Love Me Not - HONNE

  46. FOLK 2 - Humbert Humbert

  47. Indigo - Wild Nothing

  48. Sun Machine - Rubblebucket

  49. Marc Rebillet - Marc Rebillet

  50. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - Kanye West + Kid Cudi

  51. Double Negative - Low

  52. Us - Empress Of

  53. Living Room - Lawrence

  54. Not All The Beautiful Things - What So Not

  55. IC-01 Hanoi - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

  56. Play “A Love Supreme” - The Mattson 2

  57. V!BEZ, Vol. 2 - TroyBoi

  58. Infections Of A Different Kind (Step 1) - AURORA

  59. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt

  60. Swimming - Mac Miller

  61. Isolation - Kali Uchis

  62. Go To School - The Lemon Twigs

  63. Hyperion - St. Lucia

  64. Saturn - NAO

  65. Whack World - Tierra Whack

  66. 1999 - Joey Bada$$

  67. Pieces of a Man - Mick Jenkins

  68. FM! - Vince Staples

  69. Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe

  70. Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves

  71. Sweetener - Ariana Grande

  72. Lykke Li - So Sad So Sexy

  73. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - The 1975

  74. Velvet - JMSN

  75. Battle Lines - Bob Moses

  76. Golden Age - Houndmouth

  77. Ye - Kanye West

  78. ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott

 

Favorite albums of 2017:

  1. The Ooz - King Krule

  2. Chapter One - Lemaitre

  3. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar

  4. This Old Dog - Mac DeMarco

  5. Melodrama - Lorde

  6. Honorable mentions:

    1. Apricot Princess - Rex Orange County

    2. Fjallaloft - Moses Hightower

    3. Soft Sounds From Another Planet - Japanese Breakfast

    4. Woodstock - Portugal. The Man

    5. Wallflower - Jordan Rakei

    6. Now That The Light Is Fading - Maggie Rogers

    7. Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator

    8. Aromanticism - Moses Sumney

    9. A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs

    10. MASSEDUCTION - St. Vincent

    11. Antisocialites - Alvvays

    12. Big Fish Theory - Vince Staples

    13. Drunk - Thundercat

    14. SATURATION III - BROCKHAMPTON

    15. CTRL - SZA

    16. Is Everything Okay In Your World? - Yellow Days

    17. Process  - Sampha

    18. Capacity - Big Thief

    19. No Shape - Perfume Genius

    20. Everybody Works - Jay Som

    21. A Crow Looked At Me - Mount Eerie

    22. Rocket - (Sandy) Alex G

    23. I See You - The XX

    24. Fin - Syd

    25. Love What Survives - Mount Kimbie

    26. American Dream - LCD Soundsystem

 

Favorite albums of 2016:

  1. Light Upon The Lake - Whitney

  2. Malibu - Anderson .Paak

  3. A Seat At The Table - Solange

  4. Untitled, Unmastered - Kendrick Lamar

  5. How To Be A Human Being - Glass Animals

  6. Honorable mentions:

    1. Bcos U Will Never B Free - Rex Orange County

    2. Do Hollywood - Lemon Twigs

    3. It Is. - JMSN

    4. Epoch - Tycho

    5. 99.9% - Kaytranada

    6. Skin - Flume

    7. The Beautiful Game - Vulfpeck

    8. Every Now And Then - Jagwar Ma

    9. Yes Lawd! - NxWorries

    10. The Life of Pablo - Kanye West

    11. Coloring Book - Chance The Rapper

    12. Blonde - Frank Ocean

    13. ANTI - Rihanna

    14. A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

    15. Telefone - Noname

    16. Next Thing - Frankie Cosmos

    17. Cardinal - Pinegrove

    18. Teens of Denial - Carseat Headrest

    19. Freetown Sound - Blood Orange

    20. Headlung - CAPYAC

    21. Couch Baby - Jamie Isaac

    22. Awaken, My Love! - Childish Gambino

 

Favorite albums of 2015:

  1. Beat Tape 2 - Tom Misch

  2. Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit - Courtney Barnett

  3. To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

  4. Currents - Tame Impala

  5. Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder

  6. Honorable mentions:

    1. Little Neon Limelight - Houndmouth

    2. Sound And Color - Alabama Shakes

    3. And After That, We Didn’t Talk - GoldLink

    4. Summertime ’06 - Vince Staples

    5. Black Messiah - D'angelo

    6. Depression Cherry - Beach House

    7. Our Love - Caribou

    8. Ego Death - The Internet

    9. In Colour - Jamie XX

    10. A New Place To Drown - Archy Marshall

    11. I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside - Earl Sweatshirt

    12. The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam - Thundercat

    13. If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late - Drake

    14. Compton - Dr. Dre

    15. Portraits - Maribou State

 

Favorite albums of 2014:

  1. ZABA - Glass Animals

  2. Built On Glass - Chet Faker

  3. Soundtrack to a Death - Mura Masa

  4. Jungle - Jungle

  5. Venice - Anderson .Paak

  6. Honorable mentions:

    1. It’s Album Time - Todd Terje

    2. Dream Your Life Away - Vance Joy

    3. Z - SZA

    4. Run The Jewels 2 - Run The Jewels

    5. Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs

    6. Salad Days - Mac DeMarco

    7. Awake - Tycho

    8. This Is All Yours - Alt J

    9. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

    10. Singles - Future Islands

    11. You’re Dead! - Flying Lotus

    12. Atlas - Real Estate

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