Best of 2014: The Music


2014 was a great time for music. While hits like "All About That Bass" and "Anaconda" topped the radio charts, songs like "Stolen Dance" and "Am I Wrong" began playing on indie charts. There was no sudden arrival of any new particular sound or production. Pop women and big booty ruled the airwaves and invaded the culture, while any, even remotely inspiring, indie rock acts took a nap in backseat of the car.

For an indie artist, it was tough to get radio play, even without a single Rihanna hit. But Milky Chance found their chance to shine.

If you're like me, you come across a new song and you say to yourself, "Why haven't I heard this before?" That's how the process of finding new music usually works. For me, having a general sense of what gets played on the radio isn't enough to justify my search. Music is an endless experience. Finding it is always fun and usually rewarding. And the best thing about it, is that everyone has a different taste in what music they like.

Below is a list I compiled during the year of some of my influences expressed through music. Feel free to give the song, or artists a listen. It was much easier to choose the favourites because they stood very tall over the rest!

Enjoy!

Best Albums of 2014

10. Beck - Morning Phase
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9. How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?
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8. Lo Fang - Blue Film
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7. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Too_Bright_Perfume_Genius.jpg 

6. Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away
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5. Bleachers - Strange Desire
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4. Sir Sly - You Haunt Me
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3. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Mended With Gold
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2. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
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1. Caught A Ghost - Human Nature
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Best Songs of 2014

100. Lo Fang - "#88"
99. James Bay - "Hold Back The River"
98. Years & Years - "Eyes Shut"
97. Jungle - "Busy Earnin'"
96. Hooray For Earth - "Keys"
95. Grouplove - "I'm With You"
94. The Holidays - "Tongue Talk"
93. Cut Ribbons - "Walking On Wires"
92. Raury - "Cigarette Song"
91. Boots - "I Run Roulette"
90. The Notwist - "Kong"

89. Coldplay - "Ink"
88. Kiesza - "Hideaway"
87. Ariana Grande - "Love Me Harder"
86. Kwabs - "Walk"
85. Thom Yorke - "Guess Again!"
84. Mr. Probz - "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)"
83. Dark Waves - "All Away"
82. Vance Joy - "Mess Is Mine"
81. St. Vincent - "Digital Witness"
80. Alt-J - "Left Hand Free"

79. Bleachers - "Wild Heart"
78. Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - "Vessel"
77. Beck - "Blue Moon"
76. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Coral and Gold"
75. The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Terrified"
74. M83 - "I Need You"
73. Dawn Golden - "All I Want"
72. The Griswolds - "16 Years"
71. Spoon - "Inside Out"
70. Sheppard - "Something's Missing"

69. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - "Cecilia and the Satellite"
68. Ed Sheeran - "SING"
67. Sir Sly - "Too Far Gone"
66. Royal Blood - "Figure It Out"
65. Perfume Genius - "Grid"
64. Yogi - "Burial"
63. Nico & Vinz - "Am I Wrong"
62. Grouplove - "Let Me In"
61. Sia - "Chandelier"
60. Lucius - "Until We Get There"

59. Goldroom - "Till Sunrise"
58. George Ezra - "Budapest"
57. Bleachers - "Take Me Away"
56. Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker - "Ying Yang"
55. St. Vincent - "Birth in Reverse"
54. Kongos - "Come With Me Now"
53. The New Pornographers - "Brill Bruisers"
52. David Guetta - "Sun Goes Down"
51. Generationals - "Black Lemon"
50. Sheppard - "Geronimo"

49. Daniel Wilson - "Please Dream Again"
48. Lorde - "Yellow Flicker Beat"
47. How To Dress Well - "Face Again"
46. Cat Power & Coldplay - "Wish I Was Here"
45. Bleachers - "Rollercoaster"
44. Panama - "Stay Forever" 
43. Mark Ronson - "Uptown Funk"
42. Caught A Ghost - "No Sugar In My Coffee"
41. Years & Years - "Real"
40. Walk the Moon - "Shut Up and Dance"

39. OK Go - "I Won't Let You Down"
38. Le Roi Crocodile - "Getaway"
37. Porter Robinson - "Sea of Voices"
36. BØRNS - "10000 Emerald Pools"
35. The Holidays - "Voices Drifting"
34. Troye Sivan - "Happy Little Pill"
33. Justin Timberlake - "Not A Bad Thing"
32. Electric Youth - "Runaway"
31. Onskeoen - "Baby Cigarettes"
30. TV on the Radio - "Happy Idiot"

 29. Raury - "God's Whisper"
28. Bleachers - "Like A River Runs"
27. Hozier - "Take Me To Church"
26. Passport To Stockholm - "Chemistry"
25. Kim Cesarion - "Undressed"
24. Young Fathers - "Soon Come Soon"
23. Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker - "This is the Best"
22. Nico & Vinz - "In Your Arms"
21. Lo Fang - "Look Away"
20.  SOHN - "Artifice"

 19. Kendrick Lamar - "I"
18. Pepa Knight - "Rahh!"
17. OK Go - "The Writing's on the Wall"
16. Milky Chance - "Stolen Dance"
15. Bear's Den - "Agape"
14. Kongos - "I'm Only Joking"
13. Tom Rosenthal - "It's OK"
12. The Rural Alberta Advantage - "On The Rocks"
11. Sir Sly - "Where I'm Going"

10. Lost in the Trees - "Past Life"
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9. Strange Talk - "Cast Away"
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8. Caught A Ghost - "Can't Let Go"
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7. Coldplay - "Magic"
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 6. Joywave - "Tongues"
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 5. Ásgeir - "Higher"
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 4. Fink - "Looking Too Closely"
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 3. Bleachers - "I Wanna Get Better"
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 2. The Bronze Medal - "Tunnel"
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 1. Canopy Climbers - "Far"
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Have a Happy New Year!

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