Concert Addict Chick's TOP 25 ALBUMS of 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY!!!!!!!

In honor of the new year & after 12 solid months of VERY careful consideration, I present to you the crème de la crème of 2014:

1 - TV On The Radio - Seeds
2 - Broken Bells - After The Disco
3 - Beck - Morning Phase
4 - Spoon - They Want My Soul
5 - tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack
6 - Caribou - Our Love
7 - Atmosphere - Southsiders
8 - Jungle - Jungle
9 - Real Estate - Atlas
10 - Kiev - Falling Bough Wisdom Teeth
11 - Dan Croll - Sweet Disarray
12 - Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
13 - Bear In Heaven - Time Is Over One Day Old
14 - RAC - Strangers
15 - Gardens & Villa - Dunes
16 - Kishi Bashi - Lighght
17 - The New Basement Tapes - Lost on the River
18 - Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
19 - Glass Animals - Zaba
20 - Future Islands - Singles
21 - Chet Faker - Built on Glass
22 - Liars - Mess
23 - Karen O - Crush Songs
24 - SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land
25 - Ty Segall - Manipulator

Runners Up:
-Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
-Aphex Twin - Syro
-Jack White - Lazaretto
-Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
-Phantogram - Voices
-Flight Facilities - Down To Earth
-Warpaint - Warpaint

Soundtracks:
-Guardians of the Galaxy - Awesome Mix Volume 1
-Gone Girl - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

And, in order to start easily checking out any & all of the music you might have missed this year (including ALL of the above), please start following me AND Concert Addict Chick's BEST OF 2014 playlist on SPOTIFY!

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music by Sturgill Simpson

Because country isn't exactly my favorite genre of music, I'm sure I often overlook quality tunes I'd actually enjoy if I ever bothered to give them a chance. Luckily, when Sturgill Simpson's album Metamodern Sounds In Country Music started appearing on many critics' Best of 2014 lists earlier this month (AND Sturgill performed on both The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon & Late Show with David Letterman), I became intrigued & gave it a listen via Spotify. I enjoyed it so much I bought a copy of the CD for my parents for Christmas! They love country.

If all modern country music sounded (& looked!) as good Sturgill Simpson, I just might love country too! His voice is beautiful, pure country perfection.

Life of Sin


Turtles All The Way Down


NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Gold Coins by Charli XCX

The best track off Charli XCX's new album Sucker = 

Trouble by TV On The Radio

Despite being obsessed with the ENTIRE new album by TV On The Radio, my #1 most favorite new song from Seeds is the 11th track entitled Trouble. 

It really does make you feel like everything's going to be OK :)

Primus & The Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka Movie Mashup

Are you looking for a trippy, fun way to start the week of Christmas? If so, look no further!

"A mashup of the original Willy Wonka film with Primus' Primus and The Chocolate Factory album in place of the original soundtrack." - Charlie Mahoney

Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination...

Primus & The Chocolate Factory (Mash-up - Edited into the original film) from Charlie Mahoney on Vimeo.

Golden Facelift by Broken Social Scene - Previously Unreleased!!

Broken Social Scene hasn't released a new album since May 2010 but, luckily for us, they just contributed a previously unreleased track entitled Golden Facelift to Broadsheet Music: A Year In Review, a collection of original songs reflecting upon relevant news topics from the past year.

Contributing artists include BSS, Reuben And The Dark, Fucked Up, Tamara Williamson & Absolutely Free, Jason Collett & Zeus & Brendan Canning & the album is presented by Arts & Crafts, The Globe & Mail & Canadian Opera Company. 

Golden Facelift touches upon the subject of reclamation & human accountability.

Remixes Made With Tennis Data by James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem)

If you like tennis & James Murphy &/or LCD Soundsystem, then James Murphy's latest album entitled Remixes Made With Tennis Data is for you!! 

I'm not sure where the idea initially came from but James Murphy worked with IBM to convert raw data sounds pulled from U.S. Open tennis matches into listenable, danceable music. By utilizing a specific algorithm I won't pretend to understand, Murphy & IBM ended up creating over 400 hours worth of sound then Murphy remixed that material into the album now entitled Remixes Made With Tennis Data. 

There are no vocals on any of the 12 tracks so don't expect anything TOO similar to my beloved LCD Soundsystem but this upbeat, instrumental, electronic music makes for a great working, studying, exercising &/or cleaning the house soundtrack! 

Making Music with Tennis Data