Here’s the long awaited annual Sound Waves Top 30. There were a lot of great albums released in 2014. It was truly difficult to select only 30, but these albums got a lot of spins on Sound Waves throughout the year.
Here’s to a great year and a rockin’ 2015!
Tune in to Sound Waves on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday Dec. 31, 10am-2pm and we’ll run down this list and a few more honorable mentions.
# - ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL
1 - Spoon - They Want My Soul - Loma Vista
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fd6aXM8WHGw
2 - Hozier - Hozier - Columbia
3 - Alt J - This Is All Yours - Atlantic
4 -Beck - Morning Phase - Capital
5 - War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream - Secretly Canadaian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1LmX5c7HoUw
6 - Merchandise - After The End - 4AD Records
7 - Temples - Sun Structures - Fat Possum
8 - Perfume Genius - Too Bright - Matador
9 - Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour - Capital
10 - Chet Faker - Built On Glass - Downtown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hi4pzKvuEQM
11 - Black Keys - Fever - Nonesuch
12 - Benjamin Booker Benjamin Booker - ATO Records
13 - New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers - Matador
14 - New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River - Harvest
15 - Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness Of Dancers - Merge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hkdsr-NpyDI
16 - Milky Chance - Sadnecessary - Republic
17 - Foxygen - And Star Power - Jagjaguwar
18 - Jenny Lewis - The Voyager - Warner Bros.
19 - Future Islands - Singles - 4AD Records
20 - How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart - Domino
21 - TV On The Radio - Seeds - Harvest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OaKVy-FlaUA
22 - Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence - Interscope
23 - First Aid Kit - Stay Gold - Columbia
24 - Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams - Pax/Capital
25 - Ray Lamontagne - Supernova - RCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=X294h3dl2_I
26 - Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain - Nonesuch
27 - Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - Dereconstructed - Sub Pop
28- Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animals - Mom+Pop
29 - Real Estate - Atlas - Domino
30 - Sharon Van Etten - Are We There - Jagjaguwar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=80-_CpH07QQ