Greetings!

Thank you for joining my review of musical highlights from A.D. 2014. As ever, some spectacular sounds made their way to my ears last year, and I obsessed over a handful of exceptional artists.

I’m sure I’ve left some off, either by accident or by decree, but I do hope you enjoy perusing the list nonetheless.

BEST ALBUMS

Death Blues
Ensemble
(Rhythmplex)

Deepchord
Lanterns
(Astral Industries)

Lana Del Rey
Ultraviolence
(Interscope)

Donato Dozzy & Nuel
The Aquaplano Sessions
(Spectrum Spools)

Mica Levi
Under the Skin OST
(Milan)

Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana
Mehliana: Taming the Dragon
(Nonesuch)

No. Inc.
Early Reflections
(No.)

S.E.T.I.
Final Trajectory
(Loki/Power and Steel)

Shaded Explorer
Between the Blue
(Silent Season)

Tinashe
Aquarius
(RCA)

Tobias.
A Series of Shocks
(Ostgut Ton)

Wrangler
LA Spark
(MemeTune)