Top Albums of 2014: 10-1

10. Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours

9. Clark - Clark

8. Kevin Morby - Still Life

7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

6. White Lung - Deep Fantasy

5. United Nations - The Next Four Years

4. Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right

3. Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again/Joyce Manor

2. FKA twigs - LP1

1. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

Top Albums of 2014: Honorable Mentions

Here's a few records that didn't make it into my top 30 but thought should get a mention. Some of these lean more towards the electronic, experimental, metal, or lesser mentioned rock.  Here's ten, in no specific order.

Arca - Xen

Ben Frost - A U R O R A

Ricky Eat Acid - Three Love Songs

Aphex Twin - Syro

Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues

YOB - Clearing the Path to Ascend

Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather

The Weaks - The World is a Terrible Place and I Hate Myself and I Want to Die

Mitski - Bury Me at Make Out Creek

Legowelt - Crystal Cult 2080

Top 30 Albums of 2014: 30-11

It was a weird year for music. There weren't a lot of GREAT albums, but going through what I listened to this year there was still quite a bit to like. Here's 30 I found in frequent rotation.

30. Whirr - Sway

29. Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God

28. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

27. Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE

26. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden

25. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

24. Nothing - Guilty of Everything

23. Tigers Jaw - Charmer

22. Fairweather - Fairweather

21. Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister

20. Moodymann - Moodymann

19. Radiator Hospital - Torch Song

18. The Antlers - Familiars

17. Tourist - Patterns

16. Alvvays - Alvvays

15. Woods - With Love and With Light

14. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

13. Amen Dunes - Love

12. Mutilation Rites - Harbinger

11. Caribou - Our Love