La web especializada en música independiente y alternativa Stereogum ha elegido los 50 mejores discos de 2014. Como ellos mismos explican, “no vas a encontrar una gran cantidad de elementos comunes o ideas compartidas. No hay ni un solo género estético o estilo que predomine en ella”. Para los expertos de Stereogum, “RTJ29” de Run The Jewels es el mejor larga duración del año. Le siguen “Lost In The Dream” de The War On Drugs, “Benj” de Sun Kil Moon, “Shriek” de Wye Oak, y “Burn Your Fire For No Witness” de Angel Olsen. En la lista también hay sitio para el “mainstream”, como Taylor Swift.
Estos son los 50 mejores álbumes de 2014 según Stereogum:
50. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal (What’s Your Rupture?)
49. St. Vincent – St. Vincent (Loma Vista)
48. TOPS – Picture You Staring (Arbutus)
47. Thou – Heathen (Gilead Media)
46. Spoon – They Want My Soul (Loma Vista)
45. You Blew It! – Keep Doing What You’re Doing (Topshelf)
44. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (High Top Mountain)
43. LVL Up – Hoodwink’d (Double Double Whammy/Exploding In Sound)
42. Triptykon – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)
41. Vince Staples – Hell Can Wait (Def Jam)
40. Tinashe – Aquarius (RCA)
39. Caribou – Our Love (Merge)
38. Horrendous – Ecdysis (Dark Descent)
37. Mitski – Bury Me At Makeout Creek (Double Double Whammy)
36. The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones)
35. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead (Warp)
34. How To Dress Well – «What Is This Heart?» (Domino)
33. Aphex Twin – SYRO (Warp)
32. Future Islands – Singles (4AD)
31. Ty Segall – Manipulator (Drag City)
30. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (Olsen Records)
29. Ariel Pink – pom pom (4AD)
28. Fucked Up – Glass Boys (Matador)
27. Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere Else (Carpark/Mom + Pop)
26. Jessie Ware – Tough Love (Universal/Island)
25. Woods Of Desolation – As The Stars (Northern Silence Productions)
24. Chumped – Teenage Retirement (Anchorless)
23. Perfume Genius – Too Bright (Matador)
22. Taylor Swift – 1989 (Big Machine)
21. Young Thug, Birdman, & Rich Homie Quan – Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 1 (Cash Money)
20. Strand Of Oaks – Heal (Dead Oceans)
19. Real Estate – Atlas (Domino)
18. Eric Church – The Outsiders (EMI Nashville)
17. Jenny Lewis – The Voyager (Warner Bros.)
16. EMA – The Future’s Void (Matador)
15. YG – My Krazy Life (Def Jam)
14. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble)
12. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (Interscope)
11. YOB – Clearing The Path To Ascend (Neurot)
10. Merchandise – After The End (4AD)
09. FKA Twigs – LP1 (Young Turks)
08. Nux Vomica – Nux Vomica (Relapse)
07. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
06. White Lung – Deep Fantasy (Domino)
05. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
04. Wye Oak – Shriek (Merge)
03. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde)
02. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream (Secretly Canadian)
01. Run The Jewels – RTJ2 (Mass Appeal)
