Andrew from Portland’s Greylag put together a splendidly-curated list of 2014’s musical highlights! Check out all of our 2014 year-end lists here. GREYLAG’S BEST OF 2014 (in no specific order): Broncho – Just Enough Hip To Be A Woman Jodorowsky’s Dune (Film) Ben Frost – Aurora Slowdive live at Crystal Ballroom in Portland Einstürzende Neubauten live at […]
2014 has been great for music and an especially fun one for me since Sound it Out launched this year. I’m super thankful to all of the great writers who have contributed to the site, and I’ve really enjoyed getting back in touch with a lot of music friends that I hadn’t talked to in […]
Out of respect for all the hard-working artists in our lives, we don’t write about shitty songs at Sound It Out. Accentuate the positive, as Bing used to say. It’s an ethos I can get behind, but you know what? I’m not so worried about Sir Paul. No matter how much snark I might lob […]
TV On The Radio’s unique blend of joy, despair, ferocious intensity and sardonic humor endures on Seeds, their fifth full-length studio album. The band lost founding member Gerard Smith to cancer in 2011, which could be part of why Seeds‘ lyrics skew more toward specific, heartfelt emotions than much of their past work. Lead singer […]
Acoustic duo Mark Rogers & Mary Byrne merged their minds once again to come up with a joint top ten for the year. You can check out all our Best of 2014 lists here. MARK ROGERS & MARY BYRNE’S BEST OF 2014 (in no particular order): Diane Cluck – Boneset Hurray for the Riff Raff – Small Town […]
JP Caballero from LA’s White Arrows shared a few of his favorite things from 2014 with us. You can check out all our Best of 2014 lists here. JP CABALLERO’S BEST OF 2014: MUSIC: Ariel Pink – pom pom It’s interesting to hear this guy evolve. he’s a student of pop music and pop-culture ephemera, and […]
Ev Gold of duo of heaviness Cinema Cinema weighs in with his top 10 albums of 2014. Word is that they’re working on a new record at Electric Plant Studios – more good news for 2015 releases! Check out all of our 2014 year-end lists here. EV GOLD’S BEST OF 2014: 1) Swans – To Be […]
Julie Carroll’s rock-centric best of 2014 list! Check out all of our 2014 year-end lists here. 1. Spot – The Sounds of Two Eyes Opening (book) Rare scenes of SoCal punk and beach culture in the 70’s & 80’s. Amazing photography from the legendary producer of SST bands. 2. Trans Upper Egypt – Trans Upper Egypt (album) […]
Mac McCaughan plays in Superchunk and is a co-founder of Merge Records. We’re hoping Mac also returns to his stellar extracurricular projects Portastatic and Go Back Snowball someday soon. All of his favorites from 2014 were live shows. You can check out all our Best of 2014 lists here. MAC McCAUGHAN’S BEST OF 2014: The Clean everywhere […]
Behold Lauren Spencer’s best of 2014 list! Check out all of our 2014 year-end lists here. 1. Only Lovers Left Alive soundtrack – because damn if it didn’t make me realize that lute’s rock even if it’s just being held by a rockin’ vampire. Director Jim Jarmusch composed the music with his band SQÜRL in collaboration with Jozef […]