CM Top Albums of 2014: Chet Faker – Built On Glass
With a notably rich, soulful voice, Chet Faker slid onto the scene by way of Flume. Embracing electronic influences, and infusing R&B vocal lines, the Australian singer carved a space for himself...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: FKA Twigs – LP1
FKA Twigs ‘LP1‘ was probably the most intelligent and tender record of year. A smooth Delivery of avant-garde art as intimate as the recorded sound can get and heartbreakingly vunerable. This is a...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Jungle – Jungle
I’ve been waiting for a band as good as Jungle for about a decade. A band that’s 1 part concise and avante garde pop and 2 parts pure groove. It could be used as reference to a history of the best and...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Ultraviolence‘ told the tale of the further demise of the Hollywood dreamers fate. In beautiful and powerful ballads, the characters tale of failed romance and crushed dreams is...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Flight Facilities – Down To Earth
‘Down To Earth‘ goes in every direction you can ask it to go in, while still maintaining the same dreamlike playfulness that gives Flight Facilities its significance. Their first full length album...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Caribou – Our Love
Having recently become a father, Dan Snaith played a mix of genres to influence the future music tastes of his daughter. Little did he know that the records were also influencing ‘Our Love‘, with its...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Lykke Li – I Never Learn
Filled with the reverberated and mischievous doo-wop of ‘Wounded Rhymes‘ and the beautifully creative and shy debut ‘Youth Novels‘, ‘I Never Learn‘ is Lykke Li‘s most definitive statement to date. ‘No...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: D’Angelo – Black Messiah
Having been 14 years without an album, D’Angelo was not rushing to get back into the industry unless he really had something to say. Recent developments in Ferguson incensed him to release the album...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
Mac DeMarco‘s 3rd album reflects back on the ‘Salad Days‘ of his youth. This nostalgia for the past, combined with the experience that came from it, allows the bittersweet nature of being a slacker to...
View ArticleCM Top Albums of 2014: Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear
For her 6th studio album, Sia had no problem writing lyrics that address the sweet sadness of reality, masking it with rock music, catchy hooks, and her notable soaring vocals. ‘1000 Forms of Fear‘...
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