Year End lists are a perfect way of showing off your refined taste. Comparing notes with others, trying to see where you stand in comparison with other. Usually there’s a certain degree of a snobby attitude, of an “Oh, that’s cute” feel. Or, what is worse, is being accused of “Too much (insert various website’s name) here.
By no means definitive, I’ve tried to capture all of my favorite albums for the year. Obviously your choices may differ. My hope with this is to expose you to some artists you might not have otherwise heard while re-confirming some of your particular choices. Let me know what you think. Also included are brief categorizations of where this music falls in terms of being. Lower still is an EP section (I’ve finally discovered the joy of short statements).
Albums:
Hints of my evolution into a “Cool Dad” consumer
1. Beach House – Teen Dream
2. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
3. Stereolab – Not Music
4. Laetitia Sadier – The Trip
Chillwave’s Last Stand:
5. Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
6. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
7. Rangers – Suburban Tours
Good Ol’ Rock and Roll
8. Harlem – Hippies
9. Women – Public Strain
10. No Age – Everything in Between
Swimming in a Sea of Sound (Tasting Colors)
11. Keith Fullerton Whitman – Generator
12. Chris Weisman and Greg Davis – Northern Songs
Electronic Music Nobody Else Bothers to Listen To
13. Mark Fell – Multistability
14. Deepchord Presents Echospace – Liumin
15. Ja Prawn – Everybody
16. VHS Head – Trademark Ribbons of Gold
EPs
17. Weed – DC Hope
18. Panda Bear – You Can Count on Me
19. Outer Limits Recordings – I Need My TV
20. Peter Gordon and the Love of Life Orchestra – Another Heartbreak
21. Nerve City – Sleepwalker EP