After much deliberation, Poetry is ready to present our picks for 2014, neatly compiled in no particular order below into a trim Top 40 Tracks. Considering the myriad of factors to consider when distilling a ‘best of’ list — not to mention sheer volume of quality music produced over the past year — this was no easy feat. Thus, we’ve included a handful of Honorable Mentions as well. While most of these tracks have been posted previously, there are a few that prior to now went unrecognized (our apologies to Owen Pallett, for example).
As an aside, it’s been a good year for Poetry In An Empty Coke Can and we’re excited for an even more expansive 2015 — so thank you for listening — and break out the champ as you relive some of the merrier (and not so merry) moments of 2014.
6. The Preatures – Is This How You Feel?
7. Glass Animals – Pools
8. Tune-yards – Water Fountain
11. Todd Terje – Delorean Dynamite
13. SOHN – Artifice
15. BROODS – Bridges
16. Sam Smith – Good Thing
17. Lykke Li – No Rest for the Wicked
18. Mac DeMarco – Passing Out Pieces
19. Alt-J – Hunger of The Pine
21. Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
22. Wild Beasts – Wanderlust
23. Tourist – Sights (ft. London Grammar)
25. The Antlers – Hotel
28. Osca – Blood
29. Mt. Si. – Oh
32. Sinkane – New Name
34. Beat Connection – Hesitation
40. Owen Pallett – The Secret Seven
— HONORABLE MENTIONS —
1. Mr Little Jeans – Good Mistake
2. Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You)
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Great list!
I love the fact that Tough Love is on here