THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014

Paul Farahvar:

Lake Street Dive › Bad Self Portraits
Spoon › They Want My Soul
Jenny Lewis› The Voyager
J. Roddy Walston › Essential Tremors
Black Keys › Turn Blue
Strand of Oak › HEAL
St. Paul & the Broken Bones › Half the City (2013)
Hold Steady › Teeth Dreams
Icona Pop › This is... (2013)
Hozier › Hozier
Black English (No) › El Prado
Jack White › Lazarro
New Pornographers › Brill Bruisers
Ryan Adams › Ryan Adams

Ben Spotora

Death From Above 1979 › The Physical World
Foo Fighters › Sonic Highways
Bayside › CULT
Cold War Kids › Hold My Home
Pennywise › Yesterdays

Mike Tassone from Ariada:

Young The Giant › Mind Over Matter
St. Vincent › St. Vincent
War On Drugs › Lost in the Dream
Jack White › Lazeretto
Kimbra › The Golden Echo

Matt Kysia from Matt Kysia:

Sam Smith › In the Lonely Hour
Michael Jackson › Xscape
Ray Lomontagne › Supernova
Hozier › Hozier
Ed Sheeran › X

Steve Krok of SwizzleSteve:

Buddy Guy › Live at Legends
Tom Petty › Hypnotic Eye
Veruca Salt › Its Holy ...
Smashing Pumpkins › Monuments
Robert Plant › Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
Beck › Morning Phase

Micah of Micah Walk:

Sturgill Simpson › Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Doug Seegers › Going Down the River
Shovels & Ropes › Swimmin' Time
New Basement Tapes › Lost on the River
Ryan Adams › Ryan Adams

Joe Goodkin of Paper Arrows:

D'Angelo › Black Messiah
Sun Kil Moon › Benji
Sharon Van Etten › Are We There
Beck › Morning Phase
Lucinda Williams › Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
Counting Crowes › Somewhere Under Wonderland

Jeffrey Goldford of Goldford:

Jamestown Revival › Utah
Jason Isbell › Southeastern
Childish Gambino › Kauai
Sam Hunt › Montevallo
Ed Sheeran › x