Nialler9’s best albums of 2014 so far…
We’ve reached the half-way point of the year while at one time making a half-year list was pure clickbait, today there’s so much music out there, I find I need to digest and list them sometimes to make sense of my year so far. As with last year, here are my top 25 albums of 2014.5 with a separate list of Irish albums I’ve enjoyed.
Top 25 albums of 2014 so far…
- Future Islands – Singles
- Hundred Waters – The Moon Rang Like a Bell
- Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch
- Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
- Fatima – Yellow Memories
- The Gloaming – The Gloaming
- James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical
- St. Vincent – St. Vincent
- Ratking – So It Goes
- Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
- Warpaint – Warpaint
- Glass Animals – ZABA
- Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
- God Knows + mynameisjOhn – Rusangano / Family
- Beck – Morning Phase
- Metronomy – Love Letters
- We Cut Corners – Think Nothing
- Isaiah Rashad – Cilvia Demo
- Shit Robot – We Got A Love
- Lone – Reality Testing
- Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack
- Chromeo – White Women
- Tomas Barfod – Love Me
- Lykke Li – I Never Learn
- Ramona Lisa – Arcadia
Top Irish albums of 2014 so far
- The Gloaming – The Gloaming
- James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical
- God Knows + mynameisjOhn – Rusangano / Family
- We Cut Corners – Think Nothing
- Paddy Hanna – Leafy Stiletto
- Daithí – In Flight
- Sleep Thieves – You Want The Night
- Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream
- The Dublin Guitar Quartet Performs Philip Glass
- Ginnels – Country Life
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.