Picking a top 5 this year was pretty damn hard. We really just narrowed it down to 5 for the sake of making a list…cause we like lists. They’re fun, and fun to argue about.
So here’s our list…
Top 5 NEW RELEASES of 2014:
–Steve Gunn Way Out Weather (Paradise of Bachelors)
–Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)
–The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)
–David Kilgour & The Heavy 8’s End Times Undone (Merge)
–Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (Thirty Tigers)
Top 5 REISSUES of 2014:
–Bob Dylan & The Band The Basement Tapes: Raw (Columbia)
–Lewis L’Amour (Light in the Attic)
–Parchman Farm (Dust-to-Digital)
–The Soul of Designer Records (Big Legal Mess)
–Modest Mouse Lonesome Crowded West and This is a Long Drive… (Glacial Pace)
