Here's a list of albums I've given a listen to in 2014, each album I've chucked a rating out of 10.
- Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues (US, Punk Rock) 8/10
- Alt-J - This is All Yours (UK, Indie Rock) 8/10
- Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness (US, Alternative Folk) 7/10
- Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together (UK, Metalcore) 8/10
- Ball Park Music - Puddinghead (AUS, Indie Pop) 6/10
- Band of Skulls - Himalayan (UK, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Bass Drum of Death - Rip This (US, Garage Rock) 6/10
- Beck - Morning Phase (US, Alternative) 7/10
- The Black Keys - Turn Blue (US, Indie Rock) 8/10
- Black Lips - Underneath the Rainbow (US, Garage Rock) 6/10
- Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow (UK, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Bonjah - Beautiful Wild (AUS, Indie Rock) 7/10
- Braves - Seapunk EP (AUS, Lo-Fi) 7/10
- Breaks Co-Op - Sounds Familiar (NZ, Electronica) 4/10
- Broken Bells - After The Disco (US, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Broods - Broods EP (NZ, Indie Pop) 6/10
- Carsick Cars - 3 (CHN, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Catalysts - Borrowed Time EP (CAN, Melodic Hardcore) 5/10
- Ceres - I Don't Want To Be Anywhere Else But Here (AUS, Punk) 9/10
- CHAMPS - Down Like Gold (UK, Alternative) 6/10
- Charlie Freak - Are You Think? EP (NZ, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Cheap Girls - Famous Graves (US, Punk Rock) 8/10
- Cheatahs - Cheatahs (UK, Rock) 7/10
- Chet Faker - Built on Glass (AUS, Electronic) 8/10
- Clap Clap Riot - Nobody/Everybody (NZ, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Clipping - Clipping (US, Experimental Hip-Hop) 5/10
- Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else (US, Indie Rock) 8/10
- Comeback Kid - Die Knowing (CAN, Hardcore) 6/10
- Delay Trees - Readymade (FIN, Indie) 6/10
- The Dirty Nil - SMITE EP (US, Punk Rock) 7/10
- The Doppelgangaz - Peace Kehd (US, Hip-Hop) 5/10
- DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (AUS, Thrash Rock) 8/10
- Fanfarlo - Let's Go Extinct (UK, Indie) 6/10
- Flying Lotus - You're Dead! (US, Electronic) 7/10
- Foster the People - Supermodel (US, Indie Pop) 3/10
- Frankie Cosmos - Zentropy (US, Indie) 7/10
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata (US, Hip-Hop) 6/10
- Fucked Up - Glass Boys (CAN, Hardcore Punk) 8/10
- Future Islands - Singles (US, Synthpop) 6/10
- Gnarwolves - Chronicles of Gnarnia (UK, Melodic Hardcore) 7/10
- Grass is Green - Vacation Vinny (US, Alternative Rock) 7/10
- Guided By Voices - Motivational Jumpsuit (US, Indie Rock) 7/10
- Guilty SImpson - The Simpson Tapes EP (US, Hip-Hop) 7/10
- The Harpoons - Falling For You (AUS, RnB/Pop) 7/10
- The High Wire - Found in Honey (CAN, Indie) 6/10
- Holy Wave - Relax (US, Psychedelic Rock) 8/10
- I Killed The Prom Queen - Beloved (AUS, Metalcore) 4/10
- Jack Carty - esk (AUS, Folk) 5/10
- The Jezabels - The Brink (AUS, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Kaiser Chiefs - Education, Education, Education & War (UK, Indie Rock) 4/10
- Karen O - Crush Songs (USA, Indie Rock) 8/10
- Khushi - Phantoms EP (UK, Indie) 6/10
- King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Oddments (AUS, Garage Rock) 8/10
- King Tuff - Black Moon Spell (US, Garage Rock) 6/10
- Kingswood - Microscopic Wars (AUS, Rock) 6/10
- Krill - Steve Hears Pile in Maiden and Bursts into Tears EP (US, Indie Rock) 7/10
- La Dispute - Rooms of the House (US, Post-Hardcore) 9/10
- The Lawrence Arms - Metropole (US, Punk Rock) 6/10
- Le1f - Hey Ep (US, Hip-Hop) 4/10
- Liam Finn - The Nihilist (NZ, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Liars - Mess (US, Experimental Rock) 8/10
- Luca Brasi - By A Thread (AUS, Punk Rock) 8/10
- Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (CAN, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Manchester Orchestra - COPE (US, Indie Rock) 7/10
- Mapei - Hey Hey (US/SWE, Indie) 4/10
- Maximo Park - Too Much Information (UK, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Mayfield - Let It Be Known EP - (CAN, Metalcore) 5/10
- Minus the Bear - Lost Loves (UK, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies - Are We Men? We Are Diva 7/10
- Memphis May Fire - Unconditional (US, Metalcore) 4/10
- The Men - Tomorrow's Hits (US, Indie Rock) 6/10
- The Menzingers - Rented World (US, Punk Rock) 7/10
- Micah P. Hinson - And the Nothing (US, Country) 7/10
- MO - No Mythologies To Follow - (DA, Electro-Pop) 6/10
- Modern Baseball - You're Going To Miss It All (US, Pop Punk) 6/10
- Moose Blood - I'll Keep You In Mind, From Time To Time (UK, Emo) 7/10
- Mozes and the Firstborn - Mozes and the Firstborn (NED, Garage Rock) 7/10
- Mustard Plug - Can't Contain It (US, Ska-Punk) 5/10
- Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights (NZ, Rock) 5/10
- New Found Glory - Resurrection (US, Pop Punk) 6/10
- OFF! - Wasted Years (US, Hardcore Punk) 7/10
- Owl - Two (US, Indie) 5/10
- Papercuts - Life Among the Savages (US, Indie Pop) 6/10
- Pixies - Indie Cindy (US, Alternative Rock) 5/10
- Postblue - I Hope They're Praying For Me (AUS, Grunge) 7/10
- Real Estate - Atlast (US, Lo-Fi) 6/10
- Rick Ross - Mastermind (US, Hip-Hop) 6/10
- Royal Blood - Royal Blood (UK, Rock) 7/10
- Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron (US, Hip-Hop) 8/10
- Sean Kirkwood - Tales for the Barman EP (NZ, Folk Rock) 7/10
- Set the Score - Two Steps Forward EP (US, Pop Punk) 7/10
- Shihad - FVEY (NZ, Rock) 7/10
- SKATERS - Manhattan (US, Rock) 5/10
- Somos - Temple of Plenty (US, Punk Rock) 7/10
- Solids - Blame Confusion (CAN, Alternative Rock) 8/10
- SPORT - Bon Voyage (FRA, Indie Punk) 8/10
- St. Vincent - St.Vincent (US, Indie Pop) 6/10
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags (US, Indie Rock) 7/10
- Sun Kill Moon - Benji (US, Indie Folk) 5/10
- Temples - Sun Structures (UK, Psychedelic Rock) 7/10
- Three Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything (CAN, Experimental Rock) 4/10
- Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield (CAN, Indie Rock) 6/10
- Total Slacker - Slip Away (US, Garage Rock) 7/10
- Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away (AUS, Indie Folk) 7/10
- The War on Drugs - Lost in a Dream (US, Indie Rock) 8/10
- Warm Soda - Young Reckless Hearts (US, Power Pop) 7/10
- Warpaint - Warpaint (US, Indie Rock) 6/10
- We Are Catchers - We Are Catchers (UK, Indie) 5/10
- We Are the in Crowd - Weird Kids (US, Pop Punk) 4/10
- Wild Beasts - Present Tense (UK, Indie Rock) 5/10
- Wolfmother - New Crown (AUS, Rock) 3/10
- Yellow Ostrich - Cosmos (US, Indie Rock) 8/10
- You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing (US, Punk Rock) 8/10
- Young Fathers - Dead (UK, Alternative Hip-Hop) 6/10
- Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter (US, Indie Rock) 4/10
