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The 11 Best Songs Released By Ryan Adams in 2014

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For years, Ryan Adams was a faucet of music that your needed only to turn the knob and album after album would come pouring out.  Between 2000-2011, Adams had 19+ releases in the form of albums, EPs and exclusive singles.  Then for the last three years…nothing.  Well, it’s 2014 and Adams is back.  In the past three months, Adams has four releases including a traditional Adams album, an 80s punk album, a country EP, and a Halloween inspired EP.  If he’s making up for lost time, then we should see at least three more releases by the end of the year…probably a Christmas-inspired release, a dubstep EP, and a duets covers remix album.  It’s funny because it’s true.

Happy Halloween.

Here are the 11 Best Songs Released By Ryan Adams in 2014:

  1. Am I Safe? (Ryan Adams)
  2. Suburbia (Vampires)
  3. Trouble (Ryan Adams)
  4. I Keep Running (Jacksonville)
  5. Jacksonville (Jacksonville)
  6. Kim (Ryan Adams)
  7. Vampires (Vampires)
  8. Wolves (1984)
  9. Stay With Me (Ryan Adams)
  10. Tired of Giving Up (Ryan Adams)
  11. When The Summer Ends (1984)

Buy any of Ryan Adams’ 2014 releases:  1984, Jacksonville, Vampires or Ryan Adams…now!


 

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My 11 Favorite Albums of 2014 (so far)

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It’s been a weird year in music.  There’s actually been a lot of great music…but nothing that has yet to stand above the rest.  There’s been no real consensus on what albums are 2014’s calling card.  From site to site, it seems there’s a lot more variety than most years.  And my top 11 is no different.  While there seems to some shared love for James Vincent McMorrow, Against Me!, Cloud Nothings, and The War On Drugs, my favorite album of the year (the infectious Broken Bells) is nowhere to be found on any list.  The Jack White peaks into a couple lists but has been widely slammed, probably because the album was made for vinyl and listening to any other way takes it down a notch. Strangely, it happens to be my favorite non-White Stripes Jack White recording to date.  I’ve seen Pure X and Conor Oberst get a couple mentions (albeit low on lists).  White Sea and First Aid Kit are two budding artists hitting their strides, yet fail to get mentions.  Last on my list is the addictive EP by the band Movement.  Everyone’s raving about How To Dress Well (which is another good album) but I feel like Movement is doing the same thing but is already leaps and bounds ahead.  But this is the great thing about music…there’s something for everyone to love.

Happy 4th!  Enjoy songs from the albums below…plus a few other good tracks from this year.

Here are my 11 favorite albums of 2014 (so far):

  1. Broken Bells – After The Disco
  2. James Vincent McMorrow – Post-Tropical
  3. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
  4. Jack White – Lazaretto
  5. Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain
  6. Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere Else
  7. Pure X – Angel
  8. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
  9. White Sea – White Sea
  10. The War on Drugs – Lost In the Dream
  11. Movement – Movement EP

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The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Winter 2014

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 Tonight, Florida State beat Auburn in the last BS (I mean BCS…actually, I really do mean bullshit) NCAA football championship game.  In 2014, we get the first ever college football playoff.  It’s only 4 teams…but it’s a start.  But college football isn’t the only thing we have to look forward to.  Here’s a look at the best new releases of the next three months.

The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of Winter 2014:

  1. Broken Bells – After The Disco ( Feb 4)
  2. Beck – Morning Phase (Feb 25)
  3. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Jan 21)
  4. Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter (Jan 21)
  5. Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans (Mar 4)
  6. The Crystal Method – The Crystal Method (Jan 14)
  7. Cibo Matto – Hotel Valentine (Feb 11)
  8. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Wig Out at Jagbags (Jan 7)
  9. Warpaint – Warpaint (Jan 21)
  10. Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes (Jan 14)
  11. Johnny Cash – Out Among The Stars (Mar 25)