2014: a year in music.

top/favourite albums of the year

01. Early Riser, Taylor McFerrin (Brainfeeder)

Recommended tracks: "Postpartum," "The Antidote (feat. Nai Palm)," "Decisions (feat. Emily King)," "Place In My Heart (feat. RYAT)"

02. Mess, Liars (Mute)

Recommended tracks: "Mask Maker," "Vox Tuned D.E.D.," "Pro Anti Anti"

03. Our Love, Caribou (Merge)

Recommended tracks: "Can't Do Without You," "All I Ever Need," "Our Love," "Julia Brightly," "Your Love Will Set You Free"

04. Lese Majesty, Shabazz Palaces (Sub Pop)

Recommended tracks: "Dawn in Luxor," "Forerunner Foray," "They Come in Gold," "Solemn Swears," "#CAKE"

05. Black Messiah, D'Angelo and the Vanguard (RCA)

Recommended tracks: "Ain't That Easy," "1000 Deaths," "Sugah Daddy," "Betray My Heart"

06. You're Dead!, Flying Lotus (Warp)

Recommended tracks: "Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)," "Ready Err Not," "Moment of Hesitation"

07. Salad Days, Mac DeMarco (Captured Tracks)

Recommended tracks: "Salad Days," "Brother," "Chamber of Reflection"

08. Souled Out, Jhené Aiko (ARTium/Def Jam)

Recommended tracks: "W.A.Y.S," "It's Cool," "Lyin King," "Promises (feat. Miyagi and Namiko)"

09. LP1, FKA twigs (Young Turks)

Recommended track: "Two Weeks," "Pendulum," "Video Girl," "Numbers"

10. Trick, Kele (Lilac)

Recommended tracks: "First Impressions," "Coasting," "Doubt," "Closer"

11. My Everything, Ariana Grande (Republic)

Recommended tracks: "Be My Baby (feat. Cashmere Cat)," "Break Your Heart Right Back (feat. Childish Gambino)," "Love Me Harder (feat. The Weeknd)"

12. Broke with Expensive Taste, Azealia Banks (Prospect Park)

Recommended tracks: "Gimme a Chance," "Desperado," "JFK (feat. Theophilus London)," "Chasing Time"

13. Food, Kelis (Ninja Tune)

Recommended tracks: "Breakfast," "Jerk Ribs," "Floyd," "Bless the Telephone"

14. In Return, ODESZA (Counter)

Recommended tracks: "Say My Name (feat. Zyra)," "All We Need (feat. Shy Girls)," "Sundara," "Sun Models (feat. Madelyn Grant)"

15. Youth Culture Forever, PAWS (Fat Cat)

Recommended tracks: "Erreur Humaine," "Someone New," "Give Up"

16. Dunes, Gardens & Villa (Secretly Canadian)

Recommended tracks: "Domino," "Colony Glen," "Bullet Train"

17. Syro, Aphex Twin (Warp)

18. Dead, Young Fathers (anticon.)

Recommended tracks: "No Way," "Low," "Get Up"

19. Under the Skin OST, Mica Levi (Milan)

Recommended tracks: "Creation," "Lonely Void," "Love," "Death"

20. Goddess, Banks (Harvest)

Recommended tracks: "Brain," "Drowning," "Beggin for Thread," "Change"

HMs / 20-35 (no order)

Ghettoville, Actress (Ninja Tune)

I Never Learn, Lykke Li (LL/Atlantic)

Tough Love, Jessie Ware (Cherrytree/Interscope)

Seeds, TV on the Radio (Harvest)

Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon (Loma Vista/Republic)

Their Bodies in a Fog, Arrange (Orchid Tapes)

Otherness, Kindness (Mom + Pop)

Aquarius, Tinashe (RCA)

Clark, Clark (Warp)

The Pinkprint, Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic)

Run the Jewels 2, Run the Jewels (Mass Appeal)

Alvvays, Alvvays (Polyvinyl)

III, BADBADNOTGOOD (Innovative Leisure)

Mean Love, Sinkane (DFA)

St. Vincent, St. Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic)

top/favourite EPs of the year

Z, SZA (TDE)

Mr Noah, Panda Bear (Domino)

Mabel, Lil Silva (True Panther)

Ocean Death, Baths (anticon.)

The Green, Bibio (Warp)

Asleep Versions, Jon Hopkins (Domino)

Where Does This Disco?, YACHT (Downtown)

L1, Beacon (Ghostly International)

EP1, Duke Dumont (Virgin EMI)

nwa.hollywooddreams.coffee, Miguel (Bystorm/RCA)