Nerina Pallot played a large part of my 2014 world: she, and her fans, were the subjects of my under-development documentary on what makes music personal. Nerina, herself, undertook an amazing feat: releasing an EP a month for the entire year (see supplemental playlist). With so much music from her the 31 list could easily have been swamped. But it was not.
NEWCOMERS
Gap Dream, James Blake, Minor Alps, Pixies, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Temples, Tired Pony, Weird Al Yankovic, Wild Beasts, Woodkid
FAMILIAR FACES, FRESH SOUNDS
Eno • Hyde, Nina Persson
SECOND-TIMERS
Agnes Obel, Bob Mould, Broken Bells, Dum Dum Girls, First Aid Kit, The Faint
RETURNING FAVORITES
Phantogram, Robbie Fulks, Rosanne Cash, Sia, TV On The Radio, Marianne Faithfull, Nicole Atkins, Richard Thompson, Robbie Williams, Robyn Hitchcock, St. Vincent, The Black Keys, Elbow
2014 Playlist
Track by track, with artist
- Digital Witness
ST. VINCENT - Control
BROKEN BELLS - Shine Your Light
GAP DREAM - Stranger to My Happiness
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS - Sweet Spot
WILD BEASTS - Daddy’s Car
ENO • HYDE - The Ghost in You
ROBYN HITCHCOCK - New York Morning
ELBOW - Retrograde
JAMES BLAKE - That’s Where I’m From
ROBBIE FULKS - A Feather’s Not a Bird
ROSANNE CASH - My Silver Lining
FIRST AID KIT - Animal Heart
NINA PERSSON - I Don’t Know What to Do With My Hands
MINOR ALPS - Fever
THE BLACK KEYS - I Don’t Know You Anymore
BOB MOULD
- Another Toe in the Ocean
PIXIES - Your Stranger
THE FAINT - Could You
TV ON THE RADIO - Celebrating Nothing
PHANTOGRAM - Pass Them By
AGNES OBEL - Red Ropes
NICOLE ATKINS - Shelter Song
TEMPLES - Run Boy Run
WOODKID - Fire Meet Gasoline
SIA - Rimbaud Eyes
DUM DUM GIRLS - Give My Love To London
MARIANNE FAITHFULL - Your Way Is the Way Home
TIRED PONY - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
RICHARD THOMPSON - If I Only Had a Brain
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - NOW That’s What I Call Polka!
WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
