Some of the gang over here at Burst & Bloom share some things that they enjoyed in 2014. Music, film, television, books, live shows, podcasts, life, etc… The best of 2014, according to Guy Capecelatro III, Tommy McCaffrey, Dylan Metrano, Jesse Rifkin, Jim Rioux, Peter Squiers, and Zach Tremblay.
S ‘Cool Choices’
S Cool Choices
Trace Mountains Buttery Sprouts
Field Report Marigolden
Ormonde Cartographer/Explorer
The Delines Colfax
Frankie Cosmos Zentropy
Mimicking Birds Eons
Broken Twin May
Novi Split If Not This Then What
Your Friend Jeckyl/ Hyde
Owl John s/t
Honorable Mentions:
Grouper ‘Ruins’
Grouper Ruins
Manchester Orchestra Cope
Death Vessel Island Intervals
Haley Bonar Last War
Spain Sargent Place
First Aid Kit Stay Gold
Atoms and Void And Nothing Else
Mirah Changing Light
Mark Erelli Milltowns
Marissa Nadler July
Friends Making Awesome Things:
Bellows ‘Blue Breath’
Bellows Blue Breath
O’Death Out Of Hands We Go
Almanac Mountain Almanac Mountain Is In Like With You
D. Smith Groping for Luna Volume 1
Vio/Miré You Will be Spending Time Outdoors, in the Mountains, Near Water
Derek Archambault The Thank You EP
Dan Blakeslee Owed To The Tanglin Wind
Nate Laban & Sam Hill
Anna Vogelzang Driftless EP
Joey Pratt The Tug
Small Wonder Wendy
TV Shows
True Detective
True Detective
Rectify
Newsroom
Fargo
Walking Dead
Justified
The Ultimate Fighter
Silicon Valley
Gotham
Game of Thrones
“To Keep Time” by Joseph Massey
Books:
Poetry
To Keep Time by Joseph Massey
Say Dance, Say Night by Abbot Cutler
Sci-Fi
Embassytown by China Mieville
The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey –
Book One: Leviathan Wakes
Book Two: Caliban’s War
Book Three: Abaddon’s Gate
Book Four: Cibola Burn
Music:
Bill Callahan ‘Have Fun With God’
2014 Favorites
Dean Blunt Black Metal
Jenny Lewis The Voyager
The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream
Bill Callahan Have Fun With God
Ex Hex Rips
Iceage Plowing Into The Field Of Love
Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal
Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else
Sun Kil Moon Benji
Shellac Dude Incredible
Non-2014 Most Played of 2014
Wire ‘Pink Flag’
3 Inches of Blood Advance and Vanquish
Wild Wild Geese Sorry Earth
Wire Pink Flag
Angel Olsen ‘Burn Your Fire For No Witness’
- Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire For No Witness
- White Hinterland Baby
- Death Vessel Island Intervals
- Perfume Genius Too Bright
- Damien Jurado Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun
- Lykki Li I Never Learn
- Jolie Holland Wine Dark Sea
- Prince Art Official Age
- Lia Ices Ices
- D’Angelo Black Messiah
- Spenking Bad Blood Good Blood
- Sinkane Mean Love
- Sharon Van Etten Are We There?
- Spain Sargent Place
- Grouper Ruins
- Jessica Lea Mayfield Make My Head Sing
Live performances:
Shango
Shango, White Hinterland, Mirah, Death Vessel, Nils Frahm, Bad News Orchestra / Song Reader, Ira Glass, Stevie Wonder
SOME THINGS I LOVED IN 2014 by Jesse Rifkin
The Juan Maclean ‘In a Dream’
The Juan Maclean – In A Dream (my album of the year by a long shot)
That month where I only listened to Stevie Wonder
Thee Silver Mt Zion – Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything and Hang On To Each Other EP
Season 4 of “Louie”
Discovering tons of incredible old disco singles on Salsoul Records (especially “Doctor Love” by First Choice)
Jodorowsky’s Dune
That month where I only listened to Todd Rundgren
Caribou and The Afghan Whigs live (more so than their records)
Sun Kil Moon – Benji (and Koz’s overall internet presence)
The Criterion Collection on Hulu (especially all the Ozu and Bergman films I hadn’t seen, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, and the extensive selection of yakuza movies from the 50’s and 60’s)
Todd Terje and Bryan Ferry‘s cover of “Johnny and Mary”
20,000 Days on Earth
That month where I only listened to The Lexicon of Love by ABC
The awe-inspiring stand-up comedy of Jen Kirkman
Mr. Twin Sister – Mr. Twin Sister
Alan Cumming in the revival of Cabaret at Studio 54
Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold
Boyhood
Jolie Holland ‘Wine Dark Sea’
1. Jolie Holland Wine Dark Sea
2. The Acid Liminial
3. Damien Jurado Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun
4. James Vincent McMorrow Post Tropical
5. Manchester Orchestra Cope
Jodorovsky’s Dune
6. Jodorovsky’s Dune
7. Finding Vivian Meier
8. 20,000 Days on Earth
9. Mistaken for Strangers
10. Fact or Fiction: The Life and Times of a Ping Pong Hustler
Hae
Hiss Golden Messenger ‘Lateness Of Dancers’
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