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Emily’s 2014 Best Of Lists



ALBUMS OF THE YEAR


1) Kelis, Food

2) the Afghan Whigs, Do To The Beast

3) Sloan, Commonwealth

4) the Pack AD, Do Not Engage

5) Beverly, Careers

SONGS OF THE YEAR


1) Future Islands, “Seasons (Waiting on You)”

2) Lana Del Rey, “West Coast”

3) Sharon Van Etten, “Taking Chances”

4) Eels, “Parallels”

5) Mark Lanegan, “Floor of the Ocean”


*Special mention:


– Big Freedia, “Explode”

– Old 97s, “Longer Than You’ve. Been Alive”

– Spoon “Rent I Pay”

SHOWS OF THE YEAR


1) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the State Theater

2) the Replacements at Midway Stadium

3) Sloan at the Turf Club

4) the Afghan Whigs at First Avenue

5) Eels (and Steve Perry) at the Fitzgerald Theater

6) Mark Lanegan at the Bottom Lounge

7) Pearl Jam at the Xcel Energy Center


New Elvis Perkins and Sleater-Kinney next year! Here we go 2015!








emily (emily@weheartmusic.com)
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