This year isn’t over yet of course, but already Stereogum is hitting us with their list of much anticipated 2014 albums.
Check it out:
100 Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes (Columbia, 1/14)
99 The Rentals – TBD (Polyvinyl)
98 Broken Bells – After The Disco (Columbia, 1/14)
97 Empress Of – TBD (Terrible/XL)
96 tUnE-yArDs – TBD
95 Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron (Interscope/TDE, 2/25)
94 Thee Oh Sees – TBD
93 MØ – No Mythologies To Follow (Chess Club/RCA Victor, 2/24)
92 You Blew It! – Keep Doing What You’re Doing (Topshelf, 1/14)
91 Bleeding Rainbow – Interrupt (Kanine, 2/25)
90 The New Pornographers – TBD (Matador, Late Spring)
89 Sisyphus – Sisyphus (Asthmatic Kitty, 3/18)
88 Wu-Tang Clan – TBD
87 Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO, 3/4)
86 Mastodon – TBD
85 Phantogram – Voices (Republic, 2/18)
84 Wolves In The Throne Room – TBD (Southern Lord, Winter)
83 Meek Mill – TBD (MMG)
82 Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Sub Pop, 1/21)
81 Pusha T – King Push (Def Jam)
80 Actress – Ghettoville (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune, 1/28)
79 Rick Ross – Mastermind (MMG/Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam, Early 2014)
78 The Horrors – TBD
77 ceo – Wonderland (Modular People, 2/4)
76 Johnny Cash – Out Among The Stars (Columbia/Legacy, 3/25)
75 Black Lips – Underneath The Rainbow (Vice, 3/18)
74 Da Mafia 6ix – TBD
73 Best Coast – TBD (Spring)
72 The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones, 3/4)
71 My Morning Jacket – TBD (ATO)
70 Belle And Sebastian – TBD (Matador, Late Spring)
69 Neneh Cherry – Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound, 2/25)
68 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata
67 The Notwist – Close To The Glass (Sub Pop, 2/25)
66 FKA Twigs – TBD (Young Turks)
65 G-Side – Gz To Godz
64 Perfume Genius – TBD (Matador, Fall)
63 Death Cab For Cutie – TBD
62 DIIV – TBD
61 Lily Allen – TBD (Warner Bros.)
60 Liars – TBD (Mute, March)
59 Parquet Courts – TBD
58 Sampha – TBD (Young Turks)
57 Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire (Early 2014)
56 Pallbearer – TBD (Profound Lore, August)
55 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – TBD (April)
54 The Hold Steady – TBD (Vagrant, Winter)
53 Twin Shadow – TBD
52 Caribou – TBD
51 Wye Oak – TBD (Merge)
50 Tombs – Savage Gold (Relapse, Spring)
49 Dum Dum Girls – Too True (Sub Pop, 1/28)
48 Linda Perhacs – The Soul Of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty, 3/4)
47 Flying Lotus – TBD
46 Pharrell – TBD (Columbia)
45 Amber Coffman – TBD
44 Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (Interscope)
43 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar, 2/18)
42 The Bug – Angels And Devils (Ninja Tune)
41 Warpaint – Warpaint (Rough Trade)
40 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags (Matador, 1/7)
39 Katy B – Little Red (Rinse/Columbia)
38 James Blake & Chance The Rapper – TBD
37 Damon Albarn – TBD (Warner Bros.)
36 U2 – TBD (April)
35 Hamilton Leithauser – TBD
34 Real Estate – TBD (Domino)
33 Julian Casablancas – TBD
32 Alcest – Shelter (Prophecy, 1/21)
31 Migos – Y.R.N. 2 (January)
30 White Lung – TBD
29 EMA – The Future’s Void (Matador/City Slang, Spring)
28 Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour (Columbia, 5/26)
27 Bat For Lashes – TBD (Warner Bros.)
26 Jessica Pratt – TBD
25 The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream (Secretly Canadian, 3/18)
24 Modest Mouse – TBD
23 Wilco – TBD (dBpm)
22 Future – Honest (Epic)
21 Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde, 2/4)
20 St. Vincent – St. Vincent (Republic, 2/25)
19 Charli XCX – SuperLove (Atlantic, Spring)
18 Titus Andronicus – TBD (XL)
17 Grimes – TBD
16 Swans – TBD (Young God)
15 TV On The Radio – TBD
14 Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2 (Fool’s Gold)
13 Fleet Foxes – TBD
12 Fucked Up – TBD (Matador, Spring)
11 Robyn – TBD
10 Spoon – TBD
9 Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble, 1/21)
8 Taylor Swift – TBD
7 Agalloch – TBD (Profound Lore, April)
6 The Wrens – TBD
5 Joanna Newsom – TBD
4 Cloud Nothings – TBD
3 Frank Ocean – TBD
2 Beck – Morning Phase (Capitol, 2/14)
Beck performed “Wave” off the new album at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles this past November.
1 Kanye West – TBD (Summer)
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