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2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes. -
Nicki Minaj, Sylvan Esso, Drake All Included on Noisey's Top 25 Songs of 2014 List: Who Got Number One?
"Noisey" released its end of the year collection of the top 25 songs from 2014 recently, and there is a great mix of hip-hop, punk and indie rock tracks. Big names like Nicki Minaj, St. Vincent and Taylor Swift were included alongside Sylvan Esso, Beach Slang and Body Count. Atlanta's own iLoveMakonnen topped the list with his tune "Club Goin' Up (on a Tuesday)" featuring Drake."The success of 'Tuesday,' which went from just-slightly-more-than-homemade weirdo artifact to Drake-featuring radio smash to Grammy-nominated late night show performance material, was as improbable as having a wild party on the slowest night of the week right under the nose of your parole officer. But it wasn't unwarranted," "Noisey" wrote about the top song.Check out the full list below."Club" hit No. 2 on "Pitchfork's" list of the 100 best tracks of 2014 behind Future Islands. -
St. Vincent Shares Quirky "Birth In Reverse" Music Video [WATCH]
2014 has been quite an incredible year for Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, and today (Dec. 16), she caps off the year with a great music video for her single "Birth in Reverse," which you can check out here. As can be expected from a St. Vincent music video, the whole thing is pretty bizarre, with images of Clark singing and dancing (or something close to dancing) in sterile, dream-like sets, though the highlights of the video are the shots of Clark playing guitar in outer space. -
10 Best Album Covers Of 2014: FKA Twigs, St. Vincent, The Roots, And More
Music lovers often experience album covers before hearing the album itself, so it's pretty appropriate that we're publishing our list of the best album covers of 2014 before our list of best albums of 2014 (stay tuned for that one in a few weeks, by the way). Here are the year's top 10 album covers. -
St. Vincent, Neneh Cherry and Alison Goldfrapp—BBC's "Wise Women"—Will Curate BBC 6 Around Christmas Holiday
If you have access to BBC 6 Radio and are looking for something to do while celebrating the holidays this December, you'll have the chance to listen in as three excellent female performers take charge of the DJ booth on Christmas Eve, Christmas and Boxing Day (December 26) respectively. The channel has announced that "three wise women" will curate the soundtrack for at least a few hours on each of those days: St. Vincent, Neneh Cherry and Alison Goldfrapp, respectively. -
NME Releases Full List of Best Albums of 2014: St. Vincent, Mac DeMarco and The War on Drugs Lead The Way
Earlier this week we passed along the news that NME had released its choice for the best album of 2014. In its esteemed opinion, St. Vincent and her self-titled album took top prize this year, marking the first time in six years that a performer from outside of the "commonwealth" topped the British publication's list. The magazine published its full Top 50 on Thursday. You can check out the full thing here, or scroll down to see at least the Top 10. -
St. Vincent and Future Islands Take Top Honors for NME's Best of 2014 End-of-Year Awards
The good news for those based in New York is that UK music publications have all released their biggest stories for the day by the time we wake up, giving us something to do as soon as we get to the office, thanks to a five-hour time difference. As coincidence would have it, NME also released its "best of" 2014 lists more than a month ahead of Christmas (which, unfortunately, may have hurt Britain's own One Direction down the stretch). St. Vincent took the top prize for Album of The Year with her self-titled release. Future Islands earned Track of The Year for "Seasons (Waiting On You)." -
Lollapalooza Announces Lineups for Festivals in Chile, Argentina and Brazil: Jack White, Pharrell Williams, Calvin Harris and More
Lollapalooza managed to sell out all three of its South American festivities this year so the festival will once again be headed to the continent to stage shows in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The lineups for each of those gigs, relatively similar, were announced on Monday morning. -
Bang On A Can's Asphalt Orchestra Release Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa' Cover Album November 18 on Cantaloupe Music Records
Bang On A Can project, Asphalt Orchestra, is set to drop their latest record, a Pixies' Surfer Rosa remix album. The Cantaloupe Music release is due out on November 18 and features the cult classic in it’s entirety. -
Bill Murray Sings Bob Dylan's 'Shelter from the Storm' in 'St. Vincent' Teaser Clip [WATCH]
In a new teaser for the Bill Murray-led "St. Vincent," the comedian mumbles his way through Bob Dylan's 1975 song "Shelter from the Storm," and the result is a heart-felt performance. -
WATCH: St. Vincent Heads 8G Band On ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers,’ Strand of Oaks Perform ‘Shut In’
Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) kicked off her two-day stint as the leader of the 8G Band on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers just last night. If you didn’t catch the show (don’t worry, you can below), be sure to tune in tonight because it’s the last night she will be acting Fred Armisen’s replacement. -
7 Artists Who Changed Their Name For Their Solo Career: St. Vincent, Kathleen Hanna, And More
Name recognition is an incredibly important element of the music business. If you were a member of a successful band or two, then plenty of people are going to buy your solo album simply because your name is on the front. However, these seven artists chose not to go down that route and actually changed their names once they went solo.
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