Top Albums of 2014: 31-40

UPDATE 12/16: So D'Angelo released a brand-new album yesterday, and suddenly I had to revise the entire list. I took the opportunity to make a couple changes I had second-guessed, as well.

31. Ex Hex - Rips (Merge)
Mary Timony (Helium, Wild Flag) finally formed a band to make unfussy kickass rock 'n' roll jams.
Click here to watch and listen to "Waterfall".

32. The Budos Band - Burnt Offering (Daptone)
Instrumental funk/jazz outfit from Staten Island lets a little 70's wizard rock creep in.
Click here to watch and listen to "Burnt Offering".

33. Sinkane - Mean Love (DFA)
English singer and pop songwriter who uses musical ideas from all over the world.
Click here to watch and listen to "How We Be".

34. Bob Mould - Beauty and Ruin (Merge)
A fine return to heavy form for the former frontman of Hüsker Dü and Sugar.
Click here to watch and listen to "I Don't Know You Anymore".

35. FKA twigs - LP1 (Young Turks)
Dark, beautiful electronic-based songs about cheating assholes.
Click here to watch and listen to "Video Girl".

36. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There (Jagjaguwar)
Sadstyle par excellence.
Click here to watch and listen to "Taking Chances".

37. Emma Donovan & The PutBacks - Dawn (HopeStreet)
Funky, soulful Australians. Mostly soulful.
Click here to watch and listen to "Daddy".

38. Ages and Ages - Divisionary (Partisan)
Do the right thing, do it all the time. Strummy Portlanders.
Click here to watch and listen to "Divisionary (Do the Right Thing)".

39. Helms Alee - Sleepwalking Sailors (Sargent House)
Fucking metal. Multigendered.
Click here to watch and listen to "Pretty As Pie (Live at the Comet Tavern)".

40. The Hoot Hoots - Colorpunch (self-released)
Fizzy fuzzy buzzy synth power pop from Seattle; all the members are from downstate Illinois.
Click here to listen to "Ooo".

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** Top Albums of 2014: 11-20 **

** Top Albums of 2014: 21-30 **