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A Handy Clip-and-Save guide while you’re putting together your year-end coverage…. 

forcefield2014overviewHere’s a look back at everything we worked in 2014, you can click on each artist listed below for an audio sample, please hit us up if you’d like to request any of these titles in full (most of them are on Spotify now too, just fyi).

Jan. 14, 2014

Lanterns On the LakeUntil the Colours Run (PIAS / Bella Union)
Painted PalmsForever (Polyvinyl)

Jan. 21, 2014

I Break HorsesChiaroscuro (PIAS / Bella Union)
Beat CultureDrifter / Shibuya (B3SCI)

Jan. 28, 2014

GachaWhen The Watchman Saw The Light EP (Apollo Records)

Feb. 4, 2014

CYMBALSThe Age of Fracture (Tough Love)
Be ForestEarthbeat (WWNBB)
El Ten ElevenFor emily EP (Self-Released)

Feb. 18, 2014

Leyland KirbyBreaks My Heart Each Time EP (Apollo)

Feb. 25, 2014

Yellow OstrichCosmos (Barsuk)
DoomsquadKalaboogie (Hand Drawn Dracula)
Brandt Brauer FrickDJ Kicks (K7)

Mar. 4, 2014

Bart DavenportPhysical World (Lovemonk / Burger)
WeeknightPost-Everything (Artificial Records)
Color WarIt Could Only Be This Way (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
The Mary OnettesPortico (Labrador)

March 11, 2014

September GirlsCursing The Sea (Fortuna POP!)
LakkerContaining A Thousand EP (R&S)
DatassetteCagney XOR Lacey EP (Apollo Records)

Mar. 25, 2014

Withered HandNew Gods (Slumberland / Fortuna Pop)
Tony MolinaDissed and Dismissed (Slumberland)
OwlsTwo (Polyvinyl)
YuckSouthern Skies EP (Self-Released)

April 1, 2014

Pattern is MovementS/T (Hometapes)
VondelparkSeabed Remixed (R&S)

April 8, 2014

School of LanguageOld Fears (Memphis Industries)
Boozoo Bajou4 (Apollo)
SoftSpotMASS (Self Released)

April 15, 2014

WoodsWith Light and With Love (Woodsist)
Odonis OdonisHard Boiled, Soft Boiled (Buzz Records)
Wyrd VisionsHalf Eaten Guitar (PW Elverum and Sun) – reissue

April 22, 2014

KasketWhere Is Alice EP (Apollo Records)

April 29, 2014

ElephantSky Swimming (Memphis Industries)
Howlin RainLive Rain (Silver Current)

May 6, 2014

PAWSYouth Culture Forever (FatCat)
PapercutsLife Among The Savages (Easy Sound)
Rodrigo AmaranteCavalo (Easy Sound)

May 13, 2014

TOBACCOUltima II Massage (Ghostly)
La SeraHour of the Dawn (Hardly Art)
The Pains of Being Pure at HeartDays of Abandon (Yebo)

May 20, 2014

Alex SmokeRS1403 EP (R&S)

June 3, 2014

The DonkeysRide The Black Wave (Easy Sound)
Devon WilliamsGilding The Lily (Slumberland)
Gold-BearsDalliance (Slumberland)

June 10, 2014

Beta FrontiersUndone Things (Buzz)

June 17, 2014

LoneReality Testing (R&S)
PapertwinVox Humana (Self-Released)
Frog EyesCarey’s Cold Spring (Paper Bag) – reissue

June 20, 2014

We Are The Best! (film) (Magnolia)

June 24, 2014

White ReaperWhite Reaper EP (Polyvinyl)

July 1, 2014

Shanghai DenEP1 (R&S)
Driftless Ambient 1 (Driftless Recordings)

July 8, 2014

The Skygreen LeopardsFamily Crimes (Woodsist)
Matt Kivel Days of Being Wild (Woodsist)
The Proper Ornaments Wooden Head (Slumberland)
Woods Tambourine Light 7″ (Captured Tracks / Woodsist)

July 15, 2014

Melted ToysS/T (Underwater Peoples)
Cloud BoatModel of You (Apollo)

July 22, 2014

White FenceFor The Recently Found Innocent (Drag City)
PS I Love You For Those Who Stay (Paper Bag)

July 29, 2014

Stardeath and White DwarfsWastoid (Federal Prism)

August 5, 2014

EDJS/T (Easy Sound)

August 19, 2014

Music Go Music – Impressions (Thousand Tongues)
LiteratureChorus (Slumberland)
Free TimeEsoteric Tizz 7″ (Underwater Peoples)

August 26, 2014

Alma Construct S/T EP (R&S)
Wish S/T (Hand Drawn Dracula)

Sept. 2, 2014

The June BridesShe Seems Quite Fine EP (Slumberland)

Sept. 9, 2014

Love InksExi (Republic of Music)
NiagaraDon’t Take It Personally (Monotreme)

Sept. 23, 2014

Terry MaltsInsides EP (Slumberland)
The Aislers SetTerrible Things Happen (Slumberland) – reissue
The Aislers SetThe Last Match (Slumberland) – reissue

Sept. 30, 2014

YelleComplètement Fou (Kemosabe)
The History of Apple PieFeel Something (Marshall Teller)
Paul WhiteShaker Notes (R&S)
PopulousNight Safari (Bad Panda)

Oct. 7, 2014

Nicholas KrgovichOn Sunset (NK World Service)
Allo Darlin’We Come From The Same Place (Slumberland)
Hungry Cloud DarkeningGlossy Recall (OFF TEMPO)

Oct. 14, 2014

The Aislers SetHow I Learned To Write Backwards (Suicide Squeeze) – reissue
Kevin MorbyStill Life (Woodsist)
ItascaUnmoored By The Wind (New Images)
LakkerMountian Divide (R&S)
J FernandezMemorize Now EP (Atelier Ciseaux)

Oct. 21, 2014

BullyS/T EP (StarTime International)
Modern VicesS/T (Autumn Tone)

Oct. 28, 2014

Paula TempleDeathvox EP (R&S)

Nov. 11, 2014

Marianne FaithfullGive My Love To London (Easy Sound)
Talk in TonguesStill Don’t Seem To Care 7″ (Fairfax)

Nov. 18, 2014

Ariel Pinkpom pom (4AD)
Guerilla Toss – Smack The Brick (NNA Tapes)

Nov. 20, 2014

Megafortress – Believer (Driftless)

Nov. 25, 2014

Joanna Gruesome / Perfect Pussy – split 7″ (Slumberland / Captured Tracks)
SynkroTransient EP (Apollo)
ALSOEP1 (R&S)

Dec. 2, 2014

Noah WallPrint the Legend – Music for the film Print the Legend (Driftless Recordings)
The Mantles Memory 7″ (Slumberland)