Bring Me the Head of Tyler the Haikuist

Tyler's Top Music of 2014

(Possibly in order)

Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso

Smooth and silky pop

From a backup singer and

A psych-folk bassist

Beck: Morning Phase

Melancholy Beck

Is beautiful and epic

Stay sad, Beck. Stay sad

Spoon: They Want My Soul

Spoon loosens up but

Rocks as hard as they did on

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream

No beer commercial

Would be alas chill as the songs

On Lost in the Dream

Weezer: Everything Will Be Alright In The End

Weezer is good again, 

Apologizing for ten 

Years of bad music

Nick's Picks

Nick's Top Music of 2014

(in no particular order)

Bleachers: Strange Desire

Such a good live show

fun. is fine, but this is great

Amazing short-shorts

Sylvan Esso: Sylvan Esso

Mellow grooviness

Recorded in a closet

But sounds so damn good

Glass Animals: Zaba

This one grew on me

Really hated it at first

Peanut butter grooves?

The Orwells: Disgraceland

Midwest garage rock

Nutritious and delicious

Next gen still has hope

Five Syllables Seven Syllables Four Syllables...Crap

Alex's Top Music of 2014

(in no particular order)

Future Islands: Singles

Be-boop goes the synth

And folksy punky vocals

Eat that Avicci 

Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues

There once was a man

Tom was her name then

Now Laura Jane Grace

Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2

Running jewels fast

Wait, Rage Against the Machine?

Ten copies please.

First Aid Kit: Stay Gold

Feelsy harmonies

“We’re gonna get out of here”

Please never leave me

Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness

Hide yourself away

Your music is better then

Lonely and perfect

Bonus Pin-up Shot:

This Is Legit

Mauricio's Top Music of 2014

(in no particular order)

Flying Lotus: You’re Dead

The book of the dead,

Sounds and spirits swirl about,

What the fuck was that?

Interpol: El Pintor

Gone a while, back now,

Spanish painter’s all the rage,

Anagrams are fun.

Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

Never stone and steel,

Memories make a city,

I am a river.

Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Her voice is haunting,

Memories stir up like ghosts,

All is forgiven.

The Album is a Cat

Shifty's Top Music of 2014

(in order!)

#5 Ought: More Than Any Other Day 

So underrated

I made a joke, ha

You ought to listen to this

#4 Run The Jewels: Run the Jewels 2

Run them jewels fast!

Fuckboys need not apply

Unhealthy combination

#3 Cloud Nothings: Here and Nowhere Else

I love this shit, dawg 

I cry every time

Dylan Baldi is the man

#2 Protomartyr: Under Color of Official Right

Post-Punk from Detroit

Lyrics are the bomb

Singer eats nails for breakfast

#1 Nothing: Guilty of Everything

Metal and Shoegaze

Guilty of greatness

A perfect combination

Rabbit's Picks

Rabbit's Top Music of 2014

(in no particular order)

The Afghan Whigs: Do To the Beast

Sex and violence, no

self pity, only knowing

Winks and alcohol

Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Vulnerable and

Sultry, a siren sinking

Ships; she's lonely too

Bleachers: Strange Desire

Confessional pop

Joyous and wild; it'll get

Better, I promise

St Vincent: St Vincent

Indie fey princess

Subverting tropes; guitar god

Hard as bone or ice

Young Brad's a Poet/He Has Written Some Haiku/Critique His Lame Ass

Brad's Top Music of 2014

(in no particular order)

Frankie Cosmos: Zentropy

Her name is Greta

Her Dad is semi-famous

Her Man is a Porch

Mac DeMarco: Salad Days

Only smokes Viceroy

Puts drumsticks in his butthole

Likes lettuce way too much

Kishi Bashi: Lighght

Steak Steak Steak Steak Steak

The Steak is a gentleman

Steak Steak Steak Steak Steak

Sun Kil Moon: Benji

He has a big dick

War on Drugs has dibs on it

Fuck beer commercials

Death Grips: "Inanimate Sensation"

They're still together

They still sound like Satan's taint

Fuck I hate haiku