As 2014 comes to a close, we caught up with some ATO artists – including Alynda Lee Segarra (Hurray for the Riff Raff), Benjamin Booker, The Belle Brigade, and more – and staffers to find out what they’ve been listening to all year:

Alynda Lee Segarra, Hurray for the Riff Raff

1. Clear Plastic Masks : Being There

2. Nikki Lane : All or Nothin’

3. Shovels and Rope : Swimmin’ Time

4. Jessica Lea Mayfield : Make My Head Sing

5. Fly Golden Eagle: Quartz

6. Old Crow Medicine Show : Remedy

7. Sharon Jones and the Dapkings : Give the People What They Want

8. Benjamin Booker: s/t

9. Big Freedia : Just Be Free

10. Beyoncé (Even though it came out in Dec 2013.)

Pick up Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new album “Small Town Heroes” at iTunes or Amazon.

 

Benjamin Booker

1- Parkay Quarts – Content Nausea
2- Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
3- Perfume Genius – Too Bright
4- Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams
5- Swans – To Be Kind
6- Iceage – Plowing Into the Fields of Love
7- PC Worship – Social Rust
8- Fugazi – First Demo
9- Ought – More Than Any Other Day
10- Hundred Waters – The Moon Rang Like A Bell’

Pick up Benjamin Booker’s self-titled debut at iTunes or Amazon.

 

Heath Fogg, Alabama Shakes

The Budos Band – Burnt Offering – Magus Mountain

Julian Casablancas & The Voidz – Tyranny – Nintendo Blood

Fly Golden Eagle – Quartz – Death Myth

Timber Timbre – Hot Dreams – Hot Dreams

Lee Fields & The Expressions – Emma Jean – Magnolia

Blake Mills – Heigh Ho – Gold Coast Sinkin’

Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans – Pauline Hawkins

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Dereconstructed – The Weeds Downtown

Sun Kil Moon – Benji – Micheline

Future Islands -Singles – A Song For Our Grandfathers

Pick up Alabama Shakes’ “Boys & Girls” on iTunes and Amazon, and look out for a new album in 2015.

 

Simon Rix, Kaiser Chiefs

Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy

Mark Lanegan Band – Harvest Home

Pulled Apart By Horses – Hot Squash

Mazes – Astigmatism

First Aid Kit – Master Pretender

Eno/Hyde – Daddy’s Car

Run The Jewels – Oh My Darling Don’t Cry

Hookworms – The Impasse

Jack White – Lazaretto

Beck – Morning

Pick up Kaiser Chiefs’ new album “Education, Education, Education and War” from iTunes or Amazon.

 

rayLand Baxter

shakey graves: and the war came – family and genus

Odessa: EP – gather round

temples: sun structures – the guesser

riff raff: neon icon – all songs

Blake mills: heigh ho – curable disease

warpaint: warpaint – love is to die

fly golden eagle: Quartz bijou – horse’s mouth

angel olsen: burn your fire for no witness – high & wild

Mac demarco: salad days – salad days

first aid kit: stay gold – cedar lane

Pick up rayLand Baxter’s “Feathers and FishHooks” on iTunes or Amazon, and look out for a new album in 2015.

 

Kelsey Kopecky, Kopecky Family Band

Kye Kye – Fantasize

Lucius – Wildewoman

Madi Diaz – Phantom

Banks – Goddess

Colony House- When I was Younger

Copeland -Ixora

Beck – Morning Phase

Foster the People – Supermodel

John Mark Mcmillan – Borderland

Taylor Swift – 1989

Pick up Kopecky Family Band’s “Kids Raising Kids” on iTunes or Amazon, and look out for a new album in 2015. 

 

Richard Harper, Fly Golden Eagle

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata

Quichenight – Room Temperature

Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty

Paperhead – Africa Avenue

Your Old Droog – s/t

Chriis Murrrray 2 – Tell the Head the Code

Ariel Pink – pom pom

Clear Plastic Masks – Being There

Dean Blunt – Black Metal

Chrome Pony – We are the Pieces EP

Pick up Fly Golden Eagle’s new album “Quartz Bijou” from iTunes or Amazon.

 

The Belle Brigade

In no particular order…

St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Blake Mills – Heigh Ho

Flying Lotus – You’re Dead

The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Ray Lamontagne – Supernova

Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband

Jenny Lewis – The Voyager

Spoon – They Want My Soul

Ariel Pink – Pom Pom

Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint

Pick up The Belle Brigade’s “Just Because” from iTunes or Amazon.

 

Steve Johnson, Alabama Shakes

St. Vincent – St. Vincent

Freddie Gibbs – Pinata

Cibo Matto – Hotel Valentine

Spoon – They Want My Soul

Pick up Alabama Shakes’ “Boys & Girls” on iTunes and Amazon, and look out for a new album in 2015.

 

Eric Pulido, Midlake

Band of Horses: Acoustic at The Ryman

Neil Finn: Dizzy Heights

St. Vincent – St. Vincent

John Grant and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra : Live in Concert

Soundcarriers – Entropicalia

Bob Dylan and the Band – Complete Basement Tapes

Beck – Morning Phase

Spoon: They Want My Soul

Philip Selway: Weatherhouse

Various Artists: A Very Merry Denton

Pick up Midlake’s album “Antiphon” on iTunes or Amazon.

 

Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers

TOP TWELVE ALBUMS: (alphabetical)

Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Centro-matic – Take Pride in Your Long Odds

D’Angelo – Black Messiah

The Delines – Colfax

Hurray For the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

Reigning Sound – Shattered

Sharon Van Etten – Are We There

Spoon – They Want My Soul

Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Sun Kil Moon – Benji (ALBUM OF THE YEAR)

Tweedy – Sukierae

War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Sun Kil Moon – Benji

SONG OF THE YEAR – “Dogs” by Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon)

BAND OF THE YEAR – War on Drugs

ARTIST OF THE YEAR – (tie) Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen

FAVORITE LIVE SHOW OF YEAR – Slint at Primavera Sound in Barcelona

BEST NEW BAND – The Delines

FAVORITE MOVIES 2014 – Boyhood and Birdman (can’t wait to see Inherent Vice)

FAVORITE BOOK I READ THIS YEAR – The 10th of December by George Saunders

REISSUES OF THE YEAR: Beatles – White Album (MONO Reissue)

Bob Dylan and The Band – Basement Tapes Complete (Best Reissue of Year)

REASONS FOR LOOKING FORWARD TO 2015:

New Albums by Father John Misty, Alabama Shakes and Kurt Vile.

Pick up Drive-By Truckers’ English Oceans Deluxe Edition from iTunes or Amazon.

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Marc Offenbach, Sales

#1 Ray Lamontagne/Supernova

#2 Johnny Marr/Playland

#3 Benjamin Booker/Benjamin Booker

#4 The New Pornographers/Brill Bruisers

#5 Heathers/Kingdom

#6 Foxygen/ . . . And Star Power

#7   Wye Oak/Shriek

#8  Temples/Sun Structures

#9  Fly Golden Eagle/Quartz Bijoux

#10 Ty Segall/Manipulator

 

Ed Green, Head of Radio Promotion:

Taylor Swift, 1989 (Big Machine)

Coldplay, Ghost Stories (Atlantic)

Stars, No One Is Lost (ATO)

Miranda Lambert, Platinum (Columbia)

Sam Hunt, Montevallo (MCA)

Eric Church, The Outsiders (EMI)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hypnotic Eye (WB)

Bruce Springsteen, High Hopes (Columbia)

Lady Antebellum, 747 (Capitol)

Phish, Fuego (ATO)

 

Mike Quinn, Product Manager

Steve Gunn, “Way Out Weather” (Paradise of Bachelors)

Spider Bags, “Frozen Letter” (Merge)

Earth, “Primitive and Deadly” (Southern Lord)

Purling Hiss, “Weirdon” (Drag City)

War on Drugs, “Lost In The Dream” (Secretly Canadian)

Luluc, “Passerby” (Sub Pop)

Bonnie “Prince” Billy, “Singers Grave A Sea Of Tombs” (Drag City)

Amen Dunes, “Love” (Sacred Bones)

Rick Brewer, Radio

War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Fly Golden Eagle – Quartz Bijou

Future Islands – Singles

Strand of Oaks – Heal

Real Estate – Atlas

Beck – Morning Phase

TV on the Radio – Seeds

Childish Gambino – Kauai EP

Alt J – This is All Yours

Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2

 

Carlyn Kessler, Radio

Strand of Oaks “Heal” (Dead Oceans)

Sam Smith “In the Lonely Hour” (Capitol)

Damien Rice “My Favourite Faded Fantasy” (Warner Bros.)

War On Drugs “Lost In the Dream” (Secretly Canadian)

Lo-Fang “Blue Film” (4AD)

Ryan Adams “Ryan Adams” (PAX AM/Blue Note)

Old 97s “Most Messed Up” (ATO)

Taylor Swift “1989” (Big Machine)

Alt-J “This Is All Yours” (Canvasback/Atlantic)

Sturgill Simpson “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” (High Top Mountain)

 

Melissa Rich, Finance

The New Pornographers – Brill Bruisers

Spoon – They Want My Soul

Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal

Wye Oak – Shriek

Sharon Van Etten – Are We There?

J. Mascis – Tied to a Star

Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker

Phantogram – Voices

Courtney Barnett – Double EP, A Sea of Split Peas

Chet Faker – Built on Glass

 

Ed Pinka, Radio

J Roddy Walston & The Business

Ex Hex

St. Vincent

Bryan Ferry, it’s weak but better than NO Bryan Ferry!!!!!

Hurray for the Riff Raff

Wolf Alice

Marco Benevento

King Tuff (no brainer, track #14 lolol!!!)

Kaiser Chiefs

Parquet Courts

Stars

Tweens

 

Robin Hendrickson, Art + Production

Not in order…

Kim Deal – White-label 7″ series

Disco Doom – Numerals

Shellac – Dude Incredible

Various Artists – VOODOO PARTY VOL. 2

Neil Young – A Letter Home

Fugazi – Early Demos

Silkworm – ‘Libertine’ reissue

Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

“Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues ” by Joel Selvin

Grifters reunion at Glasslands

 

Kelly Kettering, Director of Publicity

Ryan Adams – Self Titled

Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal

The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits

Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else

Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron

Oozing Wound – Earth Suck

Fat White Family – Champagne Holocaust

Jack White – Lazaretto

Yob – Clearing The Path To Ascend

Run The Jewels – RTJ2

 

Laura Lyons, Marketing:

[1] St. Vincent (Republic)

[2] Mitski // Bury Me at Makeout Creek (Double Double Whammy)

[3] Sango // Da Rocinha 2 (S/R)

[4] Angel Olsen // Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)

[4.5] Majid Jordan // A Place Like This EP (OVO)

[5] Mac Demarco // Salad Days (Captured Tracks)

[6] Kilo Kish // Across (Kitsune)

[7] Benjamin Booker (ATO)

[8] Sylvan Esso (Partisan)

[9] Future // Honest (Epic/A1/Freebandz)

[10] Alvvays (Polyvinyl)

Honorable Mentions: Ryan Hemsworth // Alone for the First Time; Lydia Ainsworth // Right Fron Real; Helado Negro // Double Youth; Tunji Ige // The Love Project.

 

Dave McClain, Product Manager

Vulfpeck – Fugue State

Taylor Swift – 1989

Fly Golden Eagle – Quartz

Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2

First Aid Kit – Stay Gold

Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

Tycho – Awake

D’Angelo – Black Messiah

Hozier  – Hozier

 

 

Tom Schmall, Radio

Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (High Top Mountain)

Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy (Vector/ WB)

FKA Twigs – LP1 (Young Turks)

Strand of Oakes – Heal (Dead Oceans)

Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour (Capitol)

Phantogram – Voices (Republic)

Sam Hunt – Montevallo (MCA Nash)

Taylor Swift – 1989 (Big Machine)

Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker (ATO)

Eric Church “The Outsiders” (EMI Nash)

 

Paul Dryden, Product Manager

1. D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah
2. The War On Drugs – Lost in a Dream
3. Caribou – Our Love
4. Jungle – Jungle
5. Ana Tijoux – Vengo
6. Spoon – They Want My Soul
7. Jorge Drexler – Bailar en la cueva
8. Blake Mills – Heigh Ho
9. Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
10. Buscabulla – Buscabulla EP

 

Eric Tsurumoto, Intern

10. Run The Jewels- Run the Jewels 2

9. Jack White- Lazaretto

8. St. Vincent- St Vincent

7. Tweedy-Tweedy

6. Jenny Lewis- The Voyager

5. Hozier-Hozier

4. The New Basement Tapes- Lost on the River

3. Spoon-They Want My Soul

2. Ryan Adams-  Ryan Adams

1. Beck- Morning Phase