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
- D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah
- The War On Drugs – Lost in a Dream
- Caribou – Our Love
- Jungle – Jungle
- Ana Tijoux – Vengo
- Spoon – They Want My Soul
- Jorge Drexler – Bailar en la cueva
- Blake Mills – Heigh Ho
- Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
- 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
