Going Lean: Job Creators

A brief, incomplete list of companies making significant layoffs/job eliminations/going lean in 2014-2015

Air Products
American Express
Amgen
AT&T (Fortune 500 #11 company)
Baker Hughes
Bank of America
Beats Audio
Best Buy
Bombardier
BP
Chevron  (Fortune 500 #3 company)
CNN
Citizens Bank
Citrix
Coca Cola
ConocoPhillips
Dell
Dreamworks
eBay
EMC
Express Scripts (Fortune 500 #19 company)
First Niagra
Ford (Fortune 500 #8 Company, by robocall)
General Electric (Fortune 500 #9 Company)
GlaxoSmithKline
GM (Fortune 500 #7 Company)
Halliburton
Heinz
HP (Fortune 500 #17 company)
IBM
JBLM
JC Penney
JPMorgan Chase (Fortune 500 #18 Company)
John Deere
Lloyds
Macy's
Microsoft
NewsCorp
New York Times
Novartis
NYC Provisional Workers
Schlumberger
Sears
Sprint
Sony
Symantec
Target
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tulsa Oil Company
Turner Broadcasting
Tyson
US Steel
Verizon (Fortune 500 #16 company)
Walgreens
Walmart (Fortune 500 #1 company)
Wells Fargo

10 Year Vintage: The 75 Best Tracks of 2004

1. Air- Run



2. Vex'd- Lion



3. The Go! Team- Bottle Rocket



4. Destiny's Child- Lose My Breath



5. Kanye West- Jesus Walks



6. Various Productions-  Hater



7. Belbury Poly- The Willows



8.  Toasty- The Knowedge



9.  MIA- Galang



10.  Belle and Sebastian- I'm a Cuckoo (Avalanches Mix)

11. Skywave-Wear This Dress

12. Of Montreal-Disconnect the Dots

13. Ghostface Killah-Run

14. Lady Sovereign-Ch Ching

15. DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad-Girl Bust Down

16. Jaylib-Pillz

17. Nathan Fake-Outhouse

18. Black Moth Super Rainbow-Smile Heavy

19. Juvenile-Numb Numb

20. Modest Mouse-Float On

21. Digital Mystikz-Da Wrath

22. Slum Village ft MC Breed-Do You

23. cLOUDDEAD-Dead Dogs Two (Boards of Canada Mix)

24. De La Soul-Rock Co.Kane Flow

25. Legowelt-Pandamonium

26. Mathew Johnson-Followed By Angels

27. Tortoise-Crest

28. Oh No-Take Another

29. Carter Tutti-The Last Ride

30. Solvent-Think Like Us

31. Wagon Christ-Shadows

32. Snoop Dogg ft Pharell Williams-Drop It Like It's Hot

33. Ana De Silva-Friend

34. Thomas Brinkmann-Lovesong

35. Squarepusher-Iambic 9 Poetry

36. Prince Po feat Raekwon-Bump Bump

37. Shystie-Step Bac

38. Kelly Polar Quartet-Parlour Games

39. Theo Parrish-Dance Sing

40. Brandy ft Kanye West-Talk About Our Love

41. Kode9 and Daddy G-Sign of the Dub

42. DJ Koze-Let's Help Me

43. Slaughter Mob-L'Amour

44. Rex the Dog-Prototype

45. Scissor Sisters-Take Your Mama Out

46. Fennesz-Circassian

47. The Killers-All These Things That I've Done

48. Annie-Chewing Gum

49. LCD Soundsystem-Yeah (Crass mix)

50. Usher feat Lil Jon-Yeah

51. Subtle-FKO

52. Tomas Andersson-Numb

53. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas-Run

54. Superpitcher-People

55. Fabolous-Breathe

56. Metro Area-Nerves

57. Shackleton-Stalker

58. MF Doom-Rapp Snitch Knishes

59. Shed-Rainy Day

60. Justus Kohncke-Timecode

61. Janet Jackson-Strawberry Bounce

62. Slaughter Mob-L'Amour

63. Lil Wayne-Go DJ

64. Ada-Maps (Michael Mayer and Tobias Thomas Mix)

65. Dungen-Ta Get Lungt

66. NERD-Jump

67. Stars-Ageless Beauty

68. Dynarec-User Input

69. Kelly Clarkson-Since U Been Gone

70. Britney Spears-My Perogative

71. Brooks-Do the Math

72. Sonic Youth-I Love You Golden Blue

73. Phonique-The Red Dress (Tiefschwarz mix)

74. Black Mountain-Don't Run Our Hearts Around

75. Skream -Afrika

20 Year Vintage: The 75 Best Tracks of 1994

I know these lists are absurd, but it was actually hard to break it down to 75. I eventually just had to cut myself off from adding jungle tracks.



1. Stereolab- Wow and Flutter



2. A Guy Called Gerald- Finley's Rainbow



3. The Suburban Knight- Midnight Sunshine



4. Massive Attack- Protection



5. Drexciya- Living on the Edge



6. Dillinja- Sovereign Melody



7. The Magnetic Fields- Strange Powers



8. Rave Creator- Thru Eternal Fog



9. Coil vs the Eskaton- First Dark Ride




10. Aphrodite- Shine

11. The Notorious BIG-Things Done Changed

12. Basic Channel-Quadrant Dub I/II

13. Portishead-Glory Box

14. Infiniti-Think Quick (Moritz Von Oswald mix)

15. Autechre-Basscadet (Seefeelmx)

16. Windy and Carl-Instrumental 1

17. Veruca Salt-Seether

18. Hole-Violet

19. Dred Dead-Dred Bass (Origin Unknown mix)

20. Weezer-Say It Ain't So

21. Bowery Electric-Drop

22. Baby Fox-Curly Locks

23. Cocteau Twins-Ice-Pulse

24. Smashing Pumpkins-Frail and Bedazzled

25. DJ Funk-Pump It

26. Goldie-Inner City Life

27. LFO-Tied Up

28. Gravediggaz-1-800 Suicide

29. Claude Young-Welfare Cheese

30. Palm Skin Productions-The Beast (Autechre Mix)

31. Doc Scott-Paradise Lost

32. Moby-Feeling so Real

33. Red House Painters-Shock Me

34. Foul Play-Music is the Key

35. ESG-Swangin' and Bangin (Screwed Version)

36. Olde Scottish-Martian Economics

37. Wedlock-IQ 190

38. Nas-It Ain't Hard to Tell

39. God-Detox

40. Surgeon-Move

41. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult-After the Flesh

42. Soundgarden -Fourth of July

43. Patrick Pulsinger -City Lights pt 1 & 2

44. Donna Regina-Driving in Your Car

45. Ween-Freedom of 76

46. Orbital-Are We Here

47. Tori Amos-Honey

48. Future Sound of London-Slider

49. Green Day-Burnout

50. Drax-Amphetamine

51. The Lady of Rage-Afro Puffs

52. Daft Punk-Assault

53. Low Key Movements-Makes Me Wanna

54. Glee Club-Remember the Years

55. Jawbreaker-Condition Oakland

56. Wizzard of Wax-Fantasy

57. Jawbox-Savory

58. Pale Saints-Under Your Nose

59. Cloud Nine-Blissful Ignorance

60. Beck-Beercan

61. The Dust Brothers-Chemical Beats

62. UNKLE-If You Find the Earth Boring

63. Curve-On the Wheel

64. Monster Magnet-Negasonic Teenage Warhead

65. DBX-Losing Control

66. Supergrass-Caught by the Fuzz

67. Outkast-DEEP

68. Sugar-My Favorite Thing

69. The Cranes-Pale Blue Sky

70. Sonic Youth-Superstar

71. DJ Krush-Dig This Vibe

72. Bomb the Bass-Bug Powder Dust (La Funk mob Mix)

73. Lush-Blackout

74. Elliot Smith-No Name #3

75. Bochum Welt-Phobos

30 Years Vintage: The 75 Best Tracks of 1984

1. The Smiths- "William It Was Really Nothing"



2. The Cocteau Twins- "Ivo"



3. Gwendolyn- "Come to Me (Farley Funkin Keith mix)



4. Sonic Youth and Lydia Lunch- Death Valley 69



5. Cherelle- I Didn't Mean to Turn You On



6. Section 25- Looking From a Hilltop



7. Felt- The World Is As Soft As Lace



8. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam- I Wonder If I Take You Home



9. Scratch Acid- Cannibal



10. Cybotron- Techno City

11. Laura Branigan-Self Control

12. Red Alert-Hip Hop on Wax Vol 2

13. Debbie Deb-Look Out Weekend

14. The Chills-Pink Frost

15. Depeche Mode-Master and Servant

16. Time Zone feat Afrika Bambaata and John Lydon-World Destruction

17. The Cars-Drive

18. Husker Du-Masochism World

19. Egyptian Lover-I Cry (Night After Night)

20. Martin Dupont-Just Because

21. Strafe-Set It Off

22. Barrington Levy-Here I Come

23. Killing Joke-The Eighties

24. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-Avalanache

25. Meredith Monk-Candy Bullets and Moon

26. The Cure-The Caterpillar

27. Rebbie Jackson-Centipede

28. Prince-When Doves Cry

29. Arthur Baker-Breaker's Revenge

30. The Associates-Kites

31. Wham-Everything She Wants

32. Pretty Poison-Nighttime

33. Madonna-Into the Groove

34. Wish & Fonda Rae-Touch Me (All Night Long)

35. German Shepherds-THC

36. Solo-Girls Girls (ah ah)

37. Echo and the Bunnymen-The Killing Moon

38. The Jesus and Mary Chain-Upside Down

39. Arabian Prince-Strange Life

40. Slinky Gym School feat Rammellzee-Crazy Sneaker

41. Iron Curtain-The Condos

42. Schooly D-Gangster Boogie

43. Jesse Saunders-On and On

44. Dead Can Dance-Flowers of the Sea

45. The Flowerpot Men-Jo's So Mean to Josephine

46. Metallica-Creeping Death

47. Van Halen-Panama

48. REM-South Central Rain

49. Junior Murvin-Think Twice

50. Malcolm McLaren-Madam Butterfly

51. Jan Hammer-Crockett's Theme

52. Teddy & the Frat Girls-I Owe it to the Girls

53. Sun Ra-Nuclear War

54. U2-Bad

55. Master Plan-Pushin too Hard (Instrumental)

56. A Certain Ratio-Life's A Scream

57. Fresh-Dum Dum

58. Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy

59. Marcel King-Reach for Love

60. Duran Duran-New Moon on Monday

61. Chakk-Out of the Flesh

62. The Fall-CREEP

63. The Style Council-My Ever Changing Moods

64. Animotion-Obsession

65. New Order-Thieves Like Us

66. Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three-The Roof is On Fire

67. Crass-You're Already Dead

68. World Class Wreckin' Cru-Surgery

69. Belfegore-All that I wanted

70. The Go-Gos-Head Over Heels

71. Culture Club-The War Song

72. The Danse Society-Angel

73. Run DMC-Wake Up

74. Queen-Radio Gaga

75. Frankie Goes to Hollywood -Two Tribes

40 Year Vintage: The 40 Best Tracks of 1974

1. Kraftwerk- Autobahn



2. Queen- Killer Queen



3. Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson- The Bottle



4.  Lady June- Tunion



5. Richard and Linda Thompson- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight



6. Guru Guru- The Girl from Hirschhorn



7. Nina Simone- Dambala



8. Kevin Ayers- The Confessions of Dr. Dream Part A: Irreversible Neural Damage



9. Miles Davis- He Loved Him Madly



10. Big Star- September Gurls

11. Syreeta-Cause We've Ended Now As Lovers

12. Lou Bond-To the Establishment

13. Junior Byles-Curly Locks

14. The Raspberries -Overnight Sensation

15. Fred Wesley and the JB's-Blow Your Head

16. David Bowie-Rebel Rebel

17. Brian Eno-Third Uncle

18. Sparks-Here in Heaven

19. King Tubby and the Upsetter-King Tubby and the Upsetter At Spanish Town

20. Bobbi Humphrey-San Francisco Lights

21. Ronnie Boykins-The Will Come, Is Now

22. The Hollies-The Air That I Breathe

23. Aerosmith-Seasons of Wither

24. Bettye Crutcher-Sleepy People

25. Bill Withers-Make a Smile For Me

26. Little Beaver-Party Down

27. Death-Freaking Out

28. Tomita-Snowflakes are Dancing

29. Average White Band-Pick Up the Pieces

30. Andy Mckay-Time Regained

31. Dolly Parton-Jolene

32. Bad Medicine-Tresspasser

33. George McCrae-Rock Your Baby

34. Todd Rundgren-Izzat Love

35. Mick Ronson-Only After Dark

36. Gladys Knight and the Pips-I Feel a Song (In My Heart Again)

37. The Commodores-Assembly Line

38. Grateful Dead-Unbroken Chain

39. William DeVaughn-Be Thankful for What You Got

40. Minnie Riperton-Loving You

50 Years Vintage: The 35 Best Tracks of 1964

1. Nina Simone- "Mississippi Goddam"




2. The Beach Boys- "Don't Worry Baby"



3. The Staple Singers- "Masters of War"



4. The Supremes- "Where Did Our Love Go"



5. The Kinks- "All Day and All of the Night"



6. The Beatles- "Things We Said Today"



7. The Four Tops- "Baby I Need Your Lovin"




8. Gloria Jones- "Tainted Love"



9. Eddie Warner- "Night Fight"



10. The Shangri-La's- "Give Him a Great Big Kiss"

11. The Wailers-Simmer Down

12. France Gall-Laisse Tomber Les Filles

13. Hasil Adkins & His Happy Guitar-She Said

14. The Temptations-My Girl

15. Them-Baby Please Don't Go

16. Dionne Warwick-Walk On By

18. Bob Dylan-The Times They Are A Changin'

19. Dusty Springfield-Summer is Over

20. Simon & Garfunkel-The Sound of Silence

21. Marvin Gaye-How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

22. Little Anthony & the Imperials-Going Out of My Head

23. Sam Cooke-A Change is Gonna Come

24. Wendy Rene-After Laughter Comes Tears

25. The Sonics-Psycho

26. Julie London-Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

27. Marianne Faithful-As Tears Go By

28. The Bishops-Hollywood Scene

29. The Animals-House of the Rising Sun

30. The Novas-Crusher

31. The Searchers -Needles and Pins

32. Jerry Herman-Put on Your Sunday Clothes

33. The Dave Clarke Five-Anyway You Want It

34. Gerry and the Pacemakers-Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying

35. Roy Orbison-It's Over

Sixty Year Vintage: The 12 Best Releases of 1954

1. Pete Seeger-The Goofing Off Suite LP

2. Johnny Guitar Watson-"Space Guitar"

3. Edgard Varese-Deserts

4. Peter Schat-Adagio in Oude Stijl, op. 2"

5. Jean Ritchie-"A Pretty Fair Miss"

6. Big Joe Turner-"Shake, Rattle, and Roll"

7. Elvis Presley-"That's Alright Mama"

8. Les Baxter-The Passions LP

9. Archie Bleyer-"Hernando's Hideaway"

10. Howlin Wolf-"Evil is Goin On"

11. Frank Sinatra-Songs for Young Lovers LP

12. The Chordettes-"Mr Sandman"

Fifty Year Vintage: The Best Albums of 1964

Okay, so #1 is technically not an album. So sue me.

1. Delia Derbyshire/Barry Bermange-Dreams

2. The Beatles-Meet the Beatles

3. Nina Simone-Broadway Blues Ballads

4. The Staple Singers-This Little Light

5. Akira Ifukube-Mothra vs Godzilla Soundtrack

6. The Rolling Stones-England's Newest Hitmakers

7. John Barry-Goldfinger

8. Stan Getz /Joao Gilberto feat Antonio Carlos Jobim-Getz/Gilberto

9. Henri Dutilleux-Metaboles

10. The Impressions-Keep on Pushing

11. Ennio Morricone-A Fistful of Dollars soundtrack

12. The Ventures-In Space

13. The Kinks-Kinks

14. The Shangri-Las-Leader of the Pack

15. Quincy Jones-Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini

16. The Temptations-Meet the Temptations

17. Irma Thomas-Wish Someone Would Care

18. Simon & Garfunkel-Wednesday Morning 3AM

19. The Four Tops-The Four Tops

20. Albert Ayler-Spirits

21. Booker T & The MGs-Soul Dressing

22. The Animals-The Animals

23. The Beach Boys-Shut Down Vol 2

24. Odetta- It's a Mighty World

25. Bob Dylan-The Times They Are A-Changin'

Forty Year Vintage: The Best Albums of 1974

1. Kraftwerk-Autobahn

2. Nico-The End

3. Miles Davis-Get Up With It

4. Various-Greek Electronic Music Vol 1

5. Tobe Hopper & Wayne Bell-The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

6. Sparks-Kimono My House

7. Tangerine Dream-Phaedra

8. David Bowie-Diamond Dogs

9. Little Beaver-Party Down

10. Death-…For All the World to See

11. Mike Oldfield-Hergerst Ridge

12. King Tubby Meets the Upsetter-At the Grassroots of Dub

13. Sand-Golem

14. Charlemagne Palestine-Strumming Music

15. Heldon-Electronique Guerilla

16. Sun Ra-Space is the Place

17. Harmonia-Musik Von Harmonia

18. ABBA-Waterloo

19. Can-Soon Over Babaluma

20. Richard and Linda Thompson-I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

21. Nina Simone-It is Finished

22. David Shire-The Conversation Soundtrack

23. Brian Eno-Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

24. Hawkwind-In the Hall of the Mountain Grill

25. Cluster-Zuckerzeit

26. Syreeta-Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta

27. Magma-Kohntarkosz

28. Klaus Schulze-Blackdance

29. Guru Guru-Dance of the Flames

30. Gong -You

31. Tomita-Snowflakes are Dancing

32. Basil Kirchin-Worlds Within Worlds

33. The Meters-Rejuvenation

34. Lady June-Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy

35. Aerosmith-Get Your Wings

36. James Brown-Hell

37. Gentle Giant -The Power and the Glory

38. Funkadelic-Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

39. Sweet -Desolation Blvd

40. Robert Wyatt-Rock Bottom

41. The Residents-Meet the Residents

42. David Axelrod-Heavy Ax

43. Karuna Khyal-Alomoni 1985

44. Billy Nicholls-Love Songs

45. Kevin Ayers-The Confessions of Dr. Dream

46. Roxy music-Country life

47. Stevie Wonder-Fullingness's First Finale

48. Alice Coltrane and Santana-Illuminations

49. Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

50. Bill Withers-Adjustments

Thirty Year Vintage: The Best Albums of 1984

1. The Cocteau Twins-Treasure

2. Husker Du-Zen Arcade

3. This Mortal Coil-It'll End in Tears

4. The Smiths-The Smiths

5. Danielle Dax-Jesus the Egg Wept

6. Bruce Gilbert-This Way

7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-From Her to Eternity

8. Soft Cell-This Last Night in Sodom

9. Scratch Acid-Scratch Acid

10. Manuel Gottsching-E2-E4

11. Cindytalk-Camoflauge Heart

12. Arto Lindsay/Ambitious Lovers-Envy

13. The Egyptian Lover-On the Nile

14. Harold Budd and Brian Eno-The Pearl

15. Dead Can Dance-Dead Can Dance

16. CTI-Elemental 7

17. R. Stevie Moore-Everything You Always Wanted to Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid to Ask

18. The Fall-The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall

19. Coil-Scatology

20. The Minutemen-Double Nickels on the Dime

21. Skinny Puppy-Back and Forth

22. Various-Decoder sdtrk

23. Ralph Lundsten-Strangers in Paradise

24. Meat Puppets-II

25. Eric Random & Bedlamites-Time-Splice

26. Bathory-Bathory

27. The Flying Lizards-Top Ten

28. Depeche Mode-Some Great Reward

29. A.T.R.O.X-Water Tales

30. Zoviet France-Oestre

31. KMFDM-Opium

32. Metallica-Ride the Lightning

33. The Replacements-Let it Be

34. Terry Riley-No Man's Land

35. The Butthole Surfers-Psychic...   Powerless... Another Man's Sac

36. General Strike-Danger in Paradise

37. Prince-Purple Rain

38. Public Image Limited-This is What You Want…This Is what You Got

39. Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel-Hole

40. Charles Bernstein- Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack

41. Swans-Cop

42. Van Halen-1984

43. The Ex-Blueprints for a Blackout

44. Frightwig-Cat Fam Faboo

45. Peter Gabriel-Birdy

46. Cabaret Voltaire-Micro-Phonies

47. Tangerine Dream-Flashpoint

48. The Fat Boys-The Fat Boys

49. Psychic TV-Pagan Day

50. Reagan Youth-Youth Anthems for the New Order

Twenty Year Vintage: The Best Albums of 1994

I may regret saying this later, but '94 may have been the all-around best year for music ever.

 

1. Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral

2. Aphex Twin-Selected Ambient Works vol 2

3. Hole-Live Through This

4. The Magnetic Fields-Holiday

5. Joey Beltram-AonoX

6. Oval-Systemisch

7. Gravediggaz-6 Feet Deep

8. Disco Inferno-DI Go Pop

9. Lisa Germano-Geek the Girl

10. Main-Motion Pool

11. Portishead-Portishead

12. Vapourspace-Themes from Vapourspace

13. Prodigy-Music for the Jilted Generation

14. Redman-Dare iz a Darkside

15. Godflesh-Selfless

16. Tori Amos-Under the Pink

17. Autocreation-Mettle

18. Nas-Illmatic

19. Various-Headz

20. Weezer-Weezer

21. Massive Attack-Protection

22. TAGC-Iso-Erotic Calibrations

23. Locust-Weathered Well

24. The Notorious BIG-Ready to Die

25. Stereolab-Mars Audiac Quintet

26. Scorn-Evanescence

27. Insides-Clear Skin

28. Soul Coughing-Ruby Vroom

29. Various-The Crow Soundtrack

30. Claude Young-One Complete Revolution

31. Soundgarden-Superunknown

32. Bark Psychosis-Hex

33. Autechre-Amber

34. Method Man-Tical

35. Green Day-Dookie

36. God-The Anatomy of Addiction

37. Kenny Larkin-Azimuth

38. Ø -Metri

39. ESG-Ocean of Funk

40. Hun-Huur-Tu-The Orphan's Lament

41. Underworld-dubnobasswithmyheadman

42. Gang Starr-Hard to Earn

43. Robert Normandeau-Tangrams

44. L7 -Hungry for Stink

45. Orbital-Snivilization

46. Laika-Silver Apples of the Moon

47. Skullflower-Carved into Roses

48. Machine Head-Burn My Eyes

49. Pop Will Eat Itself-Dos Dedos Mis Amigos

50. Low-I Could Live in Hope

Ten Year Vintage:The Best Albums of 2004

1. Junior Boys-Last Exit

2. Various Artists-Grime

3. Kanye West-The College Dropout

4. Pan Sonic-Kesto

5. Animal Collective-Sung Tongs

6. Of Montreal-Satanic Panic in the Attic

7. Donnacha Costello-Color Series

8. Madvillian-Madvilliany

9. Coil-Black Antlers

10. Various Artists-Kompakt 100

11. Air-Talkie Walkie

12. Stereolab-Margerine Eclipse

13. cLOUDDEAD-Ten

14. Lil Wayne-Da Drought

15. Belbury Poly-The Willows

16. Philip Jeck & Janek Schafer-Songs for Europe

17. Alter Ego-Transphormer

18. The Go Team!-Thunder Lightning Strike

19. Cam'Ron-Purple Haze

20. Jesu-Jesu

21. The Arcade Fire-Funeral

22. Murs & 9th Wonder-0.136111111111111

23. Max Richter-The Blue Notebooks

24. V/VM-Stigma

25. Chromatics-Plaster Hounds

26. Der Zyklus-Biometry

27. Shystie-Diamond in the Dirt

28. Liars-We Were Wrong So They Drowned

29. Oh No-The Disrupt

30. The Mountain Goats-We Shall All Be Healed

31. Wolf Eyes-Burned Mind

32. Comets on Fire-Blue Cathedral

33. Smash TV-Bits for Breakfast

34. Mark Van Hoen-The Warmth Inside You

35. Ghostface Killah-The Pretty Toney Album

36. The Fiery Furnaces-Blueberry Boat

37. Electrelane-The Power Out

38. Solvent-Apples and Synthesizers

39. MF Doom-...mmm Food

40. Annie-Anniemal

41. To Rococo Rot-Hotel Morgen

42. De La Soul-Grind Date

43. Dizzee Rascal-Showtime

44. Subtle-A New White

45. Jon Brion-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

46. Black Moth Super Rainbow-Start a People

47. Modest Mouse-Good News for People Who Love Bad News

48. PJ Harvey-Uh Huh Her

49. Brooks-Red Tape

50. Erlend Oye-DJ Kicks

Zero Year Vintage: Tracks of 2014 (16-35)

Limit One Per Artist




16. Pusha T- "Lunch Money"



17. Gucci Mane ft Chief Keef- "Top in the Trash"



18. Aphex Twin- "minipops 67 [120.2] (source field mix)"



19. Taylor Swift- "Shake it Off"



20. Evian Christ- "Salt Carousel"



21. Demdike Stare- "40 years Under the Cosh"



22. Dark0- Amethyst



23. Andy Stott- Violence



24. Murlo Vertigo



25. Pharmakon- Body Betrays Itself



26. Holly Herndon- Chorus



27. Miss Modular- Reflector Pak (4 x 4)



28. Sophie- Lemonade



29. Nicki Minaj- Lookin Ass



30. Sky Ferreira & Ariel Pink- My Molly




31. Liars- Mess on a Mission




32. DAT Oven- Icy Lake (Total Freedom mix)



33. Tinashe- 2 On



34. Boxcutter &  Defcon ft Taidi Tatham- Skylights



35 Redinho- Playing With Fire

Zero Year Vintage: Tracks of 2014 (1-15)

Since I'm no longer reviewing materials in any official capacity, I've been hearing more one off tracks than albums, so many of these may make their way over to the album list.  However, there's also something thrilling about hearing many of these without context- back to the mixtape early to a certain extent.  Hope you enjoy them too.  More to come...


1. Wave Racer- "Streamers"

2. Fatima Al Qadiri- "The Star Spangled Banner"

3. FKA Twigs- "Two Weeks"


4. Schoolboy Q feat Kendrick Lamar- "Collard Greens"



5. A.G. Cook- "Beautiful"



6. Paula Temple- "Deathvox"


7. Gazelle Twin- "Belly of the Beast"



8. CHVRCHES- "Dead Air"




9. DJ Paypal- "FM Blast




10. Bloom- "The Menagerie"




11. MESH- "Scythians"




12. St. Vincent- "Birth in Reverse"




13. Ynfynyt Scroll- "Drone Warfare"




14.  SD Laika- "Meshes"




15.  Charli XCX- "Boom Clap"