lol went through all 37 and definitely a majority of those are albums Pitchfork reviewed and gave decent to high marks

like i just dont understand the attempt to sound high and mighty

lol Pitchfork definitely covers Drake and Mew

I also definitely remember reading the review of Surf

yeah, but which ones are the BNM you're referring to?
Not trying to sound obscure just don't want people to go tell me to listen to the latest irksome twee-pop female singer songwriter that they're tauting.

They're a music publication, reviewing music is kinda their thing. I'd be shocked if they hadn't heard all the albums I had. But there's certain artists they deem cool and throw their weight behind, an avid follower like yourself must know that, right?

Surf, In Colour, TPAB, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, Depression Cherry all got BNM

Just think it's funny when someone's like "I hate Pitchfork" and then they go on to demonstrate that their music taste seems very similar to a lot of the **** they give good reviews

I don't hate pitchfork, I think they've been good for the music industry.

Just don't want to be recommended the new Julia Holter or something of that ilk and be told it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. I heard Loud City Song which was similarly hyped. It bored me.

and then the people that genuinely like Julia Holter are mindless pitchfork drones or some nonsense like that right

Marching Church - This World Is Not Enough
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Deafheaven - New Bermuda
Kylesa - Exhausting Fire
Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat
John Wiese - Deviate From Balance
Damien Dubrovnik - Vegas Fountain
Peste Noire - La Chaise-Dyable
A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See
Death Grips - The Powers That B
Ramleh - Circular Time
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
Leviathan - Scar Sighted
Krallice - Ygg huur
Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
Gnaw Their Tongues / Dragged into Sunlight - NV
Gnaw Their Tongues - Abyss of Longing Throats
Jesus the Carpenter - Obtuse Psychotria
Satan's Host - Pre-Dating God Part 1 and 2
Horrendous - Anareta
Skepticism - Ordeal
Killing Joke - Pylon
Hooded Menace - Darkness Drips Forth
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Kowloon Walled City - Kowloon Walled City
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion

etc

I suppose that's more than ten isn't it. I'd say there were almost as many awesome albums released this year as the previous two-thousand fourteen.

na, as long as you're able to voice your own opinion.
I've tried to give my opinions for why I like/don't like the albums I've heard from this year. Might not be a great writer but I've given it an attempt.

It's all well and good to tell me To Be Kind is 5* and AOTY whilst not saying why and never playing it again after 2014 has ended. Just don't wanna put myself out there asking for recs and getting similarly sourced albums sent to me, that's all.

In no particular order. Also pretty sure I've forgotten several way more deserving albums, I'm not much of a list maker.

Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - Never Were The Way She Was
Fred Frith & Evan Parker - Hello, I Must Be Going
Frank Zappa - Roxy: The Soundtrack
Bret Higgins' Atlas Revolt - Brett Higgins' Atlas Revolt
Haino Keiji, Peter Brötzmann, Jim O'Rourke - Two City Blues 1 & 2
Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson, Balázs Pándi, Thurston Moore - Cuts Of Guilt, Cuts Deeper
Jaki Liebezeit & Holger Mertin - Aksak
Sonar - Black Light
Simon Steensland - A Farewell To Brains
Hijokaidan & Otomo Yoshihide - Noise Join Inn

Not sure what you're into but my #1 is a really powerful, beautiful album that is mostly Cello based. You might like it. I'll send you a link if you're interested.