Top 15 Albums of 2014

1. Real Estate - Atlas

2. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

3. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

4. Woods - With Light and with Love

5. Future Islands - Singles

6. Spoon - They Want My Soul

7. Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust

8. Perfume Genius - Too Bright

9. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

10. Merchandise - After the End

11. TV on the Radio - Seeds

12. DJ Dodger Stadium - Friend of Mine

13. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

14. Caribou - Our Love

15. Clark - Clark

Stay tuned for my Pazz & Jop contributions and, if you're interested, check out my previous picks:

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Spin It

I grew up reading Spin magazine, so it's not the worst thing that they've asked me to write for them from time-to-time.

Here's my first little piece.

Made Man

You may have noticed a new outlet popping up in this blog's right rail. I've been writing a few lists for Made Man, from bands to baseball. Perhaps this will get you back in the mood for the latter's current reemergence.

Oh, and here's the bio that lives on my author page there:

Colin St. John is a fifth- or sixth-generation Coloradan, depending on who you ask. He now resides in Brooklyn where he roots for the Denver Broncos, listens to the Grateful Dead without irony, drinks entirely too much beer and contributes to Pitchfork, Stereogum, Time Out New York and his 2003-style blog.

Top 15 Albums of 2013

1. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

2. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City

3. Kanye West - Yeezus

4. Deerhunter - Monomania

5. My Bloody Valentine - m b v

6. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze

7. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

8. Majical Cloudz - Impersonator

9. Jon Hopkins - Immunity

10. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

11. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

12. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus

13. Mikal Cronin - MCII

14. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

15. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse

Stay tuned for my Pazz & Jop contributions and, if you're interested, check out my previous picks:

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007