The Evening's Empire's Top Tracks of 2014: 50 - 11

2014. *stands back and claps*....what a genuinely incredible year in music this has been; both independent and commercial. There have been so many stunning releases this year; some from artists I would have expected - Ryan Adams' ever growing catalogue of brilliance was extended once more this year with his self-titled album back in September - and some from new acts such as Paul Thomas Saunders & Max Jury who came out of obscurity to become some of my favorite artists of the year.

I have found myself getting more involved in the music industry in 2014 too; starting a new music label called My Little Empire Records. Lots of exciting news on that front will be coming in the next few months. This project has led me further down the rabbit hole into new and emerging music; something which I couldn't have done without the following: Tom Robinson's weekly BBC Introducing podcasts, amazing bloggers such as Goldflakepaint, When the Gramophone Rings & Breaking More Waves, Daisy Digital's ever brilliant weekly mixtapes, as well as any music blogger's trusted sources in Hype Machine & Amazing Radio.

It gives me great pleasure to share with you my top 50 tracks of the year. I hope you find something here that you love.

50. Laura Marling - Short Film

49. Scott Matthews - Sunlight

48. Jamie T - Zombie

47. Rhodes - Home

46. Laurel - To The Hills

45. Olympians - Brunch Cannon

44. Beck - Blue Moon

43. Eliza & the Bear - Friends

42. The Travelling Band - Passing Ships

41. Jungle - Busy Earning

40. Ben Khan - Youth

39. Roo Panes - Tiger Striped Sky

38.The Barr Brothers - Even the Darkness Has Arms

37. Colleagues - Tears

36. Our Mother - Lion OX

35. Rae Morris - Closer

34. Lisbon - Native

33. Phox - Slow Motion

32. First Aid Kit - Master Pretender
31.The Sea & I - The Island

30. Billie Marten - Ribbon

29. Tenterhook - Stereo

28. Corbu - We Are Sound

27. Benjamin Shaw - You & Me

26. Bear's Den - Elysium

25. Alt J - Warm Foothills

24. FKA twigs - Two Weeks

23. Barbarisms - Backwards Falconer #2

22. Sun Kil Moon - Micheline
21. Withered Hand - Life of Doubt

20. My Sad Captains - Goodbye

19. George Cosby - Cold

18. The Twilight Sad - Leave the House

17. The Mispers - Shoulder

16. Jacob Douglas - Hellion

15. Marika Hackman - Drown

14. S - Pacific

13. Sophie Jamieson - Stain

12. Dry the River - Gethsemane

11. Slow Club - Everything Is New