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RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 6: Top 5 RVA Albums

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 26, 2014

Topics: Avers, Lightfields, RVA, Sleepwalkers, staff picks, sundials, top 25 of 2014, White Laces

This whole week, we’ve been counting down our Top 25 Albums Of The Year and for those just joining us, here’s a quick cheat sheet for our past few posts:

RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 5: #1-5

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 25, 2014

Topics: Against Me, Flying Lotus, Run the Jewels, RVA, St Vincent, staff picks, The Hotelier, top 25 of 2014

Well folks, here it is – our top five albums of 2014. Before you get into it, make sure you didn’t miss our Honorable Mentions, #25 – #16, and #15 – #6 as well as our and contributors’ individual top five lists. Once you’re sure you’re all caught up, dive right into what are clearly the cream of the crop for 2014:

RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 4: Contributors’ Top Fives

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 25, 2014

Topics: contributors top 5s, RVA, staff picks, top 25 of 2014

We hope you’re enjoying our weeklong countdown of the best of 2014 in music. If you’re just joining us, make sure to check out our Honorable Mentions, #25 – #16, and #15 – #6.

Later today, we will be unveiling our top five albums of the year, but before we do that, let’s take a look at our contributor’s personal and extremely diverse top five albums of the year:

RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 3: #6-15

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 24, 2014

Topics: Angel Olsen, Aphex Twin, Beck, D'Angelo, FKA Twigs, Future Islands, RVA, Spoon, staff picks, Sturgill Simpson, Sun Kil Moon, The War On Drugs, top 25 of 2014

Welcome to Day Three of our week long Top 25 Albums Of The Year. For those just tuning in, don’t forget to check out our contributors and honorable mentions (here) as well as #25 – #16 in the countdown (here). I know you’re anxious to get into it so here are our picks for #15 – #6 of the best albums of the year:

RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 2: #16-25

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 23, 2014

Topics: Caribou, Jenny Lewis, Joyce Manor, Lykke Li, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate, RVA, Sharon Van Etten, staff picks, top 25 of 2014, Ty Segall, White Lung, Wye Oak

Day two of our week long Top 25 Albums Of 2014 rolls on. If you missed yesterday’s list of contributors and honorable mentions, make sure to check out by clicking here. For now, let’s get right into the thick of things with our picks for #25 – #16 of the best albums of the year:

RVA Magazine’s Top 25 of 2014, Part 1: Introduction & Honorable Mentions

Marilyn Drew Necci | December 22, 2014

Topics: First Aid Kit, Grouper, Jack White, La Dispute, RVA, staff picks, Swans, top 25 of 2014

Forget the holidays – this is the most wonderful time of the year for music fans, as publications churn out their year-end lists that inevitably invoke some rage, but also offer up a good amount of stuff to discover or re-visit. We here at RVA Magazine are no different, and are going to spend this week unveiling our top 25 albums of the year and, new for this year, our top five Richmond releases of 2014.