Kool Rock Radio's Top 50 Best Albums of 2014

From Temples to The Horrors, Foster The People to Morrissey, The Drums to Kasabian, Jaws to Wunder Wunder... Kool Rock Radio takes a look at the best albums of the last 12 months!

Have a look back on a KOOL year in music, as we count down our top 50 albums of 2014. 

01. TEMPLES - Sun Structures

02. THE HORRORS - Luminous

03. THE WAR ON DRUGS - Lost In The Dream

04. FOSTER THE PEOPLE - Supermodel

05. BRONCHO - Just Enough Hip To Be Woman

06. JAWS - Be Slowly

07. INTERPOL - El Pintor

08. THE DRUMS - Encyclopedia

09. FUCK ART LET'S DANCE - Atlas

10. THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - Days Of Abandon

11. KASABIAN - 48:13

12. THE BLACK KEYS - Turn Blue

13. WUNDER WUNDER - Everything Infinite

14. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Meteorites

15. U2 - Songs Of The Innocence

16. LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS - Neon

17. SIMPLE MINDS - Big Music

18. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB - So Long See You Tomorrow

19. LIARS - Mess

20. CYMBALS - The Age Of Fractures

21. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Futurology

22. BUFFALO SUNN - By The Ocean By The Sea

23. MORRISSEY - World Peace Is None Of Your Business

24. JOHNNY MARR - Playland

25. DUM DUM GIRLS - Too True

26. WILD SMILES - Always Tomorrow

27. JAMES - La Petite Mort

28. CHILDHOOD - Lacuna

29. LAS ZEBRAS - Siesta

30. JOHNNY ARIES - Unbloomed

31. STICKY FINGERS - Land Of Pleasure

32. PIXIES - Indie Cindy

33. MINIATURE TIGERS - Cruel Runnings

34. TV ON THE RADIO - Seeds

35. ARIEL PINK - Pom Pom

36. ASH CODE - Oblivion

37. HOOKWORMS - The Hum

38. TOM VEK - Luck

39. MODE MODERNE - Occult Delight

40. THE FOREIGN RESORT - New Frontiers

41. BAND OF SKULLS - Himalaya

42. KONGOS - Lunatic

43. EAGULLS - Eagulls

44. REPUTANTE - Oceanside

45. FUTURE ISLANDS - Singles

46. MAXIMO PARK - Too Much Information

47. CHERUB - Year Of The Caprese

48. MERCHANDISE - After The End

49. ROYAL BLOOD - Royal Blood

50. VA - The Art Of McCartney

Temples Announce Remix Album 'Sun Restructured'

On November 10th, British psych-prog band Temples will release 'Sun Restructured', a "re-animation" of their much-acclaimed debut album, Sun Structures, by Beyond the Wizards Sleeve (Erol Alkan & Richard Norris).

Beyond the Wizards Sleeve have created an epic 42-minute re-working of Sun Structures, using five re-interpreted tracks (Sand Dance, Shelter Song, A Question Isn’t Answered, Golden Throne & Move With The Season) from the original album to form the spine of the record.

Describing the record, Erol Alkan said: “Being asked to re-animate a whole album’s worth of material is an honour. We (in return) wanted to create something special. A record which could be listened to in one go, from start to finish, a listening experience that is becoming increasingly rare. So as well as a host of full Beyond The Wizards Sleeve re-animations here, there are interludes, ambience, ebb and flow…each section flowing into a bigger piece. We tried many things along the way: spoken word sections, days out collecting field recordings, yet ended up letting the original songs and their beautiful arrangements and melodies guide us. There is so much happening under the surface of Sun Structures, and deep within each track, it was a pleasure to dive in and see what we could find. it inspired us to pick up our guitars, plug in our synthesisers and add some wizardry on top. Enjoy this trip. And it is a trip.”

Sun Restructured will be available as part of a deluxe CD and download re-issue package with the original album.

The Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve re-animation of 'Move With Season' is online now. Have a listen below.

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Watch: Temples Premiere Music Video for "The Golden Throne"

London's neo-psych band Temples have premiered the video for their latest single "The Golden Throne".

The is part of our current playlist, and is taken from their debut album 'Sun Structures', which came out back in February via Heavenly Recordings. Get your copy here.

Take a look at the video below.

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Watch: Temples Release Music Video for "Mesmerise"

London's neo-psych outfit Temples have released the music video for "Mesmerise".

The single, produced by James Bagshaw and Thomas Warmsley in Pyramid Studios at their home studio in Kettering, will be released on on Febrary17th, and is taken from their upcoming debut album 'Sun Structures', which will be out on February 10 via Heavenly Recordings. Pre-order your copy here.

The video was directed by Benjael Halfmaderholz. Watch it below.

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Temples Announce Debut Album 'Sun Structures', Stream New Single "Mesmerise"

London's neo-psych band Temples have just announced that their highly anticipated debut album 'Sun Structures' will be released on Monday 10th February 2014 on Heavenly Recordings.

The 12-track album will feature their already classic tunes "Shelter Song", "Colours To Life" and "Keep In The Dark", and will be available as a digital download, vinyl and CD. The band was featured as Band of The Month on Rocktober 2012 here on Kool Rock Radio.

See the full tracklisting below.

01. Shelter Song

02. Sun Structures

03. The Golden Throne

04. Keep In the Dark

05. Mesmerise

06. Move With the Season

07. Colours to Life

08. A Question Isn't Answered

09. The Guesser

10. Test of Time

11. Sand Dance

12. Fragment's Light

The band are also streaming their brand new single "Mesmerise". Have a listen below.

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Watch: Temples Perform "Sun Structures" - Live Session Video

British neo-psych band Temples recently recorded a live performance of their song "Sun Structures" at a Topman CTRL Session. Take a look below.

In related news, the band will released their new single 'Colours To Life' on June 24th through Heavenly Recordings . Produced by the band & mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer, it will be available as a 10” and download  and featuring the B-side Ankh.

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