Music of 2015

[troutman]

Spin rates the "best" 50 Rock Bands in 2015:

http://www.spin.com/2015/10/the-50-b...n=spinfacebook

[Magnum PEI]

^
Waaay too much omnichord for that band to be #1.

[troutman]

Stereogum’s 50 Best New Bands Of 2015

http://www.stereogum.com/1838310/ste...f&utm_campaign

[East Coast Flame]

Grimes new album is out next week. Really, really looking forward to it. Should be fantastic.

Also, Adele is returning to rule over everything next week as well.

[worth]

Originally Posted by East Coast Flame

Grimes new album is out next week. Really, really looking forward to it. Should be fantastic.

Should be...but will it be?

[East Coast Flame]

Originally Posted by worth

Should be...but will it be?

Good start!

[troutman]

[troutman]

Here come the Best of 2015 lists . . . (and it is not even December yet):

The Mojo List - 50 Best Albums
http://www.mojo4music.com/22395/50-b...nal-reckoning/

10. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
9. Sleaford Mods - Key Markets
8. Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
7. Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile
6. Bill Ryder-Jones - West Kirby County Primary
5. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
4. Tame Impala - Currents
3. New Order - Music Complete
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
1. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness

Q's Top 50 Albums:
http://www.qthemusic.com/12994/revea...lbums-of-2015/

10. Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
9. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
8. Laura Marling - Short Movie
7. Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down...
6. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
5. New Order - Music Complete
4. Blur - The Magic Whip
3. Jamie xx - In Colour
2. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
1. Tame Impala - Currents

Norman Records Top 50 Albums
https://www.normanrecords.com/features/top-fifty-2015

American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums
http://americansongwriter.com/2015/1...nted-daddario/

Deceibel's Top 40 Albums:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archive...40_3.html#more

10. Killing Joke - Pylon
9. Khemmis - Absolution
8. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
7. Skepticism - Ordeal
6. Baroness - Purple
5. Lucifer - Lucifer I
4. High on Fire - Luminiferous
3. Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
2. Tribulation - The Children of the Night
1. Horrendous - Anareta

[troutman]

Rough Trade, 100 Best Albums:
http://www.roughtrade.com/aoty15

1) Bjork - Vulnicura
2) Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear
3) Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit
4) Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People
5) Max Richter - From Sleep
6) Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool
7) Kamasi Washington - The Epic
8) Royal Headache - High
9) Romare - Projections
10) Jamie XX - In Colour

[macker]

In their prime Courtney Love or Courtney Barnett?

One of my favs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NVOawOXxSA

[macker]

I would say as a country Australia put out some of the best music of the year with a couple heavy hitters : Courtney Barnett and Tame Impala but also enjoyed music from Atlas Genius and Mansionair amongst other brand new bands.

Courtney Barnett : Avant Gardener
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDdhzooFz4E

Tame Impala : Eventually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHe8kKO8uds

Mansionair : Speak Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_rJHpXeEk

Atlas Genius : Molecules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTR9-_8ML38

[worth]

The Courtney Barnett album is incredible. I found they vinyl at the London Drugs downtown which was totally weird. It's a great listen.

[troutman]

Pitchfork's Overlooked Records of 2015
Bell Witch - Four Phantoms
Jeff Bridges - Sleeping Tapes
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$
Johnny Jewel - Lost River OST (Deluxe Edition)
Lakker - Tundra
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
Mumdance & Logos - Proto
Anthony Naples - Body Pill
Pearson Sound - Pearson Sound
Petite Noir - The King of Anxiety EP
Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love
Sam Prekop - The Republic
Dawn Richard - Blackheart
Sannhet - Revisionist
Sheer Mag - II EP
Sicko Mobb - Super Saiyan
Smurphy - A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colours Suspended in the Darkness
Jazmine Sullivan - Reality Show
THEESatisfaction - EarthEE

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-...-records-2015/

[macker]

My favorites before considering the lists out and the lists to come.

1. Lord Huron "Strange Trails"
2. Courtney Barnett "Sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit"
3. Foals "What went down"
4. Jason Isbell "Something more than free"
5. Tallest Man on Earth "Dark Bird is Home"
6. Patrick Watson "Love Songs for Robots"
7. The Maccabees "Marks to Prove it"
8. Ryan Adams "1989"
9. Sufjan Stevens "Carrie & Lowell"
10. Nero "In Between ii Worlds"
11. Youth Lagoon "Savage Hills Ballroom"

[troutman]

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2015

http://www.uncut.co.uk/uncut-editors...-uncut-2-71812

1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
4. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
5. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
6. Tame Impala - Currents
7. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
8. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
9. Sleaford Mods - Key Markets
10. New Order - Music Complete

[iLoveLamp]

My top 10:

Jamie xx - In Colour
Death Grips - The Powers That B
Jazz Cartier - Marauding In Paradise
Title Fight - Hyperview
Vince Staples - Summertime ‘06
Young Thug - Barter 6
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Travi$ Scott - Rodeo
Future - DS2
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

[troutman]

The Boss, outtake from The River Collection out Dec 4th:



Max is a hell of a drummer.

[troutman]

SPIN's Top Albums and Songs of 2015

http://www.spin.com/featured/the-50-...lbums-of-2015/

10. Alex G - Beach Music
9. Shamir - Ratchet
8. Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
7. Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
6. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
5. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
4. Tame Impala - Currents
3. Jamie xx - In Colour
2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

SPIN - The 101 Best Songs of 2015

http://www.spin.com/2015/11/the-101-...ngs-of-2015/5/

Gorilla vs Bear's Top 50 Albums of 2015

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/gorilla...lbums-of-2015/

10. George Clanton - 100% Electronica
9. Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
8. Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
7. Helen - The Original Faces
6. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
5. Cindy Lee - Act of Tenderness
4. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
3. Jamie xx - In Colour
2. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
1. Grimes - Art Angels

[troutman]

The 50 Best Albums of 2015

http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...s-of-2015.html

Stereogum - The 50 Best Albums Of 2015

http://www.stereogum.com/1845609/the...f&utm_campaign

[troutman]

Rolling Stone - 50 Best Albums of 2015

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...-2015-20151201

10. Blur - The Magic Whip
9. The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily
8. Various Artists - Hamilton: Original Broadway Soundtrack
7. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
6. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
5. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
4. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
3. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
2. Adele - 25
1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

Rolling Stone's Top 50 Songs of 2015

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...-2015-20151203

10. Jack U feat. Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now
9. Tobias Jesso Jr - How Could You Babe
8. Future - #### Up Some Commas
7. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
6. Adele - Hello
5. Jamie xx feat. Young Thug, Popcaan - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
4. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
3. Drake - Hotline Bling
2. Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
1. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face