Music of 2015

[troutman]

The Skinny, Albums of the Year

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opi...ms-of-the-year

(#1): Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love

Consequence of Sound, Top 50 Albums of 2015

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/1...lbums-of-2015/

THE GLIDE 20 – GLIDE’S 20 BEST ALBUMS OF 2015

http://www.glidemagazine.com/152643/glide-20/

Hey Reverb - The ten best albums of 2015

http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2015/1...f-2015/110645/

[troutman]

Billboard, Top Album Sales - 2015 Archive

http://www.billboard.com/archive/cha...op-album-sales

[troutman]

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music 2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs...content=202702

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2015

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/07/458447...albums-of-2015

[troutman]

NME's Top 50 albums of 2015

http://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-albu...94320#/photo/2


10. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
9. The Maccabees - Marks to Prove It
8. Foals - What Went Down
7. Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
6. Chvrches - Every Open Eye
5. Tame Impala - Currents
4. Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool
3. Jamie xx - In Colour
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
1. Grimes - Art Angels

[troutman]

Best of 2015: Music Critic Top Ten Lists

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/cr...albums-of-2015

[Weitz]

Whats the point of top 10 lists for music? Its so subjective.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Whats the point of top 10 lists for music? Its so subjective.

I love year-end lists because I discover new albums I didn't get a chance to hear when they came out. If someone has a list with a bunch of artists I love on it, and a few I don't know, it's a good bet the unknown ones are worth checking out.

You're right that they're subjective, and people shouldn't get upset when someone they like is missing from someone's list. The "Where is ______?" and "Why is _______ ahead of _______?" comments annoy me. If you don't like a list, make your own. Some media outlets even make lists that are deliberately controversial, because they know they'll bring in readers. So take them for what they are, someone's opinion that doesn't have to match your own.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Whats the point of top 10 lists for music? Its so subjective.

Exactly. The more subjects, the better. Finding new favorites.
High Fidelity was all about lists. It is a compulsion.

[DropIt]

Originally Posted by East Coast Flame

Absolutely loving this tune:

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - S.O.B.

Yup. Was super excited to hear he was coming to Calgary/Edmonton, was disappointed when it sold out in front of me.







Not sure how I can listne to two songs for 24 hours

[troutman]

The 50 best Canadian albums of 2015

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2015/12...albums-of-2015

[Displaced Flames fan]

Showtime features S.O.B. on the teaser for the upcoming season of Shameless and it's perfect.

[bluejays]

Surprised no Coldplay mention yet. Anyway, apparently it's their last album, which in my mind was their weakest. Supposed to be their most mainstream, but about half is pretty lackluster, and for a popish album, wasn't nearly as catchy as their previous stuff. Good production values though (especially well appreciated with headphones). Some was pretty good though, with some Genesis sounding stuff.

Highlights:
Bird
Army Of One
Hymn For The Weekend

I'd link to Youtube but they're not posted there yet - so look them up if you're inclined.

[troutman]

Exclaim! Top 20

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/excl...o-best_of_2015

1. Art Angels by Grimes
2. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
3. I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty
4. No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney
5. E-MO-TION by Carly Rae Jepsen
6. Vulnicura by Björk
7. Poison Season by Destroyer
8. Currents by Tame Impala
9. Goon by Tobias Jesso, Jr.
10. Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

[troutman]

Originally Posted by fleury

Surprised no Coldplay mention yet. Anyway, apparently it's their last album, which in my mind was their weakest. Supposed to be their most mainstream, but about half is pretty lackluster, and for a popish album, wasn't nearly as catchy as their previous stuff. Good production values though (especially well appreciated with headphones). Some was pretty good though, with some Genesis sounding stuff.

Highlights:
Bird
Army Of One
Hymn For The Weekend

I'd link to Youtube but they're not posted there yet - so look them up if you're inclined.

Getting battered in reviews:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-he...reams/coldplay

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by troutman

Getting battered in reviews:

http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-he...reams/coldplay

Critics love to hate on Coldplay, reality is that they still make good music, it just isn't what the hyper-critical 'original fans' want to hear. To some extent, I wish they hadn't changed their sound as well, but they did... Doesn't make them terrible.

[troutman]

AV Club list their top albums of 2015

http://www.avclub.com/article/best-m...ballots-228935

1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love
3. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
4. Grimes - Art Angels
5. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
6. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
7. Beach Slang - The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
8. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
9. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
10. Torres - Sprinter
11. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
12. Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down...
13. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
14. Wilco - Star Wars
15. Hop Along - Painted Shut

[troutman]

My favorite songs of 2015 (work in progress) and soon to be a Spotify playlist. In no particular order:


The Book Of You - Belle & Sebastian
Living Zoo - Built To Spill
Coyotes - Modest Mouse
Deep Wound - Swervedriver
Continental Shelf - Viet Cong
Gimme All Your Love - Alabama Shakes
Taste - Braids
TV - Green, Colleen
Loud Places - Jamie xx
A New Wave - Sleater-Kinney
On the Banks of the
Old Kishwaukee - Walker, Ryley
Random Name Generator - Wilco
I'm Where I Should Be - Weller, Paul
Trying - Bully
Specks Of Dust - Windigo
Depreston - Barnett, Courtney
'Til We Are Found - Savage Smith, Samantha
The Metal East - Lightning Bolt
Peasantry or ‘Light!
Inside of Light!’ - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
No Shade In The Shadow
Of The Cross - Stevens, Sufjan
Huarache Lights - Hot Chip
Sparks - Beach House
The Legend of Chavo
Guerrero - Mountain Goats
Acetate - METZ II
The Moment - Tame Impala
Snakes & Ladders - Tough Age
Back to You - Twerps
Feel - Soft Moon
Let Their Faces All Blur Out - Astral Swans
Moony Eyed Walrus - Cayucas
Trouble - Richards, Keith
Dream Lover - Destroyer
Sea Creatures - SOAK
Fatal Flaw - Titus Andronicus
Flesh without Blood - Grimes
Ice Fishing - Cairo Gang
Another Lie - Grey Lands
Beautiful Blue Sky - Ought
Compound Fracture - My Morning Jacket
The Point - XETAS
Magdalena - Los Lobos
Make Me Wanna Die - White Reaper
Lonesome Street - Blur

https://open.spotify.com/user/121668...HTFSH3BXNPyzbD

[troutman]

Essential and Interesting 2015 Year-End Music Lists

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/...l_and_i_1.html

[bluejays]

Personally I wasn't a fan of Kendrick Lamar's album, but it seems to be on every list, very very high.

[troutman]

69 Excellent Indie Records You May Have Missed In 2015

Presented in alphabetical order.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/ind...15#.thqR2MYlob