My Year-End Lists Of 2015

Posted on December 28, 2015 |

Failure.

Their album was not.

19 years between their last release, 1996’s “Fantastic Planet”,
a masterpiece of a rock album and “The Heart Is A Monster”.

The musical chemistry between Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards
and Kellii Scott still very much potent after all these years.

I am in awe of these people. May they stay Failure(s) forever.

Beliefs brought it with their sophomore Shoegaze opus. After many listens,
the replay value gets higher and higher.

Sufjan gave me a case of the sadz. It’s one of the most beautiful
and raw album i’ve heard in years.

Girl Band and Metz are fans of each others music and I am of theirs.
Clearly, we all have amazing tastes.

Wanna hear songs from all these picks listed below?

Come back January 1st 2016 for my MASSIVE Year-End Comp Mix.

You know how I do.

Top 20 Albums Of 2015

01. Failure The Heart Is A Monster
02. Beliefs Leaper
03. Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
04. Girl Band Holding Hands with Jamie
05. METZ II

06. Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
07. L’Orange And Jeremiah Jae The Night Took Us In Like Family
08. Wand Golem
09. Ringo Deathstarr Pure Mood
10. The Dodos Individ

11. The Helio Sequence Sunrise Demos
12. Sarah Kirkland Snider Unremembered
13. Disclosure Caracal
14. Empress Of Me
15. Yung These Thoughts Are Like Mandatory Chores [EP]

16. Daye Jack Soul Glitch [EP]
17. Dinosaur Pile-Up Eleven Eleven
18. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
19. Shamir Ratchet
20. Patrick Watson Love Songs For Robots

Honorable Mention:

The Bird And The Bee Recreational Love
Louis-Jean Cormier Les Grandes Arteres
Fuzz II
HEALTH Death Magic
Le Matos Chronicles Of The Wasteland
Saintseneca Such Things
Sauna Youth Distractions
Tame Impala Currents
Veruca Salt Ghost Notes
Wavves V

Shoegaze /Dream Pop:

Air Formation Were We Ever Here [EP]
Cheatahs Mythologies
Cloakroom Further Out
Creepoid Cemetery Highrise Slum
Wild Moth Inhibitor

Hip Hop:

Dr. Dre Compton
Drake If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
The Game The Documentary 2
L’Orange & Kool Keith Time? Astonishing!
Pusha T King Push: Darkest Before Dawn The Prelude

EPs And Singles:

Autolux Soft Scene [Single]
Beck Dreams [Single]
Alessia Cara Here [Single]
Class Actress Movies [EP]
Kelela Hallucinogen [EP]
My Brightest Diamond I Had Grown Wild [EP]
Porcelain Raft Half Awake [EP]
Wennink Dissolve [Single]

Disappointments / Pure Suckage:

Chvrches Every Open Eye
Idlewild Everything Ever Written
Jeff The Brotherhood Wasted On The Dream
Silversun Pickups Better Nature

2014 Releases Discovered This Year And Enjoyed:

Childish Gambino Kauai [EP]
Loud Lary Adjust Blue Volvo
Monogrenade Composite
Twin Pines Mall Solar Wind City
Yung Falter

Top 3 Shows Of 2015:

Bionic @ La Sala Rossa ( September 17th )
Failure @ Brooklyn Bowl ( October 14th )
Patrick Watson @ Metropolis ( December 15th )

My Fav Films Of 2015:

Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Love & Mercy
Dope
Roar
Turbo Kid
Straight Outta Compton
Creed
The Hateful Eight

Honorable Mention:

It Follows
Kung Fury
The Martian
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Sleeping With Other People

Documentaries:

All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall Of Tower Records
The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Rubble Kings
The Wrecking Crew

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