Jump to content

Best of 2015 - Post Your Favorite Albums (previously a mid-year review)


Recommended Posts

Top albums of 2015:

// Caspian - Dust & Disquiet

// Foo Fighters - Saint Cecilia EP

// The Devil & The Almighty Blues - S/T

// Turnover - Peripheral Vision

// Deafheaven - New Bermuda

// Kadavar - Berlin

// Superheaven - Ours Is Chrome

// Mutoid Man - Bleeder

// Cult Leader - Lightless Walk

// Toundra - IV

// Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nighty Sweats - S/T

// Clutch - Psychic Warfare

// Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down

// Ryan Adams - 1989

// Te' - 其れは、繙かれた『結晶』の断片。或いは赫奕たる日輪の残照。

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Caspian - Dust & Disquiet

Deafheaven - New Bermuda

Desaparecidos - Payola

Foxing - Dealer

mewithoutYou - Pale Horses

Pet Symmetry - Pets Hounds

Turnover - Peripheral Vision

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Jeff Rosenstock - We Cool?

Bjork - Vulnicura

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Sidekicks - Runners In The Nerved World

Turnover - Peripheral Vision

mewithoutyou - Pale Horses

Hop Along - Painted Shut

Westkust - Last Forever

Sorority Noise - Joy, Departed

Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth

TWIABP - Harmlessness

Foxing - The Dealer

 

Bought a lot more than this, but these made a lasting impression, I don't want to pick favorites but probably Courtney if I had to

Link to comment
Share on other sites

man oh man, reading everyone's posts is making me realize i haven't listen to much new music this year.

 

definite favs:

1. Rosetta - Quintessential Ephemera

2. I NOT DANCE - We Are Guilty and So Are You

3. Woes - Cold Soil EP

 

and I would consider these all honorable mentions. i liked all of them, but doubtful i'd have them all on my "best" list if i actually listened to enough music to compile one

- Deafheaven

- Jungbluth

- Black Breath

- Motorhead

- Deathrite

- Phantom Winter

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I have a rough Top 20 but I haven't listened to Adele's new record yet and Coldplay's one is coming out soon (and I also heard lots of new stuff on Spotify that I can't really remember), so I'll wait until Christmas or so. I always do End of Year lists around that time since the year isn't really over yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Some 2015 bangers that I've had on repeat since release. 

 

Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

Tesseract - Polaris

The Black Dahlia Murder - Abysmal (Their most aggressive release to date, I think)

Intronaut - The Last Direction Of Things

 

Looking forward to the following in 2016.

 

Textures - Phenotype

The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost (This has to be a '16 release)

Ion Dissonance - ??? (They've been teasing a new record for much too long now and it's-a makin' me-a crazyyy)

Gojira -??? (Released a couple of tidbits on FB hinting at the new record)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here's my top, give or take a few refinements:

 

1. Jamie xx - In Colour

2. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass

3. Viet Bong - Viet Bong 

4. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

5. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon

6. Josh Ritter - Sermon on the Rocks

7. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

8. Hayden - Hey Love

9. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free

10. Joel Plaskett - The Park Avenue Sobriety Test

 

1-4 are definitely in order. 5-10 far more interchangeable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Top 10, not ranked.

After the Fall - Dedication

And So I Watch You From Afar - Heirs

Deafheaven - New Bermuda

Envy - Atheist's Cornea

Gary Clark Jr. - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

Good Riddance - Peace in Our Time

Maritime - Magnetic Bodies / Maps of Bones

Screaming Females - Rose Mountain

Strung Out - Transmission.Alpha.Delta

Tenement - Predatory Headlights

Honorable mentions:

Beach Slang - The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us

Build & Destroy - Map of the Heavens EP

Built to Spill - Untethered Moon

Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man

Millencolin - True Brew

Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves

Night Birds - Mutiny at Muscle Beach

Sam Russo - Greyhound Dreams

Shopping - Why Choose

toyGuitar - In This Mess

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here's my top, give or take a few refinements:

 

1. Jamie xx - In Colour

2. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass

3. Viet Bong - Viet Bong 

4. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

5. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon

6. Josh Ritter - Sermon on the Rocks

7. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

8. Hayden - Hey Love

9. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free

10. Joel Plaskett - The Park Avenue Sobriety Test

 

1-4 are definitely in order. 5-10 far more interchangeable.

Man, I keep forgetting to check out that Joel Plaskett album. I really, really dig him.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1. Foxing - Dealer
2. The Front Bottoms - Back On Top

3. Dance Gavin Dance - Instant Gratification

4. Deafheaven - New Bermuda

5. The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Harmlessness

6. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

7. mewithoutYou - Pale Horse

8. Death Grips - Jenny Death

9. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

10. Runaway Brother - Mother

 

Honorable Mentions:

Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle

Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
Pet Symmetry - Pets Hounds

The Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×

AdBlock Detected

spacer.png

We noticed that you're using an adBlocker

Yes, I'll whitelist