Some albums I rate in 2015:
Belle & Sebastien - Girls In Peacetime Want To DancePanda Bear - Meets The Grim ReaperKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EuclidTwerps - Range AnxietyJasmine Guffond - Yellow BellMatana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run TheeKath Bloom - Pass Through HerePeter Gordon/Love of Life Orchestra - Symphony 5William Ryan Fritch - Revisionist
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Friday, 20 February 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
Favorite albums of the year so far, all of six or seven weeks into 2015:
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Euclid (her album Tides is also very good)Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: A Year with 13 MoonsAndrew Bird: EcholocationsJose Gonzalez: Vestiges & Claws
I like the Bjork album too but haven't spent a lot of time with it. Her intensity does not exactly sync up with where I'm at mentally at the moment.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 21 February 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
Well if we're making lists...
Ryley Walker: Primrose GreenJessica Pratt: On Your Own Love AgainWilliam Ryan Fritch: RevisionistMisþyrming: Söngvar elds og óreiðuLabField: Bucket of SongsNoveller: Fantastic Planet*AR: Diagrams for the Summoning of WolvesEric Chenaux: Skullsplitter
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 21 February 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link
Swedish rapper Joy M'batha's new single "Ingen hejd" ("No Bounds") is just … BONKERS.
http://open.spotify.com/track/5CefubjHGVp6vOIkR3yAGK
― Sleepy, Hollow (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 2 March 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link
Here's a short mix of my favorite tracks from February--Sam Prekop, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Mind over Mirrors, etc: http://open.spotify.com/user/scottpgwp/playlist/3eAlgWsk2dkDgiU8wJ3dwR
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link
In case anyone is looking for another "2015 favourites" Spotify playlist to follow here are mine:
TracksAlbums
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 08:59 (nine years ago) link
Dick Diver's "Melbourne, Florida" is niiiice
― tayto fan (Michael B), Saturday, 7 March 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
Oh shit! That's where I lived when I lived in Florida. Guess I'll have to hear this.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 7 March 2015 03:00 (nine years ago) link
Things I want to remember for EOY, Spring solstice edn.:
Singles:Jennie Abrahamson - Wolf (Hounds of Love, lick me)Petite Meller - Baby Love (exhuberant gospel rave, uncomfortable loli image)Beldina – Ocean (Scando Alt R&B, with mesh inserts)Makthaverskan – Witness (surf Siouxsie)Iris - I'll Wait for You ('til Haim return)Susanne Sundfør - Delirious (Abba met F242)Clean Bandit - Stronger (I'm a sucker)
Albums:Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs (state o' art scandopop)Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters (Rusgaze)Indiana - No Romeo (mixed return betrayal electropop)Tuxedo - Tuxedo (straight up boogie)
Next season promises better returns, with Braids, Roisin Murphy, and Holly Herndon outings.
― Sanpaku, Saturday, 14 March 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a few album selections) are being posted as updated to a thread-specific Spotify playlist that I'm maintaining. I just did a quick sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.
That playlist is currently four hours of music and is clickable below. Give it a spin and subscribe if you want to listen along through the year.
Rolling Favorite Tracks of 2015 Thread
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
My fave tracks at the three month mark:
Bjork - "Stonemilker"The Mountain Goats - "Heel Turn 2"Jazmine Sullivan - "Mascara"Dead Sara - "Something Good"Camp Claude - "Blow"Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at Best"Sleater Kinney - "A New Wave"Brandi Carlile - "Murder in the City"Jeremih ft. J. Cole - "Planes"Laura Marling - "Short Movie"Belle and Sebastian - "Nobody's Empire"
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:10 (nine years ago) link
It's still so early in the year, but I will legit be surprised if Susanne Sundfør's Delirious isn't still my favorite 2015 single by December. I've probably listened to it a couple hundred times at this point.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
Q1 done
ALBUMS
1. Dawn Richard, Blackheart2. Jazmine Sullivan, Reality Show3. Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife4. Levon Vincent, Levon Vincent5. Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love6. Björk, Vulnicura7. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly8. Estelle, True Romance9. Jam City, Dream A Garden10. Laura Marling, Short Movie11. Vakula, A Voyage To Arcturus12. Nidia Minaj, Danger13. Father, Who’s Gonna Get Fucked First?14. Romare, Projections15. Madonna, Rebel Heart
TRAX
1. Fetty Wap, "Trap Queen"2. Ashley Monroe, "On To Something Good"3. Higher Self ft. Lauren Mason, "Ghosts"4. Sevyn Streeter ft. Chris Brown, "Don’t Kill The Fun"5. Busiswa ft. DJ Buckz & Uhuru, "Lahla"6. Nicki Minaj ft. Drake & Lil Wayne, "Truffle Butter"7. Skepta, "Shutdown"8. Maliibu N Helene, "Figure 8"9. Presh ft. Davido, "Say Dem Say"10. Róisín Murphy, "Jealousy"11. Rihanna, "Bitch Better Have My Money"12. Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih, "Somebody"13. Heavy-K ft. Tresor, "#GiveMeLuv"14. DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell, "Fresh"15. Jidenna ft. Roman GianArthur, "Classic Man"16. Luke James, "Bad News"17. Bobby Brackins ft. Zendaya & Jeremih, "My Jam"18. Mutya Keisha Siobhan, "Back In The Day"19. Stormzy, "Know Me From"20. Honey Cocaine, "Sundae"21. Krystal Klear ft. Yasmin, "One Night Only"22. Maya Vik, "Y.M.D. (Young Michael Douglas)"23. V. Bozeman, "Race Jones"24. Braiden, "Apex Of The Sun’s Way"25. Kassem Mosse & Simone White, "Flowers In May"26. Lindstrøm & Grace Hall, "Home Tonight"27. Shift K3Y, "Name And Number"28. Tamia, "Sandwich And A Soda"29. Brookes Brothers ft. Camille, "Anthem (Scales Remix)"30. Davido, "Owo Ni Koko"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
maybe half the tracks and some of the albums aren't on spotify because it's useless
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
Binh - VisioVolkan Akin - atestMelchior - Liquid MovesEwan Jansen - SunsetMP - Th bodyVincentIulian - Nemeta
― saer, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 21:37 (nine years ago) link
kinda h8 the natalie la rose song now, it has zero personality
― dyl, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
which is probably why it is doing great on pop radio lol
― dyl, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
Good albums:
Anna Caragnano and Donato Dozzy - SintetizzatriceDJ Khalab - Eunoto EPJames Place - Living on SuperstitionVarious - Ultra High Frequencies: The Chicago PartyLaura Groves - Committed Language EP
Also +1 for Jazmine Sullivan, Romare, Courtney Barnett, Kendrick Lamar
Probably Sufjan Stevens but I haven't spent enough time with it yet.
My favourite song so far is Shura - 2 Shy
― kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 23:48 (nine years ago) link
my Q1 faves: http://cancatervation.tumblr.com/post/115117412252/q1-faves
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EuclidAine O'Dwyer - Music for Church Cleaners Vol I & IIRae Sremmurd - SremmLifeChimurenga Renaissance - Kudada Nekuva Munhu MutemaHama - TorodiSonghoy Blues - Music in ExileSufjan Stevens - Carrie & LowellDavid Borden - Music for Amplified Keyboard InstrumentsLaura Marling - Short MovieFadimoutou Wallet Inamoud - IsswatThe Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
Fave track: Insanlar - "Kime Ne"
― Mordy, Thursday, 2 April 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
Alright Mordy, just thought I'd mention Eric Friedlander releases his Illuminations album this month, it sounds really beautiful from some of the snippets I have heard of it and his Nighthawks alb from last year was pretty sick.
http://www.erikfriedlander.com/calendar/2015/4/26/erik-friedlanders-illuminations-at-dixon-place
and I like the sound of this: Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile
― xelab, Thursday, 2 April 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
I love the Songhoy Blues album
― tayto fan (Michael B), Friday, 3 April 2015 01:13 (nine years ago) link
loving that Aine O'Dwyer - it seems to be 2012 though? or is that just Vol I?
― example (crüt), Friday, 3 April 2015 02:34 (nine years ago) link
this collection of the 2 volumes is this year, but yeah some of it has been released before (tho i never heard any of it before this year)
gonna check out that friedlander, xelab. i was listening to Zorn's new Simulacrum recently + thought of u. it's good stuff.
― Mordy, Friday, 3 April 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link
Thanks Moka for that Jack Ladder track. Australia seriously killing it lately.
― dlp9001, Friday, 3 April 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
The Jack Ladder album is thoroughly great.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
Favorite albums at the 3-month mark (no order):
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: EuclidJefre Cantu-Ledesma: A Year with 13 MoonsJose Gonzalez: Vestiges & ClawsSam Prekop: The RepublicJonas Munk: Absorb/Fabric/CascadeJane Weaver: The Amber Light
Obligatory link to my regularly updated Spotify playlist of favorite albums.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 4 April 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
some great picks, pgwp. checked out the gonzalez and really loved it.
one more that i forgot:
Hong Kong Express - HK
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 April 2015 04:32 (nine years ago) link
Okay, why not, here's my longish rolling Spotify playlists for… Favorite Tracks -- currently numbering 56Favorite Albums/EPs
Incest alert: some of my choices plucked from this very thread
― Baroque with Extensive Trills (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 5 April 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
albums:dawn richard - blackheartjazmine sullivan - reality showfall out boy - american beauty/american psychorae sremmurd - sremmlifesusanne sundfor - ten love songslaura marling - short moviebadbadnotgood & ghostface killah - sour soulindiana - no romeothe staves - if i wasfifth harmony - reflectionkendrick lamar - to pimp a butterflyjam city - dream a gardenmadonna - rebel heart
songs:tori kelly "nobody love"lady leshurr "lukatar"ashley monroe "on to something good"stormzy "know me from"becky g "lovin' so hard"billie marten "heavy weather"zedd feat. selena gomez "i want you to know"mickey guyton "better than you left me"years and years "king"natalie la rose feat. jeremih "somebody"honey cocaine "sundae"flo rida "once in a lifetime"ty dolla $ign feat. charli xcx & tinashe "drop that kitty"skepta "shutdown"nieah "tell me why"carly rae jepsen "i really like you"pep & rash "rumors"bobby brackins feat. jeremih & zendaya "my jam"
― uberweiss, Monday, 6 April 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/lists/Favorites-of-2015/222933"">Here's my running list for this year. Though I need to update it with short reviews and and favorite tracks.
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 7 April 2015 00:08 (nine years ago) link
Marching Church (guy from Iceage) - "King of Song"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsR0g76_tAo
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Monday, 13 April 2015 09:11 (nine years ago) link
Im really enjoying the lo-fi bouncy house of Project Pablo's album "I want to believe".
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 13 April 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
^ yes! project pab is my fav release of the year so far
― flopson, Monday, 13 April 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Tuxedo - Tuxedo (straight up boogie)
This is, after Vulnicura, my favorite thing of 2015 so far.
― Eric H., Saturday, 18 April 2015 07:35 (nine years ago) link
albums:róisín murphy: hairless toysswahili: amovrevxyoung thug: barter 6levon vincent: s/tdawn richard: blackheartfall out boy: american beauty/american psychojam city: dream a gardenjazmine sullivan: reality showkendrick lamar: to pimp a butterflyspeedy ortiz: foil deerpile: you're better than this
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 April 2015 01:56 (nine years ago) link
btw this record is so fuckin nice
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 April 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
just albums :
dawn richard - blackheartrae sremmurd - sremmlifeyoung thug - barter 6baba - odd potionroger tellier craig - visites possibles and sightingsjazmine sullivan - reality showthat new beauty pill record streaming on noisey
― rusty_allen, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 11:35 (nine years ago) link
Tuxedo record thirded. lovely stuff.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 12:10 (nine years ago) link
dawn richard - blackheartyoung thug - barter 6jazmine sullivan - reality showrae sremmurd - sremmlifesabre - morning worship nídia minaj - dangerc.d.m. - malucos de raízfall out boy - american beauty/american psychorj & choice - rich off mackin kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterflymakeshift shelters - something só personal
― Nourry, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:10 (nine years ago) link
Liking to various degrees:
Elder - LoreZu - Cortar TodoMisþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðuDeath Grips - The Powers that BLaura Marling - Short MovieNellie McKay - My Weekly Reader
― o. nate, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link
http://www.wandelweiser.de/_e-w-records/_ewr-catalogue/ewr1501.html
Eva-Maria Houben "Air – works for flutes and organ"
beautiful. check the audio sample
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link
Albums of now:
Waxahatchee - Ivy TrippSusanne Sundfør - Ten Love SongsGabi - Sympathyalva noto - Xerrox Vol 3Tal National - Zoy ZoyJLin - Dark Energy
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Thursday, 23 April 2015 23:41 (nine years ago) link
Didn't get my act together for end of first quarter so here's a first third re-cap. Albums are mostly the same as everyone else's (Kendrick and Dawn way out in front, then Kaitlyn, Dan Deacon, Aphex Twin, Jazmine, JLin, Bjork, etc), so here's a top 32 tracks so far, very roughly in order:
Jazmine Sullivan - MascaraDawn Richard - The Deep / Blackheart (outro)Lianne La Havas - UnstoppableKendrick Lamar - The Blacker the BerryThe Pattern Forms - The SacrificeNicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - Truffle ButterScritti Politti - untitledLaetitia Sadier - Lost and FoundRed Velvet - Ice Cream CakeTink - Ratchet CommandmentsMaya Vik - Y.M.D. (Young Michael Douglas)Grimes & Bleachers - EntropyGrimes - REALiTiCabane with Bonnie “Prince” Billy - SangokakuSusanne Sundfør - Fade AwayLindstrøm feat. Grace Hall - Home TonightLaura Groves - Dream StoryDan Lissvik - Shuvit!DJ Fresh feat. Ella Eyre - GravityIbeyi - RiverGiorgio Tuma with Laetitia Sadier - Through Your Hands Love Can ShineKendrick Lamar feat. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley - How Much A Dollar Cost?Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like YouRobot Koch feat. Born In Flamez & Curtain Blue - Let MeBadbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah - Gunshowers (feat. Elzhi) / Stark’s RealityJLin - Abnormal RestrictionMargaret Cho & Princess Superstar - My Booty Is Efficient!Tinashe feat. Travi$ Scott - VulnerableEllen Allien - Butterfly (Aux88’s Electric Butterfly Remix)Maya Vik - Young As This NightNatalie Prass - Why Don’t You Believe In Me?M. Geddes Gengras - III (from “3 Impressions” EP)
― Jeff W, Friday, 1 May 2015 13:40 (nine years ago) link
http://www.anothertimbre.com/extinguishment.html
this Fraufraulein cd blew me away last nite. very painting-like
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 2 May 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Whoops, just now realized my link above is erroneous — and will cause the clicker of said link to get stuck in a loop!
Instead of trying to be fancy, here's the plain URL for my running list: http://www.discogs.com/lists/Favorites-of-2015/222933
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 2 May 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link
I gotta say, Lil Wayne's verse to Truffle Butter pretty much ruins the track for me.
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 3 May 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
my album of the last couple of years. they are getting better and better,and I dare say have already entered the realm of "classic"
― nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 3 May 2015 13:20 (nine years ago) link
I'm still digging into both Sundfør and Tribulation but those are my favourites at the moment.
― jmm, Sunday, 3 May 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
The Tribulation is great - like a gothier Ghost.
― o. nate, Thursday, 7 May 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
also people don't seem to have noticed that Radio Dept released some great singles this year, and the Walkmen essentially reformed without calling themselves the Walkmen.― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:16 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:16 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark
Ha, I had no clue on either front, so appreciate the news. I was thinking about Radio Dept recently, seems like ages ago since their last album.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 15 January 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link
A bit late, but here's 10 tracks I dug from 2015: http://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2016/01/10-songs-2015.html
― o. nate, Saturday, 23 January 2016 03:47 (eight years ago) link
My albums, tracks and EPs are here (in blocks of five because I find Tumblr struggles with any more embeds at a time).
― boxedjoy, Monday, 25 January 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link
duane pitre - organized pitches occurring in time
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 1 October 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
whoops, wrong thread
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 1 October 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link