If I had to make a top 10 for the year right now: 1. Steve Moakler - Steel Town 2. Natalie Hemby - Puxico 3. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Zombies on Broadway 4. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv 5. The Menzingers - After the Party 6. Ryan Adams - Prisoner 7. Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life 8. Sunny Sweeney - Trophy 9. Lauren Alaina - Road Less Traveled 10. Charlie Worsham - The Beginning of Things Moreland and Worsham aren't out yet though, so I'm cheating I guess.
Cloud Nothings, The xx, Vagabon, Hippo Campus, MUNA, Andrew McMahon, Spoon, Del Paxton, Passion Pit, Sampha, and Jay Som all come to mind.
Biggest disappointment for me Q1 is Spoon. Thought it was okay not great, but need to listen more. They Want My Soul was my favorite of theirs and is probably top 10-15 of the decade for me so I was expecting a lot.
Totally agree. Pretty boring album. I actually love the title track but the album does nothing for me after that.
The Menzingers - After The Party Steve Moakler - Steel Town Richard Edwards - Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset Can't Swim - Fail You Again
The Menzingers Sorority Noise Souvenirs Real Estate Cloud Nothings Japandroids (although I'm not sure how much I like it anymore) Darkest Hour Mastodon
Jay Som - Everybody Works hit me hard enough that I'd be really surprised (and thrilled) if it doesn't end up my year end #1
Everyone in this thread (except @Dave Diddy) needs to listen to Richard Edwards' Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset.
Menzingers- After The Party Sorority Noise - You're Not As ______ As You Think Sinai Vessel Del Paxton Connor Oberst- Salutations Eisley- I'm Only Dreaming Oso Oso- Yunahon Mix Tape Shelly- What a Wonderful Place The Earth Must Be Oliver Houston- Whatever Works A Will Away WATERMEDOWN
In loose order... 1. Sampha - Process 2. Jesca Hoop - Memories Are Now 3. The xx - I See You 4. Spoon - Hot Thoughts 5. MUNA - About U 6. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked At Me 7. Stormzy - Gang Signs and Prayer 8. SOHN - Rennen 9. Hippo Campus - Landmark 10. Colony House - Only The Lonely Favorite songs not on those albums: "Open" - San Fermin "Back For Me" - Electric Guest "Green Light" - Lorde "Edge Of Town" - Middle Kids "No CD" - Loyle Carner "Surface" - Bonobo ft. Nicole Miglis "Rooting For You" - London Grammar "Leaving You Behind" - Clean Cut Kid "Rules" - Hoops "Word" - Lowly "Cool Your Heart" - Dirty Projectors ft. Dawn Richard
Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes Future - HNDRXX Passion Pit - Tremendous Sea of Love The xx - I See You Mastodon - Emperor of Sand Pallbearer - Heartless Ostraca/Flesh Born - Faces of the Moving Year Nelly Furtado - The Ride Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering Sampha - Process Dia Frampton - Bruises
Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes Sampha - Process The XX - I See You Jay Som - Everybody Works Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now Teen Daze - Themes For A Dying Earth Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged Real Estate - In Mind Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens
just late-passsed a song list allison crutchfield - dean's room at the drive in - incurably innocent blanck mass - silent treatment care - you hallucinate cende - bed cloud nothings - sight unseen drake - passionfruit emperor x - 30,000 euros frank ocean - chanel future - incredible grandaddy - way we won't heat - sometimes japandroids - no known drink or drunk jay som - the bus song julie byrne - natural blue kendrick lamar - dna lil uzi vert - xo tour llif3 los campesinos - i broke up in amarante/the slow slow death mothpuppy - basketball court oso oso - reindeer games pwr bttm - answer my text sampha - blood on me (sandy) alex g - bobby two inch astronaut - snitch jacket vagabon - the embers vince staples - bagbak the xx - replica you'll never get to heaven - to be fair
Jay Som Dirty Projectors The xx San Fermin Kendrick (a little too soon to tell, but I think it'll stick)
Code Orange Ryan Adams The xx Cloud Nothings Retail Monkey Los Campesinos! Planning for Burial Mount Eerie Vasudeva
The lack of David Bazan on these lists makes me sad... David Bazan - Care Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound The Menzingers - After the Party Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life MUNA - About U Oso Oso - The Yunahon Mixtape Vagabon - Infinite Worlds Los Campesinos! - Sick Scenes Vasudeva - No Clearance Allison Crutchfield - Tourist in This Town Diet Cig - Swear I’m Good At This The Smith Street Band - More Scared of You Than You... Oliver Houston - Whatever Works Joey Bada$$ - ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ Sinai Vessel - Brokenlegged Dryjacket - For Posterity Satchmode - Love Hz Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.