For the first time in a decade or so I haven't physically bought a single album all year and from my standpoint this has been a dire year for music in general.
Been meaning to get round to it (along with a couple of others) but for whatever reason just not had the same drive to find new music like I have done whereas movies and gaming are stronger than ever right now.
I actually have the AAFCC album on right now too and it's great. Glad I came back to this after only giving it one listen a couple months ago.
I really latched onto The Long Goodbye earlier this year. I fucking love that album and highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't listened to AAFCC before.
I'm stuck at 57 right now. Took forever but I'm closing in on my Top 50. As far as 2015 goes, my top five would still include Kendrick, Foxing, Grimes, and Hop Along, but I'd trade out The World Is... for Julien Baker, who I didn't even listen to until June of this year.
1. Russian Circles- "Guidance" 2. Culture Abuse- "Peach" 3. Nothing- "Tired of Tomorrow" 4. Every Time I Die- "Low Teens" 5. Balance & Composure- "Light We Made" 6. Oathbreaker- "Rheia" 7. Self Defense Family- "Superior/Colicky" 8. From Indian Lakes- "Everything Feels Better Now" 9. Okkervil River- "Away" 10. John K Samson- "Winter Wheat" Best live shows i saw this year: Russian Circles- Still the best live band out there. They are unfuckwithable. Explosions In The Sky- Always a mesmerizing live show but their light set up this tour and the songs from their new album brought it to a new level. Deafheaven- Drove down to San Diego to see them play in a small <200 people room. Was not disappointed. Every Time I Die- Came out of mosh retirement at 26 and got a concussion. Still an Etidiot at heart.
1. David Bazan - Blanco 2. The Gentle Hits - The Gentle Hits 3. Big Thief - Masterpiece 4. All Get Out - Nobody Likes A Quitter 5. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 6. Frank Ocean - Blonde 7. Jim James - Eternally Even 8. Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love! 9. Conor Oberst - Ruminations 10. All Human - Teenagers, You Don't Have To Die! 11. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker 12. Pinegrove - Cardinal 13. TW Walsh - Fruitless Research 14. Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost 15. Yoni & Geti - Testarosa
I listened to alot more music last year than this year got to all the big releases and genres im significantly interested in
Great list! Glad to see the love for Bazan! I wasn't sure how I'd respond to a synth heavy album, but it hit me hard.
Alright, I'm going to stop tinkering now. [/IMG] 1. Beyonce - Lemonade 2. Camp Cope - Camp Cope 3. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial 4. Bon Iver - 22, A Million 5. The Hotelier - Goodness 6. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo 7. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service 8. Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book 9. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It 10. Noname - Telefone 11. Solange - A Seat at the Table 12. Frank Ocean - Blonde 13. Pinegrove - Cardinal 14. Honeyblood - Babes Never Die 15. Field Mouse - Episodic 16. Brian Fallon - Painkillers 17. Touche Amore - Stage Four 18. The Weeknd - Starboy 19. Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker 20. John K. Samson - Winter Wheat 21. Sing Street - OST 22. Every Time I Die - Low Teens 23. David Bowie - Blackstar 24. Martha - Blisters in the Pit of My Heart 25. Into It. Over It. - Standards 26. Young Thug - Jeffery 27. Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool 28. Look Mexico - Uniola 29. Daughter - Not to Disappear 30. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation 31. Anderson .Paak - Malibu 32. Mothers - When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired 33. The Avalanches - Wildflower 34. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree 35. Balance and Composure - Light We Made 36. Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs 37. Pup - The Dream is Over 38. BJ The Chicago Kid - In My Mind 39. Hinds - Leave Me Alone 40. Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues 41. De La Soul - And the Anonymous Nobody 42. Mitski - Puberty 2 43. Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere 44. Flock of Dimes - If You See Me, Say Yes 45. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth 46. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry 47. Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness 48. D.D. Dumbo - Utopia Defeated 49. Tacocat - Lost Time 50. Common - Black America Again
This was a super cool list making site posted before so I gave it a hard go. I could never get it to save to my "profile' on the site, so I did it 3 times. Ended up saving PDF > print screen > MS paint > JPEG. I like the idea of 4 top albums, 2nd tier, and other. It makes a lot of sense in my head. This is pretty much in 1-50 order. 1-4 is mostly set in stone. 2nd tier is a bit looser but mostly in favorite order. A bit looser even more on other favorites. I'll probably do a official top 10 later.
1. The Hotelier – Goodness 2. Daughter – Not to Disappear 3. Pinegrove – Cardinal 4. Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues 5. Beyoncé – Lemonade 6. David Bowie – Blackstar 7. Touché Amore – Stage Four 8. A Tribe Called Quest – We got it from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service 9. Mitski – Puberty 2 10. Jeff Rosenstock – WORRY. 11. Kevin Abstract – American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story 12. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial 13. Frank Ocean – Blond(e) 14. Modern Baseball – Holy Ghost 15. For Everest – We Are At Home in the Body 16. Chance the Rapper – Colouring Book 17. Japanese Breakfast – Psychopomp 18. Loner Chic – Year of the Goth 19. YG – Still Brazy 20. Against Me! – Shape Shift with Me 21. Lil Uzi Vert – Lil Uzi Vert Vs The World 22. Yellowcard – Yellowcard 23. Clique – Burden Piece 24. Kevin Devine – Instigator 25. Future – EVOL 26. Schoolboy Q – Blank Face 27. From Indian Lakes – Everything Feels Better Now 28. Isiah Rashad – The Sun’s Tirade 29. Solange – A Seat At The Table 30. Father – I’m A Piece of Shit 31. Oathbreaker – Rheia 32. Camp Cope – Camp Cope 33. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition 34. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Pretty Years 35. Nonname – Telefone 36. NxWorries – Yes Lawd! 37. LVL Up – Return to Love 38. Young Thug - Jeffrey 39. Museum Mouth – Porpcorn Fish Guinea Pig 40. Lil Yachty – Lil Boat 41. Tyler Daniel Bean – On Days Soon to Pass 42. Arrows in Her – It Tired Me All the Same 43. Angel Olsen – My Woman 44. Told Slant – Going By 45. You Blew It! – Abendrot 46. Alcest – Kodama 47. Into It Over It – Standards 48. Jouska – Topiary 49. Lydia Loveless – Real 50. Descendents – Hypercaffium Spazzinate
The Hotelier - Goodness Joyce Manor - Cody Microwave - Much Love Pinegrove - Cardinal Gates - Parallel Lives Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost Balance and Composure - Light We Made Every Time I Die - Low Teens Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues PUP - The Dream is Over Weezer - The White Album Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Moose Blood - Blush Porches - Pool From Indian Lakes - Everything Feels Better Now DIIV - Is the is Are Nothing - Tired of Tomorrow Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not Whitney - Light Upon The Lake Basement - Promise Everything Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial Deftones - Gore Blink-182 - California Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to be Nowhere All Get Out - Nobody Likes a Quitter Dance Gavin Dance - Mothership The Dillinger Escape Plan - Disassociation Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us Frameworks - Smother Crying - Beyond the Fleeting Gates
I didn't listen to much this year but what I did listen to I loved. Not committing to a list yet but my top 10 will consist of 10 of these. Camp Cope - Camp Cope Pinegrove - Cardinal PUP - The Dream Is Over O’Brother - Endless Light David Bazan - Blanco Microwave - Much Love The Hotelier - Goodness Daniel Romano - Mosey Kevin Devine - Instigator Bon Iver - 22, A Million John K. Samson - Winter Wheat Daughter - Not to Disappear Jim Bryson - Somewhere We Will Find Our Place All Get Out - Nobody Likes a Quitter And my 2015 list would change a lot. I usually actually find a bunch of new stuff I love from these lists. For example I missed the boat on Julien Baker, Foxing, and Turnover last year and they might have all been top 5.