My favs: Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and think, and sometimes i just sit Bop English - Constant Bop Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style Fuzz - II Rose Windows - S/T Royal Headache - High Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars Wand - Golem Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood White Reaper - White Reaper Does it Again Lower Dens - Escape From Evil Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
1. Ghost- Meliora 2. Drenge- Undertow 3. My Morning Jacket- The Waterfall 4. Tame Impala- Currents 5. Django Django- Born Under Saturn 6. Foals- What Went Down 7. Silversun Pickups- Better Nature 8. Kurt Vile- b'lieve i'm goin down... 9. FFS- FFS 10. White Shadows- Secret of Life 11. The Prodigy- The Day is My Enemy 12. Muse- Drones 13. Blur- The Magic Whip 14. The Dead Weather- Dodge and Burn 15. The Arcs- Yours, Dreamily 16. The Subways- The Subways 17. Modest Mouse- Stranger to Ourselves 18. The Vaccines- English Graffiti 19. Metric- Pagans in Vegas 20. Moon Duo- Shadow of the Sun 21. Hot Chip- Why Make Sense? 22. Eagles of Death Metal- Zipper Down 23. The Districts- A Flourish and a Spoil 24. The Decemberists- What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World 25. The Dreaming- The Dreaming
others, just missed: Jason Isbell- Something More Than Free Wilco- Star Wars Collective Soul- See What You Started By Continuing The Libertines- Anthems for the Doomed Foo Fighters- St. Cecilia
Most disappointed: Passion Pit- Kindred Hanni EL Khatib- Moonlight
Maybe/Probably would have made my list had I bought it or listened to it more: Chvrches- Every Open Eye Wolf Alice- My Love is Cool Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Best Coast- California Nights
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8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
1. Jason Isbell -- Something More Than Free 2. Alabama Shakes -- Sound & Color 3. Glen Hansard -- Didn't He Ramble 4. My Morning Jacket -- The Waterfall 5. Chris Stapleton -- Traveller 6. The Wood Brothers -- Paradise 7. Ryan Adams -- 1989 8. Leon Bridges -- Coming Home 9. Wilco -- Star Wars 10. Kendrick Lamar -- To Pimp A Butterfly +1. Phil Cook -- Southland Mission
Biggest letdowns: Dr. Dre -- Compton Gary Clark Jr. -- Sonny Boy Slim
Just tapping into that probably woulda charted: Kurt Vile -- B'lieve I'm Going Down.... Circles Around The Sun -- Interludes for the Dead
Creating the list makes me realize my ear for new music tilted a lot less to the indie side than years past. The consistency of other albums on folks' charts (I'm looking at you Courtney Barnett, Django Django, Deerhunter, Tame Impala) is proof I gotta lot more listening to do
My Top Five (in no particular order) Titus Andronicus-The Most Lamentable Tragedy Futurebirds-Hotel Parties Butch Walker-Afraid of Ghosts Drive By Truckers-It's Great To Be Alive (even though a live record, its amazing) Phil Cook-Southland Mission
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I think it's been a pretty good year, there's been a lot of good records for me. My top 10 looks like this:
1. Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos 2. Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - The Rules of Attraction 3. You Am I - Porridge and Hotsauce 4. Ryan Adams - Live at Carnegie Hall 5. Joseph Arthur - Days of Surrender 6. Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble 7. The Sopranistas - Cutting Down The Bird Hotel 8. Jesse Malin - New York Before The War 9. Ryan Adams - 1989 10. Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Close calls (in no order): Ash Grunwald - Now Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind Lou Barlow - Brace The Wave Foy Vance - Live at Bangor Abbey Neil Young & Promise of the Real - Monsanto Years Wilco - Star Wars Chris Cornell - Higher Truth
I still haven't got around to picking up City and Colour, Gary Clark or Jason Isbell yet
Edited - I can't believe I forgot Faith No More!
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“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
Dr Dog - Live at Flamingo Hotel Wilco - Star Wars MMJ - The Waterfall Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Betty's Blends Volume 2 JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll JJ Grey & Mofro - Ol' Glory
It seems Americans love Courtney Barnett more than Aussies. A lot of people shoot her down.
Really? That's sad because she's amazing. I listen to JJJ and they only have good things to say about Courtney. I was impressed to see how many people have her in their top albums of 2015.
It seems Americans love Courtney Barnett more than Aussies. A lot of people shoot her down.
Really? That's sad because she's amazing. I listen to JJJ and they only have good things to say about Courtney. I was impressed to see how many people have her in their top albums of 2015.
Yeah, just read comments on articles and on Facebook.
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
Blur - The Magic Whip Meg Myers - Sorry Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves Sleater- Kinney - No Cities To Love Viet Cong - Viet Cong Tamaryn - Cranekiss Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Thank and I Sometimes I Just Sit New Order - Music Complete
My favs: Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and think, and sometimes i just sit Bop English - Constant Bop Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style Fuzz - II Rose Windows - S/T Royal Headache - High Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars Wand - Golem Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood White Reaper - White Reaper Does it Again Lower Dens - Escape From Evil Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
You and I need to become friends, all those Castleface and bay area bands.!!!
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit Awolnation-Run Thee Oh Sees-Mutilator Defeated Adele-25 Drake-If you're reading this Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap (re released but still a 2015 album) The Weekend - Beauty behind the madness Ryan Adams - 1989 (not original but still a great album!)
Here are my tops! 1. Leon Bridges - Coming Home 2. Tame Impala - Currents 3. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit 4. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer 5. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 6. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color 7. Laura Marling - Short Movie 8. Rayland Baxter - Imaginary Man 9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear 10. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye 11. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall 12. Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2 2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Ghost - Meloria Pink Floyd - The Endless River Queensrÿche - Condition Human Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls Riverside - Love, Fear and The Time Machine Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color Leon Bridges - Coming Home Faith No More - Sol Invictus Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos David Gilmour - Rattle that Lock
"I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 3 Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes 4 Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down… 5 Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down 6 Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern 7 Faith No More - Sol Invictus 8 Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble 9 Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color 10 Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There 11 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose You 12 Built To Spill - Untethered Moon 13 Clutch - Psychic Warfare 14 Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim 15 Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002 16 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday 17 Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth 18 Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love 19 Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin 20 The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth 21 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall 22 EL VY - Return To The Moon 23 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith 24 Blur - The Magic Whip 25 Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 26 The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes 27 Hayden - Hey Love 28 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves 29 Beach House - Depression Cherry 30 New Order - Music Complete 31 Jamie xx - In Colour 32 Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest Of Arms 33 Sun Kill Moon - Universal Themes 34 Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 35 Tame Impala - Currents 36 The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy 37 The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD 38 Squarepusher - Damogen Furies 39 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Repear 40 Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peactime Want To Dance
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell 3 Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes 4 Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down… 5 Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down 6 Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern 7 Faith No More - Sol Invictus 8 Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble 9 Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color 10 Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There 11 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose You 12 Built To Spill - Untethered Moon 13 Clutch - Psychic Warfare 14 Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim 15 Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002 16 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday 17 Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth 18 Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love 19 Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin 20 The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth 21 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall 22 EL VY - Return To The Moon 23 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith 24 Blur - The Magic Whip 25 Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free 26 The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes 27 Hayden - Hey Love 28 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves 29 Beach House - Depression Cherry 30 New Order - Music Complete 31 Jamie xx - In Colour 32 Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest Of Arms 33 Sun Kill Moon - Universal Themes 34 Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 35 Tame Impala - Currents 36 The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy 37 The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD 38 Squarepusher - Damogen Furies 39 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Repear 40 Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peactime Want To Dance
solid list
thanks for reminding me by the way, i totally forgot the Chemical brothers put out an album this year . Loved the song "Go".
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8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Comments
My favs:
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
Bop English - Constant Bop
Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
Fuzz - II
Rose Windows - S/T
Royal Headache - High
Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
Wand - Golem
Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
White Reaper - White Reaper Does it Again
Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last
Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
2. Drenge- Undertow
3. My Morning Jacket- The Waterfall
4. Tame Impala- Currents
5. Django Django- Born Under Saturn
6. Foals- What Went Down
7. Silversun Pickups- Better Nature
8. Kurt Vile- b'lieve i'm goin down...
9. FFS- FFS
10. White Shadows- Secret of Life
11. The Prodigy- The Day is My Enemy
12. Muse- Drones
13. Blur- The Magic Whip
14. The Dead Weather- Dodge and Burn
15. The Arcs- Yours, Dreamily
16. The Subways- The Subways
17. Modest Mouse- Stranger to Ourselves
18. The Vaccines- English Graffiti
19. Metric- Pagans in Vegas
20. Moon Duo- Shadow of the Sun
21. Hot Chip- Why Make Sense?
22. Eagles of Death Metal- Zipper Down
23. The Districts- A Flourish and a Spoil
24. The Decemberists- What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
25. The Dreaming- The Dreaming
others, just missed:
Jason Isbell- Something More Than Free
Wilco- Star Wars
Collective Soul- See What You Started By Continuing
The Libertines- Anthems for the Doomed
Foo Fighters- St. Cecilia
Most disappointed:
Passion Pit- Kindred
Hanni EL Khatib- Moonlight
Maybe/Probably would have made my list had I bought it or listened to it more:
Chvrches- Every Open Eye
Wolf Alice- My Love is Cool
Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear
Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Best Coast- California Nights
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
2. Alabama Shakes -- Sound & Color
3. Glen Hansard -- Didn't He Ramble
4. My Morning Jacket -- The Waterfall
5. Chris Stapleton -- Traveller
6. The Wood Brothers -- Paradise
7. Ryan Adams -- 1989
8. Leon Bridges -- Coming Home
9. Wilco -- Star Wars
10. Kendrick Lamar -- To Pimp A Butterfly
+1. Phil Cook -- Southland Mission
Biggest letdowns:
Dr. Dre -- Compton
Gary Clark Jr. -- Sonny Boy Slim
Just tapping into that probably woulda charted:
Kurt Vile -- B'lieve I'm Going Down....
Circles Around The Sun -- Interludes for the Dead
Creating the list makes me realize my ear for new music tilted a lot less to the indie side than years past. The consistency of other albums on folks' charts (I'm looking at you Courtney Barnett, Django Django, Deerhunter, Tame Impala) is proof I gotta lot more listening to do
Titus Andronicus-The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Futurebirds-Hotel Parties
Butch Walker-Afraid of Ghosts
Drive By Truckers-It's Great To Be Alive (even though a live record, its amazing)
Phil Cook-Southland Mission
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2015/
My top 10 looks like this:
1. Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos
2. Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - The Rules of Attraction
3. You Am I - Porridge and Hotsauce
4. Ryan Adams - Live at Carnegie Hall
5. Joseph Arthur - Days of Surrender
6. Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
7. The Sopranistas - Cutting Down The Bird Hotel
8. Jesse Malin - New York Before The War
9. Ryan Adams - 1989
10. Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Close calls (in no order):
Ash Grunwald - Now
Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
Lou Barlow - Brace The Wave
Foy Vance - Live at Bangor Abbey
Neil Young & Promise of the Real - Monsanto Years
Wilco - Star Wars
Chris Cornell - Higher Truth
I still haven't got around to picking up City and Colour, Gary Clark or Jason Isbell yet
Edited - I can't believe I forgot Faith No More!
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Wilco - Star Wars
MMJ - The Waterfall
Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Betty's Blends Volume 2
JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll
JJ Grey & Mofro - Ol' Glory
Blur - The Magic Whip
Meg Myers - Sorry
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
Sleater- Kinney - No Cities To Love
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Thank and I Sometimes I Just Sit
New Order - Music Complete
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit
Awolnation-Run
Thee Oh Sees-Mutilator Defeated
Adele-25
Drake-If you're reading this
Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap (re released but still a 2015 album)
The Weekend - Beauty behind the madness
Ryan Adams - 1989 (not original but still a great album!)
1. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
2. Tame Impala - Currents
3. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
4. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
5. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
6. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
7. Laura Marling - Short Movie
8. Rayland Baxter - Imaginary Man
9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
10. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
11. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
12. Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Queensrÿche - Condition Human
Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
Riverside - Love, Fear and The Time Machine
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos
David Gilmour - Rattle that Lock
Was the new Third Eye Blind album 2015? I liked that one a lot. I've had Dopamine stuck in my head all day.
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Top Albums of 2015
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3 Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
4 Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down…
5 Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down
6 Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern
7 Faith No More - Sol Invictus
8 Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
9 Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
10 Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There
11 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose You
12 Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
13 Clutch - Psychic Warfare
14 Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim
15 Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002
16 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
17 Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
18 Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love
19 Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
20 The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
21 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
22 EL VY - Return To The Moon
23 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith
24 Blur - The Magic Whip
25 Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
26 The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes
27 Hayden - Hey Love
28 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
29 Beach House - Depression Cherry
30 New Order - Music Complete
31 Jamie xx - In Colour
32 Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest Of Arms
33 Sun Kill Moon - Universal Themes
34 Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
35 Tame Impala - Currents
36 The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
37 The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD
38 Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
39 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Repear
40 Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peactime Want To Dance
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
thanks for reminding me by the way, i totally forgot the Chemical brothers put out an album this year
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Jamie xx - in colour (instant classic to my ears
of Montreal - aureate gloom (kevin barnes has yet to release an album that doesnt make my year end list. Im biased.)
Aside from that, quite a few albums I enjoyed, but nothing struck me as having the staying power of those three.
I liked wilco, mmj, dr. dre, lupe fiasco, jason isbell and sufjan stevens. Probably forgetting a few.