2015 - Favorite Albums

[MarkW]

trying to get this going....

In kind of, but maybe not particular order, I loved...

Perfect, 5 Starts, 10/10, A1..
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

Great
Phosphorescent - Live at a Music Hall
Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
Ryan Adams - 1989

That's probably four of my top ten right there.

[parkervb]

no particular order:

FJM - ILY Honeybear
MMJ - The Waterfall
Isbell - SMTF
Alex Bleeker & The Freeks - Country Agenda
Futurebirds - Hotel Parties

haven't spent enough time with Wilco's Star Wars and really want to get to Kurt Vile's new one. Wasn't sure what to do with Live albums but DRA's Live at Carnegie is really good and I can't believe how great Flamingo Hotel sounds.

[LBSUNFLWR]

Kurt Vile will definitely make my top 10.
MMJ
Isbell
Josh Ritter will probably be my #1
Phil Cook - anyone who hasn't heard should run and get this!



liked that Alex Bleeker the first time I listened too, need to go back for more.
liked Courtney Barnett
all dogs

and still haven't listened to Tom Petty and more that I really need to get to.

[buaawwww]

For now at this very moment... it's gotta be:

1- Lucero - "All A Man Should Do"
2- Clutch - "Psychic Warfare"
3- The Dead Weather - "Dodge & Burn"
4- The Sword - "High Country"
5- My Morning Jacket - "The Waterfall"
6- Keith Richards - "Crosseyed Heart"
7- Wilco - "Star Wars"
8- Titus Andronicus - "The Most Lamentable Tragedy"

[Murph]

Kurt Vile - B'lieve Im Goin Down
My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
Buxton - Half A Native
Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - s/t
Craig Finn - Faith in the Future
Hop Along - Painted Shut
Bully - Feels Like
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
Futurebirds - Hotel Parties

[e_wind]

For now at this very moment... it's gotta be:

1- Lucero - "All A Man Should Do"
2- Clutch - "Psychic Warfare"
3- The Dead Weather - "Dodge & Burn"
4- The Sword - "High Country"
5- My Morning Jacket - "The Waterfall"
6- Keith Richards - "Crosseyed Heart"
7- Wilco - "Star Wars"
8- Titus Andronicus - "The Most Lamentable Tragedy"

I really wish I could get into the new Lucero. Didn't much like the previous one either, but other than that they're one of my favorite bands ever. Maybe I'll give this one another try.

[LBSUNFLWR]

really liked Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats also, need to go back for more listens.
and I guess I need to give Father John Misty another go. I was disappointed the 2 times I listened to it months ago...Wilco too even though historically they are one of my favorite bands.

[wheelhousetunes]

#1: The Bottle Rockets - South Broadway Athletic Club
#2: The Darkness - The Last Of Our Kind
#3: Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart


and the rest in no particular order:

MMJ - The Waterfall
Wilco - Star Wars
Jeff Lynne - Alone In The Universe
The Sheepdogs - Future Nostalgia
Ryan Bingham - Fear and Saturday Night
Roger Waters - The Wall Live

[e_wind]

really liked Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats also, need to go back for more listens.
and I guess I need to give Father John Misty another go. I was disappointed the 2 times I listened to it months ago...Wilco too even though historically they are one of my favorite bands.

Wilco is so-so for me, and they too are my favorite all time band. FJM though is insanely good. And I hate that guy.

[LBSUNFLWR]

really liked Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats also, need to go back for more listens.
and I guess I need to give Father John Misty another go. I was disappointed the 2 times I listened to it months ago...Wilco too even though historically they are one of my favorite bands.

Wilco is so-so for me, and they too are my favorite all time band. FJM though is insanely good. And I hate that guy.

HA! I loved Fear Fun and played it a LOT. I was really looking forward to his next album and I just wasn't getting into it. Similarly I saw him like 2 years ago and really loved the show, and then when I saw him a 2nd time it was just so-so. I think he deserves a 3rd listen though so I will try to stay open minded. I've talked to several people who love it.

[e_wind]

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/top-50-albums-of-2015/

Check out some of my closest pals comin' in at #49 on CoS!

[jimsflyingv]

Josh Ritter, Kurt Vile, MMJ of course, the Dr. Dog live album as well as the Arcs  are my favorite albums of 2015.

Also the Eagles of Death Metal Zipper Down is a very important album for me in 2015

[LBSUNFLWR]

glad to see some love for Josh Ritter's new album.
I always end up liking everything he puts out, but when I first got this new one it was literally all I played for a few weeks.

[manonthemoon]

Here's my limited top albums placed into categories.

Great Albums

High on Fire - Luminiferous
Jeff the Brotherhood - Wasted on the Dream
Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower

Very Good Albums

Jason Isbell - Something More than Free
The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
Lord Dying - Poisoned Alters
Ryan Bingham - Fear and Saturday Night
Weedeater - Goliathan

Solid Albums

MMJ - The Waterfall
Jeff the Brotherhood - Global Chakra Rhythms
The Dears - Times Infinity Vol 1

Top songs of the year.


Forest Clouds - Windhand
Black Cherry Pie - Jeff The Brotherhood
Darkness Remains - Lord Dying
Dark Side of the Compass - High on Fire
I Used to Pray for the Heavens to Fall - The Dears
Children of Children - Jason Isbell
Whatever I Want - Jeff the Brotherhood
In Its Infancy (T Waterfall) - MMJ
Heel Turn 2 - The Mountain Goats
Top Shelf Drug - Ryan Bingham

[dmooney99]

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

[e-stone]

pretty loosely ranked after #3, the stuff i dug the most this year:

1. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
2. Wilco - Star Wars
3. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
4. Ryan Adams - 1989
5. José González - Vestiges & Claws
6. Calexico - Edge of the Sun
7. Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down...
8. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
10. Laura Marling - Short Movie

11. The Weather Station - Loyalty
12. Tame Impala - Currents
13. Phil Cook - Southland Mission
14. Guy Garvey - Courting the Squall
15. Futurebirds - Hotel Parties
16. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
17. Daniel Bachman - River
18. Surf City - Jekyll Island
19. The Phantom Band - Fears Trending
20. Meg Baird - Don't Weigh Down The Light

21. Dungen - Allas Sak
22. Martin Courtney - Many Moons
23. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
24. The Staves - If I Was
25. Ought - Sun Coming Down

These were all pretty a'ight too:
The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily
Barna Howard - Quite A Feelin'
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Ba Power
Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker - Land of Plenty
Blur - The Magic Whip
Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
Dick Diver - Melbourne, Florida
Heather Woods Broderick - Glider
Jamie xx - In Colours
Justin Townes Earle - Absent Fathers
The Libertines - Anthems for Doomed Youth
Lou Barlow - Brace the Wave
Richard Hawley - Hollow Meadows
Salad Boys - Metalmania
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born to Lose You
Tal National - Zoy Zoy
Twerps - Range Anxiety
Weed - Running Back
Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There

disappointing as hell, but not yet deleted:
The Amazing - Picture You
Howlin Rain - Mansion Songs
Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
The Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird Is Home
Vetiver - Complete Strangers

and the "what the hell is this still doing on my ipod" award:
Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves[/quote]

[LBSUNFLWR]

my boyfriend has been hard at work on this for a month. Just wanted to share here bc there's a lot on here I haven't heard of and maybe some of you will want to check out some of these too.

1.        My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
2.       Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Think
3.       All Dogs – Kicking Every Day
4.       The Districts – A Flourish and a Spoil
5.       All Them Witches – Dying Surfer Meets His Maker
6.       Chris Stapleton -  Traveller
7.       Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
8.       Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness
9.       Diane Coffee – Everybody's a Good Dog
10.     Built to Spill – Untethered Moon
11.     Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
12.     Langhorne Slim & the Law – The Spirit Moves
13.     Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
14.     James McMurtry – Complicated Game
15.     Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You
16.     Kurt Vile -  b'lieve i'm goin down...
17.     Phil Cook – Southland Mission
18.     Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
19.     Oddisee – The Good Fight
20.     Florist – Holdly
21.     Marika Hackman – We Slept at Last
22.     Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
23.     Mikal Cronin – MCIII
24.     Valet – Nature
25.     Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – After
26.     Shakey Graves – Nobody's Fool
27.     Josh Ritter – Sermon on the Rocks
28.     Nathaniel Rateliff – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
29.     Promised Land Sound – For Use And Delight
30.     Heather Woods Broderick – Glider
31.     Jim O'Rourke – Simple Songs
32.     Young  Jesus – Grow/Decompose
33.     Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated at Last
34.     The Word – Soul Food
35.     David Wax Museum – Guesthouse
36.     Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home
37.     Israel Nash – Israel Nash's Silver Season
38.     Vetiver – Complete Strangers
39.     La Luz – Weirdo Shrine
40.     King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mache Dream Balloon
41.     Dave Heumann – Here In the Deep
42.     Swervedriver – I Wasn't Born to Lose You
43.     Villagers – Darling Arithmetic
44.     EL VY – Return to the Moon
45.     Eskimeaux – O.K.
46.     The Delines – Scenic Sessions
47.     Gaz Coombes – Matador
48.     Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There
49.     Black Rivers – Black Rivers
50.     Lettuce – Crush

•        Circles Around The Sun – Interludes for the Dead is not an album, but if it were, it would be in my top 10.

[Come Closer]

Nice list. Thumbs up for including Khruangbin and Diane Coffee. Here's a list I compiled.

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/BMac19/2015_favorites_excluding_hip_hop/

[LBSUNFLWR]

Nice list. Thumbs up for including Khruangbin and Diane Coffee. Here's a list I compiled.

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/BMac19/2015_favorites_excluding_hip_hop/

lotta Real Estate love in that list :) Thanks for sharing.
Did you listen to Josh Ritter or Phil Cook? not your thing?
those were among my top 5 of the year...though I don't spend too much of my time on new music I will admit.

anyway, this upcoming weekend we are seeing Martin Courtney on Friday night and Diane Coffee Saturday night, both in 100 person venues!!