Top Albums of 2015

[Neelpos]

It's December, if there's anything coming out this month, there's samples released, and you've all got your favorites that have already been released. It's time to share my friends, don't have to compile a top 5, don't have to order anything, just look back on the year and share what you loved.


Psychadelic Blues Rock out of a bunch of southern boys with the bassist on vocals? I'm gonna put my dick in it.


Small Psychadelic group a friend introduced me to through Bandcamp. They don't have an official full release yet, as of their two this year Indigovidual was the longest at a whopping 6 songs. But by god is it worth it, can't help but groove every time they come on.


Bleeder came out around June, and if the idea of "Couple New Yorkers get together and write some bitchin Punk Metal" is groovy then this is a hell of an album for you. The final (title) track of the album is proggy in all the right ways.

Honorable mention: The Midnight Ghost Train - Cold Was The Ground


How the fuck have I not listened to the new Intronaut yet? God dammit I need new headphones for work. It'll probably make this list but dammit I have to listen to it first.

Eagles of Death Metal, Dead Weather, Modest Mouse, and Silversun Pickups all slightly disappointed me with their releases this year. I like the albums, but they all sit in the middle or lower end of their respective discographies for me.

[Ian7]

NICE LOVE SHARING MUSIC:
In the albums below I'm linking to my favorite song off the album versus the singles.

1. Halsey - Badlands


2. Ellie Goulding - Delirium

Actually with this one there's a ton of great songs but I don't have a favorite yet since it hasn't even been out a month.

3. MisterWives - Our Own House


4. Zedd - True Colors


5. Madeon - Adventure


ALSO HONORABLE MENTION NOT AN ALBUM BUT W/E
Eden - End Credits EP

This EP hit me so hard in so many places emotionally. The lyrics are beautifully written. I recommend looking up the lyrics with your first listen through.

[Da_man]

bruh, what about Clutch? Psychic Warfare is the shit.

[Jason]

O this looks like some kinda thread. What the shits this Fuck.
Vids at the end in spoiler tags to avoid jizzpiss.

SPOILER TAGS DIDN'T WORK THAT WAY LOL HOLD ON FIXING.
I guess you can't put vids in spoiler tags idk why I thought I could I'm 2baked 4dis.

Not in order or kind of in order or fuck you.

The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth best album of any genre I've heard in a fuckdang minute.

Between the Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic

Leprous - The Congregation

Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things

Ghost - Meliora

Scale the Summit - V

Native Construct - Quiet World

Periphery - Juggernaut Alpha/Omega

Arcane Roots - Heaven & Earth EP

Mutoid Man - Bleeder
see neelpos post for vid

Clutch - Psychic Warfare
See Da_man's

Enslaved - In Times

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

[Sanvich Hoovy]

Most of these I posted about as they came out/ I found them, but here they are again, in no particular order, hidden because jesus christ there's so many videos on this page already my browser is shitting itself.

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Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly (Hip Hop/Rap)
I'll just post what I wrote when it came out, since I still feel the same way

Kendrick Lamar's new album "To Pimp a Butterfly" dropped the other day, go listen to it right now. I didn't know if he could reach good kid, m.A.A.d city's level, but he's more than passed it. He's got all the passion and lyrical mastery he had back then, but he's matured so much as a person, and he's talking about some high-end philosophical shit now. Plus his production is on a whole new level, he's got Flying Lotus and so many other great producers here, plus he dropped all his mediocre trap beats from GKMC.

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Death Grips - Jenny Death/Pt 2 of "The Powers that Be" (Experimental Hip Hop/What even is DG at this point)
I wasn't a big fan of Death Grips' past few albums, which were missing a lot of the visceral brutality of their earlier stuff, but Jenny Death was a really great return to form, but also had all of the best elements from their calmer/more experimental stuff.

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Kamasi Washington - The Epic (Jazz)
Not a double album, but a TRIPLE.
3 hours long.
I feel like the word "Epic" has been bastardized so much that it lost it's original meaning, kinda like the word "awesome", but yeah, Epic is really the best word to describe this monster. Don't feel pressured to listen to the whole thing at once, though. It's best to treat each album like it's own thing, and get the different tone each one was going for.

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Tame Impala - Currents
While definitely a step down from Lonerism, it's still a fantastic electro-pop album. Not much longevity, I grew tired of it after a few months, but don't let that convince you it's a bad album, just know that there isn't much below the surface. But I enjoy seeing bands go in new directions, especially if new works can carry relatively the same quality as their old ones.

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Jamie XX- In Colour
A fantastic mix of House music that's just fantastic for just chilling to. Great "late night drive" music, it's like someone pouring honey in your ear. Seriously, listen to the bass on its closing track.

[Ian7]

Also the new justin bieber album is actually fire.
THERE I SAID. WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO? BAN ME?

[Muffin]

In no certain order:

I agree with Ian, Purpose by the biebs is a great album. Very rnb and much more mature than anything else he has ever done, definitely not the same artist

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Oh Wonder's self titled album is amazing. Absolutely beautiful music

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Odesza - In Return (released late 2014 but I've listened to it more than any other album this year so I'm gonna count it)

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Imagined Herbal Flows - Floating EP

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Skizzy Mars - The Red Balloon Project EP

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[Neelpos]

Been diving into Bandcamp and found a few more super solid releases this year.

Mo Lowda and the Humble - Curse the Weather

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The Bamboos - The Best of the Tru Thoughts Years

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Alice Russel - I'm The Man, That Will Find You

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Lost Midas - Off The Course

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