Oh goodness, here we go again. It’s been a while since I posted this, and there’s been a lot of good music over the last year or so. I suppose we might as well start with 2015–I don’t believe in numerical lists, but here’s an incomplete list of the various albums I really loved from last year. To keep this list on the shorter side, I won’t go into detail on anything, but if you have follow up questions, feel free.
- “Sound & Color” by The Alabama Shakes
- “Urban Flora EP” by Alina Baraz
- “Mutant” by Arca
- “But You Caint Use My Phone (Mixtape)” by Erykah Badu
- “Vulnicura” by Bjork
- “Goodbye” by Bottoms
- “Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit” by Courtney Barnett
- “Blackheart” by Dawn Richard
- “Fading Frontier” by Deerhunter
- “Poison Season” by Destroyer
- “Surf” by Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment
- “Kahraba” by EEK
- “M3L155X” by FKA Twigs
- “Art Angels” by Grimes
- “In Colour” by Jamie XX
- “Dark Energy” by Jlin
- “Platform” by Holly Herndon
- “Hallucinogen EP” by Kelela
- “Wildheart” by Miguel
- “Music Complete” by New Order
- The Nymph Cycle EPs by Nicholas Jaar
- “To Pimp a Butterfly” by Kendrick Lamar
- “Levon Vincent” by Levon Vincent
- “Heterocetera” by Lotic
- “Wildheart” by Miguel
- “Garden of Delete” by Oneohetrix Point Never
- “Frozen Niagara Falls” by Prurient
- “Ugly Cherries” by PWR BTTMS
- “Pandemic” by Rabit
- “Currents” by Tame Impala
- “The Beyond / Where the Giants Are” by Thundercat
- “Sprinter” by Torres
- “Ratchet” by Shamir
- “The Gate” by Swans
- “Summertime ‘06” by Vince Staples
And now, a shorter list of the albums I’ve really enjoyed this year:
- “Malibu” by Anderson .Paak
- “Blackstar” by David Bowie
- “Emily’s D+Evolution” by Esperanza Spalding
- “Man Made Object” by Go Go Penguin
- “untitled unmastered.” by Kendrick Lamar
- “Varmints” by Anna Meredith
- “Animals” by Not Waving
- “Third Law” by Roly Porter
- “Adore Life” by Savages
- “SVIIB” by School of Seven Bells
- “Zelalem” by Mikael Seifu
- “Seth Bogart” by Seth Bogart
So there–all the stuff I’ve been grooving to. If you have anything more specific to ask, feel free!