Wednesday, December 23, 2015

2015 Albums of the Year

There seems to be a lot of music showing my age this year. Clutch, Aphex Twin, Bjork, Faith No More, Squarepusher, and Marilyn Manson all put out great albums! Faith No More?! It's like I went back in time!

However, there's some fun new stuff in the mix. I LOVE new Youth Lagoon. Slaves is making some fantastic punk rock on the other side of the pond. Fresh faces like Jamie XX and Holly Herndon are putting out some interesst electronica alongside familiar names in the genre like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. Roisin Murphy and Micachu are pushing boundaries in interesting directions.

I also had a lot of my contemporary "standbys" like Panda Bear, Destroyer, and Dan Deacon continue to impress me with interesting and challenging albums.

I listened to a lot of stuff this year. Here is some of the music that stuck (in no particular order)...

SLAVES – Are You Satisfied


ROISIN MURPHY – Hairless Toys



YOUTH LAGOON – Savage Hills Ballroom


MICACHU AND THE SHAPES – GOOD SAD HAPPY BAD

DESTROYER – Poison Season




REFUSED – Freedom


FAITH NO MORE – Sol Invictus



SQUAREPUSHER – Damogen Furies

DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer

JON HOPKINS – Late Night Tales
MARILYN MANSON – The Pale Emperor


APHEX TWIN – Computer Controlled Acoustic Music

*Couldn't find a clip on Youtube. Weird. Well, you know what Aphex sounds like.

JAMIE XX – In Colour

BJORK – Vulnicura

PANDA BEAR – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper


HOLLY HERNDON - Platform

CLUTCH – Psychic Warfare