Favorite Releases of 2015

Space wrote:
Save your list of 50 for your email to your pretend significant other.

And what was that supposed to mean?

Space wrote:
Of course there are no rules, you can dominate this thread just like you dominate every other music related thread.

Thanks?

I have to agree that a Top Ten is best for these kinds of threads. Because for 99.9% percent of the population, there's probably not a lot of thought between what placed at #22 and what landed at #28. Too many of the loooong lists tend to morph into "Here are all the albums I listened to this year."

Ten is good because it requires some discipline, some hard choices, some gnashing of teeth. Nothing wrong with a honorable mentions list either.

Discipline?  I have been working on mine since mid-October…

. (sorry Sidehatch)

killsaly wrote:
So I am politely breaking them up into small lists. 

hey . . . freely, he is being polite about the spacing of it.  its pretty much a given that kill,sally likes a lot of music.  I would post another list, due that my first list was just from looking at mainstream releases of 2015.  im sure I can be hipster enough to like some more things.  

Do it. 

killsaly wrote:

Space wrote:
Save your list of 50 for your email to your pretend significant other.

And what was that supposed to mean?

Space wrote:
Of course there are no rules, you can dominate this thread just like you dominate every other music related thread.

Thanks?

That was a joke. As in "someone who devotes a lot of time listening to music is probably less likely to have a significant other who demands their time and attention". Just a joke, not an insult, as there's absolutely nothing wrong with not having a significant other. And a joke because it's not a statement of fact, but rather words that play off stereotypes, as jokes sometimes do.

Didn't think the joke was funny? I am absolutely crushed. At least my wife and daughter think I'm funny. Oh, and by the way, I'll be back with my wife and daughter's top 10 lists on Monday. Hint: Taylor Swift might be there.

You know what's sad… I don't think I have a top ten list this year.

Le sigh.

Yada wrote:
You know what's sad… I don't think I have a top ten list this year.

Le sigh.

Weren't there any kiddie albums on the Yada playlist this year?

My favorite hip-hop releases of 2015:
https://www.mixcloud.com/killsaly/dragged-to-hell-2015-favorite-hip-hop-mix/

STS x RJD2 - STS x RJD2
Black Zheep DZ - Mirror, Mirror
Shark Tank - Don't Fuck With Us
Sortahuman - SORTAHUMAN4LIFE
Death Grips - Jenny Death
JPEGMAFIA - communist slow jams
Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
BLVCK CEILING - Trap Magic
Young Thug - Slime Season 2
Junglepussy - Pregnant with Success

Yada wrote:
You know what's sad… I don't think I have a top ten list this year.

Le sigh.

Hasn't been a banner year as far as I'm concerned. 1st pass:

Courtney Barnett
Tame Impala
Clutch
Killing Joke
Noisem
Father John Misty
Grimes
Protomartyr

Hmmm. Stuck  at eight. For now.

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
You know what's sad… I don't think I have a top ten list this year.

Le sigh.

Weren't there any kiddie albums on the Yada playlist this year?

Not big on the kiddie tunes in this casa, maybe a bit of Curious George jamz and the godforsaken Frozen soundtrack.

StoneTheCrow wrote:

Yada wrote:
You know what's sad… I don't think I have a top ten list this year.

Le sigh.

Hasn't been a banner year as far as I'm concerned. 1st pass:

Courtney Barnett
Tame Impala
Clutch
Killing Joke
Noisem
Father John Misty
Grimes
Protomartyr

Hmmm. Stuck  at eight. For now.

Indeed… I've listened to a TON of new music this year, but nothing I'd say is a top ten album or anything that's received a ton of consistent play. My barometer for "top" albums is how often I continue to listen to them or will I come back and listen to them again… very few for 2015!

Relaxer wrote:
I have to agree that a Top Ten is best for these kinds of threads. Because for 99.9% percent of the population, there's probably not a lot of thought between what placed at #22 and what landed at #28. Too many of the loooong lists tend to morph into "Here are all the albums I listened to this year."

Ten is good because it requires some discipline, some hard choices, some gnashing of teeth. Nothing wrong with a honorable mentions list either.

in general i agree with you, but i'll give a pass to killsaly.  have you seen how many albums that guys listens to???

and i appreciate the breakdown by genre.  i like electronic but generally don't bother much with hip hop, so this let's me hone in on what i'd actually listen to.

My last list, best of the rest.  I broke this into two parts; the first being noisy rock like shoegaze, post-punk, and noise rock and the second part is a bit more mellow (though I did stick FNM and Killing Joke on this one). 

https://www.mixcloud.com/killsaly/dragged-to-hell-2015-best-of-rest-noisy-mix/
Dilly Dally - Sore
Helen - The Original Faces
Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters
Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born to Lose You
Potty Mouth - Potty Mouth EP
Pleasure Leftists - the woods of heaven
METZ - II
Static Daydream - Static Daydream
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
American Wrestlers - American Wrestlers

https://www.mixcloud.com/killsaly/dragged-to-hell-best-of-the-rest-2015/
SPORTS - All of Something
Colleen Green - I want to Grow Up
Chastity Belt - Time to Go Home
Shannon And The Clams - Gone by the Dawn
Placebo - MTV Unplugged
Justin Bieber - Purpose
Low - Ones and Sixes
Royal Headache - High
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Killing Joke - Pylon

sweetcell wrote:
in general i agree with you, but i'll give a pass to killsaly.  have you seen how many albums that guys listens to???

and i appreciate the breakdown by genre.  i like electronic but generally don't bother much with hip hop, so this let's me hone in on what i'd actually listen to.

I thought it was a good way to approach it this year. 

And what can I say, I love listening to music.  I love discovering music old and new.  It has been a passion of mine since I was 12.

I had fun getting these together, and making all of the mixes.  I really enjoy doing stuff like this.  Sorry if mine is a bit extreme compared to others.  But I do not admonish anyone for being obsessed with beer or baseball… I made the mixes pretty short and thought they might be a good way to introduce people to new artists.  I am doing paragraph writeups for all of these on my blog, but am not finished, and will post links if anyone is interested when finished with them.

I left a lot of stuff I really dug off of this.  I loved the new New Order and Duran Duran albums.  I loved the new Wolf Eyes.  I really did not just list EVERY album I got in 2015.  These 60 items are like maybe a quarter of new albums for me in 2015…

I might do a Top 10 total list… I hadnt thought about that one though.  Best of across all my lists..

killsaly wrote:
METZ - II
Royal Headache - High

Add these to my list, I guess. Royal Headache's is good for sure. Metz II is ok but too much like the 1st and not as good, imo.

I need to see METZ live one of these days…

I forgot about the Swervedriver LP. That belongs on my list too.

killsaly wrote:
I need to see METZ live one of these days…

The show they played at the Red Palace (RIP) was such a killer. I had tickets to see their recent 9:30 show but my son got incredibly ill an hour before I was supposed to leave and I chose to stay home. I was really looking forward to hearing them with the 9:30 sound system.

bearman wrote:
I forgot about the Swervedriver LP. That belongs on my list too.

Did you go to their Ottobar show for it?