2015 was an awesome year for new music. Amazing albums from all corners of the musical spectrum. We got Trap music finding its stride. Indie pop scene was incredible. Dr. Dre and Missy are back on the scene. A T-Swift cover album!
Most of what I listen to harkens from Spotify, so there may be a few glaring absentees; but anyhow, here’s a list of things i found this year that made my ears happy. No particular order:
Vince Staples -Summertime ’06
Twerps – Range Anxiety
Jeremih – Late Nights the Album
Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
Ought -Sun Coming Down
Chelsea Wolfe -Abyss
Shopping – Why Choose
Chastity Belt – Time To Go Home
SOAK – Before We Forget How to Dream
Alpine – Yuck
US Girls -Half Free
Hop Slong – Painted Shut
Young Thug – Barter 6
Leon Bridges – Coming Home
Tame Impala – Currents
Empress Of – Me
Kelela – Hallucinogen
Jamie XX -in color
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Major Lazer – Peace Is The Mission
Faith Healer – Cosmic Troubles
Nickelus F – Triflin’
Kurt Vile – b’lieve I’m goin down
D’Angelo – Black Messiah
Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
I know I don’t have Dr. Dre, Grimes, Rae Sremmurd, Drake, Miguel, or Adele, among others. Some are on purpose and some are just because I can’t see ’em on Spotify (mostly looking at you Dre). This list is music I heard with my own two ears and nothing more.
Here’s a link to a Spotify playlist with all of the above in there and a few other bonus albums. Hope you enjoy!
Thoughts? Glaring omissions? I’m open for debate… 😎