Best albums of 2015 (1 Viewer)

[Amused to Death]

Riverside, Iron Maiden and now Gary Clark, Jr.....It's been a good month of new releases so far.

 

[Brony]

Fidlar's latest Too is fun romp on first listen.

 

[rockaction]

Red Dons's The Dead Hand of Tradition is a good Wipers-esque punk listen. Actually, it's really good, if a little niche-y, probably.

I'd start with track number seven.

https://reddons.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-hand-of-tradition

 

[El Floppo]

Fidlar's latest Too is fun romp on first listen.

I keep trying Fidlar and something just doesn't work for me. But I'll keep trying.

 

[Steve Tasker]

####### loving the new Beach House album

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Fidlar's latest Too is fun romp on first listen.

I keep trying Fidlar and something just doesn't work for me. But I'll keep trying.

Didn't like the new one. They were better when they had life threatening drug addictions.

 

[wazoo11]

####### loving the new Beach House album

Cannot wait to listen later on today.

 

[Steve Tasker]

####### loving the new Beach House album

Cannot wait to listen later on today.

"Beyond Love" is a top 3 song of the year for me at this point and "Sparks" isn't far behind. Great album.

 

[Tick]

####### loving the new Beach House album

Cannot wait to listen later on today.

"Beyond Love" is a top 3 song of the year for me at this point and "Sparks" isn't far behind. Great album.

Sparks had a neat intro... then put me to sleep. Too dreamy for me.

 

[John Bender]

Red Dons's The Dead Hand of Tradition is a good Wipers-esque punk listen. Actually, it's really good, if a little niche-y, probably.

I'd start with track number seven.

https://reddons.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-hand-of-tradition

This is really ####### good.

 

[El Floppo]

Red Dons's The Dead Hand of Tradition is a good Wipers-esque punk listen. Actually, it's really good, if a little niche-y, probably.

I'd start with track number seven.

https://reddons.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-hand-of-tradition

This is really ####### good.

 

[JZilla]

Fidlar's latest Too is fun romp on first listen.

I keep trying Fidlar and something just doesn't work for me. But I'll keep trying.

Didn't like the new one. They were better when they had life threatening drug addictions.

Yeah I thought it was silly and weird

 

[Steve Tasker]

####### loving the new Beach House album

Cannot wait to listen later on today.

"Beyond Love" is a top 3 song of the year for me at this point and "Sparks" isn't far behind. Great album.

Sparks had a neat intro... then put me to sleep. Too dreamy for me.

Right up my alley....just my style I suppose.

 

[rockaction]

Red Dons's The Dead Hand of Tradition is a good Wipers-esque punk listen. Actually, it's really good, if a little niche-y, probably.

I'd start with track number seven.

https://reddons.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-hand-of-tradition

This is really ####### good.

Cool. I really enjoy them. Dead Hand... is a little more mid-tempo than their other ones, but I still really like it. Fake Meets Failure (2010) could be one of the better punk records I've heard in a long time, all things considered. It soars all over the place.

In a similar vein (well, more by genre than anything) I'm just sitting down tonight with Radioactivity's (ex-Marked Men guys) Silent Kill, which is getting some nice press and sounded pretty darn good upon first listen. Noisey is no stranger to hyperbole, but they're calling it a "masterstroke." :shrugs:

Silent Kill: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/stream-radioactivity-silent-kill

"Silent": http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17562-radioactivity-silent/

 

[El Floppo]

Tanlines' latest, Highlights is a good bit of indie-pop.

 

[kupcho1]

Fidlar's latest Too is fun romp on first listen.

I keep trying Fidlar and something just doesn't work for me. But I'll keep trying.

I was right there with you, until I heard 40oz on Repeat (from Discovery)

 

[got_nugs]

New Deerhunter song is good.

You talking about Breaker? Fantastic.

 

[got_nugs]

Red Dons's The Dead Hand of Tradition is a good Wipers-esque punk listen. Actually, it's really good, if a little niche-y, probably.

I'd start with track number seven.

https://reddons.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-hand-of-tradition

This is really ####### good.

Only spun through this about halfway. Into it.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

New Deerhunter song is good.

You talking about Breaker? Fantastic.

Was actually talking about Snakeskin but Breaker is great too.

 

[got_nugs]

New Deerhunter song is good.

You talking about Breaker? Fantastic.

Was actually talking about Snakeskin but Breaker is great too.

Hmph, missed that one until now, it's rad.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Love Metalmania by Salad Boys. RIYL the Clean, Flying Nun, Kiwis, simple guitar pop.

 

[rockaction]

I never treated them as anything more than a curiosity, but I think that Battles's La Di Da Di is really different -- groovy, almost proggy, dancing cool. Dang, I really like it upon first listen. FF Bada and Dot Net are pretty cool dance/post-rock tracks.

eta* Dang, the first four tracks, including Summer Simmer, are stone cold. This has a Do Make Say Think/Tortoise vibe to it.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I never treated them as anything more than a curiosity, but I think that Battles's La Di Da Di is really different -- groovy, almost proggy, dancing cool. Dang, I really like it upon first listen. FF Bada and Dot Net are pretty cool dance/post-rock tracks.

eta* Dang, the first four tracks, including Summer Simmer, are stone cold. This has a Do Make Say Think/Tortoise vibe to it.

I was actually just popping in to comment on this album, I dig it. Maybe not as good as Gloss Drop but certainly a good listen.

 

[Hov34]

Love Metalmania by Salad Boys.

Yes

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Tops of this year for me are Failure's Heart is a Monster and Army of the Pharos In Death Reborn

I need to hear that Cloud Nothings / Wavves. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the 2014 Cloud Nothings release.

In Death Reborn actually come out last year, FWIW. It is really good.

 

[El Floppo]

Hooton Tennis Club is a band. They have an album called HIghest Point in Cliff Town. It's good. Like somebody who grew up listening to Pavement and sprinkled in some more poppy stuff.

 

[FattyVM]

Still the Foo's. From Can to Can't (for those of you who didn't watch sonic highways.)

 

[El Floppo]

Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasha

Congolese band. Not in my usual wheelhouse but sounds like outer space on headphones. Getting rave reviews.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/14/mbongwana-star-from-kinshasa-review

first 20 seconds and I'm in. not sure if this will hold up for me over the whole album, but

ended up cycling through it a couple of times in the background while working. good stuff, but more of a "in-the-mood" thing for me than a regular listen.

Just found Wavves/Cloud Nothings joint album, No Life for Me... part way through, and I'm liking it a lot.

That Wavves/CNs album has held up prettty well for me.

Wavves appear to have a couple new singles out- pretty good as well.

 

[Abraham]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

 

[El Floppo]

Vant is another new (?) band I like.

 

[wazoo11]

Chvrches

 

[Steve Tasker]

Chvrches

Thought this wasn't out til the end of the week?

I've loved all of the singles thus far.

 

[landrys hat]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

Father John Misty covers Ryan Adams’ cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” in the style of Velvet Underground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1roh5edj4#t=13

 

[Abraham]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

So so good. Not a bad note on the record.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

Father John Misty covers Ryan Adams cover of Taylor Swifts Blank Space in the style of Velvet Underground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU1roh5edj4#t=13

Good shtick

 

[Good Posting Judge]

We live in a strange world.

http://www.stereogum.com/1832749/notorious-aids-drug-price-gouger-is-a-post-hardcore-figurehead/news/?utm_source=sc-fb&utm_medium=ref&utm_campaign

 

[Ilov80s]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

Nailed it, great album.

 

[El Floppo]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

Nailed it, great album.

if I don't like Ryan Adams OR Taylor Swift... do I still have to listen to this?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

No.

 

[El Floppo]

No.

yay?

 

[dal_boys_phan]

Lucero's new one is really good - slower stuff, but good. Nice to listen to after going through the entire live album from Atlanta.

 

[El Floppo]

Ought has a new one- I it better than last year's, even if none of the songs are individually grabbing me as much as last year's.

 

[Ilov80s]

Ought has a new one- I it better than last year's, even if none of the songs are individually grabbing me as much as last year's.

I found the new one a letdown, I'll have to give it some more time.

 

[Ilov80s]

Ryan Adams covered "1989". The whole album. It's ####### amazing. My favorite record this year for sure.

Nailed it, great album.

if I don't like Ryan Adams OR Taylor Swift... do I still have to listen to this?

No, I don't think so. It's a good album, but it's a Ryan Adams album. If that's not your thing than no reason to listen beyond the novelty of it.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

CHVRCHES album is great, as expected.

 

[Steve Tasker]

CHVRCHES album is great, as expected.

Yes. Top 5 of the year so far.

I think this one might be deeper than Bones of What You Believe, though I think Bones had more grabber pure pop hits. There's no "Recover" or "Gun" on this one, I don't think, but the album is top-to-bottom better. And Bones has been like my second most listened to album since 2013, so that's something something.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Not a huge Kurt Vile fan (too repetitive), but the new album is pretty good.

 

[El Floppo]

Hooton Tennis Club is a band. They have an album called HIghest Point in Cliff Town. It's good. Like somebody who grew up listening to Pavement and sprinkled in some more poppy stuff.

vocally a mix of No Age and Parquet Courts. musically... ... whatever is going on, I'm totally digging this. might be top of the year for me.

 

[mphtrilogy]

The new chvrches is fantastic!

 

[Fiddles]

that dawes album so good

love that laurel canyon sound