GREAT ALBUMS Deichkind - Niveau Weshalb Warum Papa Roach - F.E.A.R. GOOD ALBUMS Three Days Grace - Human LISTENING TO ANTICIPATING
Top Albums of 2015: Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment- Surf Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly/ Matt and Kim- New Glow (tied) Steven Wilson- Hand. Cannot. Erase. Rae Shremmurd- Shremlife Curren$y- Pilot Talk 3 Darius Rucker- Southern Style GRiZ- Say It Loud Death Cab For Cutie- Kintsugi Sleeping With Sirens- Madness Other Notable Albums: Earl Sweatshirt- I Don't Like Sh!t, I Don't Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt Enter Shikari- The Mindsweep Lupe Fiasco- Testuo and Youth Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves Panda Bear- Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper The Prodigy-The Day is My Enemy Shlohmo- Dark Red Toro Y Moi- What For? Disappointing Albums: A$ap Rocky- A.L.L.A. Passion Pit- Kindred Top Songs of 2015: A$ap Rocky- Excuse Me Kendirck Lamar- The Blacker the Berry Matt and Kim- Stirred Up Steven Wilson- Happy Returns A Thousand Horses- Smoke Albums Looking Forward to of 2015: Confirmed for 2015: (too lazy to update names) Angels and Airwaves- LP6 Angels and Airwaves- LP7 Breaking Benjamin- LP5 Blur- The Magic Whip Curren$y- Pilot Talk 3 Incubus- Trust Fall Kanye West- So Help Me God [Highey gonna suck though] Kenny Chesney- LP 16? Maddie and Tae- Debut LP Mumford and Sons- Wilder Mind Muse-LP7 Of Monsters and Men- LP2 Passion Pit - Kindred Rihanna- LP8 Tame Impala- LP3 Tom DeLonge- To The Stars... Tom DeLonge- LP2 Probable for 2015: Frank Ocean- LP3 Jamie XX- Debut LP? Japanese Cartoon - M.I.L.K. Is For Pussies Metro Station- LP2 Nothing and Nobody- Debut LP Run the Jewels - RTJ3 The XX- LP3 30 Seconds to Mars- LP5 Anticipating but Skeptical about: Bullet for My Valentine- LP5 To listen to: Lil Durk- Remember My Name Raekwon- Fly International Luxurious Art Passion Pit- Kindred(have had 1 listen, not sure where to rank yet) Yellawolf- Love Story Young Thug- Barter 6
Shlohmo: "Dark Red" - got this one #420 A$AP Rocky: "At.Long.Last.A$AP" - May 30, got this one Drake: "Views From The 6" Team Sleep: "Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 4"
The Best: Arcane - Known / Learned Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf Death Grips - The Powers that B Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Periphery - Juggernaut Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. The Good: Dave Kerzner - New World (Deluxe / Extended Edition) Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu Muse - Drones Ne Obliviscaris - Hiraeth Swain (a.k.a. This Routine is Hell) - Heavy Dancing The Okay / Disappointing: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress Madeon - Adventure Ne Obliviscaris - Sarabande to Nihil Anticipating / Stuff I Still Need To Hear: Between The Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Corelia - Debut Double Album Dream Theater - LP 13 Faith No More - Sol Invictus Ghost B.C. - Meliora Lamb of God - VII: Sturm und Drang Leprous - The Congregation Native Construct - Quiet World Refused - Freedom Tame Impala - Currents Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path Kamasi Washington - The Epic Kanye West - So Help Me God / SWISH
The Best (9-10) All Time Low - Future Hearts Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho LiViD - As It Happens Jarrod Alonge - Beating A Dead Horse We Are Harlot - We Are Harlot Zedd - True Colors The Good (8) Broadside - Old Bones Chaos Divine - Colliding Skies Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors Shattered Sun - Hope Within Hatred The Decent (6-7) Periphery - Juggernaut: Omega Muse - Drones Hinder - When The Smoke Clears Scorpions - Return To Forever Falling In Reverse - Just Like You Halestorm - Into The Wild Life Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep Steve Aoki - Neon Future II Stick To Your Guns - Disobedient Sleeping With Sirens - Madness The Bad (<5) Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface Jim Peterik - Risk Everything Kid Rock - First Kiss Hollywood Undead - Day Of The Dead Papa Roach - F.E.A.R All That Remains - The Order of Things Three Days Grace - Human
TOP ALBUMS OF 2015 (RANKED) KENDRICK LAMAR | To Pimp A Butterfly BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH | Sour Soul MUSE | Drones KAWEHI | Evolution LUPE FIASCO | Tetsuo and Youth JOEY BADA$$ | B4.DA.$$ TOP SONGS OF 2015 (ALPHABETICAL) KAWEHI | Corporation Disco Party (Stream) KENDRICK LAMAR | Wesley's Theory (feat. George Clinton & Thundercat) (Stream) BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH | Six Degrees (feat. Danny Brown) (Stream) LUPE FIASCO | Body of Work (feat. Troi & Terrace Martin) (Stream) MUSE | Aftermath/The Globalist (No Stream Available Currently) CARLY RAE JEPSEN | All That (Stream)
Top Albums of 2015 DUSTIN KENSRUE // Carry The Fire RED // Of Beauty And Rage MUSE // Drones IMAGINE DRAGONS // Smoke + Mirrors MUMFORD & SONS // Wilder Mind Top Songs of 2015 DUSTIN KENSRUE // Carry The Fire // Gallows // There's Something Dark // In The Darkness RED // Falling Sky // The Ever // Imposter // Darkest Part MUSE // The Handler // The Globalist IMAGINE DRAGONS // Friction // I'm So Sorry // Smoke + Mirrors MUMFORD & SONS // Believe // Broad Shouldered Beasts
Tier I - The Best Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Death Grips - The Powers That B Clarence Clarity - No Now * Tier II - The Great Algiers - Algiers Leviathan - Scar Sighted Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth Kamasi Washington - The Epic Between The Buried and Me - Coma Eclipse * Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep Arcane - Known / Learned Tier III - The Good Refused - Freedom * Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. Muse - Drones Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ Twentyone Pilots - Blurryface Tier IV - The Decent All Time Low - Future Hearts Periphery - Alpha & Juggernaut: Omega August Burns Red - Found In Far Away Places * Xibalba - Tierra Y Libertad Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi Red - Of Beauty And Rage Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside * Tier V - The Underwhelming/Disappointing Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors Hollywood Undead - Day Of The Dead Tier VI - The Complete and Indescribable Anguish Three Days Grace - Human Papa Roach - Fear Updated = *
Good: Blur - The Magic Whip Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor Need to Hear: Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface Julien-K - California Noir - Chapter One: Analog Beaches & Digital Cities Anticipating: Julien-K - California Noir - Chapter Two Chairlift - TBA Iron Maiden - TBA Possibly This Year: Graham Coxon - TBA (Probably next year) Gorillaz - TBA (Probably next year) Damon Albarn - Wonder.land (If it gets released like Dr Dee or Monkey)
BEST OF 2015: (In no order) Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell ANTICIPATING: MuteMath - Vitals Copywrite - Bloodbath & Beyond Japanese Cartoon - M.I.L.K. Is For Pussies Tame Impala - Currents Ratatat - Magnifique Robert Glasper - Covered The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily Fort Minor - TBA KICKED OUT: Thundercat - The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam Jedi Mind Tricks - The Thief & the Fallen Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Removed some albums because, in the end, they really weren't all that memorable. GREAT ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Balthazar - Thin Walls Blur - The Magic Whip Johnny Jewel - Lost River (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Algiers - Algiers GOOD ALBUMS GRiZ - Say It Loud The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color Modestep - London Road Jamie XX - In Colour LISTENING TO Ash Koosha - GUUD ANTICIPATING Refused - Freedom James Blake - Radio Silence Foals - What Went Down The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes Kanye West - SWISH Radiohead - TBA Disclosure - Caracal Deftones - TBD Massive Attack - TBA
Top Albums of 2015: Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment- Surf Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly/ Matt and Kim- New Glow (tied) Steven Wilson- Hand. Cannot. Erase. Rae Shremmurd- Shremlife Curren$y- Pilot Talk 3 Darius Rucker- Southern Style/Tyler Farr- Suffer In Peace (tied) GRiZ- Say It Loud Death Cab For Cutie- Kintsugi Other Notable Albums: A Thousand Horses- Southernality Earl Sweatshirt- I Don't Like Sh!t, I Don't Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt Enter Shikari- The Mindsweep Lupe Fiasco- Testuo and Youth Modest Mouse- Strangers to Ourselves Panda Bear- Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper The Prodigy-The Day is My Enemy Shlohmo- Dark Red Sleeping With Sirens- Madness Toro Y Moi- What For? Disappointing Albums: A$ap Rocky- A.L.L.A. Incubus- Trust Fall Part A Passion Pit- Kindred Top Songs of 2015: A$ap Rocky- Excuse Me Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment- Sunday Candy Kendirck Lamar- The Blacker the Berry Hunter Hayes- 21 Matt and Kim- Stirred Up Steven Wilson- Happy Returns Steven Tyler- Love Is Your Name Tom DeLonge- To The Stars... A Thousand Horses- Smoke Albums Looking Forward to of 2015: Confirmed for 2015: Angels and Airwaves- LP6 Angels and Airwaves- LP7 Breaking Benjamin- Dark Before Dawn Jake Owen- LP5 Kanye West- Swish [Highey gonna suck though] Kenny Chesney- LP 16? Maddie and Tae- Start Here Rihanna- LP8 Steven Tyler- LP1 Tame Impala- Currents Tom DeLonge- LP2 Probable for 2015: Frank Ocean- LP3 Japanese Cartoon - M.I.L.K. Is For Pussies Hunter Hayes- LP3 Metro Station- LP2 Nothing and Nobody- Debut LP Run the Jewels - RTJ3 The XX- LP3 30 Seconds to Mars- LP5 Anticipating but Skeptical about: Bullet for My Valentine- LP5 To listen to: Jamie XX- In Colour Lil Durk- Remember My Name Muse-Drones Of Monsters and Men- Beneath the Skin Raekwon- Fly International Luxurious Art Sun Kill Moon- Universal Themes Yellawolf- Love Story Young Thug- Barter 6
-Released- Suns of the Tundra - Bones of Brave Ships - 8.510 Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer - 8/10 Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase. - 7/10 Katzenjammer - Rockland - 6/10 Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker -6/10 -Upcoming- Joe Satriani - Shockwave Supernova (July 24) Scale the Summit - V (August?) Puscifer - (Autumn)[Album or EP?] Tool Mystery Project [???] Geyser - [EP??] -Best Songs- Suns of the Tundra - Serenity in Motion, Endurance, Speak Still of Summer, Restless (Listen to the Clock) Seasick Steve - Heart Full of Scars, Barracuda '68, Right on Time, We Be Moving Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker Geyser - Babytalk Joe Satriani - On Peregrine Wings -Currently Writing- Metallica Tool Alice in Chains Christy Moore
Update on Favorite songs as a lot have changed recently! Favorite Songs: Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment- Sunday Candy Kendirck Lamar- The Blacker the Berry Hunter Hayes- 21 Matt and Kim- Stirred Up Steven Tyler- Love Is Your Name Keith Urban- John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 Fort Minor- Welcome Kelsea Ballerini- Peter Pan Jake Owen- Real Life Breaking Benjamin- Ashes of Eden
The Best: Death Grips - The Powers that B Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Leprous - The Congregation Native Construct - Quiet World Periphery - Juggernaut Kamasi Washington - The Epic Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. The Good: Arcane - Known / Learned Dave Kerzner - New World (Deluxe / Extended Edition) Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu Swain (a.k.a. This Routine is Hell) - Heavy Dancing The Okay / Disappointing: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress Madeon - Adventure Muse - Drones Anticipating / Stuff I Still Need To Hear: Between The Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Corelia - Debut Double Album Dream Theater - LP 13 Faith No More - Sol Invictus Ghost B.C. - Meliora Lamb of God - VII: Sturm und Drang Refused - Freedom Tame Impala - Currents Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path Kanye West - So Help Me God / SWISH Top Songs of 2015: Arcane - Unturning The Dear Hunter - A Night on the Town Death Grips - On GP Kendrick Lamar - These Walls Leprous - The Flood Native Construct - Mute Tame Impala - Let it Happen Steven Wilson - 3 Years Older
GREAT ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Balthazar - Thin Walls Blur - The Magic Whip Johnny Jewel - Lost River (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Algiers - Algiers GOOD ALBUMS GRiZ - Say It Loud The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color Modestep - London Road Jamie XX - In Colour Ash Koosha - GUUD Refused - Freedom ANTICIPATING James Blake - Radio Silence Foals - What Went Down The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes Kanye West - SWISH Radiohead - TBA Disclosure - Caracal Deftones - TBD Massive Attack - TBA
BEST OF 2015: (In no order) Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Tame Impala - Currents ANTICIPATING: MuteMath - Vitals Sadistik & Kno - Phantom Limbs Copywrite - Bloodbath & Beyond Japanese Cartoon - M.I.L.K. Is For Pussies Ratatat - Magnifique Robert Glasper - Covered The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily KICKED OUT: Thundercat - The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam Jedi Mind Tricks - The Thief & the Fallen Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Updating just the favorite albums portion this time. Top Albums of 2015: Tame Impala- Currents Kelsea Balerini- The First Time Jamie XX- In Colour Billy Currington- Summer Forever Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment- Surf Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly/ Matt and Kim- New Glow (tied) Steven Wilson- Hand. Cannot. Erase. Rae Shremmurd- Shremlife Curren$y- Pilot Talk 3
GREAT ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Balthazar - Thin Walls Blur - The Magic Whip Johnny Jewel - Lost River (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Algiers - Algiers The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes GOOD ALBUMS GRiZ - Say It Loud The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color Modestep - London Road Jamie XX - In Colour Ash Koosha - GUUD Refused - Freedom ANTICIPATING James Blake - Radio Silence Foals - What Went Down Kanye West - SWISH Radiohead - TBA Disclosure - Caracal Deftones - TBD Editors - In Dream Massive Attack - TBA BOOTS - AQUΛRIA
My favourites from 2015 so far: [table="Width: 750"] ARTIST TITLE Albums - Tier 1: A$AP Rocky "At.Long.Last.A$AP" Shlohmo "Dark Red" Albums - Tier 2: Miguel "Wildheart" Team Sleep "Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 4" Wolf Alice "My Love Is Cool"[/table] Still looking forward to The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind The Madness" and Chvrches' "Every Open Eye".