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Best albums of 2015

We've wrapped up the Albums of 2014 thread with the full 2014 playlist here.

 

Now you can start sharing the albums you recommend from 2015 with the Spotify Community below. We recommend posting a Spotify Play Button following these steps:

 

1. Right click on the desired song/ playlist. 

2. Click 'Copy Spotify URI'.

2. Go to your Community post. 

3. Click 'Insert/edit link button'

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4. Paste URI.

5. Click Post. 

  

 

And remember to give kudos to the albums you also agree belong on the "best of 2015" list. 

 

I'll get us started with my current favorite for 2015: Panda Bear's new album "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper".

 

Want to share your favorite songs of 2015? Join this thread here. 

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Yes! @Derek-G is right. Susanne Sundfør's "Ten Love Songs" is blowing my mind in the best possible way right now. It's bold and sweeping. It has a wonderful old-school ABBA vibe on top of a new school synth pop beat with a splash of Tori Amos, lyrically speaking. SO SO GOOD.

http://open.spotify.com/album/3jviKiBoZrkHLQZYIReWCh

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Moon Duo - Shadow Of The Sun ( 2015 )

 

Moon Duo is a group of American indie rock, from San Francisco, active since 2009.

Moon Duo was formed in 2009 by guitarist Wooden Shjips, Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada to synthétiseurs1. The style, like the Wooden Shjips is influenced by psychedelic rock, combining repetitive rhythms and guitars.

 

Last release: Shadow of the Sun (2015) 

 

 

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Maximilian Hecker - Spellbound Scenes Of My Cure ( 2015 )

 

Maximilian Hecker (born July 26, 1977 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German musician from Berlin, known for ethereal pop or dream pop music, similar to Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Tom Baxter and Nick Drake. He himself describes his songs as « melancholy pop hymns. » ( Wikipedia )

Maximilian Hecker takes us into the romantic and melancholic world ….. as usual

 

 

 

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Great debut album from New York City-based indie pop band Misterwives:

 

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Dorthia Cottrell ( Dorthia Cottrell 2015 )

 

Windhand: stoner rock and doom metal, (Richmond Virginia) A very beautiful album in 2013 (Soma)
In Group a singer Dorthia Cottrell.
Accompanied only by acoustic guitar in  album that just came out

 

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Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love ( Last - 2015 )

 

Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love. After just over ten years of making music with little or no success, A new album, Sometimes strange, but in which there is nothing to throw
This one deserves your undivided attention."

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Wilson's latest release "Hand. Cannot. Erase." is another stellar musical journey. Quite different than the jazz-infused "The Raven the Refused to Sing", HCE explores a completely different musical landscape.

 

Interview: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/steven_wilson/

 

Video on the packaging of the Deluxe Edition, which is a work of art and sets a new high bar for what it means to be a "deluxe" edition: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLsgd4L-nAM

 

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Tom Brosseau - Perfect Abandon ( 2015 )

 

Singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau, a native of North Dakota recites this type of stories with wonder and mysteries since fifteen years.

 

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The Vespers - Not Enough

 

The Vespers are an Americana/folk/roots band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band is made up of two brothers, Taylor and Bruno Jones, and two sisters, Callie and Phoebe Cryar. Bruno plays upright bass, guitar, a little banjo, ukulele, and mandolin. Taylor Jones plays drums, percussion, vocals, and mandolin. Callie plays guitar, ukulele, banjo, electric bass, lead vocals, and low harmony. Phoebe plays guitar, banjo, accordion, mandolin, ukulele, lead vocals and low harmony.

 

Broods - Evergreen

 

Honestly, this album is beyond amazing. Haven't stopped listening to it. Georgia's voice is unreal.

 

Stand outs: Four Walls, Bridges, Never Gonna Change, Everytime

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The White Birch - The Weight Of Spring

 

The White Birch is a Norwegian slowcore project of Ola Fløttum. Previously a trio composed of Ola Fløttum, Hans Christian Almendingen and Ulf Rogde, the band released three studio albums and then broke up after the band played their last show in 2006. However, Ola Fløttum released their fourth album "The Weight Of Spring" in 2015, nearly ten years after their last release."

 

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Broods' "Evergreen" was a 2014 release, but it is pretty fantastic nonetheless!

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Water Music - Ships ( 2015 )

 

MJ Barker Alias Water Music, Melbourne, Australia

Acoustic space rock. Sometimes we think of Elliott Smith for the atmosphere

 

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Yeah, Broods came out in 2014.  We saw them at the Rickshaw Stop in SF last year.  Passed up a chance to see them this past Saturday but only because that would've made 6 shows in a week and I needed a break.

 

Swervedriver, Twilight Sad, Wolf Alice, A Place To Bury Strangers, Juliana Hatfield Three

 

 





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Cry Monster Cry - Rhythm Of Dawn ( 2015 )

 

Following the brilliant ‘The Fallen’ EP, Cry Monster Cry ( Richie & Jamie Martin. Irish Alternative Folk ) have returned with their full length debut album ‘Rhythm Of Dawn’.

 

 

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Crow Moses - Sky Of Dresses ( Expanded Version - 2015 )

 

Chicago songwriter walks the line between Indie-Blues & Urban Americana.Borrowing elements of Experimental Folk and broken-down Orchestral music, Musikanto grew up listening to his father's obscure folk and roots rock records. With a propensity toward heartbreaking ballads and melodic melodrama, Musikanto's songs survive the bite of a Chicago Winter and the soul of a Midwestern bon-fire.   ( Bandcamp )

 
 

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Jon Hardy & The Public - Restless City ( 2015 )

 

Rock / Pop / Americana Saint Louis, MO

 

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My favorite albums of 2015 so far

  • Bleachers, Strange Desire
  • Maroon 5, V

 

Both albums featured in my new playlist, Reckless Love, based on the original by Bleachers. You can listen to it here. Enjoy.

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Monophona - Black On Black ( 2015 )

 

 

Monophona are a trip-hop group with an interesting origin story. Initially starting out as a duo, the founding members had remarkably different musical backgrounds. The first half, Claudine Muno, started as a singer-songwriter who had been touring with a folk-rock band, the other half, Philippe Schirrer, aka Chook, began as a DJ and turntable artist who had also made a name for himself as a Drum and Bass producer. The two came together, unfamiliar of the others musical roots and influences, but eager to explore new musical areas and search for a shared musical taste. When they decided to tour their music, taking it out into the live world, the duo became a trio as Jorsch Kass joined them on drums and percussion. Kass brought with him new and interesting details to their sound and so he became an invaluable member of the group due to his enthusiasm and broad musical knowledge ( http://arcticdrones.com )

 

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