Artwork thanks to our very own Anthony Bauer
We look back 2015 fondly, one of the best years of music in some time. There was almost too much of it, making it nearly an impossible task to come up with my top albums of the year. Even worse, was choosing the best songs of the year.
Many albums had multiple offerings that deserved recognition, but I tried my best to limit it to one song per artist, except for a few special cases. It wasn’t easy to do a top 100 list, but it was fun to reflect on 2015 with all the sounds that helped soundtrack my life throughout those months.
Below you can find the list posted in countdown style from 100-1, and I’ve created a handy Spotify playlist in countdown order for your listening convenience and pleasure. I’ve posted the embeded playlist below.
Until next year
Note: Some tracks weren’t on Spotify, listed as follows: 80, 75, 58, 53, 49, 31, 1
100. Sheer Agony – Careers
99. Palehound – Cinnamon
98. Salad Boys – Dream Date
97. Empress Of – Water Water
96. La Luz – You Disappear
95. Viet Cong – Bunker Buster
94. Sunflower Bean – Somebody Call A Doctor
93. Speedy Ortiz – Raising the Skate
92. Spector – All The Sad Young Men
91. Michael Rault – All Alone (On My Own)
90. J Fernandez – Casual Encounter
89. Action Bronson – Actin Crazy
88. Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin
87. EZTV – Trampoline
86. Everything Everything – Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread
85. Destroyer – Dream Lover
84. Beach Slang – Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas
83. HEALTH – STONEFIST
82. GEMS – Living as a Ghost
81. Chastity Belt – Time to Go Home
80. Sheer Mag – Fan The Flames
79. Ratatat – Abrasive
78. A$AP Rocky – Excuse Me
77. Mothers – No Crying In Baseball
76. Lady Lamb – Billions of Eyes
75. Flyte – Please Eloise
74. Django Django – First Light
73. DIIV – Dopamine
72. Bill Ryder-Jones – Two To Birkenhead
71. Small Black – Boys Life
70. Baio – Sister of Pearl
69. Mac DeMarco – No Other Heart
68. Ducktails – Surreal Exposure
67. Wild Nothing – TV Queen
66. Neon Indian – Slumlord
65. Hooton Tennis Club – P.O.W.E.R.F.U.L. P.I.E.R.R.E.
64. Fidlar – West Coast
63. Car Seat Headrest – Something Soon
62. Built To Spill – Living Zoo
61. Stornoway – Lost Youth
60. Eskimeaux – Broken Necks
59. Bully – Trying
58. Thee Oh Sees – Web
57. Martin Courtney – Airport Bar
56. New Order – Singularity
55. Jai Wolf – Indian Summer
54. Belle and Sebastian – Nobody’s Empire
53. Chromatics – I Can Never Be Myself When You’re Around
52. Alex G – Kicker
51. The Decemberists – Make You Better
50. Pusha T – Untouchable
49. Jessica Pratt – Back, Baby
48. Beirut – No No No
47. The Districts – Peaches
46. Jamie xx – The Rest Is Noise
45. Dilly Dally – Desire
44. Wolf Alice – Giant Peach
43. The Vaccines – Handsome
42. The Arcs – Outta My Mind
41. My Morning Jacket – Compound Fracture
40. The National – Sunshine On My Back
39. Panda Bear – Tropic Of Cancer
38. CHVRCHES – Clearest Blue
37. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
36. Animal Collective – FloriDada
35. Future Islands – The Chase
34. Deerhunter – Breaker
33. Houndmouth – Sedona
32. The Dodos – Competition
31. Radiohead – Spectre
30. Sleater-Kinney – A New Wave
29. Lower Dens – To Die in L.A.
28. Hot Chip – Huarache Lights
27. FFS – Johnny Delusional
26. Modest Mouse – The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box
25. Beach House – Levitation
24. Hop Along – Waitress
23. Natalie Prass – Why Don’t You Believe In Me
22. Tobias Jesso Jr. – How Could You Babe
21. Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
20. Protomartyr – Pontiac 87
19. Wilco – Random Name Generator
18. Leon Bridges – River
17. Father John Misty – Chateau Lobby 4 (in C for Two Virgins)
16. Blur – Thought I Was A Spaceman
15. Julia Holter – Feel You
14. EL VY – Paul Is Alive
13. Day Wave – Drag
12. Joanna Newsom – Divers
11. Foals – A Knife in the Ocean
10. Oscar – Daffodil Days
9. Kendrick Lamar – The Blacker The Berry
8. Sufjan Stevens – Fourth Of July
7. Tame Impala – Let It Happen
6. EL VY – Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo)
5. Julien Baker – Something
4. Beach House – Somewhere Tonight
3. Grimes – Kill V. Maim
2. Sufjan Stevens Should Have Known Better
1. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best
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