Favorite Albums of 2015: 40 - 21

Or go to Spotify playlist here:

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40. Director - Yonatan Gat  
Label: Joyful Noise
Very fun and breezy instrumental improvised rock with great solos and grooves.

 

  

39. White Reaper Does it Again - White Reaper
Album: Polyvinyl
Garage punk trio with bubblegum hooks and psychedelic touches from Louisville, Kentucky. 

 

38. Peace is the Mission - Major Lazer
Label: Mad Decent
Straight up electronic dancehall pop music



 

37. Cocksure - Laura Stevenson
Label: Don Giovanni
Female singer-songwriter with some major backbone

 

36. Every Open Eye - CHVRCHES
Label: Goodbye Records
Glasgow-based trio that plays synth pop inspired by Prince and Kate Bush.

35. Sremmlife - Rae Sremmurd
Label: Interscope
Exuberant party-oriented rap duo

34. Slurrup - Liam Hayes
Label: Fat Possum
Stripped down psych-rock songs with a pop edge and immediate appeal

 

33. Y Dydd Olaf - Gwenno
Label: Heavenly
Good ol' fashioned Welsh electro singer/songwriter pop music

32. Who's Gonna Get F***** First - Father
Label: Awful
Atlanta based rap, which is very NSFW

 

31. Predatory Headlights - Tenement
Label: Don Giovanni
Hooky but smart and powerfully imaginative punk music

30. Painted Shut - Hop Along
Label: Saddle Creek
Explosive, articulate, punk-suffused indie rock led by captivating female vocals

 

29. The Bearer of Bad News - Andy Shauf
Label: Party Damage
Canadian singer/songwriter whose dark, rustic tales reflect his prairie home

 

28. High - Royal Headache
Label: What's Your Rupture?
Sydney, Australia garage punkers infuse their raw sound with a heavy dose of AM radio soul and incredibly catchy songwriting

 

27. Sky City - Amason
Label: Fairfax Recordings
Swedish indie pop supergroup with members of Miike Snow, Dungen, and Little Majorette

26. All Yours - Widowspeak
Label: Captured Tracks
Dark, hazy music equally indebted to Mazzy Star and jangly Sarah Records-style indie pop

25. Melbourne, Florida - Dick Diver
Label: Trouble in Mind
Brainy indie pop that's heavily influenced by the literate, precise emotionalism of the Go-Betweens, as well as the scrappy indie rock of early Yo La Tengo

24. Kicking Every Day - All Dogs
Label: Salinas Records
Melodic, scruffy, and insightful indie rock band from Ohio

 

23. Non-Person - Vacation
Label: Don Giovanni
Very loud very messy punk music

 

22. Green Lanes - Ultimate Painting
Label: Trouble in Mind
Nice and simple '60s and '70s-inspired guitar pop

21. Vestiges and Claws - Jose Gonzalez
Label: Mute
Alternative singer/songwriter whose bewitching sound focuses on autumnal, acoustic indie pop

Favorite Music of 2014

Top 35 Albums of 2014 Soundcloud Playlist

 minus a few bands who were not on Soundcloud:

Favorite Album of the Year

Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right

Rest of the Top Five
in Alphabetical Order

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah

Jenny Lewis - The Voyager

Run the Jewels - RTJ2

Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty

Rest of the Top Twenty
in Alphabetical Order:

Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Charli XCX - Sucker

Ex Hex - Rips

Flying Lotus - You're Dead

Future Islands - Singles

Gulp - Season Sun

Haley Bonar - Last War

Spoon - They Want My Soul

Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso

Taylor Swift - 1989

The Gotobeds - Poor People are Revolting

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

tUnE-yArDs - Nikki Nack

Viet Cong - Cassette EP

Fifteen More Albums I Really Liked
in Alphabetical Order:

Chuck Inglish - Convertibles

Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son

Liars - Mess

Mac Demarco - Salad Days

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs - Pinata

Marissa Nadler - July

Mike Adams at His Honest Weight - Best of Boiler Room Classics

Ratking - So It Goes

The Skygreen Leopards - Family Crimes

The Soft Pink Truth - Why Do the Heathen Rage?

Tinariwen - Emmaar

Todd Terje - It's Album Time

Tweedy - Sukierae

Ty Segall - Manipulator

Woods - With Light and With Love

Brian's Favorite 40 Albums of 2013

To me, 2013 was a really great year for music. When making this list, every album from pretty much 33 up to 2 I wish was higher on the list, and any album in the top 10 could've been number 1, they were all that good to my ears. I won't belabor this with a lot of writing, hopefully you'll find something you enjoy out of this. Also, check out my favorite song from each album below. Thanks for reading!

 40. Andrew Cedermark - Home Life

39. Jagwar Ma - Howlin'

38. Cate Le Bon - Mug Museum

37. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.ASAP

36. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe

35. Deerhunter - Monomania
 

34. Telekinesis - Domarion

33. Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
 

 32. Sky Ferreira - Night Time My Time

31. Neko Case - The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
 

30. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

 29. Mikal Cronin - MCII

28. Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds

27. The National - Trouble Will Find Me

26. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady

25. Thundercat - Apocalypse

24. The Ex and Brass Unbound - Enormous Door

23. Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return

22. Death Grips - Government Plates

21. Lemuria - The Distance is So Big

20. Austra - Olympia

19. Potty Mouth - Hell Bent

18. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

17. Darkside - Psychic

16. Lorde - Pure Heroine

15. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse

14. DJ Koze - Amygdala

13. Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle - Perils From the Sea

12. Danny Brown - Old

11. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe

10. Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic

9. Kurt Vile - Wakin' on a Pretty Daze

8. Charli XCX - True Romance

7. HAIM - Days are Gone

6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

5. Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

3. Yo La Tengo - Fade

2. Eleanor Friedberger - Personal Record

1. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob

Best of Tom Waits Mix

Let me tell you something dear viewer (and, I know you're not viewers *Mike and Tom Eat Snacks reference* listen now) ... anyway, let me tell you, this mix was so difficult ... Tom Waits is my favorite songwriter and possibly my favorite musical artist of all time (keeps going back and forth between him and Yo La Tengo) ... I have almost all of his albums, and know a majority of them very well ... this is not to brag, just to let you know how difficult it was to make a single disc "Best Of" mix of this incredible man ... But, I finally did it, and, I must say I'm very proud of it ... here you will find 78 glorious minutes, 21 mind blowing tracks, representing 9 different great albums from Tom Waits .... I encourage you to explore any albums that peak your interest after listening to this mix (which I hope at least one person does) .... anyway, without further ado, here is the tracklist, and the link can be found at the bottom of this post:

(side note - I guess by "Best of" I really mean "My Favorite," so if you're upset that a certain song didn't make it or whatever, just know, it was very difficult, and I did the best I can do)

Tracklist:

1. “Long Way Home” from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
2. “Hold On” from Mule Variations
3. “Such a Scream” from Bone Machine
4. “Clap Hands” from Rain Dogs
5. “In the Neighborhood” from Swordfishtrombones
6. “Table Top Joe” from Alice
7. “You Can Never Hold Back Spring” from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
8. “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” from Bone Machine
9. “Gun Street Girl” from Rain Dogs
10. “Big in Japan” from Mule Variations
11. “Gin Soaked Boy” from Swordfishtrombones
12. “Goin Out West” from Bone Machine
13. “Singapore” from Rain Dogs
14. “All the World is Green” from Blood Money
15. “Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) from Closing Time
16. “Shore Leave” from Swordfishtrombones
17. “Jockey Full of Bourbon” from Rain Dogs
18. “Alice” from Alice
19. “Black Wings” from Bone Machine
20. “Downtown Train” from Rain Dogs
21. “Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) from Small Change


http://www.mediafire.com/?o4qg7o0vy950fxn

Chill Summer Folky Type Mix

Here's a mix full of some of my favorite songs of all time ... great for a nice chilled out summer evening, or while studying, or anything really .... enjoy!


1. The National – Slow Show
2. Sun Kil Moon – Glen Tipton
3. Neko Case – This Tornado Loves You
4. The Decemberists – Engine Driver
5. Nick Drake – Free Ride
6. Simon and Garfunkle – Scarborough Fair
7. Sufjan Stevens – Casmir Pulaski Day
8. Wilco – Jesus Etc.
9. M. Ward – Chinese Translation
10. Pedro the Lion – Of Minor Prophets and their Prostitute Wives
11. Bonnie Prince Billie – I’ll Be Glad
12. Iron and Wine – Jezebel
13. Neil Young – Heart of Gold
14. Joni Mitchell – Carey
15. Cat Stevens – Maybe You’re Right
16. Bowerbirds – Northern Lights
17. Bon Iver – For Emma
18. Andrew Bird – Plasticities
19. Yo La Tengo – You Can Have It All
20. The Walkmen – Canadian Girl
21. Grizzly Bear – While You Wait for the Others



http://www.mediafire.com/?llxmsgzrr478x4c

Bone Wizard - Dance Mix Volume 1

Looking for a really awesome track to play at your next dance party? Well have I got the thing for you ... It's an approximately 75 minute continuous track of current, classic, and indie dance songs .... tracklist formulated and edited together by yours truly .... Check it out!

--- (warning: explicit lyrics)
---- (download link below song list)
----- (time code before each song identifies the minute and second mark a song comes on)


0:00 - Ke$ha - Blow
3:32 - Fabolous - You Be Killin Em
6:32 - Robyn - Bad Gal
10:31- Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA
13:49- Big Boi - Shutterbug
17:12- Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
20:53- Lil Wayne and Birdman - Stuntin' Like My Daddy
25:17- Britney Spears - Hold it Against Me
29:01- Janelle Monae ft. Big Boi - Tightrope
33:00- Delorean - Deli
37:27- 2Pac - California Love
41:26- The Cure - Just Like Heaven
44:50- Mike Posner - Please Don't Go
48:03- Beyonce ft. Jay Z - Crazy in Love
52:01- Santogold ft. Kanye West - Gifted
55:27- Shakira - She Wolf
58:31-Notorious BIG - Hypnotize
62:20- Aliyah - Are You That Somebody?
66:38- Wiz Kahlifa - Black and Yellow
70:09- MGMT - Kids

http://www.mediafire.com/?gjzj8vpepdjzgb5

Bone Wizard - Heavy Rotation Mix Volume 1

So, I kind of have an electronic music project called Bone Wizard ... just fun stuff really .... but, here's something under that name, it's not like really like a real DJ Mix or anything .... but, here's a mix i'm calling "Heavy Rotation" and it's what I've been listening to a lot lately .... and, i put an original Bone Wizard song on there too, cause I'm full of myself .... here's the tracklist

(0:00) - Javelin - We Ah Wi
(2:57) - New Order - Ceremony
(7:12) - Pavement - Range Life
(12:03) - Fleet Foxes - The Plains / Bitter Dancer
(17:45) - Elliott Smith - Rose Parade
(21:10) - Guided by Voices - Twilight Campfighter
(24:11) - The Amps - Pacer
(26:34) - The Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers
(29:09) - TV On the Radio - Will Do
(32:44) - Lykke Li - Youth Knows No Pain
(35:36) - ceo - Illuminata
(38:28) - Bibio - K is For Kelson
(41:47) - Robyn - Bad Gal
(45:44) - Frank Ocean - Strawberry Swing
(48:47) - The Weeknd - The Morning
(53:47) - Bone Wizard - Fatigued Into Submission
(58:27) - Cut Copy - Need You Now

here's the link:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2ya7vb2y91h2lww