Tuesday, December 29, 2015

2015 In Review: Music

I bought 220 new songs this year (way more than last year) including 4 albums, Every Open Eye/Chvrches, Beneath the Skin/Of Monsters and Men, Song Spells #1/Sea Wolf, Art Angels/Grimes



2015 songs on heavy rotation (* indicates top 5)

*Flesh Without Blood - Grimes 
*Leave a Trace - Chvrches 
*Happy - Marina and the Diamonds
*True Confessions - Blondfire
*Breaker - Deerhunter
The Shade - Metric
Lightning Strike - A Silent Film
Grey Days - Chelsea Wolfe
1998 - Chet Faker feat. Banks
Trip Switch - Nothing but Thieves
I of the Storm - Of Monsters and Men
Body Talk - Foxes
Hiding - Florence and the Machine
High - Zella Day
Step Brother City - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Strange Hellos - TORRES
Greek Tragedy - The Wombats
Little Wanderer - Death Cab for Cutie
Begin Again - Purity Ring
The Labyrinth Song - Asaf Avidan
White Lies - Milo Greene
A Beginning Song - The Decemberists 
My Least Favorite Life - Lera Lynn
Empty Gold - Halsey
Blame it on Me - George Ezra
Anything - TOPS
Too Late to Say Goodbye - Cage the Elephant
Water Slides - Mew
Molecules - Atlas Genius
I Feel It - Avid Dancer



Favorite finds from previous years (* indicates top 5)

*Algiers - The Afghan Whigs (2014)
Cecilia and the Satellite - Andrew McMahon (2014)
*Black Soap - Ex Cops (2014)
Go - Grimes (2014)
*Lover - In the Valley Below (2014)
Black Mambo - Glass Animals (2014)
* Lover, Where Do You Live? - Highasakite (2014)
Zigzagging Toward the Light - Conor Oberst (2014)
Lust and Lies - The Ramona Flowers (2013)
*Teen Idle - Marina and the Diamonds (2012)
Sun - Two Door Cinema Club (2012)
Hold On - Alabama Shakes (2012)
My Secret Friend - IAMX (2010)
Christmas Won't Be the Same Without You - Plain White Ts (2009)
I Don't Believe You - The Magnetic Fields (2004)
August - Rilo Kiley (2001)




Live Music in 2015

+ Alt J with Wolf Alice (Feb 7) in Offenbach, Germany

+ Rachael Yamagata (Feb 20) in Frankfurt, Germany

+ Sea Wolf (May 21) in Frankfurt, Germany

+ Of Monsters and Men with Highasakite (July 1) in Frankfurt, Germany

+ Death Cab for Cutie with Twin Shadow (Sept 19) in Columbus, Ohio

+ Landmark Festival in DC (Sept 27) with Chvrches, George Ezra, TV on the Radio, Lord Huron, Houndmouth, In the Valley Below

+ Deerhunter (December 17) in Columbus, Ohio


I'd love to hear about your favorite music of the year - share with me!!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

My number one discovery in the past 3 years has been Rebekka Karijord. And two of her songs which I can listen to over and over and over again are "This anarchistic heart" and "Wear it like a crown"
sabrina m