This year didn’t quite live up to the high expectations I had back in January. Artists like Chance the Rapper, Frank Ocean, Jai Paul, Kanye West, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, and The Wrens didn’t make good on their promise for a new full-length album in 2015. Fortunately, others were there to pick up the slack and provide us with some great albums. Below you will find this year’s edition of what I consider the top 40 albums of the year. You’ll find albums from varying genres and possibly a few albums that are new to you. In a time where you can look up any song on a streaming service and hear it instantaneously, I hold on tightly to a love for the album as a whole, a collection of songs that work off each other, building toward one major theme or mood. As you will see in the list below, I’m a bit obsessed with new music and the art form that is the album. I take great pride in this list and hope that you find something worth checking out by the end.
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BDWPS Podcast #39
In this month’s episode we check out new music from Royal Headache, Ultimate Painting, Beach Slang, No Famous Death, Titus Andronicus, and Zachary Cale. We also visit old tracks from Alice Cooper and Bob Dylan. Check it out HERE or even better yet, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher (search keyword: BDWPS).
Royal Headache “My Own Fantasy”
Ultimate Painting “Break the Chain”
Beach Slang “Filthy Luck”
No Famous Death “You’ll Go Back to Girls”
Titus Andronicus “Lonely Boys”
Zachary Cale “Sundowner”
Alice Cooper “Laughing at Me”
Bob Dylan “Isis”
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