2015 Is Bein Cool
i'm havin a good time!
all of these are a 3 or above |
| 1 |  | pinkshinyultrablast
everything else matters
probably my fave of the year so far. super sweet spring/summer shoegaze that is going to reach it's PEAK in the coming months. very vibey and cool. |
| 2 |  | mount eerie
sauna
yea phil elverum is a cool dude and this is cool droney weird folky stuff it's rlly good |
| 3 |  | bjork
vulnicura
def need more listens but there's a good reason for the hype fam |
| 4 |  | jordaan mason
the decline of stupid fucking western civilization
jordaan finally officially released this today which is cool even tho i haven't listened to it in a good while it's great af and liturgy part two will always be a 5/5 song |
| 5 |  | sleater-kinney
no cities to love
rock that is straightforward but very good and i can dance to it so yea solid 5 |
| 6 |  | i don't want to know why the caged bird sings
things are getting better but i am still dead...
if a week ago you told me that not only that this band had gotten back together but they were going to release an EP that was actually good there is no way i would've believed you. but they did it and three is actually a REALLY good song i'm happy that these guys don't suck now |
| 7 |  | viet cong
viet cong
sput's hype album but yea it's fucking sweet i could jam all day |
| 8 |  | cloakroom
further out
run for cover-gaze that isn't wack. sludgy and thick but on the inside it's beautiful :]] |
| 9 |  | masaya ozaki
fluid and dreaming of stripes
fragile and nostalgic ambient to caress you when you're feeling something and wish to feel nothing |
| 10 |  | the phonies
your body lost along the shore
from skinny puppy to melodic beauty ~~~ scapes of sound |
| 11 |  | crooked sun
sick songs
something i have been anticipating for a while --- bedroom indie tunes that scratch the surface of what is to come and also scratches the surface of my pants |
| 12 |  | current joys
me oh my mirror
more from the bedroom indie game but more on the sort of pill friends/high pop/surf curse side of the game than like julia brown/starry cat. ranges from forgettable to excellent |
| 13 |  | jeff rosenstock
we cool?
jeff remembers that he is good at making punk music for a bit and i'm glad about it |
| 14 |  | adventures
supersonic home
about what i expected - heavenly and charming melodies layered well to create some damn sweet jams. they will never top their first 7" tho |
| 15 |  | lytta
lytta
filthy hardcore/metalcore from australia described as being "integrity meets curl up and die meets orchid". raw as fuck and jams |
| 16 |  | piri reis
demo
brief malaysian emoviolence. standard utarid tapes stuff, but in their defense, it is definitely good. |
| 17 |  | sensory deprivation
white noise
brendan gets closer to realizing his potential in creating punk tunes |
| 18 |  | joanne robertson
black moon days
quiet but eccentric folk music that is as entrancing as it is engaging. great listen although i'm unsure about her decision to end the album with a track 100 times louder than everything else |
| 19 |  | lugubrious children
lugubrious children
angry uk hardcore/powerviolence with cool simplistic production reminiscent of older hardcore punk. play this to piss off your mom. |
| 20 |  | via fondo
efter, utan under
the band that put out the best screamo release of last year may have done it again. this time they expand on songs they previously released to put out their first full-length and it's just rlly well done swedish skramz |
| 21 |  | $uicideboy$
black $uicide
these dudes are really high still |
| 22 |  | depression at denny's
mothball club
the teenage years. crushes and dresses. quiet and soft touches. lust. the color pink?
honestly something close to a masterpiece |
| 23 |  | nulajednanulanula
demo
promising skramz from the czech republic, reminiscent of early 2000s stuff like the kodan armada or early raein. interestingly enough the band's name translates to "0100" which when translated from binary is the number "4" and there are 4 band members!!! kinda cool |
| 24 |  | shores (michigan)
precedents
slowcore at it's slowest!! good stuff tho combines general sadness with some darker tones and also manages to rock out a lil bit at times |
| 25 |  | d. tiffany
the genero ep
the grill that put out my fave electronic release of 2014 drops a solid ep with some fun jams and playful melodies to listen to carelessly on a sunday afternoon |
| 26 |  | modest mouse
strangers to ourselves
obvs can't compare to their classics but still a solid album with some songs being muuuch better than others |
| 27 |  | careless
i wish you away
swedish screamo doing as swedish screamo does. melodic and sad but also a lot of energy and some excellent guitar work as well. goes well with smoothies. |
| 28 |  | sufjan stevens
carrie and lowell
SOOF! SOOF! SOOF! dude, his fucking MOM DIED. it's sad af. but yea he turned all that bad ish into some really beautiful stuff and while he doesn't rlly expand on his folk roots perse he still manages to remind me why i LOVE HIM SO MUCH... and seemingly remind a lot of other ppl of that as well. quiet, QUIET, fragile melodies pair together beautifully with haunting and primarily brilliant lyricism to make something that's just rlly special. |
| 29 |  | 1099
young pines
an album i strangely keep forgetting about although i've heard it at least 10 times. it's not the masterpiece that their s/t was, but it's a charming collection of norwegian post-rock that's definitely worth a few spins. plus the melody on hjorten gets me every time. |
| 30 |  | nayru
this disease of language
THE PREMIERE BIRDCORE BAND RETURNS!! except this time with less bird.... but idgaf these guys producing some great U.S. skramz which has been unfortunately rare as of late. and they managed to keep their annoying samples to just one track!! but ye it's not as perfect as their LP but it rules feckin hard |
| 31 |  | ethereal shroud
they became the falling ash
atmospheric bm that's pretty sweet but doesn't exactly blow me away. worthwhile for any fans of bm though |
| 32 |  | shizune
le voyageur imprudent
passionate and fiery post-hardcore that lacks the catchiness of their earlier stuff but still manages to impress. |
| 33 |  | fauxdeep
poisoned leaves
acoustic "emo"? jams sort of reminiscent of balance and composure but some unique personality thrown in there as well. overall excellent release from loveisamixtape |
| 34 |  | kendrick lamar
to pimp a butterfly
idk if you guys have heard about this it's a hip-hop album |
| 35 |  | ghost bath
moonlover
jaw-dropping depressive/atmospheric bm that borders on blackgaze with engaging melodies and incredible songwriting |
| 36 |  | sed non satiata/carrion spring
split
this is cool, i wanna say it's disappointing but i knew coming into it that both of these bands are past their prime and while this has some great moments it's all-in-all not the return to greatness i was hoping for |
| 37 |  | zlota jesien
girl nothing
i can basically only describe this as polish experimental dream noise drone shoepunk |
| 38 |  | liturgy
the ark work
very odd midi horn black metal or something??? he fucking raps at one part its weird af but it rules |
| 39 |  | misthyrming
söngvar elds og óreiðu
brUTAL and ICYhot black metal that combines entrancing atmospheres with crushing RIFFS |
| 40 |  | earl sweatshirt
i don't like shit, i don't go outside: an album by earl sweatshirt
hermit hop. yea i just coined that *fire emoji* |
| 41 |  | marika hackman
we slept at last
pretty and well-written folk music that rarely reaches above and beyond, save for the brilliant "undone, undress" |
| 42 |  | sensory deprivation
cop block
more brendan punx. short and sweet but still could be cut down |
| 43 |  | der weg einer freiheit
stellar
german spaced theme atmospheric/progressive black metal, nothing new but enjoyable |
| 44 |  | leviathan
scar sighted
hellish black/death metal that fuckin RIPS U UP man. whole thing is drenched in a rlly bleak atmosphere but still manages to be super heavy |
| 45 |  | 2 8 1 4
新しい日の誕生
vaporwave infused ambient with the vibes of downtempo is a match made in heaven. lustrous atmospheres and swirling synthesizers make a lengthy but wonderful experience. |
| 46 |  | venomspitter
venomspitter
angry metalcore/hardcore that jams hard and also manages not to be at all overwrought |
| 47 |  | strange mountain
glass clouds ii
simple but enjoyable and pretty ambient tunes |
| 48 |  | lost salt blood purges
the voids we all long for
droney ambient/folk stuff from snox, does a great job of maintaining this bleak and crushing atmosphere but rarely does anything rise out of the atmosphere to surprise or excite me. still very well put together |
| 49 |  | nachlass
nachlass
nihlistic and dark garage rock that experiments with pre-conceived notions of an established style |
| 50 |  | gay kiss
preservation measures
destructive hardcore/powerviolence with a bit of sass to it as well. it has pretty much everything i look for in a punk album. |
| 51 |  | touche amore and self defense family
self love
a great band (sdf) collabs with an average band (ta) and the result is.... somewhere in bewteen. |
| 52 |  | self defense family/creative adult
split
a brief split where an incredible sdf song is under-powered by a unexceptional creative adult song |
| 53 |  | two boys alright
hazy realms
dreamy space rock made my members of the band duster |
| 54 |  | grimoire
l'aorasie des spectres rêveurs
a great atmospheric black metal EP that is a step up from their last release in every way |
| 55 |  | kodyak
alpine
chill cloud rap-ish instrumentals. the last song samples this fuckin modern day babylon song that i used to jam a bunch back in 8th grade and has bones rapping on it lmao so that was a trip. |
| 56 |  | burnchurch
burnchurch
absolutely quality hardcore/crust punk from potato-land |
| 57 |  | g.l.o.s.s.
demo
great "trans" hardcore to cross-dress mosh to |
| 58 |  | sannhet
revisionist
post-rock/black metal instrumental jams put out by flenser and foretold of by the bae |
| 59 |  | bosse-de-nage
all fours
monotone and one-sided but still good atmospheric bm |
| 60 |  | elvis depressedly
new alhambra
my aoty. absolutely perfect. a heavenly combination of every style mat cothran has ever attempted. going to write a review when i feel up to it. |
| 61 |  | addaura
...and the lamps expire
some of my favourite bm of the year. based around the "cascadian" style but manages to do so much more than just that in a mere 20 minutes. |
| 62 |  | global chernobyl
endtime
m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/ good metal jams with beer and stuff |
| 63 |  | fiendlord
dust on the chamber floor (demo)
good bm that tries a little too hard to be "trvvve" but still jams |
| 64 |  | a diadem of dead stars
the mist bearer
decent wolves in the throne room worship. sort of breezes by but it's nice and composed well |
| 65 |  | doda lov
allt vi har kvar
really sad swedish skramz that borders the line between skramz/emo. very twinkly. |
| 66 |  | black howling
o sangue e a terra
my favourite black metal album of the year. raw atmospheric shit from portugal, absolute class. |
| 67 |  | utstott
hjorungavagr
more decent atmospheric bm |
| 68 |  | e321
id
great feelsy post-rock with personality |
| 69 |  | sensory deprivation
unsound
droney post-hardcore/punxxxx that rules |
| 70 |  | sagat
melting the earth onto the body without organs
pretty sweet chill downtempo/techno stuff that while being brief gets better as it goes on |
| 71 |  | black cilice
mysteries
extremely quality raw black metal from portugal, entrancing melodies/production with a unique approach to vocals |
| 72 |  | oblivionized
life is a struggle, give up
fierce and angry discordant jams that combine elements of grindcore, death metal, powerviolence, and hardcore |
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