Calc's Cool Cuts 2015
Really huge downturn in music consumption this year with all the stuff going on in life but this list is just some notable stuff. Enjoy. Stuff with "******" is highly recommended for one reason or another |
1 | | Oranges Taxonomy
Tweedle-Deedle Core |
2 | | Bermuda Use Your Burdens
Deathcore |
3 | | Lianne La Havas Blood
Look more like my wife please, oh I mean ********neo-soul/pop********* |
4 | | Your Old Droog Kinison
Hippity Hop/ Rap (Yes Sam Kinison) |
5 | | Christian Scott Stretch Music
******Jazz******* |
6 | | Pomegranate Tiger Boundless
"False" prog metal as the kids would say |
7 | | Iglooghost Chinese NĂ¼ Yr
*****weird/ awesome electronics***** very nice surprise from this year |
8 | | Intervals The Shape of Colour
*****Instrumental metal-ish rock***** |
9 | | Our Oceans Our Oceans
The dudes from Exivious made a *****post rock****** album and it's more soothing than a coconut oil massage |
10 | | A Dark Orbit Inverted
Break down heavy metalcore |
11 | | George Clanton 100% Electronica
let reminisce and wax nostalgic about a decade we've never lived through!!!! actually pretty decent electronic stuff but nothing more |
12 | | The Nth Power Abundance
Gospel/ chamber pop/ jazzy really catchy song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVRUqnEbyVk |
13 | | Milo So The Flies Don't Come
introspective rap and the one where milo drops the n-bomb to a hilarious degree |
14 | | Falling Up Falling Up
indie rock kinda sorta like the dear hunter |
15 | | Steven A. Clark The Lonely Roller
*****Emo R&B*****, black guys have feelings too and the song Floral Print is fucking dark |
16 | | The Mire Vice Regalia
Art (w/e the fuk that means) metal |
17 | | Intronaut The Direction of Last Things
******Prog metal**** another nice surprise as I wasn't a fan until this |
18 | | Strawberry Girls American Graffiti
*****Math/ Groovtastic rock AOTY****** the most fun album i've heard all year |
19 | | CHON Grow
instrumental bleh you know what this is and it's stale stale stale |
20 | | You, Me, And Everyone We Know Dogged
*******Pop- Punk****** love this |
21 | | Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
****who?**** |
22 | | Portico Living Fields
guess this is what people call downtempo but meh |
23 | | Jakub Zytecki Wishful Lotus Proof
proggy metalz almost can recommend highly but not quite, better than plini though that's easy for me to say |
24 | | Take One Car Everyone You Know Is Here Right Now
spoken word core |
25 | | Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification
who? x2 |
26 | | Runaway Brother Mother
emo- i've seen people say the singer enunciates too much lol |
27 | | Hiatus Kaiyote Choose Your Weapon
*****neo soul***** these guys I think got nominated for a grammy, guess that means i can't listen to them anymore |
28 | | Tyler, the Creator Cherry Bomb
rap, the rise into the limelight and fall into obscurity for this guy was insane |
29 | | Metz Metz II
more grungy rock- definitely a cool sound just not my cup o tea |
30 | | Mylets Arizona
******math rock***** one looper guitarist guy making cool music |
31 | | Mutiny On The Bounty Digital Tropics
twinkly mathy rock- good, just liked mylets better |
32 | | And So I Watch You From Afar Heirs
mathy rock- title song was cool |
33 | | The Hirsch Effekt Holon: Agnosie
***mathcore/ genre hopping kinda**** very very good album from german dudes |
34 | | Good Tiger A Head Full Of Moonlight
post-hardcore- not too shabby |
35 | | Mutemath Vitals
indie- debut is classic listen to that instead |
36 | | The Pneumatic Transit Concerto For Double Moon
*****Jazz Fusion*****- ex exotic animal petting zoo guitarist made this. very good. something about hypoxia is addicting:
https://thepneumatictransit.bandcamp.com/releases |
37 | | Sithu Aye Senpai
happy prog metal- ugh.....its good but ughhhh |
38 | | Mono/The Ocean Transcendental
progr rock/metal split- the ocean's song is good, mono's is boring |
39 | | Beach Slang The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel
indie/alt gaze- forgot all about this. i liked young and alive |
40 | | Coheed and Cambria The Color Before The Sun
alt rock- this is what having kids does to a man |
41 | | Pentimento I, No Longer
pop-punk- not bad but nothing stands out |
42 | | Born of Osiris Soul Sphere
deathcore- did this band's sound change so much or did people's tastes change? this is better than the last one that's all i know for sure |
43 | | Tigran Hamasyan Mockroot
*****jazz fusion****- just listen |
44 | | Autre Ne Veut Age Of Transparency
head singer soul stuff |
45 | | Deafheaven New Bermuda
black metal/ post rock/ guitars/ screaming- i liked this much more than sunbather, dammit i'm not cool |
46 | | CHVRCHES Every Open Eye
diabetes pop- grimes annoys the shit outta me so this is the most sugary thing I heard this year |
47 | | Silversun Pickups Better Nature
alt/indie rock- one of the better radio bands |
48 | | Icarus the Owl Pilot Waves
math pop- could not get into this even though they did nothing different from the last two albums |
49 | | The World Is a Beautiful Place... Harmlessness
emo- not sure why i liked this so much |
50 | | Scale the Summit V
prog metal- needed more dinosaur trees |
51 | | Poloniumcubes Two
*** uplifting/moody piano music***- this is good and free |
52 | | Poloniumcubes Three
***moody piano music****- this is also good and freer then #51 |
53 | | TesseracT Polaris
soft proggy ",metal"- mehh |
54 | | Max Richter Sleep
Comambient- its supposed to put me to sleep and it does 5/5!!! |
55 | | Lord Akton Old Future Worlds
****Electronic stuff**** if you like thriftworks or virtual boy check this |
56 | | Eidola Degeneraterra
not hard at all post-hardcore- perfect example of sputnik's hive mind please I wanna fit in mentality, that being said this wasn't very good |
57 | | Scallops Hotel Plain Speaking
introspective rap with another name- does this guy ever stop anymore? |
58 | | Palm Reader Beside The Ones We Love
metalcore but emotional- good stuff |
59 | | Kamasi Washington The Epic
jazz |
60 | | The Story So Far The Story So Far
pop punk- like icarus the owl nothing had changed but I actually liked this, idk |
61 | | Veil of Maya Matriarch
metalcore- I guess this is a guilty pleasure |
62 | | Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Get Lost, Find Yourself
what do they call this music? easycore or some shit?- this is a good example of that. very much unlike their previous stuff |
63 | | Four Year Strong Four Year Strong
more easycore- didn't listen to the last one but this one apparently shits all over and about it |
64 | | Town Portal The Occident
instrumental rock- the diablo reference piqued my interest two years ago and got me listening to a solid rock band |
65 | | ASAP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP
cloud rap, do people still say that?- this isn't good, i dont get the love and I never will. LSD was cool though |
66 | | Perhaps Third
jazz fusion- i wrote a review on this band's first album. this is more of whatever I said of that. |
67 | | The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
******who? x3******* |
68 | | Lee Bannon Patten of Excel
ambient- I don't have the patience to appreciate ambient anymore but this is lee bannon going from jungle jams to trying to mimic brian eno. |
69 | | Mouse On The Keys The Flowers of Romance
*****jazzy mathy posty rock****** |
70 | | David Maxim Micic EGO
proggy djent- Bilo 2 is best |
71 | | David Maxim Micic ECO
proggy djent |
72 | | bansheebeat Lumine
*****idm electronic stuff*****- only sputnik project i actually like good job Rev for real |
73 | | sakuraburst deconstructing nature
brostep/ambient/ electronic stuff- this and 72 share some similarities. some. |
74 | | Bring Me the Horizon That's the Spirit
alt rock- heard a song from this on the radio so I guess mission accomplished |
75 | | HELLFYRE CLUB The Catcher of the Fade
****rap/hippity hop*****- milo, mike eagle, busdriver etc |
76 | | alone. Somewhere in the Sierras
post rock?- boring. a lot like birds side project I think |
77 | | Senses Fail Pull the Thorns from Your Heart
post-hardcore |
78 | | Thundercat The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam
jazz fusion- ho!! |
79 | | God Is an Astronaut Helios/Erebus
post rock- boring as fuking fuk |
80 | | Everything Everything Get To Heaven
indie pop- not near as good as Arc but guess I'm in the minority |
81 | | The Ongoing Concept Handmade
*******post-hardcore******* great young group |
82 | | Between the Buried and Me Coma Ecliptic
"false prog" |
83 | | mewithoutYou Pale Horses
spoken word rock- didn't dig |
84 | | Denzel Curry 32 Zel / Planet Shrooms
rap- need to listen to this more but it's good |
85 | | Algiers Algiers
indie/gospel like |
86 | | Attalus Into the Sea
indie prog- lots of water allusions here, good album though |
87 | | KEN mode Success
noise rock- disappointment of the year |
88 | | Friendzone While U Wait
some sort of wave |
89 | | Jaga Jazzist Starfire
****proggy****- some staffer should have reviewed this is amazing |
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