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 Nü 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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