Music That Takes Me Places
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2015
Best Of The Year
2015 was a great year for new music The albums in this collection rose to the top for me and most closely reflects my musica…
Read moreNEW ORDER, MUSIC COMPLETE
Synth-Pop
Music Complete marked New Order’s return to full-length albums after a ten-year break, and their first without founding bass…
Read moreDESTROYER, POISON SEASON
indie Rock
Poison Season is the tenth Destroyer album and follows Kaputt, my favorite record of 2011. Where Kaputt leaned on soft rock …
Read moreODDISEE, THE GOOD FIGHT
Rap
Oddisee made The Good Fight with full control, and it shows. The beats are grounded in live instruments and steady grooves. …
Read moreBARNA HOWARD, QUITE A FEELIN'
Folk
The songs on Barna Howard’s second album, Quite A Feelin’, ruminate on his relationship with home. Now entrenched in Portlan…
Read moreTOBIAS JESSO JR., GOON
Adult Contemporary
Goon is the debut album from Tobias Jesso Jr., introducing him as a songwriter rooted in classic piano pop traditions. The r…
Read moreTHE CHARLATANS, MODERN NATURE
Britpop
Modern Nature, arriving nearly 25 years after The Charlatans’ debut, was shaped by loss yet never weighed down by it. The ba…
Read moreCOURNEY BARNESS, SOMETIMES I SIT AND THINK, AND SOMETIMES I JUST SIT
indie Rock
Courtney Barnett turns everyday moments into sharp, memorable songs. Her guitar playing is loud and loose, and her lyrics tu…
Read moreBELLE AND SEBASTIAN, GIRLS IN PEACETIME WANT TO DANCE
indie Rock
After nineteen years, Belle and Sebastian show no intention of slowing down. On Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, their nint…
Read moreANDREW COMBS, ALL THESE DREAMS
Singer-Songwriter
Andrew Combs’ debut album, All These Dreams, sounds like it belongs to another time, but it does not feel stuck there. He si…
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