Best of 2015

 

OK... here's our 50 favourites of the year, overstuffed with soundcloud and youtube [tip: just let the page fully load before you navigate on it]. It was put together pretty quickly, and it applies more to what I've been listening to than what might have been selling in larger quantities through the store. Hopefully you'll see a few things you already like, find a few things you end up liking, and find even more things that make you curious to hear more... OK?  HERE WE GO.  Oh, by the way, they are just in alphabetical order, not ranked.

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The list first without audio/video:

Anamai - Sallows (Buzz)

Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (Sub Pop)

Benoit Pioulard - Stanzas (Kranky)

Big/Brave - Au De La (Southern Lord)

Cemeteries - Barrow (Track and Field)

Chris Forsyth / Koen Holtkamp - The Island (Trouble in Mind)

Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were the Way She Says (Constellation)

Deerhunter - Fading Frontier (4AD)

Disasterpiece - It Follows OST (Milan)

Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare (Sub Pop)

Donnacha Costello - Stay Perfectly Still (self-released)

Find the Others - Empire of Time (Forward)

Ghost and Tape - Shift (Slaapwel)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Conste

Helen - The Original Faces (Kranky)

Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (6131 Records)

Jóhann Jóhannsson  - Sicario OST (Varese Sarabande)

King Midas Sound / Fennesz - Edition 1 (Ninja Tune)

Kreng - The Summoner (Miasmah)

Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin' Down (Matador)

Liturgy - The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)

Lou Barlow - Brace the Wave (Joyful Noise)

Martin Courtney - Many Moons (Domino)

Moonsocket - Eurydice (Noyes)

Mount Eerie - Sauna (P.W. Elevrum & Sun Ltd)

Multicast Dynamics - Scandinavia (Denovali)

Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic (Paradise of Bachelors)

Noveller - Fantastic Planet (Fire)

Obnox - Boogalou Reed (12XU)

Ought - Sun Coming Down (Constellation)

Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (Domino)

Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect (Hardly Art)

Pyramid Vritra - Indra (Rhymesayers)

Rival Consoles - Howl (Erased Tapes)

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Frkwys Vol.12 (RVNG)

Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love (Sub Pop)

Steve Gunn and Black Twig Pickers - Seasonal Hire (Thrill Jockey)

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)

Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes (Caldo Verde)

Sunn O))) - Kannon (Southern Lord)

Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - S/T (Secret City)

Tanlines - Highlights (True Panther)

Teen Daze - Morning World (Paper Bag)

The Declining Winter - Home for Lost Souls (Home Assembley)

The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ (Merge)

Tiny Vipers - Ambience 3 (Box Bedroom Rebels)

U.S. Girls - Half Free (4AD)

Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp (Merge)

William Basinski - Cascade (2062)

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Anamai - Sallows (Buzz)

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Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (Sub Pop)

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Benoit Pioulard - Sonnet (Kranky)

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Big/Brave - Au De La (Southern Lord)

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Cemeteries - Barrow (Track and Field)

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Chris Forsyth / Koen Holtkamp - The Island (Trouble in Mind)

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Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were the Way She Says (Constellation)

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Deerhunter - Fading Frontier (4AD)

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Disasterpiece - It Follows OST (Milan)

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Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare (Sub Pop)

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Donnacha Costello - Stay Perfectly Still (self-released)

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Find the Others - Empire of Time (Forward)

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Ghost and Tape - Shift (Slaapwel) [note this track is not from Shift]

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellation)

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Helen - The Original Faces (Kranky)

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Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (6131 Records)

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Jóhann Jóhannsson  - Sicario OST (Varese Sarabande)

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King Midas Sound / Fennesz - Edition 1 (Ninja Tune)

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Kreng - The Summoner (Miasmah)
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Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin' Down (Matador)
 
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Liturgy - The Ark Work (Thrill Jockey)

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Lou Barlow - Brace the Wave (Joyful Noise)

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Martin Courtney - Many Moons (Domino)

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Moonsocket - Eurydice (Noyes)

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Mount Eerie - Sauna (P.W. Elevrum & Sun Ltd)

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Multicast Dynamics - Scandinavia (Denovali)

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Nap Eyes - Whine of the Mystic (Paradise of Bachelors)

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Noveller - Fantastic Planet (Fire)

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Obnox - Boogalou Reed (12XU)

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Ought - Sun Coming Down (Constellation)

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Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (Domino)

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Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect (Hardly Art)

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Pyramid Vritra - Indra (Rhymesayers) [too late i realize this is a 2014 release, but f#ck it, enjoy]

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Rival Consoles - Howl (Erased Tapes)

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Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma - Frkwys Vol.12 (RVNG)

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Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)

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Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love (Sub Pop)

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Steve Gunn and Black Twig Pickers - Seasonal Hire (Thrill Jockey)

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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)

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Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes (Caldo Verde)
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Sunn O))) - Kannon (Southern Lord)

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Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart - S/T (Secret City)

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Tanlines - Highlights (True Panther)

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Teen Daze - Morning World (Paper Bag)

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The Declining Winter - Home for Lost Souls (Home Assembley)

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The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ (Merge)

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Tiny Vipers - Ambience 3 (Box Bedroom Rebels)

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U.S. Girls - Half Free (4AD)

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Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp (Merge)

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William Basinski - Cascade (2062)