Best Albums of 2015

1


Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell

1


Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell

2


Pile

You're Better than This

2


Pile

You're Better than This

3


Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

3


Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

4


Hop Along

Painted Shut

4


Hop Along

Painted Shut

5


Titus Andronicus

The Most Lamentable Strategy

5


Titus Andronicus

The Most Lamentable Strategy

6


Elder

Lore

6


Elder

Lore

7


Viet Cong

Viet Cong

7


Viet Cong

Viet Cong

8


Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Style

8


Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Style

9


Sleater-Kinney

No Cities to Love

9


Sleater-Kinney

No Cities to Love

10


Loma Prieta

Self Portrait

10


Loma Prieta

Self Portrait

11


Punch Brothers

The Phosphorescent Blues

11


Punch Brothers

The Phosphorescent Blues

12


Bosse-de-Nage

All Fours

12


Bosse-de-Nage

All Fours

13


Deerhunter

Fading Frontier

13


Deerhunter

Fading Frontier

14


Ensemble Signal & Steve Reich

Music for 18 Musicians

14


Ensemble Signal & Steve Reich

Music for 18 Musicians

15


Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

15


Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

16


Nicolas Jaar

Nymphs II/III/IV

16


Nicolas Jaar

Nymphs II/III/IV

17


Ought

Sun Coming Down

17


Ought

Sun Coming Down

18


Julien Baker

Sprained Ankle

18


Julien Baker

Sprained Ankle

19


The Staves

If I Was

19


The Staves

If I Was

20


Jamie xx

In Colour

20


Jamie xx

In Colour

21


Girl Band

Holding Hands with Jamie

21


Girl Band

Holding Hands with Jamie

22


Julia Holter

Have You in my Wilderness

22


Julia Holter

Have You in my Wilderness

23


Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

23


Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

24


Birds in Row

Personal War

24


Birds in Row

Personal War

25


Christopher Paul Stelling

Labor Against Waste

25


Christopher Paul Stelling

Labor Against Waste

26


American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

26


American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

27


Jeff Rosenstock

We Cool?

27


Jeff Rosenstock

We Cool?

28


Jason Isbell

Something More than Free

28


Jason Isbell

Something More than Free

29


Bop English

Constant Bop

29


Bop English

Constant Bop

30


Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld

Never Were the Way She Was

30


Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld

Never Were the Way She Was

Baroness

Purple

Baroness

Purple

Have you ever seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?

Teenage Sweetheart

Have you ever seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?

Teenage Sweetheart

Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden of Delete

Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden of Delete

Royal Headache

High

Royal Headache

High

Remember Sports

All of Something

Remember Sports

All of Something

Best Albums of 2015

1


Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell

1


Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell

2


Pile

You're Better than This

2


Pile

You're Better than This

3


Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

3


Courtney Barnett

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

4


Hop Along

Painted Shut

4


Hop Along

Painted Shut

5


Titus Andronicus

The Most Lamentable Strategy

5


Titus Andronicus

The Most Lamentable Strategy

6


Elder

Lore

6


Elder

Lore

7


Viet Cong

Viet Cong

7


Viet Cong

Viet Cong

8


Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Style

8


Car Seat Headrest

Teens of Style

9


Sleater-Kinney

No Cities to Love

9


Sleater-Kinney

No Cities to Love

10


Loma Prieta

Self Portrait

10


Loma Prieta

Self Portrait

11


Punch Brothers

The Phosphorescent Blues

11


Punch Brothers

The Phosphorescent Blues

12


Bosse-de-Nage

All Fours

12


Bosse-de-Nage

All Fours

13


Deerhunter

Fading Frontier

13


Deerhunter

Fading Frontier

14


Ensemble Signal & Steve Reich

Music for 18 Musicians

14


Ensemble Signal & Steve Reich

Music for 18 Musicians

15


Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

15


Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress

16


Nicolas Jaar

Nymphs II/III/IV

16


Nicolas Jaar

Nymphs II/III/IV

17


Ought

Sun Coming Down

17


Ought

Sun Coming Down

18


Julien Baker

Sprained Ankle

18


Julien Baker

Sprained Ankle

19


The Staves

If I Was

19


The Staves

If I Was

20


Jamie xx

In Colour

20


Jamie xx

In Colour

21


Girl Band

Holding Hands with Jamie

21


Girl Band

Holding Hands with Jamie

22


Julia Holter

Have You in my Wilderness

22


Julia Holter

Have You in my Wilderness

23


Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

23


Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

24


Birds in Row

Personal War

24


Birds in Row

Personal War

25


Christopher Paul Stelling

Labor Against Waste

25


Christopher Paul Stelling

Labor Against Waste

26


American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

26


American Wrestlers

American Wrestlers

27


Jeff Rosenstock

We Cool?

27


Jeff Rosenstock

We Cool?

28


Jason Isbell

Something More than Free

28


Jason Isbell

Something More than Free

29


Bop English

Constant Bop

29


Bop English

Constant Bop

30


Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld

Never Were the Way She Was

30


Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld

Never Were the Way She Was

Baroness

Purple

Baroness

Purple

Have you ever seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?

Teenage Sweetheart

Have you ever seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS?

Teenage Sweetheart

Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden of Delete

Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden of Delete

Royal Headache

High

Royal Headache

High

Remember Sports

All of Something

Remember Sports

All of Something

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