Below is my unscientific picks for some of my favorite music releases from 2015 (in alphabetical order).

• Advance Base Nephew in the Wild, song pick: Christmas in Milwaukee

• Supermoon Oh Supermoon, Vol. 1, song pick: Sarah

• Alabama Shakes Sound & Color, song pick: Dunes

• Moses Sumney Mid-City Island, song pick: Everlasting Sigh

• Boots Aquaria, song pick: I Run Roulette

• Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear, song pick: The Ideal Husband

• Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, song pick: An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In NY)

• EL VY Return to the Moon, song pick: I’m The Man To Be

• The Minus 5 Dungeon Gold’s, song pick: My Generation

• Pfarmers Gunnera, song pick: The Ol’ River Gang

• Laurie Anderson Heart of a Dog, song pick: The Release of Love

• Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell, song pick: Should Have Known Better

• John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, song pick: Snug Slacks

• Daniel Bachman River, song pick: Song For The Setting Sun II

• The Mountain Goats Beat The Champ, song pick: Southwestern Territory

• Taylor Batton Taylor Batton, song pick: Until Summer

• Father John Misty 1989, song pick: Welcome to New York