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December 31, 2021

Music Favorites from 2021

By James

Below is a YouTube playlist of some of my favorite (mostly new) music from 2021. Two albums were re-released for their 10th anniversary this year. I couldn’t always find a video for the new release, but this is pretty close.

Faves from 2021
Rider To The SeaAnna Calvi
Yesterday Will ComeCaleb Landry Jones
Family Swan (Mecca Normal)Califone
VanishingCircuit des Yeux
Le CommencementColin Stetson
Magic Bullets For DraculaFair Mothers
BadibabaGoat Girl
Fire at Static ValleyGodspeed You! Black Emperor
ShineHiss Golden Messenger
Peace SignsIDLES
Hey NowLondon Grammar
Days Like TheseLow
Make Worry For MeMatt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy
EnemyMidwife
Don’t You Blanket When That HappensMike Adams At His Honest Weight
The Destruction Of The Kola Superdeep Borehole TowerThe Mountain Goats
In AgainPalberta
A Tip to Trick the TideR. Ring/Quailbones
Follow Me AroundRadiohead
I Hope I Never Fall in LoveThe Reds, Pinks & Purples
Once Upon A FreakRingo Deathstarr
BonesRosali
Lasting FriendSamia
Peace SignsSharon Van Etten
ValentineSnail Mail
Will To PowerSpringtime
Pay Your Way In PainSt. Vincent
ProjectingSteve Burns and the Struggle
The Last ExitStill Corners
Chaise LongueWet Leg
Executionerwych elm

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December 31, 2015

Music Favorites from 2015

By James

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

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