Top 50 Albums of 2015 (Part One)

50) Kid Wave - Wonderlust (Heavenly)

49) Twinsmith - Alligator Years (Saddle Creek)

48) The Decemberists - What a Terrible World... (Capitol)

47) Lou Barlow - Brace the Wave (Joyful Noise)

46) Holly Miranda - Holly Miranda (Dangerbird)

45) Kuroma - Kuromarama (Votiv)

44) Motorhead - Bad Magic (UDR)

43) Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms (Joyful Noise)

42) Happyness - Weird Little Birthday (Bar/None)

41) Belle and Sebastian - Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance (Matador)

40) Bjork - Vulnicra (One Little Indian)

39) Will Butler - Policy (Merge)

38) The Helio Sequence - The Helio Sequence (Sub Pop)

37) Hanni El Khatib - Moonlight (Innovative Leisure)

36) Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)

35) Mac McCaughan - Non-Believers (Merge)

34) Kurt Vile - B'Lieve I'm Going Down (Matador)

33) The Libertines - Anthems For a Doomed Youth (Harvest)

32) Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes (El Camino)

31) Wavves - V (Warner Bros)

30) The Good Life - Everybody's Coming Down (Saddle Creek)

29) Jeff The Brotherhood - Wasted On the Dream (Infinity Cat)

28) The Dead Weather - Dodge and Burn (Third Man)

27) The Bright Light Social Hour - Space Is Still the Place (Frenchkiss)

26) PINS - Wild Nights (Belle Union)

25) Maritime - Magnetic Bodies/Maps of Bones (Dangerbird)

24) Wilco - Star Wars (Anti)

23) The Mynabirds - Lovers Know (Saddle Creek)

22) Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy (Merge)

21) Metz - Metz II (Sub Pop)

Playlist 12.13.2015

Best Coast - "When Will I Change" from California Nights; Harvest
Diane Coffee - "Mayflower" from Everybody's a Good Dog; Western Vinyl
Palma Violets - "Danger in the Club" from Danger in the Club; Rough Trade
PINS - "Oh Lord" from Wild Nights; Bella Union
Twinsmith - "Shut Me Out" from Alligator Years; Saddle Creek
Mac McCaughan - "Only Do" from Non-Believers; Merge
Surfer Blood - "Point of No Return" from 1000 Palms; Joyful Noise
Kuroma - "Running People" from Kuromarama; Votiv
Icky Blossoms - "Terror Nothing" from Mask; Saddle Creek
Gang of Four - "Broken Talk" from What Happens Next; Metropolis
Cheatahs - "Channel View" from Mythologies; Wichita
Built To Spill - "So" from Untethered Moon; Warner Bros
Metz - "Spit You Out" from II; Sub Pop
Faith No More - "Rise of the Fall" from Sol Invictus; Ipecac
Failure - "Hot Traveler" from The Heart is a Monster; InGrooves
Jeff the Brotherhood - "Black Cherry Pie" from Wasted on the Dream; Infinity Cat
Sleater-Kinney - "Fade" from No Cities To Love; Sub Pop
Beach House - "Common Girl" from Thank Your Lucky Stars; Sub Pop
Ryan Adams - "This Love" from 1989; Blue Note
Bjork - "Stonemilker" from Vulnicra; One Little Indian
The Mynabirds - "Orion" from Lovers Know; Saddle Creek
The Bright Light Social Hour - "Ourboros" from Space Is Still the Place; Frenchkiss
Low - "The Innocents" from Ones and Sixes; Sub Pop
Happyness - "Monkey in the City" from Weird Little Birthday; Bar/None
Pale Honey - "0100" from Pale Honey; Instant
Veruca Salt - "The Sound of Leaving" from Ghost Notes; El Camino
Hop Along - "Powerful Man" from Painted Shut; Saddle Creek
The Good Life - "How Small We Are" from Everybody's Coming Down; Saddle Creek
Holly Miranda - "Until Now" from Holly Miranda; Dangerbird
Sonic Youth - "The Diamond Sea" from Washing Machine; Geffen