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)