My 15 Favorite Albums of 2015 (with 15 runners up)

I thought about writing why these are my favorites, but then I realized no one cares. Anyhow, I put the links to the albums in the titles if you want to listen and see how awesome they are, cause they totally are.


15- Jabuticaba – Fisch Loops & Applegreen

14- The Kickstand Band – In The Sun

13- Palehound – Dry Food

12- Mia Loucks – Sister Honey Demos

11- Superheaven – Ours Is Chrome

10- TEXARKANA 9-8603 – Operation Ostego

9- Princess Chelsea – The Great Cybernetic Depression

8- The Stammer – Days In Between

7- Ryan Adams – 1989

6- Say Hi – Bleeders Digest

5- Dawes – All Your Favorite Bands

4- Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit

3- Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material

2- Thee Ahs – Names

1- Rosie June – Post Listening

15 Runners Up:

• Sports - All Of Something
• Rocky Votolato – Hospital Handshakes
• Wild Ones - Heatwave
• Soko – My Dreams Dictate My Reality
• Pins – Wild Nights
• Belle and Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
• Tuxedo – S/T
• The School – Waisting Away And Wondering
• Automatically Yours - The Trouble With The World Is Me
• Little Wings – Explains
• Them Are Us Too – Remain
• Lebanon Hanover  - Besides The Abyss
• Whitey Morgan and the 78’s – Sonic Ranch
• Russel The Leaf - The Gary Matters
• All Dogs - Kicking Every Day

My top 25 albums of all time (as of now)

Most are in for nostalgia, I didn't do more than 1 album a band, greatest hits, or comps (not that there would be much difference if I did). I also noticed my favorite music taste isn't as diverse as my casual music taste. In fact you may be disappointed by how boring this list looks. But it's honest, I'm not trying to look cool. These are the albums that I know front to back, that I can listen to any time, and made some sort of impact in my life. Here they are in order of year released:

- The Nat King Cole Trio - After Midnight (1956)
- Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
- Daniel Johnston – Yip/Jump Music (1983)
- Beat Happening – You Turn Me On (1992)
- Jonathan Richman – I, Jonathan (1992)
- Counting Crows – August and Everything After (1993)
- Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
- Nirvana - MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
- The Rentals – Return Of The Rentals (1995)
- Weezer – Pinkerton (1996)
- Fiona Apple – Tidal (1996)
- Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot (1996)
- Alkaline Trio – Goddamnit! (1998)
- Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
- Groovie Ghoulies – Fun In The Dark (1999)
- Jimmy Eat World – Clarity (1999)
- Mirah - Advisory Committee (2002)
- Ben Kweller – Sha Sha (2002)
- Rocky Votolato – Suicide Medicine (2003)
- Kings Of Convenience – Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
- The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely (2006)
- July Talk – S/T (2012)
- Lebanon Hanover – Why Not Just Be Solo (2012)
- Rosie June – Listening Post (2013)
- Ryan Adams – S/T (2014)

My Top 50 Movies of All Time

Here's a list of movies I can watch over and over, had a personal effect on my life, or simply fills me up with nostalgia bliss. In the order of release date. Here we go!

-The Swimmer (1968)

- Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

- Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

- Harold and Maude (1971)

- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

- The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (1977)

- Pete’s Dragon (1977)

- The Shining (1980)

- The Evil Dead (1981)

- A Christmas Story (1983)

- Footloose (1984)

- The Neverending Story (1984)

- The Goonies (1985)

- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

- The Breakfast Club (1985)

- Back To The Future (1985)

- Labyrinth (1986)

- Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)

- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

- The Princess Bride (1987)

- Lost Boys (1987)

- Beetlejuice (1988)

- Edward Scissorhands (1990)

- Rubin and Ed (1991)

- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

- Jurassic Park (1993)

- Dazed And Confused (1993)

- Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

- Dumb and Dumber (1994)

- Empire Records (1995)

- James and The Giant Peach (1996)

- SLC Punk (1998)

- Six-String Samurai (1998)

- The Iron Giant (1999)

- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

- Dancer In The Dark (2000)

- Amelie (2001)

- Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

- 28 Days Later (2002)

- American Splendor (2003)

- Elf (2003)

- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

- Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

- The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
- The Dark Knight (2008)

- Coraline (2009)

- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010)

- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

- Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Favorite Movies of 2014

Favorite Albums of 2014

                       

 

My Favorite 3 Movies of 2013

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Favorite Albums of 2013

#10. LAKE - The World Is Real

Great production with a nostalgic throw-back chill out feel.

check it out HERE

#9. Kennedy Cult - (monthly E.P.s)

Kennedy Cult released 12 EPs, one every month, and all of them are very 80's radical.

Check them ALL out HERE  

#8. Lorde - Pure Heroine

One of the 2 "popular" albums on my list. I was reluctant to give this a chance until I stumbled on a live performance of Lorde and was impressed with her 90's "girl power" persona. Though the radio has murdered "Royals", I feel the rest of the album is quite refreshing. 

#7. The Song Poem Project Vol. 1

Compiled of a load of talented, unique, under the radar musicians. The Song Poem Project was created to resemble and pay tribute to the honesty of original Song Poems.

Check it out HERE

#6. Rotten Musicians - Rotten Zoo

Bizarre Hip-Hop thrift store madness. More talent than any other "Rap" album that came out this year. 

Eat it up HERE

#5. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady

The shining example of how all female pop artists should be. This album is astonishing, especially being "popular music". From spaghetti western to bouncy dance pop to R&B sweetness and the spirit of young Michael Jackson is all over this thing.

#4. La Femme - Psycho Tropical Berlin

Retro french magic ear candy!

Check out this music video/short film compiled of 3 songs from the album HERE

#3. Lebanon Hanover - Tomb For Two

Oh the power of sad beautiful cold wave. Lebanon Hanover is in fact my favorite band right now and there was no disappointment with this icy gem. 

Get on this HERE

#2. Rosie June - Listening Post

Whispery dreamy female love pop. So much love.

Fall in love HERE

#1. Camera Obscura - Desire Lines

Getting the opportunity to see Camera Obscura Live this year really nailed this album to my #1 spot. Probably the best album they've ever put out. So much juicy pop bits and Tracyanne Campbells voice melts my heart into a sloppy puddle of sweet sugary goo.