As we are just about to drop into that downhill rush to the end of the year, I thought I'd set up a thread for us to start talking about our best of 2015 picks. My preliminary list:
Keith Richards-Cross Eyed Heart
Ray Wylie Hubbard- The Ruffian's Misfortune
Warren Haynes-Ashes & Dust (Feat. Railroad Earth)
Jason Isbell- Something More Than Free
Blitzen Trapper- All Across This land
Yours?
[Edited on 11/23/2015 by les_paul_sunburst]
Warren Haynes-Ashes & Dust (Feat. Railroad Earth)
Jason Isbell- Something More Than Free
all zeppelin remasters with companion discs
hendrix archival release
neil young archival release
still waiting for my dead ftw box
mule archival releases
Steven Wilson - Hand Cannot Erase
Steve Hackett - Wolflight
Wilco - Star Wars
Wolf Alice - My Love is Cool (kind of Nirvana meets Jefferson Airplane)
Borns - Dopamine (very Todd Rundgrenish, megapop)
The MFSL remaster of Crown of Creation, UN FREAKIN REAL ! The CDs so far have KILLED casady and buried Jorma.
Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance - Ooh La La - An Island Harvest should add this one to the misty-eyed thread, its a heartwringer. Oops, released in 2014. sorry
I am a huge Keith fan but I could not find one song on this set that didn't bore me - very flat to my ear. Maybe I need to give it more time, but surprised to see it on a Top 2015 list. What am I missing?
As we are just about to drop into that downhill rush to the end of the year, I thought I'd set up a thread for us to start talking about our best of 2015 picks. My preliminary list:
Keith Richards-Cross Eyed Heart
[Edited on 11/23/2015 by les_paul_sunburst]
Rudresh Mahanthappa - Bird calls
Avashai Cohen - From Darkness
Sco Mule
a few more coming, I suspect, after Festivus
I'm just going to list everything that I have ranked as a 4/5 or better. Really glad I pay for spotify and able to stream these albums. Also looking forward to checking out some of your suggestions. More to come as I continue listening to my 2015 playlist.
4.5/5
DRKWAV- The Purge
Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Thundercat- They Beyond/ Where Giants Roam
Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus- Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus
Dave Rawlings Machine- Nashville Obsolete
John Scofield- Past Present
4.25/5
Joe Ely-Panhandle Rambler
Gill Landry- Gill Landry
4/5
Galactic- Into The Deep
The Revivalist- Men Amongst Mountains
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds- Weather Below
Jason Isbell-Something More Than Free
Warren Haynes with RRE- Ashes & Dust
Chris Stapleton- Traveler
Jaga Jazzist- Starfire
The Word- Soul Food
Rhett Miller & Black Prairie- The Traveler
Widespread Panic- Street Dogs
Sonics- This Is The Sonics
Kacey Musgraves- Pageant Material
Soul Jazz Orchestra- Resistance
Shemekia Coopland- Outskirts of Love
Steep Canyon Rangers- Radio
Muse- Drones
I am a huge Keith fan but I could not find one song on this set that didn't bore me - very flat to my ear. Maybe I need to give it more time, but surprised to see it on a Top 2015 list. What am I missing?
As we are just about to drop into that downhill rush to the end of the year, I thought I'd set up a thread for us to start talking about our best of 2015 picks. My preliminary list:
Keith Richards-Cross Eyed Heart
[Edited on 11/23/2015 by les_paul_sunburst]
The album had one good song Robbed Blind otherwise I also didn't enjoy it.
Perfectomundo, Billy Gibbons and the BFGs
Traveler, Chris Stapleton
Something More Than Free, Jason Isbell
Sonic Ranch, Whitey Morgan and the 78s
My wife likes Ashes And Dust. I like Eric Church's new one, Mr. Misunderstood, and the Winery Dogs, Hot Streak. 😛
Some more favorites from 2015
4.5/5
The Wood Brothers- Paradise
The Dear Hunter- Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
Brandi Carlile- Fire Watchers Daughter
Big Big Train- Wassail (EP)
Samantha Fish- Wild Heart
Emancipator- Seven Seas
Steven Wilson- Hand Cannot Erase
4.25/5
New Mastersounds-- Made For Pleasure
ALO- Tangle of Time
Della Mae- Della Mae
Father John Misty- I Love You Honeybear
Riverside- Love, Fear, and the Time Machine
Ryan Bingham- Fear & Saturday Night
The Arcs- The Arcs Vs. the Innovators Vol. 1
Native Construct- Quiet World
Faris- Mississippi to Sahara
Chessboxer- Apollo (EP)
4/5
Foals- What Went Down
Spocks Beard- The Oblivion Particle
Drew Holcomb- Medicine
American Aquarium- Wolves
Florance & The Machine- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Mbgonwana Star- From Kinshasa
Bassekou Kouyate- Ba Power
i don't rank archive releases.
1 revolution saints- self titled
2 willie nelson/merle haggard- django and jimmie
3 dwight yoakam- second hand heart
4 sweet lynch- only to rise
5 jerry gaskill- love and scars
6 kelly keeling- mind radio
7 keith richards- crosseyed heart
8 marilyn manson-pale emperor
9 stryper-fallen
10 noel gallagher- chasing yesterday
11 david gilmour- rattle that lock
12 prince- hitnrun phase one
13 w.a.s.p.- golgotha
14 buckcherry- rock n roll
15 trixter- human era
16 mark slaughter- reflections in the rear view mirror
17 devil city angels- self titled
18 ugly kid joe- uglier than they use ta be
19 lynch mob- rebel
20 def leppard- self titled
21 winery dogs- hot streak
22 billy gibbons- perfectomundo
23 slayer- repentless
24 operation mindcrime- the key
25 bon jovi- burning bridges
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i made this before i heard the new albums by rod stewart and don henley. those 2 would make the list so drop 24 and 25 on my list as obviously those 2 wouldn't be there no matter where stewart and henley are placed. still haven't heard the new leslie west , alabama or the chris stapleton album
[Edited on 1/12/2016 by matt05]
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
The Word - Soul Food
Pops Staples - Don't Lose This
