Updated: -Released- Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. [Evaluating] Katzenjammer - Rockland [Not heard yet] -Upcoming- Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer (March) Apocalyptica - Shadowmaker (April) Suns of the Tundra - Bones of Brave Ships (April/May) Scale the Summit - (Summer)[Finishing up recording] Joe Satriani - (Possibly July) [Recording] Puscifer - (TBA)[Currently recording/finishing recording, so expect a release later this year, likely just an EP though] -Other Bands Status- Metallica - About to enter "pre-production" according to Lars. Tool - Nearing the end of writing with MJK about to start laying down/working out vocals on "several finished tracks", with the other 3 guys at The Loft. Alice in Chains - Currently writing, might record this year. Christy Moore - Writing.
Why is this not stickied yet and the 2014 thread still is? TOP ALBUMS OF 2015 KENDRICK LAMAR | To Pimp A Butterfly BADBADNOTGOOD & GHOSTFACE KILLAH | Sour Soul LUPE FIASCO | Tetsuo and Youth JOEY BADA$$ | B4.DA.$$
Best Songs of 2015: Fort Minor - "Welcome" Twenty One Pilots - "Goner" Imagine Dragons - "Friction" Hillsong United - "Touch the Sky" Tori Kelly - "Nobody Love" Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta" Mark Ronson feat. Mystikal - "Feel Right" Fall Out Boy - "Irresistible" Brandon Flowers - "Can't Deny My Love" Borgeous & LIGHTS - "Zero Gravity - Radio Edit" TBA Best Albums of 2015: Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors Tori Kelly - Unbreakable Smile Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect TBA
BEST OF 2015: (In no order) Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell ANTICIPATING: Japanese Cartoon - M.I.L.K. Is For Pussies Tame Impala - Currents Robert Glasper - Covered Run the Jewels - RTJ3 Jedi Mind Tricks - The Thief & the Fallen Incubus - TBH MuteMath - TBH
Um? Run the Jewels 2? Freddie Gibbs and Madlib's Piñata? FlyLo's new album? The Roots? And those were just albums I actually liked (never listened to J Cole's new album so I can't say anything about that).
Out of those 4, only one managed to get my interest. I've heard a couple of songs from the others through RTSA and TRshady, and none really seemed interesting or special. Last exciting thing to happen in hip hop in my opinion was Yeezus. I'll listen to TPAB today, though, so we'll see.
GREAT ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly GOOD ALBUMS ANTICIPATING Muse - Drones Kanye West - So Help Me God Balthazar - Thin Walls Blur - The Magic Whip Radiohead - TBA Deftones - TBA Massive Attack - TBA
The Best: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. The Good: Dave Kerzner - New World (Deluxe / Extended Edition) Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu Anticipating: Between The Buried and Me - Coma Eliptic Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams Death Grips - The Powers that B Dream Theater - LP 13 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress Incubus - Trust Fall Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path Kanye West - So Help Me God Albums I Still Need to Listen To: Arcane - Known / Learned
Mandatory update after TPAB Best to Worst of 2015(so far) 1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - 10/10 2. Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep - 8/10 3. Leviathan - Scar Sighted - 8/10 4. Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. - 7,5/10 5. Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth - 7,5/10 6. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late - 7,5/10 7. Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ - 7/10 8. Xibalba - Tierra Y Libertad - 6/10 9. Red - Of Beauty And Rage - 6/10 10. Periphery - Alpha & Juggernaut: Omega - 6/10 11. Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho - 5,5/10 12. Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors - 5/10 13. Papa Roach - Fear - 1,5/10