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The 11 Best Albums of 2015 (so far)

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It’s too early in the year to really get a chance to digest which are the best albums, so right now it’s more about which albums I find myself listening to on repeat.

Here are the 11 Best albums of 2015 (so far):

  1. Jamie XX – In Colour
  2. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
  3. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
  4. Hot Chip – Why Make Sense?
  5. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
  6. Title Fight – Hyperview
  7. American Wrestlers – American Wrestlers
  8. Faith No More – Sol Invictus
  9. Susanne Sundfor – Ten Love Songs
  10. Joey Bada$$ – B4.DA.$$
  11. Modest Mouse – Stranger To Ourselves

 

 

 

The 11 Best Supergroup Duos

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Side projects and supergroups always draw amazing attention but usually end-up disappointing greatly.  It’s hard for an artist to experiment with a new sound because of the expectations they bring with them.  A few artists manage to exceed expectations usually by throwing a big curve.  If it is too outside the box, it tends to scare listeners away…and if it’s too inside the box…it leaves listeners wondering what the point was in the first place?  Billie Joe of Green Day and Norah Jones of pianos team-up today to play a collection of Everly Brother songs.  Which side of the box does this fall In?  Out?  Under? Over?  Ever?

Here are the 11 Best Supergroup Duos:

  1. Electronic (Bernard Sumner of New Order & Johnny Marr of The Smiths)
  2. She & Him (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)
  3. Pinback (Zach Smith of Three Mile Pilot & Rob Crow of Heavy Vegetable and Thingy)
  4. Felt (Murs & Slug of Atmosphere)
  5. Quasi (Sam Coomes of Heatmiser and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney)
  6. Discovery (Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend & Wesley Miles of Ra Ra Riot)
  7. Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce Da 5’9″)
  8. Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
  9. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs (The Bangles)
  10. The Evens (Ian McKaye of Fugazi and Amy Farina of The Warmers)
  11. WZRD (Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius)
Buy Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones new album, Foreverly…now!!

The 11 Best Songs By Sleater-Kinney

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In last week’s LA Times, there was an article on the owner of the Amoeba Record chain.  In an eye-opening write-up (eye opening to everyone who thinks they know the music industry but doesn’t), it revealed that in this digital age of music…Amoeba records has seen no sales decrease.  Let me repeat that…Amoeba Records in the worst era ever for the music industry has seen zero sales decrease.  Why?  Why has Amoeba succeed while others have failed?  What is it that Amoeba has done right where the others have done wrong?

 It’s simple.  Know your audience.  Amoeba knows its customers and knows what they want.  They stock their shelves with music (from all genres) that will attract all audiophiles from all listening habits.  The big box stores and Tower Record-like places only pushed music on major labels.  They limited their supply and short-changed their audience.  They tried to make the audience like what they were feeding them instead feeding the audience what they liked. 

 Even today, I’ll go into Best Buy or Target on new music Tuesdays and not find 50% of the new releases I’m looking for.  They have 250 copies of Taio Cruz but one copy of Jenny Lewis (I bought it).  Two weeks later, they have 244 copies of Taio Cruz still sitting there and no copies of the new Bad Religion.  No copies of the Corin Tucker Band.  No copies of Fran Healy.  No copies of Tim Kasher.  Do they not realize that just because they don’t have what I want, I’m not going to buy what they have?  Obviously not.

 Thank you to Taio Cruz for being today’s example.

 Here are the 11 Best Sleater-Kinnery Songs:

 1.  Turn It On (Dig Me Out)

2.  I Wanna Be Yr Joey Ramone (Call The Doctor)

3.  The Professional (All Hands On The Band One)

4.  Jumpers (The Woods)

5.  Dance Song ’97 (Dig Me Out)

6.  Start Together (The Hot Rock)

7.  Good Things (Call The Doctor)

8.  The Day I Went Away (Sleater-Kinney)

9.  Stay Where You Are (Call The Doctor)

10.  It’s Enough (Dig Me Out)

11.  Entertain (The Woods)

 Buy the new album by the Corin Tucker Band, 1,000 Years now!!!