It doesn’t take long for the haze of the best of lists to wear off, leading to the search for something new. 2015 seems to be no different — it promises the return of so many of our all time favorite artists (and even a Radiohead rumor!) and untold great debuts and surprises that we have yet to discover.
We already have some great new music on the books for this year — with releases already set from the likes of Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Father John Misty, Jose Gonzales and, of course, the long awaited return of Sleater-Kinney. There are also some rumblings that Bjork (working with Arca and Haxan Cloak), Savages, Kanye West, Miguel and Frank Ocean are releasing new material! If even half the rumors are true, how can you not be excited!
Top Ten
10. Waxahatchee (Out April)
9. Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (Out 1/13)
8. Purity Ring (TBA)
7. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear (Out 2/10)
6. Miguel (TBA)
5. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper – After (Out 3/3)
4. James Blake (TBA)
3. Jose Gonzalez – Vestiges And Claws (Out 2/17)
2. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (Out 1/20)
1. Björk (TBA)
Winter
Justin Townes Earle – Absent Fathers (Out 1/13)
Belle & Sebastian – Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance (Out 1/20)
The Decemberists – What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Out 1/20)
Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Out 1/20)
Mark Ronson – Uptown Special (Out 1/26)
Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again (Out 1/27)
The Dodos - Individ (Out 1/27)
TV Girl – French Exit (Out 1/27)
Bob Dylan – Shadows In The Night (Out 2/3)
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixation (Out 2/17)
The Juliana Hatfield Three – Whatever, My Love (Out 2/17)
Dan Deacon – Gliss Riffer (Out 2/24)
Gang Of Four – What Happens Next (Out 2/24)
Spring
Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves ( Out 3/3)
of Montreal – Aureate Gloom (Out 3/3)
Pelican - The Cliff (Out 3/3)
Twin Shadow – Eclipse (Out 3/17)
The Soft Moon – Deeper (Out 3/31)
Death Cab For Cutie (Out March)
Marina and the Diamonds – Froot (Out 4/7)
San Fermin – Jackrabbit (4/21)
To Be Announced
Adele
Courtney Barnett
Baroness
Beach House
Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment – Surf
Grimes
Kendrick Lamar
Loretta Lynn
Giorgio Moroder – 74 Is The New 24
New Order
Frank Ocean
Pure Bathing Culture
Radiohead
Run The Jewels – Meow The Jewels
Ryn Weaver
Savages
Kanye West
Widowspeak
Wild Nothing