Dave 3000's Top 25 New Releases of 2015

(Just my opinion!)

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1		Public Image Ltd. "What The World Needs Now..." (PiL Official)
2		Mondo Drag "Mondo Drag" (Rising Easy)
3		Dungen "Allas Sak" (Kemado)
4		The Space Merchants "The Space Merchants" (Aqualamb)
5		The Sword "High Country" (Razor & Tie)
6		Alex G "Trick" (Lucky Number)
7		Wand "1000 Days" (Drag City)
8		Eternal Tapestry "Wild Strawberries" (Thrill Jockey)
9		Fuzz "II" (In The Red)
10		Slayer "Repentless" (Nuclear Blast)
11		Thee Oh Sees "Mutilator Defeated At Last" (Castle Face)
12		The Fresh & Onlys "Early Years Anthology" (Castle Face)
13		Death "N.E.W." (Tryangle/Drag City)
14		Kurt Vile "B'lieve I'm Goin Down..." (Matador)
15		Sleater-Kinney "No Cities To Love" (Sub Pop)
16	and	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (tie) "Paper Mache Dream Balloon" (ATO) and "Quarters!" (Castle Face)
17		Mark McGuire "Beyond Belief" (Dead Oceans)
18		Koes Barat "Koes Barat" (Sub Pop)
19		Damaged Bug "Cold Hot Plumbs" (Castle Face)
20		Speedy Ortiz "Foil Deer" (Carpark)
21		Dweezil Zappa "Via Zammata'" (MRI)
22		Pond "Man It Feels Like Space Again" (Caroline)
23		MV & EE "Alpine Frequency" (Child Of Microtones)
24		Moon Duo "Shadow Of The Sun" (Sacred Bones)
25		Guapo "Obscure Knowledge" (Cuneiform)

Honorable Mentions:

(in alphabetical order)

Aphex Twin “Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt. 2” EP (Warp)
Apprentice Destroyer “Glass Ceiling” (Castle Face)
Lou Barlow “Brace The Wave” (Joyful Noise)
Bearhug “So Gone” (Spunk)
Bitchin Bajas & Natural Information Society “Autoimaginary” (Drag City)
The Blind Shake “Live In San Francisco” (Castle Face)
Boogarins “Manual” (Other Music)
The Bots “Pink Palms” (Fader)
Children of Leir “II” and self-titled EP (self release)
The Church “Further/Deeper” (Unorthodox)
Colorway “The Black Sequined Sky” (self release)
Eric Copeland “Ms. Pretzel” EP (DFA)
Miley Cyrus with Flaming Lips “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz” (Smiley Miley Inc.)
Deerhoof “Fever 121614” (Polyvinyl)
Dengue Fever “The Deepest Lake” (Tuk Tuk)
Destruction Unit “Live In San Francisco” (Castle Face)
The Fall “Sub-Lingual Tablet” (Cherry Red)
Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear” (Sub Pop)
Floating Points “Elaenia” (Pluto/Luaka Bop)
Four Tet “Morning Evening” (Text)
Alex G “Beach Music” (Domino)
Hooton Tennis Club “Highest Point In Cliff Town” (Heavenly)
King Khan & BBQ Show “Bad News Boys” (In The Red)
Jib Kidder “Teaspoon To The Ocean” (Domino)
Male Gaze “Gale Maze” (Castle Face)
Glenn Mercer “Incidental Hum” (Bar/None)
Micachu & The Shapes “Good Sad Happy Bad” (Rough Trade)
The Moonlandingz “Expanded” EP (Chimera)
Motorhead “Bad Magic” (UDR)
Of Montreal “Aureate Gloom” (Polyvinyl)
Ought “Sun Coming Down” (Constellation)
Parquet Courts “Monastic Living” (Rough Trade)
Pentagram “Curious Volume” (Peaceville)
The Pop Group “Citizen Zombie” (Victor)
Buffy Sainte-Marie “Power In The Blood” (Gypsy Boy)
Ty Segall “Live In San Francisco” (Castle Face)
Six Organs of Admittance “Hexadic” (Drag City)
The Sonics “This Is The Sonics” (Re:Vox)
S. Araw Trio IV  “The Gazebo Effect” (Thrill Jockey)
Suuns & Jerusalem In My Heart “Suuns & Jerusalem In My Heart” (Secretly Canadian)
THEESatisfaction “EarthEE” (Sub Pop)
Timmy's Organism “Heartless Heathen” (Third Man)
Wand “Golem” (In The Red)
Wire “Wire” (Pink Flag/Mute)
W-X “W-X” (Castle Face)
Neil Young & Promise Of The Real “The Monsanto Years” (Reprise)

         

Best Local Albums (from Madison, WI):

(in alphabetical order)

Cribshitter  "Acapulco" (Medicated G)
Czarbles  "Nausea Trois" EP (self release)
The People Brothers Band "Middle Of The In Between" (People Brothers Band)
        

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