Today's List:

Top Ten Albums of 2015 So Far!

At the end of each year after I've compiled my top ten list of the year I always wonder what's left for the next year. And then I repeat the process over and over again every year. Well, It happened again with 2014 being a stellar year for music and 2015 is shaping up to be right on the same caliber, possibly better? I mean we've reached the halfway mark and i'm already struggling to make a top ten so far list. There are just so many good albums coming out and I want to give them all the love I can, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Well I guess this is my attempt at that line. 

10. Alabama Shakes- Sound & Color

Blues and funk mixed with a modern electronic vibe setting the course for my summer vibes. 
Favorite Track: Gimmie All Your Love

9. Chon- Grow

Technical and melodic, Grow is one of the best instrumental records I've heard in awhile. 

Favorite Track: Splash

8. Father John Misty-  I Love You Honey Bear

A perfect blend of witty sing along lyrics and beautiful moments. An album that immediately felt familiar.

Favorite Track: The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apt

7. Ghostface Killah & BadBadNotGood- Sour Soul

Its the atmosphere of this album. I feel like I'm in an underwater night club with a late 60's deco. Ghostface's lyrics leaves me wanting more lyrically, but BadBadNotGood kill it.

Favorite Track: Gunshowers

6. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment- Surf

Chance and the boys created one of the most fun records of the year so far. This album is like the ultimate sugar rush.

Favorite Track: Slip Slide

5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi Love 

Questions of faith and love told through drug laced lyrics and terribly catchy tunes. 

Favorite Track: Puzzles

4. MeWithoutYou- Pale Horses

Songs about the apocalypse told through the lips of one of my favorite story tellers. MeWithoutYou combine all of they're best moments to create possibly they're best release yet. 

Favorite Track: Mexican War Streets

3. Sufjan Stevens- Carrie & Lowell

Music should be an escape. A place where you can go to feel happy, sad, angry, or in the case of Carrie & Lowell, grief. Sufjan lays his heart out on this record and in turn has created a masterpiece that will live on forever. As we pass on to the clearing at the end of the path, music endures and carries our feelings with it forever.

Favorite Track: Death With Dignity 

2. Hiatus Kaiyote- Choose Your Weapon

A monster of an album that is totally its own thing. I confuse people when I say things are heavy that aren't metal, but dammit this album is heavy! But its also groovy and beautiful and its one of my favorite things. 

Favorite Track: Borderline With My Atoms

1. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp A Butterfly

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Growing up I was raised on Rush, Deep Purple, and Van Halen. In High school I discovered Circa Survive, The Dear Hunter, and The Mars Volta. In 2015 my favorite album of the year (and I don't think its going to change) is a rap album. Blasphemous slander if my father would hear, but damn its the truth. Kendrick tore down what should be expected in hip hop. He raps over freestyle jazz, created a killer concept of an album, and has one of the best messages out there right now. He is one of my most respected artists right now and this album changed my life.
Favorite Track: These Walls