2015 Honorable Mentions by 
RockyRaccoon 
Albums that didn't make my 2015 top-100, but are still worth listening to
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- (Created: 05/26/2015 21:10).
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[First added to this chart: 10/12/2017]
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Everything is dark. That's the way it is with Protomartyr, no matter how bright something may seem, there's darkness on the fringes. And the point of view is understandable, lead singer/songwriter Joe Casey has had it rough the past year or so, he's lost both his parents (one to Alzheimer's and one to a heart attack) and life's been pretty bleak, and the music reflects that. Much in the way Ian Curtis projected his pain into Joy Division's music, Casey projects himself into his version of post-punk. His low voice, the harrowing music, it's all here and creates a really dark, but simultaneously beautiful atmosphere which makes this quite the album.
[First added to this chart: 12/14/2015]
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In the downtime that Jamie Smith has had while touring and recording with his band The xx, he put together this album. Now, if you're expecting essentially more stuff like The xx, you'll be somewhat disappointed. Obviously this has some tinges of The xx in it, it'd be hard for it not to considering Jamie Smith works on both, but this is a lot more electronic-focused. There's less dream pop here and more house/garage/trip-hop. That's not to say this isn't an accessible album, in fact one of the things Jamie Smith does pretty well is make this album pretty accessible, and often times you don't think "accessible" when you think house music. While the album is quite good, there are times when it falls a little short, where it lacks a little personality, however that doesn't bring the album down too much, but I do think it keeps it from being the absolute killer of an album that it could be.
[First added to this chart: 12/11/2015]
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Florence And The Machine have built themselves on one major thing, and that's producing music that's gigantic. I mean, with Florence Welch's voice that could bring down a mountain, and the way the music is composed, plus her exceptionally dramatic lyrics, it's all a huge production. Sometimes that can come across as really campy and really over-the-top, but somehow, Florence And The Machine have been able to consistently pull it off. If you've heard them before, you probably have a pretty decent idea what this album is like, and it's done pretty well. Not as good as Lungs, probably close to as good as Ceremonials, a nice addition to their discography.
Highlights include: "Ship To Wreck", "What Kind Of Man", and "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" [First added to this chart: 12/11/2015]
Highlights include: "Ship To Wreck", "What Kind Of Man", and "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" [First added to this chart: 12/11/2015]
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This album is big. If there's one thing you draw from this album, it's how vast and grand this album is. This is all thanks to the excellent way that this album is composed, loaded with layers and layers of guitars and pounding, near-perfectly executed drums. Often in post-rock or post-metal (this album falls somewhere in between) the emphasis is on the quiet subtleties as they crescendo into a big climax, and this album has that, but the big is massive and the quiet really isn't even that quiet. The emphasis is on the big, it's on the sweeping soundscapes that are all over this album and it's a powerful experience.
[First added to this chart: 12/09/2015]
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The key to doing a successful cover is not directly copying the original, making the song your own. Copying the original is boring, everyone's heard the original already, why do we need to hear someone else sing it the exact same way. What makes for a really cool cover is when you take a song and you twist it around, rearrange it and make it your own interpretation. Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield have made a really good cover album, and of course they had some great music to work with, but even so, they make Elliott Smith's music their own. It's obvious they love Smith, you can just tell by the way they execute this whole album, and short of one song ("Roman Candle"), this is a very simple, folk take on Smith's music. There's barely even any percussion, it's generally just Avett and Mayfield's voices, a guitar and maybe a piano. It also helps that both Avett and Mayfield's voices blend perfectly together, complementing each other excellently. A lot of times, cover albums can be boring, or they can sound like a cheap creation just to get some album sales, but this isn't that, this is a tribute that Avett and Mayfield are doing to an artist they love, and when that's your inspiration, some pretty awesome music can happen.
[First added to this chart: 12/07/2015]
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I'll be honest, I'm not too well-versed in African music in general. I've heard a few things here and there, but I'm far from an expert, and I think this album might convince me to explore it more. SK Kakraba hails from Ghana, and he plays an instrument called the gyil, which is basically a wooden xylophone of 14 wooden slats strung across some resonators that are, essentially, gourds full of spider egg sacs called "Paapieye" (hence the album title), and this album is all gyil, all the time. Now, on the surface, that may sound like a hard album to get into, I'll admit, I had my own reservations, but Kakraba proved me wrong. The buzzy and simultaneously warm resonance that the gyil provides, and Kakraba's obviously virtuosic skill on the instrument, creates quite an atmosphere on the album and it makes this exceptionally interesting to listen to. It's not the most accessible album out there (far from it), but it's an album that's a rewarding listen nonetheless.
[First added to this chart: 12/03/2015]
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It's odd how extreme metal can get so boring sometimes. You would think that something as fast and active as metal wouldn't necessarily be boring, but it can be. Far too often death metal or black metal albums start off in full-blast, pounding drums, fast guitars, growling vocals mode and never let up. Each song ends up sounding like the one before it and before you know it, the album is over and you have no idea which song was which. Fuck The Facts doesn't do that, they start off that way, but it doesn't stay that way, rather the album contains quite a bit of variety and FTF are able to create quite a complete, cohesive album. FTF's technical ability is pretty incredible as well, with incredible solos and fantastic, almost jazz-like grooves, and that combined with the fact that this album is actually interesting (and not just some mindless shredding or something) makes for quite a good metal album.
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2015 Honorable Mentions composition
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| Exhumation | 1 | 1% | |
| Mark Knopfler | 1 | 1% | |
| Leafcutter John | 1 | 1% | |
| Jlin | 1 | 1% | |
| Stratovarius | 1 | 1% | |
| Jamie xx | 1 | 1% | |
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2015 Honorable Mentions chart changes
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| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Литургия [Litourgiya] by Батюшка [Batushka] |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Revisionist by Sannhet |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Sing Elliott Smith by Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield |
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 Backlash, Babyby The Max Levine Ensemble |
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From RockyRaccoon 11/05/2015 00:31
RockyRaccoon 11/05/2015 00:31
@dbz - yea dude, the new Atkins is pretty sweet too.
@mecca - I think I need to relisten to the U.S. Girls album, I liked it a lot, might eventually crack the top-100.
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From meccalecca 11/04/2015 22:42
meccalecca 11/04/2015 22:42
Man, you put some serious work into this. All those informative notes. I think the bulk of these that I know would fall into my own honorable mentions chart if I made one. Was surprised Sleater Kinney and US Girls couldn't crack your top 100.
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