Presented without comment, my 31 favorite albums of 2015:

To Pimp a Butterfly- Kendrick Lamar
Platforms- Holly Herndon
I Love You Honeybear- Father John Misty
Sauna- Mount Eerie
Viet Cong- Viet Cong
At.Long.Last.A$AP- A$AP Rocky
Sympathy- GABI
Who’s Gonna Get Fucked First?- Father
The Offer- Yowler
Algiers- Algiers
A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colors Suspended in the Darkness-Shmurphy
Four Ghosts- Witch Bell
Wave[s]- Mick Jenkins
Jenny Death- Death Grips
Summertime ’06- Vince Staples
Big Dark Love- Murder by Death
Released from Love/You Whom I Have Always Hated-Thou/The Body
The Sprinter- Torres
Cosmic Troubles- Faith Healer
The Phosphorescent Blues- Punch Brothers
Fantasy Empire- Lightning Bolt
Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Surf- Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment
Leg Toucher- Toupee
The Deal- SUMAC
In Colour- Jamie xx
A New Place 2 Die- Archy Marshall
The Great Pretenders- Mini Mansions
Sleepwalker- Long Beard
Honeymoon- Lana del Rey
Dark Energy- Jlin

New reviews coming in the new year,

Derek