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Tony Breed writesCHIRP Radio Best of 2015: Tony Breed
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Throughout December, CHIRP Radio presents its volunteers’ top albums of 2015. Our next list is from DJ & Board Member Emeritus Tony Breed. My main criteria for choosing my favorite albums is how much I listened to it this year, and how much I think I'll continue to listen to it in the future. Also, every year, I call out a song of the year—a song I loved, even if the album didn't make my top 10 list. This year there's a tie, plus an honorable mention: SONGS OF THE YEAR: Veruca Salt, “Laughing in the Sugar Bowl” / Treasure Fleet, “Max Consumption” Honorable Mention: Ryley Walker, “Sweet Satisfaction” |
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#1 Ratchet by Shamir (XL) |
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#2 Mandarine by Les Innocents (Jive Epic) |
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#3 Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett (Marathon Artists) |
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#4 Paper Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (ATO) |
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#5 Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke (Drag) |
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#6 Magic Whip by Blur (Parlophone) |
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#7 Escapists by The Autumn Stones (Chic Monk) |
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#8 Born Under Saturn by Django Django (Because) |
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#9 Daniel Knox by Daniel Knox (Carrot Top) |
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#10 Guitars and Microphones by Kate Pierson (Lazy Meadow) |
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HONORABLE MENTIONS: Dream Version – Beginners Calexico – Edge of the Sun Daughn Gibson – Carnation New Order – Music Complete Veruca Salt – Ghost Notes |
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1/2 Decade of Wonder (2011-2015) |
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5 ALBUMS THAT REALLY GOT UNDER MY SKIN AND CHANGED ME: Jen Lekman – I Know What Love Isn't Baths – Obsidian Daughn Gibson – Me Moan Owen – L'Ami du Peuple Kelis – Food |
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Basically a party album, but oh, what masterful songs these are. Shamir’s voice is like honey, and the beats makes you get up and dance.
So sunny, so beautiful, the album just feels like a hug. This was their first album after 16 years and damn, every comeback should be this good.
Listening to Courtney Barnett is like sitting with a friend who’s telling stories at a party.
The band name is ridiculous, but the songs are great. There’s a lot going on here; these folks know what they’re doing.
Country-twinged, introspective songs from a Chicago classic.
Damon Albarn is a master song-crafter, and it shows in every release he’s involved in. Of course the new Blur album is excellent. Of course it made my top 10 list. It’s almost boring, how good this album is. Almost.
This album touched some tender spot in me, and I couldn’t stop listening to it. The sound is so nostalgic of the New Romantic period it made me ache. When was the last time you heard someone wail on a saxophone that way? In an album released past 1985, I mean.
It’s arty, but it’s full of hooks, and you can dance to it. Like someone grew it in a lab specifically for me.
Daniel Knox’s music is like a melancholy carnival. Like a secret cabaret you found in someone’s attic. Like the soundtrack to a movie no one made. Daniel Knox’s music makes me want to come up with creative similes in the hope that you’ll check it out.
After nearly 40 years as a part of the B-52’s, Kate Pierson finally put out a solo album. Also, her show at City Winery was the last concert my husband and I went to together, and the song “Wolves” will probably always make me cry.Next entry: CHIRP Radio Best of 2015: Anna Ha
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