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1. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
2. Tame Impala – Currents
3. Father John Misty – I Love You Honey Bear
4. Lord Huron – Strange Trails
5. Low – Ones and Sixes
6. The Dodos – Individ
7. Blur – The Magic Whip
8. Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
9. Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
10. Leon Bridges – Coming Home
11. Death Cab For Cutie – Kintsugi
12. Beach House – Depression Cherry/Thank Your Lucky Stars
13. Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material
14. Purity Ring – Another Eternity
15. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
16. Natalia Lafourcade – Hasta la Raiz
17. Oceanear – Oceanear
18. Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle
19. Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone?
20. Jose Gonzalez – Vestiges & Claws
21. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
22. Jamie XX – In Colour
23. El Vy – Return To The Moon
24. Chvches – Every Open Eye
25. Watkins Family Hour – Watkins Family Hour

Honorable Mentions

• Hear We Go Magic – Be Small
• Wilco – Star Wars
• Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free
• Ryan Adams – 1989
• My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
• Palehound – Dry Food
• Great Lake Swimmers – A Forest of Arms
• The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily,
• Glen Hansard – Didn’t He Ramble
• Other Lives – Rituals
• The Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird Is Home
• Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down…
• Telekinesis – Ad Infinitum
• Nick Diamonds – City of Quartz

Spotify Playlist

Check out last year’s list: Top 25 Albums of 2014

Here’s my favorite songs for the year. I had a hard time narrowing it down so I left it at 55 songs.

1. Courtney Barnett – “Pedestrian at Best”
2. Oceanear – “The Finite”
3. Blur – “Ghost Ship”
4. Watkins Family Hour – “Steal Your Heart Away”
5. Tame Impala – “Yes I’m Changing”
6. Death Cab for Cutie – “Black Sun”
7. Lord Huron – “Love Like Ghosts”
8. EL VY – “Return to the Moon”
9. Low – “No Comprende”
10. Father John Misty – “Chateau Lobby #4”
11. Desaparecidos – “City on the Hill”
12. Alabama Shakes – “Sound & Color”
13. The Dodos – “Competition”
14. Hop Along – “The Knock”
15. Kacey Musgraves – “Biscuits”
16. Country Barnett – “Elevator Operator”
17. Snoop Dogg – “California Roll”
18. Jason Isbell – “If It Takes a Lifetime”
19. The Dodos – “Goodbyes and Ending”
20. Leon Bridges – “Better Man”
21. Deerhunter – “Living My Life”
22. Wilco – “Magnetized”
23. Drake – “Hotline Bling”
24. Alabama Shakes – “Give Me All Your Love”
25. Low – “Gentle”
26. Ryan Adams – “Bad Blood”
27. Majical Cloudz – “Disappeared”
28. Blur – “Terracotta Heart”
29. CHVRCHES – “Keep You On My Side”
30. Country Barnett – “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party”
31. The Lone Bellow – “Take My Love”
32. The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”
33. Deerhunter – “Snakeskin”
34. Father John Misty – “True Affection”
35. Palehound – “Molly”
36. Glen Hansard – “Winning Streak”
37. Death Cab for Cutie – “No Room In Frame”
38. Jamie xx – “Loud Places”
39. Coldplay – “Adventure of A Lifetime”
40. Tame Impala – “‘Cause I’m A Man”
41. Jose Gonzalez – “Every Age”
42. Sleater-Kinney – “Hey Darling”
43. Oceanear – “Woke Underwater”
44. Beach House – “Majorette”
45. Kacey Musgraves – “Late To The Party”
46. Telekinesis – “In a Future World”
47. Animal Collective – “FloriDada”
48. Lieutenant – “Prepared Remarks”
49. Great Lake Swimmers – “The Great Bear”
50. Florence + The Machine – “Ship to Wreck”
51. Lurd Huron – “Dead Man’s Hand”
52. Here We Go Magic – “Stella”
53. Kurt Vile – “That’s Life, tho (almost hate to say)”
54. Leon Bridges – “Coming Home”
55. Jose Gonzalez – “Open Book”

Spotify Playlist

Top 25 Albums of 2015

Top 50 Songs of 2014

Every year my family has a tradition of recording Christmas songs. This year, my daughter lost her two front teeth so we felt the song selection was appropriate. We also included a recording from her violin recital.

1. Big Scary – “Twin Rivers”
2. Wye Oak – “Before”
3. Chris Staples – “Black Tornado”
4. Phantogram – “Fall In Love”
5. tUnE-yArDs – “Water Fountain”
6. The War On Drugs – “Red Eyes”
7. Damon Albarn – “Lonely Press Play”
8. Future Islands – “Seasons (Waiting On You)”
9. Sego – “20 Years Tall”
10. Beck – “Blue Moon”
11. Spoon – “Do You”
12. Tweedy – “Summer Noon”
13. Owen Pallett – “The Sky Behind the Flag”
14. Delta Spirit – “From Now On”
15. Kishi Bashi – “Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!”
16. Damien Jurado – “Metallic Cloud”
17. Phantogram – “Black Out Days”
18. Mac Demarco – “Blue Boy”
19. Wye Oak – “Shriek”
20. Damon Albarn – “Everyday Robots”
21. Chris Staples – “Walking With A Stranger”
22. Real Estate – “Had To Hear”
23. Spoon – “Inside Out”
24. Conor Oberst – “Hundres of Ways”
25. Wye Oak – “Sick Talk”
26. Chris Staples – “Where We Used To Be”
27. Big Scary – “Final Thoughts, With Tom and Jo”
28. Phantogram – “Bad Dreams”
29. Tennis – “Never Work For Free”
30. Vacationer – “Paradise Waiting”
31. Damon Albarn – “Hostiles”
32. Beck – “Heart Is A Drum”
33. Wye Oak – “Glory”
34. Chris Staples – “Overpaid”
35. The War On Drugs – “Burning”
36. Spoon – “Rainy Taxi”
37. Damien Jurado – “Silver Timothy”
38. Future Islands – “Fall From Grace”
39. Kishi Bashi – “The Ballad of Mr. Steak”
40. Trampled By Turtles – “Wild Animals”
41. Big Scary – “Invest”
42. Cold War Kids – “Hot Coals”
43. Tweedy – “I’ll Sing It”
44. Wye Oak – “The Tower”
45. Young the Giant – “Teachers”
46. Sego – “Wicket Youth”
47. Real Estate – “The Bend”
48. Mac Demarco – “Salad Days”
49. Damien Jurado – “Silver Katherine”
50. Delta Spirit – “Take Shelter”

Listen to the Spotify Playlist: Top 50 Songs of 2014

Here are my favorite albums of 2014:

1. Chris Staples – American Soft
2. Wye Oak – Shriek
3. Phantogram – Voices
4. Big Scary – Not Art
5. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
6. Beck – Morning Phase
7. The War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream
8. Spoon – They Want My Soul
9. Tennis – Ritual in Repeat
10. Real Estate – Atlas
11. Kishi Bashi – Lighght
12. Mac Demarco – Salad Days
13. Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
14. Tune-Yards – Nikki Nack
15. Future Islands – Singles
16. Delta Spirit – Into the Wide
17. Cold War Kids – Hold My Home
18. Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
19. Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
20. Young the Giant – Mind Over Matter
21. Tweedy – Sukierae
22. Sego – Kitsune: Wicket Youth
23. Vacationer – Relief
24. Owen Pallett – In Conflict
25. Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain

Honorable Mentions

• Pixies – Indie Cindy
• Lana Del Ray – Ultraviolence
• Andrew Bird – Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…
• Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
• Various Artists – Beck Song Reader
• Dum Dum Girls – Too True
• Lykke Li – I Never Learn
• Nels Cline Singers – Marcoscope

Yesterday, one of my friends from the Provo music scene started this form on Google where you can submit your band, the members in your band and who you’ve recorded and it will plot out all the different connections. Quite a few people have added to it in the last 24 hours (including myself). Running Muse Recording Studio, I got to record several bands so it’s neat to see my connections and how they branch out into other Provo bands, past and present.

To get the full effect, visit: http://provomusic.herokuapp.com/