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(Drum Roll)
I'm 53. It's rare I hear anything I've not heard before. Rarer still that I like it. Think Violent Femmes, They Might Be Giants, Frank Zappa (over & over again).
Barnett fit that bill for me this year. Not only is this album fresh, it's a damn fun album with surprising twists in phrasing, melody, and lyrics at every turn. This is exactly what I went looking for a couple years ago. (For those of you that don't know, this whole project started after I was unable to even name 10 albums in 2013, let alone have a Top Ten).
Good new music is a little harder to find than it was in the days when KGGO or KSHE just spun "In Through the Out Door", but it's worth the work. Not just new wine in old bottles, it's albums like this that give me hope that music is not just auto-tune, sampling, and marketing.
Side 1, Track 1
Side 1, Track 1
Here's to a great 2015 and high hopes for 2016!
Recaping the list:
Honorable Mention:
Acorn Man - Wild Billy Childish & CTMF
Blackbirds - Gretchen Peters
Don't Lose This - Pops Staples
From Here - Stick in the Wheel
Live at the Music Hall - Phosphorescent
No Cities to Love - Sleater-Kinney
Sing Into My Mouth - Iron & Wine and Bill Bridwell
Ten - Darrell Scott
Wolves - American Aquarium
Worthy - Bettye Lavette
And the Best of the Rest in 2015:
Acorn Man - Wild Billy Childish & CTMF
Blackbirds - Gretchen Peters
Don't Lose This - Pops Staples
From Here - Stick in the Wheel
Live at the Music Hall - Phosphorescent
No Cities to Love - Sleater-Kinney
Sing Into My Mouth - Iron & Wine and Bill Bridwell
Ten - Darrell Scott
Wolves - American Aquarium
Worthy - Bettye Lavette
And the Best of the Rest in 2015:
And if you want all these albums on one handy Spotify playlist, here you go:
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