{"id":19839,"date":"2016-01-02T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-02T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=19839"},"modified":"2020-01-02T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T16:18:47","slug":"music-2015-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/music-2015-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: 2015 in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"musicDate\">MUSIC<\/div>\n<p>Another year has evaporated and it is now 2016, and <a title=\"last.fm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my 9th last.fm anniversary.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last.fm&#8217;s implemented a whole load of changes most of which I don&#8217;t really like but the improved graphs are interesting &#8211; looking back on mine I can see I didn&#8217;t listen to as much music as I usually do this year. I missed a lot of the big releases and will no doubt get into them belatedly over the next few months, but in the meantime\u00a0here&#8217;s what I enjoyed listening to the most in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19842\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/susanne-sundfor.jpg\" alt=\"susanne-sundfor\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/susanne-sundfor.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/susanne-sundfor-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/susanne-sundfor-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19841\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes.jpg\" alt=\"grimes\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19840\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal.jpg\" alt=\"coal\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal.jpg 200w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>A L B U M S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">I find it kinda interesting that my top 3 albums this year came from female artists seeing as how I usually listen to way more more male artists than female for whatever reason&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Favourite albums:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/susannesundfor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susanne Sundf\u00f8r &#8211;\u00a0Ten Love Songs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Grimes\/Art+Angels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimes &#8211;\u00a0Art Angels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/embersofcoal.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal &#8211; The Ruse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li>Florence + the Machine \u2014 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Glass Animals \u2014 ZABA<\/li>\n<li>Modest Mouse \u2014 Strangers to Ourselves<\/li>\n<li>Cannibal Ox \u2014 Blade of the Ronin<\/li>\n<li>Foals \u2014 What Went Down<\/li>\n<li>Sakawa Boys \u2014 V EP<\/li>\n<li>Viet Cong \u2014 Viet Cong<\/li>\n<li>Tape Hiss and Sparkle \u2014 The Winter Switch<\/li>\n<li>Wire &#8211; Wire<\/li>\n<li>Carly Rae Jepsen \u2014 Emotion<\/li>\n<li>Infanteria &#8211; Where Serpents Conquer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333;\">T R A C K S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19845\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes2-575x322.jpg\" alt=\"grimes2\" width=\"575\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes2.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/grimes2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Favourite track:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li>Grimes &#8211; Kill V. Maim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333;\">\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bd4jT4zcdHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susanne Sundf\u00f8r &#8211; Accelerate<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Tiger Lou\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Tiger+Lou?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Tiger Lou<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Tiger Lou \u2014 Homecoming #2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HDnhB4bHcto\">Homecoming #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Aesop Rock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Aesop+Rock?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Aesop Rock<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Aesop Rock \u2014 Cat Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Aesop+Rock\/Cat+Food?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Cat Food<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/embersofcoal.bandcamp.com\/track\/train\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal &#8211; Train<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XgeKHTcufLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florence and the Machine &#8211; What Kind of Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.za\/search?q=Adele+-+Hello&amp;rlz=1C1ASRM_enZA571ZA571&amp;oq=Adele+-+Hello&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;es_sm=93&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adele &#8211; Hello<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tv9YoYCKNoE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimes &#8211; Flesh without Blood<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Julian Redpath\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Julian+Redpath?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Julian Redpath<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Julian Redpath \u2014 Follow you down\" href=\"https:\/\/julianredpath.bandcamp.com\/track\/follow-you-down\">Follow you down<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"De Rosa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/De+Rosa?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">De Rosa<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"De Rosa \u2014 Spectres\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tAdbrpbx8lY\">Spectres<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Calexico\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Calexico?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Calexico<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Calexico \u2014 Bullets &amp; Rocks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Calexico\/_\/Bullets+&amp;+Rocks?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Bullets &amp; Rocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Sakawa Boys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Sakawa+Boys?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Sakawa Boys<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Sakawa Boys \u2014 Sakawa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Sakawa+Boys\/_\/Sakawa?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Sakawa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Viet Cong\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Viet+Cong?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Viet Cong<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Viet Cong \u2014 Silhouettes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Viet+Cong\/_\/Silhouettes?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Silhouettes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"The Jungle Giants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/The+Jungle+Giants?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">The Jungle Giants<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"The Jungle Giants \u2014 Every Kind Of Way\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/The+Jungle+Giants\/_\/Every+Kind+Of+Way?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Every Kind Of Way<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Modest Mouse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Modest+Mouse?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Modest Mouse<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Modest Mouse \u2014 Ansel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Modest+Mouse\/_\/Ansel?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Ansel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Tape Hiss and Sparkle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Tape+Hiss+and+Sparkle?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Tape Hiss and Sparkle<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Tape Hiss and Sparkle \u2014 Like Keys On a Kite String\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Tape+Hiss+and+Sparkle\/_\/Like+Keys+On+a+Kite+String?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Like Keys On a Kite String<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Glass Animals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Glass+Animals?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Glass Animals<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Glass Animals \u2014 Flip\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Glass+Animals\/_\/Flip?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Flip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Will Butler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Will+Butler?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Will Butler<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Will Butler \u2014 Anna\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QFvgHIJrEQ\">Anna<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JGhoLcsr8GA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis &#8211; Downtown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Carly Rae Jepsen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Carly+Rae+Jepsen?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Carly Rae Jepsen<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Carly Rae Jepsen \u2014 Run Away with Me\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Carly+Rae+Jepsen\/_\/Run+Away+with+Me?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Run Away with Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"chartlist-artists\"><a title=\"Cannibal Ox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Cannibal+Ox?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Cannibal Ox<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"artist-name-spacer\">\u2014 <\/span><a class=\"link-block-target\" title=\"Cannibal Ox \u2014 Gotham (Ox City)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/marmaluke\/library\/music\/Cannibal+Ox\/_\/Gotham+(Ox+City)?date_preset=LAST_365_DAYS\">Gotham (Ox City)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KEI4qSrkPAs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd &#8211; Can&#8217;t Feel My Face<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>L I V E<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19849\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oppikoppicrop.jpg\" alt=\"oppikoppicrop\" width=\"590\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oppikoppicrop.jpg 590w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oppikoppicrop-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oppikoppicrop-575x357.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Most enjoyable gigs I\u2019ve attended this year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/oppikoppi-21-fantastic-mr-vos-vos-day-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oppikoppi festival<\/a> was unreal, and hands down my favourite musical experience of the year. Wow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/paolo-nutini-at-kirstenbosch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paolo Nutini<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/ben-howard-at-the-grand-arena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Howard<\/a> also surprised me and I enjoyed their shows a lot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/rip-george-bacon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hog Hoggidy Hog<\/a> tribute at <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/rocking-the-daisies-2015-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocking the Daisies<\/a> was one of the most emotional performances I witnessed this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">My favourite gig to photograph was\u00a0probably <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/one-eight-seven-alive-at-midnight-peasant-bolleria-industrial-at-club-med\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Eight Seven&#8217;s launch at Club Med<\/a>, it was just insane. This year I also started shooting a lot more metal and really, really enjoyed the shows I attended. Standouts are <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/eluveitie-at-the-assembly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eluveitie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/protest-the-hero-at-klein-libertas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protest the Hero<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/infanteria-press-shoot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infanteria<\/a>&#8216;s surreal and highly entertaining <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/infanteria-school-of-rock-at-paul-bothner-n1-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parking lot gig at Paul Bothner N1 City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; \u2013 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">Happy listening in 2016 :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC Another year has evaporated and it is now 2016, and my 9th last.fm anniversary. Last.fm&#8217;s implemented a whole load of changes most of which I don&#8217;t really like but the improved graphs are interesting &#8211; looking back on mine &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/music-2015-in-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[1603,754,585,55,1599,203,481,204,1600,1359,757,17,20,1602,942,705,1363,57,1601,543],"class_list":["post-19839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-reviews","tag-1603","tag-best-of","tag-canadian","tag-cape-town","tag-charts","tag-coal","tag-de-rosa","tag-favourites","tag-grimes","tag-julian-redpath","tag-last-fm","tag-music-2","tag-new-year","tag-norwegian","tag-oppikoppi","tag-review","tag-sakawa-boys","tag-south-african","tag-susanne-sundfor","tag-tape-hiss-and-sparkle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19839"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32356,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19839\/revisions\/32356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}