Music: 2015 in review

MUSIC

Another year has evaporated and it is now 2016, and my 9th last.fm anniversary.

Last.fm’s implemented a whole load of changes most of which I don’t really like but the improved graphs are interesting – looking back on mine I can see I didn’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 here’s what I enjoyed listening to the most in 2014.

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A L B U M S

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…

Favourite albums:

Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:

  • Florence + the Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
  • Glass Animals — ZABA
  • Modest Mouse — Strangers to Ourselves
  • Cannibal Ox — Blade of the Ronin
  • Foals — What Went Down
  • Sakawa Boys — V EP
  • Viet Cong — Viet Cong
  • Tape Hiss and Sparkle — The Winter Switch
  • Wire – Wire
  • Carly Rae Jepsen — Emotion
  • Infanteria – Where Serpents Conquer

T R A C K S

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Favourite track:

  • Grimes – Kill V. Maim

Others I enjoyed, in no particular order:

L I V E

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Most enjoyable gigs I’ve attended this year:

Oppikoppi festival was unreal, and hands down my favourite musical experience of the year. Wow.

Paolo Nutini and Ben Howard also surprised me and I enjoyed their shows a lot.

The Hog Hoggidy Hog tribute at Rocking the Daisies was one of the most emotional performances I witnessed this year.

My favourite gig to photograph was probably One Eight Seven’s launch at Club Med, it was just insane. This year I also started shooting a lot more metal and really, really enjoyed the shows I attended. Standouts are Eluveitie, Protest the Hero and Infanteria‘s surreal and highly entertaining parking lot gig at Paul Bothner N1 City.

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Happy listening in 2016 :)

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  1. A says:

    Darkthrone kicks ass

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