I believe that music is very much a reflection of personality. I’ve spent many years touting my opinions on music as truth. Ranging from country is horrible to indie-folk is the greatest auditory adventure a person can experience. I listened to a lot of music in 2015. Some really great, some not so much. I found that as I browsed the “best of” lists that music publications such as Pitchfork or Consequence of Sound put together, I just didn’t agree all that much. I understood in that moment that I needed to drop the snob act, and put together a list of music that I truly enjoyed. It doesn’t matter if the extremely hated Mumford & Sons record was one of your favorites. Or if I am an Adele fanboy. You will find a mix of genres in the following list. I hope that you find something that you had never heard before, or maybe you just share in my love for a certain album. With that, I will let the music do the talking.

20. Positive Songs For Negative People – Frank Turner

19. Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes

18. After – Lady Lamb the Beekeeper

17. No Cities to Love – Sleater-Kinney

16. Picture You – The Amazing

15. Escape From Evil – Lower Dens

14. The Desired Effect – Brandon Flowers

13. To Pimp A Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar

12. firekid – firekid

11. 25 – Adele

10. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World – The Decemberists

9. Blurryface – Twenty One Pilots

8. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass

7. Carrie & Lowell – Sufjan Stevens

6. Coming Up For Air – Kodaline

5. Goon – Tobias Jesso Jr.

4. Wilder Minds – Mumford & Sons

3. The Phosphorescent Blues – Punch Brothers

2. I Love You, Honeybear – Father John Misty

1. All Your Favorite Bands – Dawes