Category: BEST OF 2015
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Best Of 2015: Movies
Take it from us, these are the five finest movies of 2015. The Big Short and Spotlight, both dealing with
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Best Of 2015: World Music
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year 1 Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca At Home (Jazz
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Best Of 2015: Noise
MAGNET’s Raymond Cummings picks the best noise releases of the year 1 Power Monster White Single Female (Signora Ward) 2
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Best Of 2015: Hard Rock
MAGNET’s Matt Ryan picks the best hard-rock releases of the year 1 We Hunt Buffalo Living Ghosts (Fuzzorama) 2 Wake
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Best Of 2015: Jazz/Improv
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year 1 Joshua Abrams Magnetoception (Eremite) 2 Mike Reed’s People,
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Best Of 2015: Indie Roots
MAGNET’s Devon Leger picks the best indie-roots releases of the year 1 Mandolin Orange Such Jubilee (Yep Roc) 2 Joan
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Best Of 2015: Hip Hop
MAGNET’s Corey duBrowa picks the best hip-hop releases of the year 1 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
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Best Of 2015: Punk
MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year 1 The Sonics This Is The Sonics (Revox)2 The
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Best Of 2015: Singer/Songwriter
MAGNET’s Hobart Rowland picks the best singer/songwriter releases of the year 1 Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp (Merge) 2 Bobby Long Ode
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Best Of 2015: Metal
MAGNET’s Andrew Earles picks the best metal releases of the year 1 Kylesa Exhausting Fire (Season Of Mist) 2 False
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Best Of 2015: Reissues
MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues of the year 1 Various Artists Ork Records: New York, New York (Numero
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MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2015
25. Chastity Belt | Time To Go Home (Hardly Art) Did you ever have That Hilarious Friend (you know the
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MAGNET’s #1 Album Of 2015: Wilco’s “Star Wars”
You could argue that Star Wars, the ninth album from now-more-or-less-venerable Wilco, is a softball choice for MAGNET’s album of
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MAGNET’s #2 Album Of 2015: Alabama Shakes’ “Sound & Color”
Alabama Shakes built a huge following with their classic rock debut, so revisiting that Hendrix-meets-Janis vibe on the follow-up would