Blur

MAGNET’s #15 Album Of 2015: Blur’s “The Magic Whip”

Despite having reformed six years ago to play occasional live gigs, the prospect of an entire album’s worth of new
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RichardHawley

MAGNET’s #16 Album Of 2015: Richard Hawley’s “Hollow Meadows”

I’ve spent a lot of time in the U.K. over the years, but I’ve never been to Sheffield. Having also
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ScreamingFemales

MAGNET’s #17 Album Of 2015: Screaming Females’ “Rose Mountain”

In the wild—that is, onstage, their preferred habitat—Screaming Females are a force of nature. Driven by Marissa Paternoster’s intimidating guitar
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Destroyer

MAGNET’s #18 Album Of 2015: Destroyer’s “Poison Season”

Dan Bejar has evolved from being a cranky, brilliant word guy to a sophisticated, brilliant bandleader, and the ch-ch-changes have
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MAGNET’s #19 Album Of 2015: Godspeed You! Black Emperor's "Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress"

MAGNET’s #19 Album Of 2015: Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s “Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress”

The reason Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress is one of the best albums of 2015 begins three minutes and 15
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MegBaird

MAGNET’s #20 Album Of 2015: Meg Baird’s “Don’t Weigh Down The Light”

I'd like to tell you how good the words are on Don’t Weigh Down The Light. After all, both on
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KurtVile1

MAGNET’s #21 Album Of 2015: Kurt Vile’s “b’lieve i’m goin down…”

No one calls Steve Miller the space cowboy, but they might say it about Kurt Vile. His midnight rambles on
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Bjork

MAGNET’s #22 Album Of 2015: Björk’s “Vulnicura”

Divorce albums are not rare. Dylan, Springsteen, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, George Jones and Tammy Wynette (separately), and Richard and
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BelleAndSebastian

MAGNET’s #23 Album Of 2015: Belle And Sebastian’s “Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance”

There’s a devout sect of Belle And Sebastian devotees who still feel betrayed by the departure of founding members Stuart
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JasonIsbell

MAGNET’s #24 Album Of 2015: Jason Isbell’s “Something More Than Free”

Jason Isbell’s fifth solo album—and his second since kicking booze—has the bones of a fairly conventional singer/ songwriter outing. It’s
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ChastityBelt

MAGNET’s #25 Album Of 2015: Chastity Belt’s “Time To Go Home”

Did you ever have That Hilarious Friend (you know the one—off color jokes at inappropriate moments, lampshade-on-head drunk antics, their
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