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John Barera
TOP 20 RECORDS OF 2015
| FLOATING POINTS
Elaenia
LP
PLUTO |
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| RENÉ AUDIARD
René Audiard
LP
THE DOUBLE R |
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| STANISLAV TOLKACHEV
All Night Vigil
12"
M_REC LRD GREY SERIES |
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| SOUND STREAM
Bass Affairs
12"
SOUND STREAM |
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| GARRETT DAVID
A New Room
12"
GRAMAPHONE |
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| CIVIL DUTY
Civil Duty
LP
THE CORNER |
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| JOHN BARERA & WILL MARTIN
1, 2, 3 (Feels Right)
12"
ARGOT |
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| VA
Don't Be Afraid 19.5
12"
DON'T BE AFRAID |
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| GALCHER LUSTWERK
I Neva Seen
12"
LUSTWERK MUSIC |
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| LEVON VINCENT
Levon Vincent
4x12"
NOVEL SOUND |
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| AURORA HALAL
Shapeshifter
12"
MUTUAL DREAMING RECORDINGS |
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TOP 10 RE-ISSUES & COMPILATIONS OF 2015
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| MARIAH
Utakata no Hibi
LP
PALTO FLATS |
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Dan Schnebly
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| WILLIAM BASINSKI
Cascade
CD
2062 |
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| SUNN O)))
Kannon
CD
SOUTHERN LORD |
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| BVDUB
Safety in a Number
CD
SELF-RELEASED |
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Eric Benoit
| KAMASI WASHINGTON
The Epic
CD
BRAINFEEDER |
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| KENDRICK LAMAR
To Pimp a Butterfly
CD
TOP DAWG |
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Sharing a bottle of Lamoresca Sicilia Bianco over a home cooked meal with Filippo Rizzo’s family on the land where the vines grow, and the wine finally made sense.
Meeting and conversing (via phone translator apps) with Manuel Lombardi at Le Campestre in Castel di Sasso, where I was finally able to experience the Conciato Romano formaggio.
Adrian Montes
| AUTECHRE
October 4
PARADISE ROCK CLUB
BOSTON, MA |
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| BLACKENED DISCO
Mix Series
DIGITAL
SELF-RELEASED |
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| KEVIN DRUMM
Bandcamp Series
DIGITAL
SELF-RELEASED |
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| LAWRENCE ENGLISH
September 16
METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS MUSEUM
BOSTON, MA |
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| ANNE GILLIS
Archives Box
CD
ART INTO LIFE |
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| HEINZ HOPF
Ultra Primitiv
LP
A DEAR GIRL CALLED WENDY |
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| Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes
May 22
GOETHE INSTITUTE
BOSTON, MA |
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| KAM HASSAH
Information Priority
CS
THRONE HEAP |
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| MARES LAIG
Sweat Out the Saturnine Filth
CS
PRIVATE ARCHIVE |
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| METRO BOOMIN'
April 10
GOODLIFE BAR
BOSTON, MA |
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| PEDESTIRAN DEPOSIT
The Architector
LP
MONORAIL TRESPASSING |
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| RAEKWON & GHOSTFACE KILLAH
July 17
PARADISE ROCK CLUB
BOSTON, MA |
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Rob Noyes
| RYLEY WALKER
Primrose Green
LP
DEAD OCEANS |
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| ROYAL HEADACHE
High
LP
WHAT'S YOUR RUPTURE |
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Why Choose?
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FATCAT |
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| MEG BAIRD
Don't Weight Down the Light
CD
DRAG CITY |
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| CHARLIE PARR
Stumpjumper
CD
RED HOUSE |
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Reissue/Archival:
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| VA
Destroy All Art
LP
ROCK 'N ROLL PARASITE |
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| REALLY RED
Rest in Pain
LP
ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES |
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Pat Chaney
PATS YEAR IN LYST
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| DOROSOTO
Odd Matters
CS
MOSS ARCHIVE |
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| JESSE SUMMERS
Vanishings
CS
YDLMIER |
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| PARK & TAMIRISA
Soto
CS
PRIVATE CHRONOLOGY |
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| The Illusionary
Nature
of
Self |
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| ALIE BERGER
Encounters in Fluidic Space
CS
VUR |
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| The Interdependence
of
All
Phenomena |
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| Emptiness is
form and form
is
emptiness |
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| VIRUSS
Bouquet de Sable
DIGITAL
PRIVATE ARCHIVE |
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| HUFF DADDY
Tease Business
CS
SLOW BLOOD |
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| LACK
Atemporal
DIGITAL
TONE LOG |
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| FYOELK
Klaus
DIGITAL
SELF-RELEASED |
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| HOLLY HERNDON
Platform
DIGITAL
4AD |
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Shea Alterio
| DJ SPANISH FLY
Buck & Wild The Underground Album
CD
SELF-RELEASED |
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| SUSUMU HIRASAWA
The Man Climbing the Hologram
CD
CHAOS UNION |
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| MISSA FUKUMA
Festa Manifesto
CD
MIDI INC. |
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| JOE SMOOTH
Promised Land
LP
DJ INTERNATIONAL |
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| KINGPIN SKINNY PIMP
2000 Rapdope Game
CD
LEGAL KEYZ RECORDS |
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| KUBOTA SAKI
YUMEGATARI
CD
GT MUSIC |
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| VA
Super Eurobeat Vol. 236
CD
AVEX TRAX |
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| PLAYER 1
Negrito Narco Trafficante
CD-R
FRAYSERCLICK RECORDS |
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Chris Herndon
Favorite 2015 Releases
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| JOANNA NEWSOM
Divers
CD
DRAG CITY |
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| RYOKO AKAMA
senu hima
CD
MELANGE EDITION |
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| SUN KIL MOON
Universal Themes
2LP
ROUGH TRADE |
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Favorite 2015 Reissues/Anthologies/Archival Releases
Favorite 2015 Performances
| MAGMA
April 11
BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL
ALLSTON, MA |
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| FYOELK
May 29
DEEP THOUGHTS JP
JAMAICA PLAIN, MA |
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| PAPA M
June 13
PETERBOROUGH UNITARIAN CHURCH
PETERBOROUGH, NH |
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| LUCINDA WILLIAMS
June 26
NEW HAVEN GREEN
NEW HAVEN, CT |
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| ROYAL TRUX
December 19
WEBSTER HALL
NEW YORK, NY |
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